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90_SJ0064enr 90SJ0064 Enrolled SRS90SJ0022BWsa 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 2 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3 SENATE 4 Senate Joint Resolution No. 64 5 Offered by Senator Dan Cronin 6 WHEREAS, The 90th General Assembly of the State of 7 Illinois has adopted Senate Joint Resolution 52, submitting a 8 proposition to amend the Illinois Constitution to the voters 9 of Illinois at the November 1998 general election; and 10 WHEREAS, The Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act (5 11 ILCS 20/) requires the General Assembly to prepare a brief 12 explanation of the amendment, a brief argument in favor of 13 the amendment, a brief argument against the amendment, and 14 the form in which the amendment will appear on the ballot and 15 also requires that this information be submitted to the 16 Attorney General and filed with the Office of the Secretary 17 of State for publication and distribution to the electorate; 18 therefore, be it 19 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 20 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 21 CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Joint Committee on the Courts 22 Commission Amendment is created; and be it further 23 RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee shall consist of 8 24 legislative members, 2 each appointed by the President of the 25 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the 26 House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the 27 House of Representatives; and be it further 28 RESOLVED, That the President of the Senate and the 29 Speaker of the House shall each designate one member to serve 30 as co-chairs of the Joint Committee; and be it further 31 RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee, pursuant to the 32 Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act, shall direct the 90SJ0064 Enrolled -2- SRS90SJ0022BWsa 1 preparation of a brief explanation of the amendment, a brief 2 argument in favor of the amendment, a brief argument against 3 the amendment, and the form in which the amendment will 4 appear on its separate ballot as provided by Section 16-6 of 5 the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/16-6); and be it further 6 RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee shall file a report 7 with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 8 of Representatives prior to the adjournment of the Regular 9 Session of the Ninetieth General Assembly of the State of 10 Illinois; and be it further 11 RESOLVED, That the report on the amendment shall contain: 12 (i) a brief explanation of the amendment; (ii) a brief 13 argument in favor of the amendment; (iii) a brief argument 14 against the amendment; and (iv) the form in which the 15 amendment will appear on the ballot; and be it further 16 RESOLVED, That the two houses shall adopt the report on 17 the amendment by a vote of a majority of the members elected 18 to the two houses; after resolving any disputes as to the 19 contents of the report, the report and the proposed amendment 20 shall then be submitted to the Attorney General and filed in 21 the Office of the Secretary of State. 22 Adopted by the Senate, May 15, 1998. 23 _______________________ _______________________ 24 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate 25 Concurred in by the House of Representatives, May 20, 26 1998. 27 _______________________ _______________________ 28 Clerk of House of Speaker of House of 90SJ0064 Enrolled -3- SRS90SJ0022BWsa 1 Representatives Representatives