HB0479eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0479 Engrossed LRB100 06768 RJF 16810 b

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. "An Act to renew the Great Seal of State," approved March 7, 1867, is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(Public Laws 1867, p. 36-37, Sec. 1)

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the secretary of state is hereby authorized and required to renew the great seal of state, and to procure it as nearly as practicable of the size, form and intent of the seal now in use, and conforming with the original design, as follows: "American eagle on a boulder in prairie-the sun rising in distant horizon," and scroll in eagle's beak, on which shall be inscribed the words: "State Sovereignty," "National Union," to correspond with the original seal of state, in every particular. The seal of state shall bear the date "December 3, 1818," in recognition of the date of Illinois' statehood, and that date shall replace any other date appearing on the seal of state before the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. Any further additions or changes made to the design of the seal on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.

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