101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3862
 
Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
25 ILCS 10/20 new

     Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly who sponsors or co-sponsors an amendment to the Illinois Constitution that provides for the implementation of General Assembly member term limits shall immediately be bound by the terms of that amendment upon sponsorship of such amendment, which shall include prior time served in office by that member, regardless of whether the provisions of that amendment exclude time served in office. Provides that if a member has reached his or her mandated term limit due to prior time served in office, but has time remaining on his or her current term of office, he or she shall be allowed to serve the remainder of his or her current term of office.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended  
5by adding Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 10/20 new)
7    Sec. 20. Term limit sponsorship. Any member of the General 
8Assembly who sponsors or co-sponsors an amendment to the 
9Illinois Constitution that provides for the implementation of 
10General Assembly member term limits shall immediately be bound 
11by the terms of that amendment upon sponsorship of such 
12amendment, which shall include prior time served in office by 
13that member, regardless of whether the provisions of that 
14amendment exclude time served in office. If a member under this 
15Section has reached his or her mandated term limit due to prior 
16time served in office, but has time remaining on his or her 
17current term of office, he or she shall be allowed to serve the 
18remainder of his or her current term of office.