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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1565
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Christine Radogno - John J. Millner - Tim Bivins - Matt Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Governor Succession Act. Provides that the Governor shall receive no State compensation for any period during which the Governor leaves office temporarily and the next officer in the line of succession exercises and discharges the powers and duties of the office of Governor due to the pending indictment of or pending criminal charge against the Governor. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1565 |
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LRB096 03414 JAM 15877 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Governor Succession Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 2 as follows:
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| (15 ILCS 5/2 new) |
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| Sec. 2. Gubernatorial compensation. The Governor shall |
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| receive no State compensation, including salary and any other |
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| benefits, for any period on or after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly during which the |
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| powers and duties of the office of Governor are exercised and |
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| discharged by the officer next in the line of succession under |
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| the operation of subsection (c) of Section 6 of Article V of |
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| the Illinois Constitution due to the pendency of a criminal |
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| charge against or indictment of the Governor. Operation of this |
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| Section does not create a claim for compensation not received, |
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| whether or not the Governor resumed the exercise and discharge |
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| of the powers and duties of the office of Governor.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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