Illinois-2023-HB3419-Introduced

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3419

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`10 ILCS 5/1-6`
`30 ILCS 500/15-45`
`105 ILCS 5/24-2`	`from Ch. 122, par. 24-2`
`205 ILCS 630/17`	`from Ch. 17, par. 2201`

Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to designate the first day following the beginning of Ramadan as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes.

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 15. 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

12 first business day next following the day otherwise fixed as

13 the 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"

17 means New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday,

18 Lincoln's Birthday, President's Day, Casimir Pulaski's

19 Birthday, the first day following the beginning of Ramadan,

20 Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Freedom Day,

21 Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day,

22 Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day from time

23 to time declared by the President of the United States or the

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1 Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of

2 the State of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business

3 with the public shall be closed for business.

4 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,

5 nominating papers, petitions of objection to nominating

6 papers, certificates of withdrawal of candidacy, and reports

7 of political committees actually received by election

8 authorities and local election officials on a State holiday, a

9 Saturday, or a Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective

10 for that reason alone.

11 (Source: P.A. 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21.)

12 Section 20. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by

13 changing Section 15-45 as follows:

14 (30 ILCS 500/15-45)

15 Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any

16 act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by

17 excluding the first day and including the last, unless the

18 last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it

19 shall also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday,

20 Sunday, or holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday,

21 then that succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the

22 purposes of this Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr.

23 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday;

24 President's Day; the first day following the beginning of

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1 Ramadan; Memorial Day; Juneteenth National Freedom Day;

2 Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans' Day;

3 Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; and any other day from time

4 to time declared by the President of the United States or the

5 Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of

6 the State of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business

7 with the public shall be closed for business.

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the

9 contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as

10 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the

11 State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General

12 Assembly.

13 (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22;

14 102-334, eff. 8-9-21.)

15 Section 25. The School Code is amended by changing Section

16 24-2 as follows:

17 (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)

18 Sec. 24-2. Holidays.

19 (a) Teachers shall not be required to teach on Saturdays,

20 nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,

21 shall teachers or other school employees, other than

22 noncertificated school employees whose presence is necessary

23 because of an emergency or for the continued operation and

24 maintenance of school facilities or property, be required to

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1 work on legal school holidays, which are January 1, New Year's

2 Day; the third Monday in January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin

3 Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the Birthday of President

4 Abraham Lincoln; the first Monday in March (to be known as

5 Casimir Pulaski's birthday); the first day following the

6 beginning of Ramadan;Good Friday; the day designated as

7 Memorial Day by federal law; June 19, Juneteenth National

8 Freedom Day; July 4, Independence Day; the first Monday in

9 September, Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Columbus

10 Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday in November

11 commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas

12 Day. School boards may grant special holidays whenever in

13 their judgment such action is advisable. No deduction shall be

14 made from the time or compensation of a school employee on

15 account of any legal or special holiday.

16 (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for

17 waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code

18 is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes,

19 parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third

20 Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,

21 Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln);

22 the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's

23 birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and

24 November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that:

25 (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are

26 recognized through instructional activities conducted on

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1 that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance,

2 on the first school day preceding or following that day;

3 and

4 (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority

5 first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The

6 entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing

7 to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth

8 the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the

9 proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony

10 from educators and parents about the proposal.

11 (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified

12 patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities,

13 or events, are regular school days. Commemorative holidays

14 are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to

15 be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and observed as a

16 commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the birthday

17 of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),

18 September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the school

19 day immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans'

20 Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and

21 Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl

22 Harbor Veterans' Day), and any day so appointed by the

23 President or Governor. School boards may establish

24 commemorative holidays whenever in their judgment such action

25 is advisable. School boards shall include instruction relative

26 to commemorated persons, activities, or events on the

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1 commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school

2 year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction

3 may be deemed appropriate. The State Board of Education shall

4 prepare and make available to school boards instructional

5 materials relative to commemorated persons, activities, or

6 events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with

7 any instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.

8 (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe

9 March 4 of each year as a commemorative holiday. This holiday

10 shall be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day to

11 commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive

12 Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late

13 Mayor Richard J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington.

14 If March 4 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be

15 observed on the following Monday.

16 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to

17 the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known

18 as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout

19 the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General

20 Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of

21 election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be

22 used as a location for election day services or as a polling

23 place.

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the

25 contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as

26 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the

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1 State under Public Act 102-15.

2 (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22;

3 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff.

4 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

5 Section 30. The Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act is

6 amended by changing Section 17 as follows:

7 (205 ILCS 630/17) (from Ch. 17, par. 2201)

8 Sec. 17. Holidays.

9 (a) The following days shall be legal holidays in the

10 State of Illinois upon which day a bank may, but is not

11 required to, remain closed:

12 the first day of January (New Year's Day);

13 the third Monday in January (observance of Martin Luther

14 King, Jr.'s birthday);

15 the twelfth day in February (Abraham Lincoln's birthday);

16 the third Monday in February (Presidents Day);

17 the first Monday in March (observance of Casimir Pulaski's

18 birthday);

19 the first day following the beginning of Ramadan

20 (observance of the first day of Ramadan);

21 the Friday preceding Easter Sunday (Good Friday);

22 the last Monday of May (Memorial Day);

23 the nineteenth day of June (Juneteenth National Freedom

24 Day);

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1 the fourth day of July (Independence Day);

2 the first Monday in September (Labor Day);

3 the second Monday in October (Columbus Day);

4 the eleventh day of November (Veterans' Day);

5 the fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day);

6 the twenty-fifth day in December (Christmas Day);

7 the days upon which the general elections for members of

8 the House of Representatives are held, and any day proclaimed

9 by the Governor of this State as a legal holiday. From 12

10 o'clock noon to 12 o'clock midnight of each Saturday shall be

11 considered a half holiday. In addition to such holidays and

12 half-holidays, a bank may select one day of the week to remain

13 closed, as provided in subsection (b) of this Section.

14 (b) Any bank doing business within this State may select

15 any one day of the week to remain closed on a regular basis

16 upon adoption of a resolution by the board of directors of such

17 bank designating the day selected and upon filing and

18 publishing a copy of such resolution as hereinafter required.

19 Any such resolution shall be deemed effective for the purpose

20 of this Section only when a copy thereof, certified by an

21 officer having charge of the records of such bank, is filed

22 with the Recorder of the county in which such bank is located

23 and published once each week for 3 successive weeks in a

24 newspaper of general circulation in such county. Such

25 publication shall be accomplished by, and at the expense of,

26 the bank, and the bank shall submit to the Commissioner of

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1 Banks and Real Estate such evidence of the publication as the

2 Commissioner shall deem appropriate. Any such selection shall

3 remain in full force and effect until a copy of the later

4 resolution of the board of directors of such bank, certified

5 in like manner, terminating or altering any such prior

6 selection shall be filed and published in the same manner as

7 such prior resolution.

8 (c) If an occasion arises when a state bank wishes to

9 remain closed on a particular day, other than a day on which

10 the bank has selected to remain closed on a regular basis as

11 provided in this Section, such state bank may remain closed on

12 such an occasion after first sending to the Commissioner a

13 copy of a resolution adopted by the board of directors

14 authorizing the bank to remain closed on such occasion and

15 notice of the intent to remain closed on such occasion shall be

16 conspicuously posted in the lobby of the main banking office

17 and any branches of such bank for at least 3 weeks in advance

18 of such occasion. Any day which any bank doing business within

19 the State shall select to remain closed pursuant to this

20 Section shall, with respect to such bank, be treated and

21 considered as a Sunday.

22 (d) All legal holidays, the half holidays and any day

23 selected by a bank doing business within the State to remain

24 closed, shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as regards the

25 presenting for payment or acceptance, the maturity and

26 protesting and giving of notice of the dishonor of bills of

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1 exchange, bank checks and promissory notes and other

2 negotiable or commercial paper or instrument, be treated and

3 considered as a Sunday. When any such holidays, except

4 Juneteenth National Freedom Day, fall on Sunday, the Monday

5 next following shall be held and considered such holiday. All

6 notes, bills, drafts, checks or other evidence of

7 indebtedness, falling due or maturing on either of such days,

8 shall be deemed as due or maturing upon the day following, and

9 when 2 or more of these days come together, or immediately

10 succeeding each other, then such instruments, paper or

11 indebtedness shall be deemed as due or having matured on the

12 day following the last of such days.

13 (e) Any act authorized, required or permitted to be

14 performed at or by or with respect to any bank doing business

15 within the State on a day which it has selected to remain

16 closed under this Section may be so performed on the next

17 succeeding business day and no liability or loss of rights of

18 any kind shall result from such delay.

19 (f) Nothing in this Act shall in any manner affect the

20 validity of, or render void or voidable, the payment,

21 certification, or acceptance of a check or other negotiable

22 instrument, or any other transaction by a bank in this State,

23 because done or performed on any Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or

24 any day selected by a bank to remain closed, or during any time

25 other than regular banking hours; but no bank in this State,

26 which by law or custom is entitled to remain open or to close

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1 for the whole or any part of any day selected by it to remain

2 open or to close, is compelled to close, or to remain open for

3 the transaction of business or to perform any of the acts or

4 transactions aforesaid except at its own option.

5 (Source: P.A. 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21.)