96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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Introduced 3/26/2010, by Sen. Don Harmon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 


  









ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11








     Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person must have been a licensed attorney-at-law for a minimum of ten years to be eligible to serve as a Circuit Judge, a minimum of twelve years to be eligible to serve as an Appellate Judge, and a minimum of fifteen years to be eligible to serve as a Supreme Court Judge, except that a person serving as a Judge on December 31, 2010 is not disqualified from completing the current term of office or seeking an additional term. Effective upon being declared adopted.
  















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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  
 
  
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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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 VI of the 
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Illinois Constitution by changing Section 11 as follows:
  
 

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ARTICLE VI 


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THE JUDICIARY






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    (ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11)



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SECTION 11. ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE 

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    No person shall be eligible to be a Judge or Associate 
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Judge unless that person he
is a United States citizen, a 
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licensed attorney-at-law of this State,
and a resident of the 
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unit which selects him or her. A person must have been a 
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licensed attorney-at-law for a minimum of ten years to be 
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eligible to serve as a Circuit Judge, a minimum of twelve years 
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to be eligible to serve as an Appellate Judge, and a minimum of 
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fifteen years to be eligible to serve as a Supreme Court Judge, 
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except that this requirement does not disqualify a person 
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serving as a Judge on December 31, 2010 from completing the 
 


 






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current term of office or seeking an additional term for that 
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office. No change in the
boundaries of a unit shall affect the 
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tenure in office of a Judge or
Associate Judge incumbent at the 
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time of such change.

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(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

 
  
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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.