95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0047


 
Introduced 10/10/2008, by Rep. Mike Boland
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  









ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2







    Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution.  Provides that a person may not be elected to more than 2 terms as Governor.  Effective upon being declared adopted, and applies to each person elected Governor after the current Governor.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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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 V of the 
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Illinois Constitution by changing Section 2 as follows:

 

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ARTICLE V 


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THE EXECUTIVE






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    (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)



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SECTION 2. TERMS 

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    (a) These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall 
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hold office for
four years beginning on the second Monday of 
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January after their
election and, except in the case of the 
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Lieutenant Governor, until their
successors are qualified. 
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They shall be elected at the general election
in 1978 and every 
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four years thereafter.

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    (b) A person may not be elected to more than two terms as 
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Governor.  An otherwise eligible person who has served as Acting 
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Governor or who has filled a vacancy in the office of Governor 
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as provided in Section 6 of this Article is not disqualified 
 


 






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from being elected to two terms as Governor.  This subsection 
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does not limit the number of terms to which a person may be 
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elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor.  This subsection 
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applies to each person elected to the office of Governor after 
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the person elected to the office of Governor at the 2006 
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general election. 
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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 and applies beginning with the 
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person elected Governor immediately after the person elected 
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Governor in 2006.