Full Text of SB1267 101st General Assembly
SB1267sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Ram Villivalam Filed: 3/6/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1267
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1267 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 1-6 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-6)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday, | 8 | | Sunday, and holidays.
| 9 | | (a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act | 10 | | required or
allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a | 11 | | Saturday or a Sunday, the
period shall extend through the first | 12 | | business day next
following the day
otherwise fixed as the | 13 | | first or last day,
irrespective of whether any election | 14 | | authority or local election official
conducts business on the | 15 | | State holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
| 16 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "State holiday" means |
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| 1 | | New Year's
Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, | 2 | | Lincoln's Birthday, President's
Day, Casimir Pulaski's | 3 | | Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor | 4 | | Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas | 5 | | Day, General Election Day, General Primary Election Day, | 6 | | Consolidated Election Day, Consolidated Primary Election Day, | 7 | | and
any other day from time to time declared by the President | 8 | | of the United States
or the Governor of Illinois to be a day | 9 | | during which the agencies of the State
of Illinois that are | 10 | | ordinarily open to do business with the public shall be
closed | 11 | | for business.
| 12 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, | 13 | | nominating
papers, petitions of objection to nominating | 14 | | papers, certificates of withdrawal
of candidacy, and reports of | 15 | | political committees actually received by election
authorities | 16 | | and local election officials on a State holiday, a Saturday, or | 17 | | a
Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective for that | 18 | | reason alone.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
| 20 | | Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 21 | | changing Section 15-45 as follows: | 22 | | (30 ILCS 500/15-45) | 23 | | Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any | 24 | | act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by |
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| 1 | | excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last | 2 | | day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it shall | 3 | | also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday, Sunday, or | 4 | | holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday, then that | 5 | | succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the purposes of this | 6 | | Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr. Martin Luther King, | 7 | | Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday; President's Day; Memorial | 8 | | Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans' Day; | 9 | | Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; General Election Day; General | 10 | | Primary Election Day; Consolidated Election Day; Consolidated | 11 | | Primary Election Day; and any other day from time to time | 12 | | declared by the President of the United States or the Governor | 13 | | of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of the State | 14 | | of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business with the | 15 | | public shall be closed for business.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1076, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 17 | | Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 18 | | 24-2 as follows:
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
| 20 | | Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | 21 | | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | 22 | | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | 23 | | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than | 24 | | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary |
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| 1 | | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
| 2 | | maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | 3 | | work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | 4 | | Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | 5 | | Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | 6 | | Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | 7 | | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated as | 8 | | Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the | 9 | | first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in | 10 | | October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday | 11 | | in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, | 12 | | Christmas Day ; in even-numbered years, the first Tuesday after | 13 | | the first Monday in November, General Election Day; in | 14 | | even-numbered years, the third Tuesday in March, General | 15 | | Primary Election Day; in odd-numbered years, the first Tuesday | 16 | | in April, except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of the Election | 17 | | Code, Consolidated Election Day; and in odd-numbered years, the | 18 | | last Tuesday in February, Consolidated Primary Election Day .
| 19 | | School boards may grant special holidays whenever in their | 20 | | judgment such
action is advisable. No deduction shall
be made | 21 | | from the time or
compensation of a school employee on account | 22 | | of any legal
or special holiday.
| 23 | | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | 24 | | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code is | 25 | | authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | 26 | | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third |
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| 1 | | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | 2 | | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | 3 | | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | 4 | | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | 5 | | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: | 6 | | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | 7 | | recognized through instructional activities conducted on | 8 | | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | 9 | | on the first school day preceding or following that day; | 10 | | and | 11 | | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | 12 | | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The entity | 13 | | shall provide notice preceding the public hearing to both | 14 | | educators and parents. The notice shall set forth the time, | 15 | | date, and place of the hearing, describe the proposal, and | 16 | | indicate that the entity will take testimony from educators | 17 | | and parents about the proposal.
| 18 | | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 19 | | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | 20 | | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: | 21 | | January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed | 22 | | as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
| 23 | | birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' | 24 | | Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the | 25 | | school day
immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War | 26 | | Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and |
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| 1 | | Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl | 2 | | Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so appointed by the | 3 | | President or
Governor. School boards may establish | 4 | | commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment such action | 5 | | is advisable.
School boards shall include instruction relative | 6 | | to commemorated persons,
activities, or
events on the | 7 | | commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school
| 8 | | year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction | 9 | | may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of Education shall | 10 | | prepare and make available
to school boards instructional | 11 | | materials relative to commemorated persons,
activities,
or | 12 | | events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with | 13 | | any
instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.
| 14 | | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March | 15 | | 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall | 16 | | be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and | 17 | | be reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of | 18 | | Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and | 19 | | the late Mayor Harold Washington. If March 4 falls on a
| 20 | | Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be observed on the | 21 | | following Monday.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-156, eff. 8-2-13.)
| 23 | | Section 20. The State Universities Civil Service Act is | 24 | | amended by changing Section 45a as follows:
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 70/45a) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1)
| 2 | | Sec. 45a.
Except as provided in the second sentence of this | 3 | | Section,
all officers and employees subject to this Act, shall | 4 | | have the
following days as holidays, for which they shall | 5 | | receive their usual
compensation: New Year's Day, January 1, | 6 | | Memorial Day, as determined by
the law of the State of | 7 | | Illinois, Independence Day, July 4, Labor Day,
the first Monday | 8 | | in September, Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of
| 9 | | November, Christmas Day, December 25, in even-numbered years, | 10 | | the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, General | 11 | | Election Day, in even-numbered years, the third Tuesday in | 12 | | March, General Primary Election Day, in odd-numbered years, the | 13 | | first Tuesday in April, except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a | 14 | | of the Election Code, Consolidated Election Day, in | 15 | | odd-numbered years, the last Tuesday in February, Consolidated | 16 | | Primary Election Day, and five holidays to be designated
by | 17 | | each college, university, agency and community college subject | 18 | | to
this Act. Craft and trade employees subject to this Act | 19 | | shall be paid
for all paid holidays included in their area | 20 | | agreement, and will be paid
for all five holidays designated by | 21 | | their employer pursuant to this
section.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 79-1186.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.".
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