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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 31
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution | 4 |
| Constitutional Amendment 31 by replacing line 3 on page 1 | 5 |
| through line 5 on page 4 with the following:
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| "RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 8 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | 9 |
| electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | 10 |
| election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | 11 |
| this resolution a proposition to amend Article III of the | 12 |
| Illinois Constitution by adding Section 7 as follows:
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| ARTICLE III
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| SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
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| (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 7 new) |
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| SECTION 7. INITIATIVE TO RECALL GOVERNOR OR COOK COUNTY BOARD | 2 |
| PRESIDENT | 3 |
| (a) The recall of the Governor may be proposed by a | 4 |
| petition signed by a number of electors equal to at least 15% | 5 |
| of the total votes cast for Governor in the preceding | 6 |
| gubernatorial election, with at least 100 signatures from each | 7 |
| of at least 25 separate counties. The recall of the President | 8 |
| of the Cook County Board of Commissioners may be proposed by a | 9 |
| petition signed by a number of Cook County electors equal to at | 10 |
| least 15% of the total votes cast for Cook County Board | 11 |
| President in the preceding election for Cook County Board | 12 |
| President. A petition shall have been signed by the petitioning | 13 |
| electors not more than 150 days after an affidavit has been | 14 |
| filed with the State Board of Elections providing notice of | 15 |
| intent to circulate a recall petition. The affidavit may be | 16 |
| filed no sooner than 6 months after the beginning of the term | 17 |
| of office of the officer whose recall is sought. The affidavit | 18 |
| with respect to recall of the Governor shall have been signed | 19 |
| by the proponent of the recall petition, at least 20 members of | 20 |
| the House of Representatives, and at least 10 members of the | 21 |
| Senate, with no more than half of the signatures of members of | 22 |
| each chamber from the same established political party. The | 23 |
| affidavit with respect to recall of the Cook County Board | 24 |
| President shall have been signed by the proponents of the | 25 |
| recall petition. | 26 |
| (b) The form of the petition, circulation, and procedure |
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| for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition | 2 |
| shall be as provided by law. If a petition is valid and | 3 |
| sufficient, the State Board of Elections shall certify the | 4 |
| petition not more than 100 days after the date the petition was | 5 |
| filed, and the question "Shall (name) be recalled from the | 6 |
| office of (name of office)?" must be submitted to the electors | 7 |
| of the State, in the case of the Governor, or of Cook County, | 8 |
| in the case of the Cook County Board President, at a special | 9 |
| election called by the State Board of Elections, to occur not | 10 |
| more than 100 days after certification of the petition. A | 11 |
| recall petition certified by the State Board of Elections may | 12 |
| not be withdrawn and another recall petition may not be | 13 |
| initiated against that officer during the remainder of the | 14 |
| current term of office of that officer. Any recall petition or | 15 |
| recall election pending on the date of the next general | 16 |
| election at which a candidate for the office subject to recall | 17 |
| is elected is moot. | 18 |
| (c) If a recall petition has been filed with the State | 19 |
| Board of Elections, a person eligible to serve in the office | 20 |
| subject to recall may propose his or her candidacy by a | 21 |
| petition signed by a number of electors equal in number to the | 22 |
| requirement for petitions for an established party candidate | 23 |
| for that office, signed by petitioning electors not more than | 24 |
| 50 days after a recall petition has been filed with the State | 25 |
| Board of Elections. The form of a successor election petition, | 26 |
| circulation, and procedure for determining the validity and |
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| sufficiency of a petition shall be as provided by law. If the | 2 |
| successor election petition is valid and sufficient, the State | 3 |
| Board of Elections shall certify the petition not more than 100 | 4 |
| days after the date the petition to recall that officer was | 5 |
| filed. Names of candidates for nomination to serve as the | 6 |
| candidate of an established political party must be submitted | 7 |
| to the electors at a special primary election, if necessary, | 8 |
| called by the State Board of Elections to be held at the same | 9 |
| time as the special election on the question of recall of that | 10 |
| officer established under subsection (b). Names of candidates | 11 |
| for the successor election must be submitted to the electors at | 12 |
| a special successor election called by the State Board of | 13 |
| Elections, to occur not more than 60 days after the date of the | 14 |
| special primary election or on a date established by law. | 15 |
| (d) The person subject to the recall is immediately removed | 16 |
| upon certification of the recall election results if a majority | 17 |
| of the electors voting on the question vote to recall the | 18 |
| officer. If the Governor is removed, then (i) an Acting | 19 |
| Governor determined under subsection (a) of Section 6 of | 20 |
| Article V shall serve until the Governor elected at the special | 21 |
| successor election is qualified and (ii) the candidate who | 22 |
| receives the highest number of votes in the special successor | 23 |
| election is elected Governor for the balance of the term. If | 24 |
| the Cook County Board President is removed, then (i) an Acting | 25 |
| President appointed by majority vote of the Cook County Board | 26 |
| of Commissioners from among its members shall serve until the |
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| President elected at the special successor election is | 2 |
| qualified and (ii) the candidate who receives the highest | 3 |
| number of votes in the special successor election is elected | 4 |
| Cook County Board President for the balance of the term. | 5 |
| SCHEDULE | 6 |
| This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | 7 |
| declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | 8 |
| Constitutional Amendment Act.". |
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