SB1820 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1820

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Tom Bennett

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 490/75

from Ch. 1, par. 3051-75

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the third full week of September of each year is designated as Illinois Prairie Week.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State 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 changing Section 75 as follows:

(5 ILCS 490/75) (from Ch. 1, par. 3051-75)

Sec. 75. Prairie Week. The third full week of September of each year is designated as Illinois Prairie Week to be observed throughout the State as a week for holding appropriate events and observances in the public schools and elsewhere to demonstrate the value of preserving and reestablishing native Illinois prairies.

(Source: P.A. 87-272.)