Public Act 097-1124
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Public Act 097-1124 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning volunteer emergency responders.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 126 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 490/126 new) | ||||
Sec. 126. Volunteer Emergency Responder Appreciation Day. | ||||
The third Thursday in May of each year is designated Volunteer | ||||
Emergency Responder Appreciation Day in Illinois. Volunteer | ||||
firefighters, rescue squads, divers, emergency medical | ||||
technicians, and response teams sacrifice their time and lives | ||||
for their communities with little or no compensation. Volunteer | ||||
Emergency Responder Appreciation Day shall be observed | ||||
throughout the State by the citizens of Illinois with civic | ||||
remembrances of the sacrifices made on their behalf by the | ||||
volunteer emergency responders of Illinois, especially the | ||||
ultimate sacrifice given by those individuals who have lost | ||||
their lives in the line of duty.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law. |