101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0018

 

Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst

 

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 any single Executive Branch office for more than two terms in each office; service before the second Monday in January of 2023 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.


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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2 of Article V
9of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
 
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ARTICLE V
11
THE EXECUTIVE

12    (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
13SECTION 2. TERMS
14    These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold
15office for four years beginning on the second Monday of January
16after their election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant
17Governor, until their successors are qualified. They shall be
18elected at the general election in 1978 and every four years
19thereafter. A person may not be elected to any single Executive
20Branch office for more than two terms in each office. Service
21before the second Monday in January of 2023 shall not be
22considered in the calculation of a person's service.
23(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
 

 

 

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SCHEDULE
2    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
3declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
4Constitutional Amendment Act.