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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0019 Introduced 1/31/2018, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Limits a person's total service in any one of the following offices: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate to a total of 5 General Assemblies. Applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2019. Does not apply to service to fill a vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides for purposes of calculation of a person's service under this provision, a General Assembly is the 2-year period from the convening of a General Assembly on the second Wednesday of January in an odd-numbered year until the convening of the next General Assembly on the second Wednesday of January in the next odd-numbered year. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
| 5 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
| 6 | | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
| 7 | | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of |
| 8 | | this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the |
| 9 | | Illinois Constitution by changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE IV
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| 11 | | THE LEGISLATURE
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)
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| 13 | | SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
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| 14 | | (a) A majority of the members elected to each house |
| 15 | | constitutes a
quorum.
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| 16 | | (b) On the first day of the January session of the General |
| 17 | | Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall |
| 18 | | convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its |
| 19 | | membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as |
| 20 | | presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate to |
| 21 | | elect from its membership a President of the Senate as
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| 22 | | presiding officer. A person may not serve more than a total of |
| 23 | | 5 General Assemblies in any one of the following offices: |
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| 1 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the |
| 2 | | Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or |
| 3 | | Minority Leader of the Senate; provided that service before the |
| 4 | | second Wednesday in January of 2019 and service to fill a |
| 5 | | vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of |
| 6 | | Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of |
| 7 | | the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate |
| 8 | | shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's |
| 9 | | service. For purposes of calculation of a person's service |
| 10 | | under this subsection, a General Assembly is the 2-year period |
| 11 | | from the convening of a General Assembly on the second |
| 12 | | Wednesday of January in an odd-numbered year until the |
| 13 | | convening of the next General Assembly on the second Wednesday |
| 14 | | of January in the next odd-numbered year.
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| 15 | | (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this
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| 16 | | Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member |
| 17 | | of the
numerically strongest political party other than the |
| 18 | | party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the |
| 19 | | case may be.
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| 20 | | (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its |
| 21 | | proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications |
| 22 | | of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be |
| 23 | | expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the |
| 24 | | members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only |
| 25 | | once for the same offense. Each house may punish by
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| 26 | | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to |