99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0039

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2

    Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for terms totalling more than 10 years; service before the second Wednesday in January of 2017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for terms totalling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.


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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH 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 add Section 2.5 to Article IV
9and amend Section 2 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution
10as follows:
 
11
ARTICLE IV
12
THE LEGISLATURE

13    (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new)
14SECTION 2.5. TERM LIMITS. A person may not be elected to the
15office of State Senator or State Representative, or a
16combination of those offices, for terms totalling more than 10
17years. Service before the second Wednesday in January of 2017
18shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's
19service.
 
20
ARTICLE V
21
THE EXECUTIVE

 

 

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1    (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
2SECTION 2. TERMS
3    These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold
4office for four years beginning on the second Monday of January
5after their election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant
6Governor, until their successors are qualified. They shall be
7elected at the general election in 1978 and every four years
8thereafter. A person may not be elected to any Executive Branch
9office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for
10terms totalling more than 8 years. Service before the second
11Monday in January of 2017 shall not be considered in the
12calculation of a person's service.
13(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
 
14
SCHEDULE
15    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
16declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
17Constitutional Amendment Act.