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Public Act 0930 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 







 

 		


Public Act 096-0930
 		





HB4586 Enrolled
LRB096 13212 JAM 27841 b






    AN ACT concerning government.

 
    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 155 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 490/155 new)
    Sec. 155. Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and 
the Transatlantic Slave Trade.  March 25 of each year is 
designated as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery 
and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a day for the people of the 
State to commemorate and reflect upon the contributions of 
African American slaves to Illinois and to the United States, 
in concert with the United Nations' International Day of 
Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic 
Slave Trade.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.




                                    

                                

                            

                        

                    

                

            

                

            


            

                

                    Effective Date: 6/18/2010