Bill Text: IL SB1820 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB1820 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1820-Introduced.html

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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.
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A BILL FOR
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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.)