SC0013 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0013

Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no person's services or property may be taken without just compensation. Effective upon being declared adopted.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH 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 amend Article I of the Illinois Constitution by adding Section 25 as follows:

ARTICLE I

BILL OF RIGHTS

(ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new) SECTION 25. PARTICULAR SERVICES AND PROPERTY

Except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, no person's particular services shall be demanded without just compensation. No person's property shall be taken by law without just compensation. Such compensation shall be determined by a jury as provided by law.

SCHEDULE

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