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1 AN ACT concerning the display of historical documents.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Historical Writings Display Act.
6 Section 5. Historical writing defined. "Historical
7 writing" means a writing, proclamation, speech text, or some
8 other document that is of historical or cultural
9 significance. "Historic writing" includes, without
10 limitation, the following:
11 (1) the Magna Carta;
12 (2) the Mayflower Compact;
13 (3) the national motto;
14 (4) the Declaration of Independence;
15 (6) the United States Constitution;
16 (7) the Illinois Constitution;
17 (8) the national anthem;
18 (9) the Pledge of Allegiance;
19 (10) the writings, speeches, documents, or
20 proclamations of the Founders or the Presidents of the
21 United States;
22 (11) Court opinions;
23 (12) Acts and resolutions of the United States
24 Congress or of the Illinois General Assembly; and
25 (13) the Ten Commandments.
26 Section 10. Display by local governments. A unit of
27 local government may allow an official of that unit of local
28 government to read or post for public display in a public
29 building or at a public event all or part of an historical
30 writing. Nothing in this Section is intended to limit the
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1 items that a unit of local government may place on public
2 display.
3 Section 15. Display by schools. A school board may allow
4 a teacher or administrator of a school district to read or
5 post for public display in a public school building, in a
6 public school classroom, or at a public school event all or
7 part of an historical writing. Nothing in this Section is
8 intended to limit the items that a school district may place
9 on public display.
10 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act
11 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.