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 1        AN  ACT  to  honor  and  commemorate  the  victims of the
 2    terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

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

 5        Section  5.  The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended
 6    by adding Section 86 as follows:

 7        (5 ILCS 490/86 new)
 8        Sec. 86.  September 11th Day of  Remembrance.   September
 9    11th  of  each  year  is  designated as September 11th Day of
10    Remembrance to be observed throughout the State as a day  set
11    apart  in  honor  and  remembrance  of the persons killed and
12    injured in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

13        Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
14    Section 5.567 as follows:

15        (30 ILCS 105/5.567 new)
16        Sec. 5.567.  The September 11th Fund.

17        Section  15.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
18    Section 24-2 as follows:

19        (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
20        Sec. 24-2.  Holidays.  Teachers shall not be required  to
21    teach  on  Saturdays;  nor  shall  teachers  or  other school
22    employees, other than noncertificated school employees  whose
23    presence  is  necessary  because  of  an emergency or for the
24    continued operation and maintenance of school  facilities  or
25    property, be required to work on legal school holidays, which
26    are  January  1, New Year's Day; the third Monday in January,
27    the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
 
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 1    Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln; the  first  Monday  in
 2    March  (to  be  known  as  Casimir  Pulaski's birthday); Good
 3    Friday; the day designated as Memorial Day  by  federal  law;
 4    July  4,  Independence  Day;  the  first Monday in September,
 5    Labor Day;  the  second  Monday  in  October,  Columbus  Day;
 6    November 11, Veteran's Day; the Thursday in November commonly
 7    called  Thanksgiving  Day;  and  December  25, Christmas Day.
 8    School boards may grant special holidays  whenever  in  their
 9    judgment  such  action  is  advisable,  except that no school
10    board or board of education may designate  or  observe  as  a
11    special  holiday  on which teachers or other school employees
12    are not required to work the days on which general  elections
13    for  members  of  the  Illinois  House of Representatives are
14    held.  No  deduction  shall  be  made  from   the   time   or
15    compensation  of a school employee on account of any legal or
16    special holiday.
17        Commemorative   holidays,   which   recognize   specified
18    patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities,
19    or events, are regular school  days.  Commemorative  holidays
20    are:  January  28  (to  be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
21    observed as a commemoration of space  exploration),  February
22    15 (the birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War
23    Veterans   Day),   September   11   (September  11th  Day  of
24    Remembrance), the school day immediately preceding  Veteran's
25    Day  (Korean  War  Veterans  Day), October 1 (Recycling Day),
26    December 7  (Pearl  Harbor  Veterans  Day)  and  any  day  so
27    appointed  by  the  President or Governor.  School boards may
28    establish commemorative holidays whenever in  their  judgment
29    such   action  is  advisable.  School  boards  shall  include
30    instruction relative to commemorated persons, activities,  or
31    events  on  the  commemorative  holiday  or at any other time
32    during the school year and at any  point  in  the  curriculum
33    when  such  instruction  may be deemed appropriate. The State
34    Board of Education shall prepare and make available to school
 
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 1    boards  instructional  materials  relative  to   commemorated
 2    persons,  activities,  or  events which may be used by school
 3    boards in conjunction with any instruction provided  pursuant
 4    to this paragraph.
 5        City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March 4
 6    of  each year as a commemorative holiday.  This holiday shall
 7    be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day  to  commemorate
 8    and  be  reminded of the past Chief Executive Officers of the
 9    City of Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard  J.
10    Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington.  If March 4 falls
11    on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be observed on the
12    following Monday.
13    (Source:  P.A.  89-610,  eff.  8-6-96;  89-622,  eff. 8-9-96;
14    90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

15        Section 20.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
16    adding Section 3-653 as follows:

17        (625 ILCS 5/3-653 new)
18        Sec. 3-653.  September 11th license plates.
19        (a)  Beginning on September 11, 2002, the Secretary, upon
20    receipt  of  all applicable fees and applications made in the
21    form  prescribed  by  the  Secretary,   may   issue   special
22    registration  plates  designated  as  September  11th license
23    plates.
24        The special plates issued under  this  Section  shall  be
25    affixed  only  to passenger vehicles of the first division or
26    motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more  than
27    8,000 pounds.
28        Plates  issued  under this Section shall expire according
29    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
30    this Code.
31        (b)  The design and color of the special plates shall  be
32    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary.  The Secretary
 
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 1    may  allow  the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized
 2    plates under Section 3-405.1 of  this  Code.   The  Secretary
 3    shall  prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section
 4    3-412 of this Code.
 5        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
 6    a   $40   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
 7    appropriate registration fee.  Of  this  fee,  $25  shall  be
 8    deposited  into  the  September  11th  Fund  and $15 shall be
 9    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
10    Fund,  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the
11    administrative processing costs.
12        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $27  fee,  in
13    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
14    charged.   Of  this  fee,  $25  shall  be  deposited into the
15    September 11th Fund  and  $2  shall  be  deposited  into  the
16    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
17        (d)  The September 11th Fund is created as a special fund
18    in  the  State  treasury.     Subject to appropriation by the
19    General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the  Director
20    of Commerce and Community Affairs shall pay all moneys in the
21    September 11th Fund as grants to aid victims of terrorism and
22    as  grants  to  local  governments  to  cover  the  costs  of
23    training, equipment, and other items related to public safety
24    initiatives  intended to prevent further acts of terrorism or
25    to respond to further acts of terrorism or other disasters or
26    emergency situations in Illinois.

27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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