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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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