102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1749

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 490/60  from Ch. 1, par. 3051-60

    Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that when the holiday of Lincoln's Birthday (February 12) falls on a Saturday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. Provides that when Lincoln's Birthday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the following Friday shall be held and considered the holiday.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
5changing Section 60 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 490/60)  (from Ch. 1, par. 3051-60)
7    Sec. 60. Lincoln's Birthday. The twelfth day of February
8of each year shall be a legal holiday to be known as Lincoln's
9Birthday to be observed as a day on which to hold appropriate
10exercises in commemoration of our illustrious President. When
11February twelfth shall fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the
12following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday.
13When February twelfth shall fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or
14Thursday, the following Friday shall be held and considered
15the holiday.
16(Source: P.A. 87-272.)