HB3663enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by changing Section 50 as follows:

(5 ILCS 490/50) (from Ch. 1, par. 3051-50)

Sec. 50. Gold Star Mothers Day. The Governor shall annually designate by official proclamation the last second Sunday in September August as Gold Star Mothers' Day to be observed throughout the State as a day to honor and commemorate for the purpose of holding appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of the mothers of men and women who gave their lives while serving with the armed forces of the United States in time of war or during a period of hostilities.

(Source: P.A. 87-272.)