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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0195 Introduced 1/23/2013, by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 75/1 | from Ch. 1, par. 1201 |
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Amends the Effective Date of Laws Act. Provides that in odd-numbered years, bills passed prior to the convening of the General Assembly require a three-fifths vote of the members elected to each house. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0195 | | LRB098 04301 JWD 34328 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Effective Date of Laws Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 1201)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. Bills passed before June 1.
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| 8 | | (a) A bill passed prior to June 1 of a calendar year
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| 9 | | does not provide for an effective date in the terms of the bill |
| 10 | | shall
become effective on January 1 of the following year, or |
| 11 | | upon its
becoming a law, whichever is later.
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| 12 | | (b) A bill passed prior to June 1 of a calendar year that
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| 13 | | does provide for an effective date in the terms of the bill |
| 14 | | shall become
effective on that date if that date is the same as |
| 15 | | or subsequent to the
date the bill becomes a law; provided that |
| 16 | | if the effective date
provided in the terms of the bill is |
| 17 | | prior to the date the bill becomes
a law then the date the bill |
| 18 | | becomes a law shall be the effective date.
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| 19 | | (c) A bill passed in an odd-numbered year prior to the |
| 20 | | convening of the General Assembly in that year shall become |
| 21 | | effective as provided for under this Section only if the |
| 22 | | General Assembly shall pass the bill by a vote of three-fifths |
| 23 | | of the members elected to each house. |