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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0015
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Dr. Patricia Reid Lindner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Limits a person's total service in either or both of the offices of Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Senate to a total of 10 years. Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2010.
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
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| electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
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| election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of |
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| this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the |
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| Illinois Constitution by changing Section 6 as follows:
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| ARTICLE IV
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| THE LEGISLATURE
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)
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| SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
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| (a) A majority of the members elected to each house |
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| constitutes a
quorum.
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| (b) On the first day of the January session of the General |
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| Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall |
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| convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its |
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| membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as |
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| presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate to |
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| elect from its membership a President of the Senate as
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| presiding officer. A person may not serve more than a total of |
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| 10 years in either or both of the offices of Speaker of the |
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| House of Representatives and President of the Senate; provided |
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| that service before the second Wednesday in January of 2010 |
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| shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's |
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| service.
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| (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this
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| Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member |
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| of the
numerically strongest political party other than the |
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| party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the |
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| case may be.
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| (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its |
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| proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications |
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| of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be |
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| expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the |
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| members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only |
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| once for the same offense. Each house may punish by
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| imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to |
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| the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its |
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| presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four |
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| hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or |
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| contemptuous behavior.
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| (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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| SCHEDULE
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| This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being |
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| declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois |
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| Constitutional Amendment Act.
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