HC0047 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0047

Introduced 10/10/2008, by Rep. Mike Boland

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 more than 2 terms as Governor. Effective upon being declared adopted, and applies to each person elected Governor after the current Governor.

A BILL FOR

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE 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 amend Article V of the Illinois Constitution by changing Section 2 as follows:

ARTICLE V

THE EXECUTIVE

(ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)

SECTION 2. TERMS

(a) These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold office for four years beginning on the second Monday of January after their election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant Governor, until their successors are qualified. They shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and every four years thereafter.

(b) A person may not be elected to more than two terms as Governor. An otherwise eligible person who has served as Acting Governor or who has filled a vacancy in the office of Governor as provided in Section 6 of this Article is not disqualified from being elected to two terms as Governor. This subsection does not limit the number of terms to which a person may be elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor. This subsection applies to each person elected to the office of Governor after the person elected to the office of Governor at the 2006 general election.

(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

SCHEDULE

This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act and applies beginning with the person elected Governor immediately after the person elected Governor in 2006.