Full Text of SB2482 102nd General Assembly
SB2482 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2482 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/1-6 | | 30 ILCS 500/15-45 | | 105 ILCS 5/24-2 | from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 | 110 ILCS 70/45a | from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1 |
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Amends the Election Code. Includes General Election Day, General Primary Election Day, Consolidated Election Day, and Consolidated Primary Election Day as State holidays. Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the State Universities Civil Service Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 1-6 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-6)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday, | 8 | | Sunday, and holidays.
| 9 | | (a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act | 10 | | required or
allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a | 11 | | Saturday or a Sunday, the
period shall extend through the | 12 | | first business day next
following the day
otherwise fixed as | 13 | | the first or last day,
irrespective of whether any election | 14 | | authority or local election official
conducts business on the | 15 | | State holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
| 16 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "State holiday" | 17 | | means New Year's
Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, | 18 | | Lincoln's Birthday, President's
Day, Casimir Pulaski's | 19 | | Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor | 20 | | Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas | 21 | | Day, General Election Day, General Primary Election Day, | 22 | | Consolidated Election Day, Consolidated Primary Election Day, | 23 | | and
any other day from time to time declared by the President |
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| 1 | | of the United States
or the Governor of Illinois to be a day | 2 | | during which the agencies of the State
of Illinois that are | 3 | | ordinarily open to do business with the public shall be
closed | 4 | | for business.
| 5 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, | 6 | | nominating
papers, petitions of objection to nominating | 7 | | papers, certificates of withdrawal
of candidacy, and reports | 8 | | of political committees actually received by election
| 9 | | authorities and local election officials on a State holiday, a | 10 | | Saturday, or a
Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective | 11 | | for that reason alone.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
| 13 | | Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 14 | | changing Section 15-45 as follows: | 15 | | (30 ILCS 500/15-45) | 16 | | Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any | 17 | | act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by | 18 | | excluding the first day and including the last, unless the | 19 | | last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it | 20 | | shall also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday, | 21 | | Sunday, or holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday, | 22 | | then that succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the | 23 | | purposes of this Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr. | 24 | | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday; |
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| 1 | | President's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; | 2 | | Columbus Day; Veterans' Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; | 3 | | General Election Day; General Primary Election Day; | 4 | | Consolidated Election Day; Consolidated Primary Election Day; | 5 | | and any other day from time to time declared by the President | 6 | | of the United States or the Governor of Illinois to be a day | 7 | | during which the agencies of the State of Illinois that are | 8 | | ordinarily open to do business with the public shall be closed | 9 | | for business.
| 10 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | 11 | | contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as | 12 | | 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | 13 | | State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 14 | | Assembly. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.) | 16 | | Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 17 | | 24-2 as follows:
| 18 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
| 19 | | Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | 20 | | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | 21 | | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | 22 | | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than | 23 | | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary | 24 | | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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| 1 | | maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | 2 | | work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | 3 | | Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | 4 | | Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | 5 | | Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | 6 | | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated | 7 | | as Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the | 8 | | first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in | 9 | | October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the | 10 | | Thursday in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and | 11 | | December 25, Christmas Day ; in even-numbered years, the first | 12 | | Tuesday after the first Monday in November, General Election | 13 | | Day; in even-numbered years, the third Tuesday in March, | 14 | | General Primary Election Day; in odd-numbered years, the first | 15 | | Tuesday in April, except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of the | 16 | | Election Code, Consolidated Election Day; and in odd-numbered | 17 | | years, the last Tuesday in February, Consolidated Primary | 18 | | Election Day .
School boards may grant special holidays | 19 | | whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. No | 20 | | deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a | 21 | | school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
| 22 | | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | 23 | | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code | 24 | | is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | 25 | | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | 26 | | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, |
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| 1 | | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | 2 | | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | 3 | | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | 4 | | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: | 5 | | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | 6 | | recognized through instructional activities conducted on | 7 | | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | 8 | | on the first school day preceding or following that day; | 9 | | and | 10 | | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | 11 | | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The | 12 | | entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing | 13 | | to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth | 14 | | the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the | 15 | | proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony | 16 | | from educators and parents about the proposal.
| 17 | | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 18 | | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | 19 | | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays | 20 | | are: January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
| 21 | | observed as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 | 22 | | (the
birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War | 23 | | Veterans' Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of | 24 | | Remembrance), the school day
immediately preceding Veterans' | 25 | | Day (Korean War Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), | 26 | | October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), |
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| 1 | | December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so | 2 | | appointed by the President or
Governor. School boards may | 3 | | establish commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment | 4 | | such action is advisable.
School boards shall include | 5 | | instruction relative to commemorated persons,
activities, or
| 6 | | events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time | 7 | | during the school
year and at any point in the curriculum when | 8 | | such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of | 9 | | Education shall prepare and make available
to school boards | 10 | | instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
| 11 | | activities,
or events which may be used by school boards in | 12 | | conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to this | 13 | | paragraph.
| 14 | | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe | 15 | | March 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday | 16 | | shall be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to | 17 | | commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
| 18 | | Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late | 19 | | Mayor Richard
J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. | 20 | | If March 4 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | 21 | | observed on the following Monday. | 22 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to | 23 | | the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | 24 | | as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | 25 | | the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 26 | | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of |
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| 1 | | election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | 2 | | used as a location for election day services or as a polling | 3 | | place.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
| 5 | | Section 20. The State Universities Civil Service Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 45a as follows:
| 7 | | (110 ILCS 70/45a) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1)
| 8 | | Sec. 45a.
Except as provided in the second sentence of | 9 | | this Section,
all officers and employees subject to this Act, | 10 | | shall have the
following days as holidays, for which they | 11 | | shall receive their usual
compensation: New Year's Day, | 12 | | January 1, Memorial Day, as determined by
the law of the State | 13 | | of Illinois, Independence Day, July 4, Labor Day,
the first | 14 | | Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of
| 15 | | November, Christmas Day, December 25, in even-numbered years, | 16 | | the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, General | 17 | | Election Day, in even-numbered years, the third Tuesday in | 18 | | March, General Primary Election Day, in odd-numbered years, | 19 | | the first Tuesday in April, except as provided in Section | 20 | | 2A-1.1a of the Election Code, Consolidated Election Day, in | 21 | | odd-numbered years, the last Tuesday in February, Consolidated | 22 | | Primary Election Day, and five holidays to be designated
by | 23 | | each college, university, agency and community college subject | 24 | | to
this Act. Craft and trade employees subject to this Act |
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| 1 | | shall be paid
for all paid holidays included in their area | 2 | | agreement, and will be paid
for all five holidays designated | 3 | | by their employer pursuant to this
section. | 4 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | 5 | | contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as | 6 | | 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | 7 | | State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 8 | | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | 9 | | election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | 10 | | used as a location for election day services or as a polling | 11 | | place.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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