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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3034 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1d new30 ILCS 500/15-45 105 ILCS 5/24-2 from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 110 ILCS 70/45a from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even years (rather than November 8, 2022) shall be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the State. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code, School Code, and State Universities Civil Service Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 26243 BMS 52603 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3034 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1d new30 ILCS 500/15-45 105 ILCS 5/24-2 from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 110 ILCS 70/45a from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1d new 30 ILCS 500/15-45 105 ILCS 5/24-2 from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 110 ILCS 70/45a from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even years (rather than November 8, 2022) shall be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the State. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code, School Code, and State Universities Civil Service Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 26243 BMS 52603 b LRB103 26243 BMS 52603 b A BILL FOR
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88 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even years (rather than November 8, 2022) shall be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the State. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code, School Code, and State Universities Civil Service Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
1818 5 2A-1.1d as follows:
1919 6 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1d new)
2020 7 Sec. 2A-1.1d. General Election Day State holiday.
2121 8 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
2222 9 contrary, the date of the general election on the first
2323 10 Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even years shall
2424 11 be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be
2525 12 observed throughout the State. General Election Day is a legal
2626 13 school holiday for purposes of the School Code and State
2727 14 Universities Civil Service Act. Any school closed for General
2828 15 Election Day shall be made available to an election authority
2929 16 as a polling place for General Election Day.
3030 17 Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
3131 18 changing Section 15-45 as follows:
3232 19 (30 ILCS 500/15-45)
3333 20 Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any
3434 21 act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by
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7575 1 excluding the first day and including the last, unless the
7676 2 last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it
7777 3 shall also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday,
7878 4 Sunday, or holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday,
7979 5 then that succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the
8080 6 purposes of this Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr.
8181 7 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday;
8282 8 President's Day; Memorial Day; Juneteenth National Freedom
8383 9 Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; General
8484 10 Election Day; Veterans' Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day;
8585 11 and any other day from time to time declared by the President
8686 12 of the United States or the Governor of Illinois to be a day
8787 13 during which the agencies of the State of Illinois that are
8888 14 ordinarily open to do business with the public shall be closed
8989 15 for business.
9090 16 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
9191 17 contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as
9292 18 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
9393 19 State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General
9494 20 Assembly.
9595 21 (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22;
9696 22 102-334, eff. 8-9-21.)
9797 23 Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section
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109109 1 (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
110110 2 Sec. 24-2. Holidays.
111111 3 (a) Teachers shall not be required to teach on Saturdays,
112112 4 nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
113113 5 shall teachers or other school employees, other than
114114 6 noncertificated school employees whose presence is necessary
115115 7 because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
116116 8 maintenance of school facilities or property, be required to
117117 9 work on legal school holidays, which are January 1, New Year's
118118 10 Day; the third Monday in January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin
119119 11 Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the Birthday of President
120120 12 Abraham Lincoln; the first Monday in March (to be known as
121121 13 Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good Friday; the day designated
122122 14 as Memorial Day by federal law; June 19, Juneteenth National
123123 15 Freedom Day; July 4, Independence Day; the first Monday in
124124 16 September, Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Columbus
125125 17 Day; the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in
126126 18 even years, General Election Day; November 11, Veterans' Day;
127127 19 the Thursday in November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and
128128 20 December 25, Christmas Day. School boards may grant special
129129 21 holidays whenever in their judgment such action is advisable.
130130 22 No deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a
131131 23 school employee on account of any legal or special holiday.
132132 24 (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for
133133 25 waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code
134134 26 is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes,
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145145 1 parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third
146146 2 Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
147147 3 Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln);
148148 4 the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's
149149 5 birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and
150150 6 November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that:
151151 7 (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are
152152 8 recognized through instructional activities conducted on
153153 9 that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance,
154154 10 on the first school day preceding or following that day;
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156156 12 (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority
157157 13 first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The
158158 14 entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing
159159 15 to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth
160160 16 the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the
161161 17 proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony
162162 18 from educators and parents about the proposal.
163163 19 (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified
164164 20 patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities,
165165 21 or events, are regular school days. Commemorative holidays
166166 22 are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to
167167 23 be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and observed as a
168168 24 commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the birthday
169169 25 of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
170170 26 September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the school
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181181 1 day immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans'
182182 2 Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and
183183 3 Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl
184184 4 Harbor Veterans' Day), and any day so appointed by the
185185 5 President or Governor. School boards may establish
186186 6 commemorative holidays whenever in their judgment such action
187187 7 is advisable. School boards shall include instruction relative
188188 8 to commemorated persons, activities, or events on the
189189 9 commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school
190190 10 year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction
191191 11 may be deemed appropriate. The State Board of Education shall
192192 12 prepare and make available to school boards instructional
193193 13 materials relative to commemorated persons, activities, or
194194 14 events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with
195195 15 any instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.
196196 16 (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe
197197 17 March 4 of each year as a commemorative holiday. This holiday
198198 18 shall be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day to
199199 19 commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
200200 20 Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late
201201 21 Mayor Richard J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington.
202202 22 If March 4 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be
203203 23 observed on the following Monday.
204204 24 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to
205205 25 the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known
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217217 1 the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General
218218 2 Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of
219219 3 election authorities, shall be closed for General Election Day
220220 4 unless authorized to be used as a location for election day
221221 5 services or as a polling place.
222222 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
223223 7 contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
224224 8 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
225225 9 State under Public Act 102-15.
226226 10 (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22;
227227 11 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff.
228228 12 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
229229 13 Section 20. The State Universities Civil Service Act is
230230 14 amended by changing Section 45a as follows:
231231 15 (110 ILCS 70/45a) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1)
232232 16 Sec. 45a. Except as provided in the second sentence of
233233 17 this Section, all officers and employees subject to this Act,
234234 18 shall have the following days as holidays, for which they
235235 19 shall receive their usual compensation: New Year's Day,
236236 20 January 1, Memorial Day, as determined by the law of the State
237237 21 of Illinois, Juneteenth National Freedom Day, as determined by
238238 22 the law of the State of Illinois, Independence Day, July 4,
239239 23 Labor Day, the first Monday in September, General Election
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251251 1 even years, Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of November,
252252 2 Christmas Day, December 25, and five holidays to be designated
253253 3 by each college, university, or agency subject to this Act.
254254 4 Craft and trade employees subject to this Act shall be paid for
255255 5 all paid holidays included in their area agreement, and will
256256 6 be paid for all five holidays designated by their employer
257257 7 pursuant to this Section.
258258 8 College, university, agency, and community college offices
259259 9 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
260260 10 contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as
261261 11 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
262262 12 State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General
263263 13 Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of
264264 14 election authorities, shall be closed on General Election Day
265265 15 unless authorized to be used as a location for election day
266266 16 services or as a polling place.
267267 17 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
268268 18 contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
269269 19 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
270270 20 State under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
271271 21 (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
272272 22 102-1075, eff. 6-10-22.)
273273 23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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