Full Text of HB0503 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 61 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 490/61 new) | 7 | | Sec. 61. Barack Obama's Birthday. The fourth day of August | 8 | | of each year shall be a legal holiday to be known as Barack | 9 | | Obama's Birthday to be observed as a day on which to hold | 10 | | appropriate exercises in commemoration of our illustrious | 11 | | President. When August fourth shall fall on a Sunday, the | 12 | | following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. | 13 | | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | 14 | | Section 1-6 as follows:
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-6)
| 16 | | Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday, | 17 | | Sunday, and holidays.
| 18 | | (a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act | 19 | | required or
allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a | 20 | | Saturday or a Sunday, the
period shall extend through the first | 21 | | business day next
following the day
otherwise fixed as the |
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| 1 | | first or last day,
irrespective of whether any election | 2 | | authority or local election official
conducts business on the | 3 | | State holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
| 4 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "State holiday" means | 5 | | New Year's
Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, | 6 | | Lincoln's Birthday, President's
Day, Casimir Pulaski's | 7 | | Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Barack | 8 | | Obama's Birthday,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, | 9 | | Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and
any other day from time to | 10 | | time declared by the President of the United States
or the | 11 | | Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of | 12 | | the State
of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business | 13 | | with the public shall be
closed for business.
| 14 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, | 15 | | nominating
papers, petitions of objection to nominating | 16 | | papers, certificates of withdrawal
of candidacy, and reports of | 17 | | political committees actually received by election
authorities | 18 | | and local election officials on a State holiday, a Saturday, or | 19 | | a
Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective for that | 20 | | reason alone.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
| 22 | | Section 15. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 23 | | changing Section 15-45 as follows: | 24 | | (30 ILCS 500/15-45) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any | 2 | | act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by | 3 | | excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last | 4 | | day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it shall | 5 | | also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday, Sunday, or | 6 | | holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday, then that | 7 | | succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the purposes of this | 8 | | Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr. Martin Luther King, | 9 | | Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday; President's Day; Memorial | 10 | | Day; Independence Day; Barack Obama's Birthday; Labor Day; | 11 | | Columbus Day; Veterans' Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; | 12 | | and any other day from time to time declared by the President | 13 | | of the United States or the Governor of Illinois to be a day | 14 | | during which the agencies of the State of Illinois that are | 15 | | ordinarily open to do business with the public shall be closed | 16 | | for business.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1076, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 18 | | Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 19 | | 24-2 as follows:
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
| 21 | | Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | 22 | | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | 23 | | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | 24 | | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than |
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| 1 | | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary | 2 | | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
| 3 | | maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | 4 | | work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | 5 | | Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | 6 | | Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | 7 | | Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | 8 | | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated as | 9 | | Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; August | 10 | | 4, the Birthday of President Barack Obama; the first Monday in | 11 | | September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in October, Columbus | 12 | | Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday in
November | 13 | | commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas | 14 | | Day.
School boards may grant special holidays whenever in their | 15 | | judgment such
action is advisable. No deduction shall
be made | 16 | | from the time or
compensation of a school employee on account | 17 | | of any legal
or special holiday.
| 18 | | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | 19 | | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code is | 20 | | authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | 21 | | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | 22 | | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | 23 | | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | 24 | | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | 25 | | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | 26 | | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: |
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| 1 | | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | 2 | | recognized through instructional activities conducted on | 3 | | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | 4 | | on the first school day preceding or following that day; | 5 | | and | 6 | | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | 7 | | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The entity | 8 | | shall provide notice preceding the public hearing to both | 9 | | educators and parents. The notice shall set forth the time, | 10 | | date, and place of the hearing, describe the proposal, and | 11 | | indicate that the entity will take testimony from educators | 12 | | and parents about the proposal.
| 13 | | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 14 | | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | 15 | | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: | 16 | | January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed | 17 | | as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
| 18 | | birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' | 19 | | Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the | 20 | | school day
immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War | 21 | | Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and | 22 | | Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl | 23 | | Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so appointed by the | 24 | | President or
Governor. School boards may establish | 25 | | commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment such action | 26 | | is advisable.
School boards shall include instruction relative |
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| 1 | | to commemorated persons,
activities, or
events on the | 2 | | commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school
| 3 | | year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction | 4 | | may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of Education shall | 5 | | prepare and make available
to school boards instructional | 6 | | materials relative to commemorated persons,
activities,
or | 7 | | events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with | 8 | | any
instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.
| 9 | | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March | 10 | | 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall | 11 | | be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and | 12 | | be reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of | 13 | | Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and | 14 | | the late Mayor Harold Washington. If March 4 falls on a
| 15 | | Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be observed on the | 16 | | following Monday.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-156, eff. 8-2-13.)
| 18 | | Section 25. The Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act is | 19 | | amended by changing Section 17 as follows:
| 20 | | (205 ILCS 630/17) (from Ch. 17, par. 2201)
| 21 | | Sec. 17. Holidays.
| 22 | | (a) The following days shall be legal holidays in the State | 23 | | of
Illinois upon which day a bank may, but is not required to, | 24 | | remain closed:
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| 1 | | the first day of January (New Year's Day);
| 2 | | the third Monday in January (observance of Martin Luther | 3 | | King, Jr.'s
birthday);
| 4 | | the twelfth day in February (Abraham Lincoln's birthday);
| 5 | | the third Monday in February (Presidents Day);
| 6 | | the first Monday in March (observance of Casimir Pulaski's | 7 | | birthday);
| 8 | | the Friday preceding Easter Sunday (Good Friday);
| 9 | | the last Monday of May (Memorial Day);
| 10 | | the fourth day of July (Independence Day);
| 11 | | the fourth day of August (Barack Obama's birthday); | 12 | | the first Monday in September (Labor Day);
| 13 | | the second Monday in October (Columbus Day);
| 14 | | the eleventh day of November (Veterans' Day);
| 15 | | the fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day);
| 16 | | the twenty-fifth day in December (Christmas Day);
| 17 | | the days upon which the general elections for members of | 18 | | the House of
Representatives are held, and any day proclaimed | 19 | | by the Governor of this
State as a legal holiday. From 12 | 20 | | o'clock noon to 12 o'clock midnight of
each Saturday shall be | 21 | | considered a half holiday. In addition to such
holidays and | 22 | | half-holidays, a bank may select one day of the week to remain
| 23 | | closed, as provided in subsection (b) of this Section.
| 24 | | (b) Any bank doing business within this State may select | 25 | | any one day of
the week to remain closed on a regular basis | 26 | | upon adoption of a resolution
by the board of directors of such |
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| 1 | | bank designating the day selected and
upon filing and | 2 | | publishing a copy of such resolution as hereinafter
required. | 3 | | Any such resolution shall be deemed effective for the purpose | 4 | | of
this Section only when a copy thereof, certified by an | 5 | | officer having charge
of the records of such bank, is filed | 6 | | with the Recorder of the county in
which such bank is located | 7 | | and published once each week for 3 successive
weeks in a | 8 | | newspaper of general circulation in such county. Such
| 9 | | publication shall be accomplished by, and at the expense of, | 10 | | the bank, and
the bank shall submit to the Commissioner of | 11 | | Banks and Real Estate such evidence of the publication as the | 12 | | Commissioner shall deem
appropriate. Any such selection shall | 13 | | remain in full force and effect until a
copy of the later | 14 | | resolution of the board of directors of such bank, certified
in | 15 | | like manner, terminating or altering any such prior selection | 16 | | shall be filed
and published in the same manner as such prior | 17 | | resolution.
| 18 | | (c) If an occasion arises when a state bank wishes to | 19 | | remain closed on a
particular day, other than a day on which | 20 | | the bank has selected to remain
closed on a regular basis as | 21 | | provided in this Section, such state bank may
remain closed on | 22 | | such an occasion after first sending to the Commissioner a
copy | 23 | | of a resolution adopted by the board of directors authorizing | 24 | | the bank
to remain closed on such occasion and notice of the | 25 | | intent to remain closed
on such occasion shall be conspicuously | 26 | | posted in the lobby of the main
banking office and any branches |
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| 1 | | of such bank for at least 3 weeks in
advance of such occasion. | 2 | | Any day which any bank doing business within the
State shall | 3 | | select to remain closed pursuant to this Section shall, with
| 4 | | respect to such bank, be treated and considered as a Sunday.
| 5 | | (d) All legal holidays, the half holidays and
any day | 6 | | selected by a bank doing business within the State to remain
| 7 | | closed, shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as
regards the | 8 | | presenting for payment or acceptance, the maturity and
| 9 | | protesting and giving of notice of the dishonor of bills of | 10 | | exchange, bank
checks and promissory notes and other negotiable | 11 | | or commercial paper or
instrument, be treated and considered as | 12 | | a Sunday. When any such holidays
fall on Sunday, the Monday
| 13 | | next following shall be held and considered such holiday. All | 14 | | notes, bills,
drafts, checks or other evidence of indebtedness, | 15 | | falling due or maturing
on either of such days, shall be deemed | 16 | | as due or maturing upon the day
following, and when 2 or more | 17 | | of these days come together, or immediately
succeeding each | 18 | | other, then such instruments, paper or indebtedness shall
be | 19 | | deemed as due or having matured on the day following the last | 20 | | of such
days.
| 21 | | (e) Any act authorized, required or permitted to be | 22 | | performed at or by or
with respect to any bank doing business | 23 | | within the State on a day which it
has selected to remain | 24 | | closed under this Section may be so performed on the
next | 25 | | succeeding business day and no liability or loss of rights of | 26 | | any kind
shall result from such delay.
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| 1 | | (f) Nothing in this Act shall in any manner affect the | 2 | | validity of, or
render void or voidable, the payment, | 3 | | certification, or acceptance of a
check or other negotiable | 4 | | instrument, or any other transaction by a bank in
this State, | 5 | | because done or performed on any Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or
| 6 | | any day selected by a bank to remain closed, or during any time | 7 | | other than
regular banking hours; but no bank in this State, | 8 | | which by law or custom is
entitled to remain open or to close | 9 | | for the whole or any part of any day
selected by it to remain | 10 | | open or to close, is compelled to close, or to
remain open for | 11 | | the transaction of business or to perform any of the acts
or | 12 | | transactions aforesaid except at its own option.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 89-508, eff. 7-3-96; 89-567, eff. 7-26-96; 90-14, | 14 | | eff.
7-1-97.)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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