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Public Act 92-0704
SB1531 Enrolled SDS/92Abill0018/AJhs
AN ACT to honor and commemorate the victims of the
terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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 adding Section 86 as follows:
(5 ILCS 490/86 new)
Sec. 86. September 11th Day of Remembrance. September
11th of each year is designated as September 11th Day of
Remembrance to be observed throughout the State as a day set
apart in honor and remembrance of the persons killed and
injured in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.567 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.567 new)
Sec. 5.567. The September 11th Fund.
Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 24-2 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
Sec. 24-2. Holidays. Teachers shall not be required to
teach on Saturdays; nor 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 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;
July 4, Independence Day; the first Monday in September,
Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Columbus Day;
November 11, Veteran's 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, except that no school
board or board of education may designate or observe as a
special holiday on which teachers or other school employees
are not required to work the days on which general elections
for members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
held. No deduction shall be made from the time or
compensation of a school employee on account of any legal or
special holiday.
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
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 Veteran's
Day (Korean War Veterans Day), October 1 (Recycling 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
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, activities, or events which may be used by school
boards in conjunction with any instruction provided pursuant
to this paragraph.
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 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.
(Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 89-622, eff. 8-9-96;
90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
adding Section 3-653 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-653 new)
Sec. 3-653. September 11th license plates.
(a) Beginning on September 11, 2002, the Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and applications made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special
registration plates designated as September 11th license
plates.
The special plates issued under this Section shall be
affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or
motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds.
Plates issued under this Section shall expire according
to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
this Code.
(b) The design and color of the special plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary
may allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized
plates under Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary
shall prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section
3-412 of this Code.
(c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged
a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the
appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the September 11th Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray the
administrative processing costs.
For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in
addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be
charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the
September 11th Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
(d) The September 11th Fund is created as a special fund
in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the Director
of Commerce and Community Affairs shall pay all moneys in the
September 11th Fund as grants to aid victims of terrorism and
as grants to local governments to cover the costs of
training, equipment, and other items related to public safety
initiatives intended to prevent further acts of terrorism or
to respond to further acts of terrorism or other disasters or
emergency situations in Illinois.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly April 23, 2002.
Approved July 19, 2002.
Effective July 19, 2002.
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