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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | WHEREAS, We are, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | a "government of
the people, by the people, and for the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | people"; and
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6 | WHEREAS, An amendment to the Illinois Constitution built | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | upon the Lincoln
principles of government will serve to | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | strengthen our democracy; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The petition rights of our citizens are central to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | our form of
self-government; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | this resolution a proposition to amend Sections 1 and 8 of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Article IV of the Constitution as follows:
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18 | ARTICLE IV
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19 | THE LEGISLATURE
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20 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 1)
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21 | SECTION 1. LEGISLATURE - POWER AND STRUCTURE
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22 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the legislative | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | power is
vested in a General Assembly consisting of a
Senate | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | and a House of Representatives, elected by the electors from 59
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25 | Legislative Districts and 118 Representative Districts.
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26 | (b) The electors reserve to themselves the legislative | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | power to propose
bills by petition for consideration by the | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | General Assembly as provided in
subsection (b-5) of Section 8.
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1 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||
2 | 1980.)
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3 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8)
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4 | SECTION 8. PASSAGE OF BILLS
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5 | (a) The enacting clause of the laws of this State shall be: | ||||||
6 | "Be it
enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
7 | represented in the
General Assembly."
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8 | (b) The General Assembly shall enact laws only by bill. | ||||||
9 | Except as provided
in subsection (b-5), bills may
originate in | ||||||
10 | either house, but may be amended or rejected by the other.
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11 | (b-5) Bills may be proposed by a petition signed by a | ||||||
12 | number of electors
equal in number to at least 6% of the total | ||||||
13 | votes cast for candidates for
Governor in the preceding | ||||||
14 | gubernatorial election. A petition shall contain the
text of | ||||||
15 | the bill, shall have been signed by the petitioning electors | ||||||
16 | not more
than one year preceding the filing of the petition, | ||||||
17 | and shall be filed with the
Secretary of State not earlier than | ||||||
18 | the second Wednesday in January in any year
and not later than | ||||||
19 | the fourth Wednesday in March in that year. The procedure
for | ||||||
20 | determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition shall be | ||||||
21 | provided by
law, but the procedure shall take not longer than | ||||||
22 | 30 days.
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23 | If a petition is determined to be valid and sufficient as | ||||||
24 | provided by law,
the bill proposed by the petition shall be | ||||||
25 | proposed to the members of the House
of Representatives by the | ||||||
26 | Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the
members of | ||||||
27 | the Senate by the President of the Senate. The bill may not be
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28 | amended by either house. A record vote of all the members of | ||||||
29 | the House of
Representatives
and all the members of the Senate | ||||||
30 | shall be taken on the bill not more than 30
days after the | ||||||
31 | petition is determined to be valid and sufficient.
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32 | (c) No bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a | ||||||
33 | majority
of the members elected to each house. Final passage of | ||||||
34 | a bill shall be
by record vote. In the Senate at the request of | ||||||
35 | two members, and in the
House at the request of five members, a |
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1 | record vote may be taken on any
other occasion. A record vote | ||||||
2 | is a vote by yeas and nays entered on the
journal.
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3 | (d) A bill shall be read by title on three different days | ||||||
4 | in each
house. A bill and each amendment thereto shall be | ||||||
5 | reproduced and placed
on the desk of each member before final | ||||||
6 | passage.
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7 | Bills, except bills for appropriations and for the | ||||||
8 | codification,
revision or rearrangement of laws, shall be | ||||||
9 | confined to one subject.
Appropriation bills shall be limited | ||||||
10 | to the subject of appropriations.
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11 | A bill expressly amending a law shall set forth completely | ||||||
12 | the
sections amended.
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13 | The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the | ||||||
14 | President of the
Senate shall sign each bill that passes both | ||||||
15 | houses to certify that the
procedural requirements for passage | ||||||
16 | have been met.
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17 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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18 | SCHEDULE
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19 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
20 | declared adopted in
accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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