5 ILCS 5/ U. S. Constitution Amendment Act.

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5 ILCS 5/0.01

(5 ILCS 5/0.01) (from Ch. 1, par. 300)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

U. S. Constitution Amendment Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

5 ILCS 5/1

(5 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 301)

Sec. 1.

Whenever the Congress of the United States of America has
adopted a proposal to amend the Constitution of the United States of
America and the mode of ratification thereof prescribed by Congress is
by the legislatures of the several states, a joint resolution proposing
the ratification of such proposed amendment shall be considered by both
houses of the General Assembly of this State. Such joint resolution to
ratify the Congressional proposition to amend the Constitution of the
United States shall be validly adopted by the General Assembly of this
State only if it receives the favorable vote of a constitutional
majority of the members of each house of the General Assembly.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 1215.)