Full Text of HJR0111 95th General Assembly
HJ0111 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Article XIV of the 1970 Illinois Constitution | 3 |
| requires that if the question of whether a Constitutional | 4 |
| Convention should be called is not submitted during any 20-year | 5 |
| period, that question shall be submitted at the general | 6 |
| election in the 20th year following the last submission; and
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| WHEREAS, The question of the convening of a Constitutional | 8 |
| Convention was submitted to the electorate in 1988, and that | 9 |
| question has not been submitted during the past 20-year period; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The 1970 Illinois Constitution requires that the | 12 |
| question of whether to call a Constitutional Convention be | 13 |
| submitted to the electorate at the general election in 2008; | 14 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The Constitutional Convention Act authorizes the | 16 |
| procedure for preparing voter education materials to accompany | 17 |
| the question of calling a convention and requires the General | 18 |
| Assembly to prepare those materials; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 21 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Joint Committee is hereby |
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| created, to be known as the Joint Committee for the | 2 |
| Constitutional Convention Proposal; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee shall consist of 8 | 4 |
| legislative members, 2 each appointed by the Speaker and | 5 |
| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the | 6 |
| President and Minority Leader of the Senate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House and the President | 8 |
| of the Senate shall each designate one member of the Joint | 9 |
| Committee to serve as Co-Chair; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee shall direct the | 11 |
| preparation of a brief explanation of the question of calling a | 12 |
| Constitutional Convention, a brief argument in favor of a call, | 13 |
| a brief argument against a call, and the form in which the | 14 |
| question will appear on its separate ballot as provided in the | 15 |
| Election Code; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That by April 4, 2008, the Joint Committee shall | 17 |
| file a report with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of | 18 |
| the Senate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the report shall contain the explanation of | 20 |
| the question calling a Constitutional Convention, the | 21 |
| arguments in favor and against the call, and the form in which |
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| the question of a Constitutional Convention will appear on the | 2 |
| ballot; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the 2 houses shall accept the report by | 4 |
| adopting the same joint resolution by a majority of the members | 5 |
| elected to each house, and the report shall then be certified | 6 |
| to the Secretary of State.
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