SC0038 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0038

Introduced 11/8/2011, by Sen. Kyle McCarter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new

Proposes to amend the Legislative Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning the passage of revenue bills. Provides that any bill resulting in the increase of revenue to the State may become law only by a vote of three-fifths of the members in each house of the General Assembly. Provides that each house of the General Assembly shall have a revenue committee. Provides that there shall be 25 members on the revenue committee in the House of Representatives. Provides that there shall be 13 members on the revenue committee in the Senate. Provides that revenue committee members may be removed from the committee only by a majority, recorded, roll call vote of all members of the committee's respective chamber. Provides that revenue committees may not vote upon a bill until a public hearing has been held. Effective on approval by the electors.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to add Section 8.1 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

ARTICLE IV

THE LEGISLATURE

(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new) SECTION 8.1. Passage of Revenue Bills.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 8 of this Article IV, a bill that would result in the increase of revenue to the State may become law only with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.

(b) Each house of the General Assembly shall have a revenue committee. It shall be the sole and the exclusive responsibility of the revenue committees to consider all bills that would result in an increase or decrease of revenue to the State. A bill pending in a revenue committee must be approved by a majority of members of that committee before it is sent to the full house for consideration or vote.

(c) There shall be 25 members on the revenue committee in the House of Representatives. The members of the House Revenue Committee shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader. The membership of the committee shall be proportionally as close arithmetically as possible to the percentage of members in the House of Representatives who vote for the Speaker and who vote for the Minority Leader.

There shall be 13 members on the revenue committee in the Senate. The members of the Senate Revenue Committee shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and the Senate Minority Leader. The membership of the committee shall be proportionally as close arithmetically as possible to the percentage of members in the Senate who vote for the Senate President and who vote for the Senate Minority Leader.

Revenue committee members may be removed from the committee only by a majority, recorded, roll call vote of all members of the committee's respective chamber. No member of the General Assembly may serve more than 4 consecutive years on a revenue committee.

(d) The revenue committees may not vote upon a bill until a public hearing on the bill has been held. Reasonable notice of the hearing, in no event less than 2 weeks, shall be given to the public.

SCHEDULE

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