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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0021 Introduced 5/25/2024, by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a State's Attorney in a county with a population over 2,000,000 may be recalled by petition and referendum of the electors of the county or counties served by the State's Attorney in a manner provided by law. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. |
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION |
| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 4 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 5 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
| 6 | | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
| 7 | | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption |
| 8 | | of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 19 of |
| 9 | | Article VI of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE VI |
| 11 | | THE JUDICIARY
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 19) |
| 13 | | SECTION 19. STATE'S ATTORNEYS - SELECTION, SALARY |
| 14 | | A State's Attorney shall be elected in each county in 1972 |
| 15 | | and every fourth year thereafter for a four year term. One |
| 16 | | State's Attorney may be elected to serve two or more counties |
| 17 | | if the governing boards of such counties so provide and a |
| 18 | | majority of the electors of each county voting on the issue |
| 19 | | approve. A person shall not be eligible for the office of |
| 20 | | State's Attorney unless he is a United States citizen and a |
| 21 | | licensed attorney-at-law of this State. His salary shall be |
| 22 | | provided by law. A State's Attorney in a county with a |
| 23 | | population over 2,000,000 may be recalled by petition and |