96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3663

 

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 490/50   from Ch. 1, par. 3051-50

    Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the last Sunday in September (now, the second Sunday in August) as Gold Star Mothers' Day.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
5 changing Section 50 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 490/50)  (from Ch. 1, par. 3051-50)
7     Sec. 50. Gold Star Mothers Day. The Governor shall annually
8 designate by official proclamation the last second Sunday in
9 September August as Gold Star Mothers' Day to be observed
10 throughout the State as a day to honor and commemorate for the
11 purpose of holding appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of
12 the mothers of men and women who gave their lives while serving
13 with the armed forces of the United States in time of war or
14 during a period of hostilities.
15 (Source: P.A. 87-272.)