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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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Introduced 2/25/2009, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 1 |
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8 |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution.
Authorizes electors to propose bills by petition. Provides for submission of
such bills to both houses of the General Assembly and for record votes to be
taken. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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A BILL FOR
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| WHEREAS, We are, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, |
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| a "government of
the people, by the people, and for the |
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| people"; and
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| WHEREAS, An amendment to the Illinois Constitution built |
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| upon the Lincoln
principles of government will serve to |
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| strengthen our democracy; and
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| WHEREAS, The petition rights of our citizens are central to |
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| our form of
self-government; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 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 Sections 1 and 8 of |
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| Article IV of the Constitution as follows:
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| ARTICLE IV
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| THE LEGISLATURE
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 1)
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| SECTION 1.
LEGISLATURE - POWER AND STRUCTURE
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the legislative |
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| power is
vested in a General Assembly consisting of a
Senate |
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| and a House of Representatives, elected by the electors from 59
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| Legislative Districts and 118 Representative Districts.
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| (b) The electors reserve to themselves the legislative |
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| power to propose
bills by petition for consideration by the |
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| General Assembly as provided in
subsection (b-5) of Section 8.
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| (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, |
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| 1980.)
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8)
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| SECTION 8.
PASSAGE OF BILLS
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| (a) The enacting clause of the laws of this State shall be: |
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| "Be it
enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the
General Assembly."
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| (b) The General Assembly shall enact laws only by bill. |
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| Except as provided
in subsection (b-5), bills may
originate in |
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| either house, but may be amended or rejected by the other.
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| (b-5) Bills may be proposed by a petition signed by a |
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| number of electors
equal in number to at least 6% of the total |
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| votes cast for candidates for
Governor in the preceding |
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| gubernatorial election. A petition shall contain the
text of |
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| the bill, shall have been signed by the petitioning electors |
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| not more
than one year preceding the filing of the petition, |
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| and shall be filed with the
Secretary of State not earlier than |
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| the second Wednesday in January in any year
and not later than |
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| the fourth Wednesday in March in that year. The procedure
for |
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| determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition shall be |
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| provided by
law, but the procedure shall take not longer than |
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| 30 days.
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| If a petition is determined to be valid and sufficient as |
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| provided by law,
the bill proposed by the petition shall be |
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| proposed to the members of the House
of Representatives by the |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the
members of |
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| the Senate by the President of the Senate. The bill may not be
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| amended by either house. A record vote of all the members of |
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| the House of
Representatives
and all the members of the Senate |
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| shall be taken on the bill not more than 30
days after the |
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| petition is determined to be valid and sufficient.
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| (c) No bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a |
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| majority
of the members elected to each house. Final passage of |
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| a bill shall be
by record vote. In the Senate at the request of |
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| two members, and in the
House at the request of five members, a |
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| record vote may be taken on any
other occasion. A record vote |
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| is a vote by yeas and nays entered on the
journal.
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| (d) A bill shall be read by title on three different days |
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| in each
house. A bill and each amendment thereto shall be |
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| reproduced and placed
on the desk of each member before final |
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| passage.
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| Bills, except bills for appropriations and for the |
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| codification,
revision or rearrangement of laws, shall be |
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| confined to one subject.
Appropriation bills shall be limited |
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| to the subject of appropriations.
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| A bill expressly amending a law shall set forth completely |
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| the
sections amended.
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| The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the |
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| President of the
Senate shall sign each bill that passes both |
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| houses to certify that the
procedural requirements for passage |
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| have been met.
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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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