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Public Act 102-0014 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 63 as follows:
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(5 ILCS 490/63)
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Sec. 63. Juneteenth National Freedom Day. The nineteenth | ||||
day of June of each year is a holiday to be observed throughout | ||||
the State and to be known third Saturday in June of
each year | ||||
is designated as Juneteenth National Freedom Day to | ||||
commemorate the
abolition of slavery throughout the United | ||||
States and its territories in 1865.
Juneteenth National | ||||
Freedom Day may be observed with suitable observances and
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exercises by civic groups and the public, and citizens of the | ||||
State are urged
to reflect on the suffering endured by early | ||||
African-Americans and to celebrate
the unique freedom and | ||||
equality enjoyed by all State citizens today. Notwithstanding | ||||
any provision of law to the contrary, when June nineteenth | ||||
shall fall on a Saturday or Sunday, neither the preceding | ||||
Friday nor the following Monday shall be held or considered as | ||||
a paid holiday.
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(Source: P.A. 93-550, eff. 1-1-04.)
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Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||
Section 1-6 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/1-6)
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Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday, | ||
Sunday, and holidays.
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(a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act | ||
required or
allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a | ||
Saturday or a Sunday, the
period shall extend through the | ||
first business day next
following the day
otherwise fixed as | ||
the first or last day,
irrespective of whether any election | ||
authority or local election official
conducts business on the | ||
State holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
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(b) For the purposes of this Section, "State holiday" | ||
means New Year's
Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, | ||
Lincoln's Birthday, President's
Day, Casimir Pulaski's | ||
Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National | ||
Freedom Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, | ||
Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and
any other | ||
day from time to time declared by the President of the United | ||
States
or the Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the | ||
agencies of the State
of Illinois that are ordinarily open to | ||
do business with the public shall be
closed for business.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, | ||
nominating
papers, petitions of objection to nominating | ||
papers, certificates of withdrawal
of candidacy, and reports |
of political committees actually received by election
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authorities and local election officials on a State holiday, a | ||
Saturday, or a
Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective | ||
for that reason alone.
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(Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
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Section 15. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||
changing Section 15-45 as follows: | ||
(30 ILCS 500/15-45) | ||
Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any | ||
act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by | ||
excluding the first day and including the last, unless the | ||
last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it | ||
shall also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday, | ||
Sunday, or holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday, | ||
then that succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the | ||
purposes of this Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr. | ||
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday; | ||
President's Day; Memorial Day; Juneteenth National Freedom | ||
Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans' Day; | ||
Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; and any other day from time | ||
to time declared by the President of the United States or the | ||
Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of | ||
the State of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business | ||
with the public shall be closed for business.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||
contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as | ||
2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||
State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||
Assembly. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.) | ||
Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||
24-2 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
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Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | ||
(a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | ||
nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | ||
shall teachers or other school
employees, other than | ||
noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary | ||
because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | ||
work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | ||
Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | ||
Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | ||
Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | ||
Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated | ||
as Memorial Day by federal law; June 19, Juneteenth National | ||
Freedom Day; July 4,
Independence Day; the first Monday in | ||
September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in October, Columbus |
Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday in
November | ||
commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas | ||
Day.
School boards may grant special holidays whenever in | ||
their judgment such
action is advisable. No deduction shall
be | ||
made from the time or
compensation of a school employee on | ||
account of any legal
or special holiday.
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(b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | ||
waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code | ||
is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | ||
parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | ||
Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | ||
Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | ||
the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | ||
birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | ||
November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: | ||
(1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | ||
recognized through instructional activities conducted on | ||
that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | ||
on the first school day preceding or following that day; | ||
and | ||
(2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | ||
first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The | ||
entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing | ||
to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth | ||
the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the | ||
proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony |
from educators and parents about the proposal.
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(c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | ||
patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | ||
or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays | ||
are: January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
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observed as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 | ||
(the
birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War | ||
Veterans' Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of | ||
Remembrance), the school day
immediately preceding Veterans' | ||
Day (Korean War Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), | ||
October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), | ||
December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so | ||
appointed by the President or
Governor. School boards may | ||
establish commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment | ||
such action is advisable.
School boards shall include | ||
instruction relative to commemorated persons,
activities, or
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events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time | ||
during the school
year and at any point in the curriculum when | ||
such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of | ||
Education shall prepare and make available
to school boards | ||
instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
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activities,
or events which may be used by school boards in | ||
conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to this | ||
paragraph.
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(d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe | ||
March 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday |
shall be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to | ||
commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
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Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late | ||
Mayor Richard
J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. | ||
If March 4 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | ||
observed on the following Monday. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to | ||
the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | ||
as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | ||
the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||
Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | ||
election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | ||
used as a location for election day services or as a polling | ||
place.
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(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
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Section 25. The Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 17 as follows:
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(205 ILCS 630/17) (from Ch. 17, par. 2201)
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Sec. 17. Holidays.
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(a) The following days shall be legal holidays in the | ||
State of
Illinois upon which day a bank may, but is not | ||
required to, remain closed:
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the first day of January (New Year's Day);
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the third Monday in January (observance of Martin Luther |
King, Jr.'s
birthday);
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the twelfth day in February (Abraham Lincoln's birthday);
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the third Monday in February (Presidents Day);
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the first Monday in March (observance of Casimir Pulaski's | ||
birthday);
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the Friday preceding Easter Sunday (Good Friday);
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the last Monday of May (Memorial Day);
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the nineteenth day of June (Juneteenth National Freedom | ||
Day); | ||
the fourth day of July (Independence Day);
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the first Monday in September (Labor Day);
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the second Monday in October (Columbus Day);
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the eleventh day of November (Veterans' Day);
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the fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day);
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the twenty-fifth day in December (Christmas Day);
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the days upon which the general elections for members of | ||
the House of
Representatives are held, and any day proclaimed | ||
by the Governor of this
State as a legal holiday. From 12 | ||
o'clock noon to 12 o'clock midnight of
each Saturday shall be | ||
considered a half holiday. In addition to such
holidays and | ||
half-holidays, a bank may select one day of the week to remain
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closed, as provided in subsection (b) of this Section.
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(b) Any bank doing business within this State may select | ||
any one day of
the week to remain closed on a regular basis | ||
upon adoption of a resolution
by the board of directors of such | ||
bank designating the day selected and
upon filing and |
publishing a copy of such resolution as hereinafter
required. | ||
Any such resolution shall be deemed effective for the purpose | ||
of
this Section only when a copy thereof, certified by an | ||
officer having charge
of the records of such bank, is filed | ||
with the Recorder of the county in
which such bank is located | ||
and published once each week for 3 successive
weeks in a | ||
newspaper of general circulation in such county. Such
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publication shall be accomplished by, and at the expense of, | ||
the bank, and
the bank shall submit to the Commissioner of | ||
Banks and Real Estate such evidence of the publication as the | ||
Commissioner shall deem
appropriate. Any such selection shall | ||
remain in full force and effect until a
copy of the later | ||
resolution of the board of directors of such bank, certified
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in like manner, terminating or altering any such prior | ||
selection shall be filed
and published in the same manner as | ||
such prior resolution.
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(c) If an occasion arises when a state bank wishes to | ||
remain closed on a
particular day, other than a day on which | ||
the bank has selected to remain
closed on a regular basis as | ||
provided in this Section, such state bank may
remain closed on | ||
such an occasion after first sending to the Commissioner a
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copy of a resolution adopted by the board of directors | ||
authorizing the bank
to remain closed on such occasion and | ||
notice of the intent to remain closed
on such occasion shall be | ||
conspicuously posted in the lobby of the main
banking office | ||
and any branches of such bank for at least 3 weeks in
advance |
of such occasion. Any day which any bank doing business within | ||
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State shall select to remain closed pursuant to this | ||
Section shall, with
respect to such bank, be treated and | ||
considered as a Sunday.
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(d) All legal holidays, the half holidays and
any day | ||
selected by a bank doing business within the State to remain
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closed, shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as
regards the | ||
presenting for payment or acceptance, the maturity and
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protesting and giving of notice of the dishonor of bills of | ||
exchange, bank
checks and promissory notes and other | ||
negotiable or commercial paper or
instrument, be treated and | ||
considered as a Sunday. When any such holidays , except | ||
Juneteenth National Freedom Day,
fall on Sunday, the Monday
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next following shall be held and considered such holiday. All | ||
notes, bills,
drafts, checks or other evidence of | ||
indebtedness, falling due or maturing
on either of such days, | ||
shall be deemed as due or maturing upon the day
following, and | ||
when 2 or more of these days come together, or immediately
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succeeding each other, then such instruments, paper or | ||
indebtedness shall
be deemed as due or having matured on the | ||
day following the last of such
days.
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(e) Any act authorized, required or permitted to be | ||
performed at or by or
with respect to any bank doing business | ||
within the State on a day which it
has selected to remain | ||
closed under this Section may be so performed on the
next | ||
succeeding business day and no liability or loss of rights of |
any kind
shall result from such delay.
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(f) Nothing in this Act shall in any manner affect the | ||
validity of, or
render void or voidable, the payment, | ||
certification, or acceptance of a
check or other negotiable | ||
instrument, or any other transaction by a bank in
this State, | ||
because done or performed on any Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or
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any day selected by a bank to remain closed, or during any time | ||
other than
regular banking hours; but no bank in this State, | ||
which by law or custom is
entitled to remain open or to close | ||
for the whole or any part of any day
selected by it to remain | ||
open or to close, is compelled to close, or to
remain open for | ||
the transaction of business or to perform any of the acts
or | ||
transactions aforesaid except at its own option.
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(Source: P.A. 89-508, eff. 7-3-96; 89-567, eff. 7-26-96; | ||
90-14, eff.
7-1-97.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2022. |