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| | SB3746 Enrolled | | LRB097 17524 HEP 65682 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning volunteer emergency responders.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 126 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 490/126 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 126. Volunteer Emergency Responder Appreciation Day. |
| 8 | | The third Thursday in May of each year is designated Volunteer |
| 9 | | Emergency Responder Appreciation Day in Illinois. Volunteer |
| 10 | | firefighters, rescue squads, divers, emergency medical |
| 11 | | technicians, and response teams sacrifice their time and lives |
| 12 | | for their communities with little or no compensation. Volunteer |
| 13 | | Emergency Responder Appreciation Day shall be observed |
| 14 | | throughout the State by the citizens of Illinois with civic |
| 15 | | remembrances of the sacrifices made on their behalf by the |
| 16 | | volunteer emergency responders of Illinois, especially the |
| 17 | | ultimate sacrifice given by those individuals who have lost |
| 18 | | their lives in the line of duty.
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law. |