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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0038
Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a General Assembly member from holding any other elective public office. Effective upon being declared adopted, and applicable to members elected or appointed to terms beginning in or after 2013.
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A BILL FOR
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
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| electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
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| election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of |
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| this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the |
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| Illinois Constitution by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| ARTICLE IV
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| THE LEGISLATURE
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2)
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| SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION
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| (a) One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative |
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| District.
Immediately following each decennial redistricting, |
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| the General Assembly
by law shall divide the Legislative |
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| Districts as equally as possible
into three groups. Senators |
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| from one group shall be elected for terms of
four years, four |
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| years and two years; Senators from the second group,
for terms |
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| of four years, two years and four years; and Senators from the
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| third group, for terms of two years, four years and four years. |
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| The
Legislative Districts in each group shall be distributed |
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| substantially
equally over the State.
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| (b) Each Legislative District shall be divided into two |
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| Representative
Districts. In 1982 and every two years |
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| thereafter one Representative shall
be elected from each |
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| Representative District for a term of two years.
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| (c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General |
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| Assembly, a
person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 |
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| years old, and for
the two years preceding his election or |
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| appointment a resident of the
district which he is to |
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| represent. In the general election following a
redistricting, a |
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| candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from
any |
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| district which contains a part of the district in which he |
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| resided
at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a |
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| resident of the new
district he represents for 18 months prior |
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| to reelection.
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| (d) Within thirty days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be |
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| filled by
appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in |
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| a Senatorial office
with more than twenty-eight months |
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| remaining in the term, the appointed
Senator shall serve until |
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| the next general election, at which time a
Senator shall be |
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| elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If the
vacancy |
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| is in a Representative office or in any other Senatorial |
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| office,
the appointment shall be for the remainder of the term. |
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| An appointee to
fill a vacancy shall be a member of the same |
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| political party as the
person he succeeds.
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| (e) No member of the General Assembly shall hold elective |
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| public office in any other governmental entity. No member of |
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| the General Assembly shall receive compensation as
a public |
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| officer or employee from any other governmental entity for time
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| during which he is in attendance as a member of the General |
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| Assembly.
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| No member of the General Assembly during the term for which |
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| he was
elected or appointed shall be appointed to a public |
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| office which shall
have been created or the compensation for |
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| which shall have been
increased by the General Assembly during |
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| that term.
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| (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, |
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| 1980.)
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| SCHEDULE
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| This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being |
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| declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois |
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| Constitutional Amendment Act and applies to General Assembly |
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| members elected or appointed to terms beginning in or after |
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| 2013.
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