Full Text of HJRCA0023 93rd General Assembly
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0023
Introduced 12/22/2003, by Rep. Rosemary Kurtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2 |
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 5 |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution.
Changes the terms of members of the General Assembly.
Provides that Senators elected in 2006 shall serve six-year
terms. Provides that Senators elected in 2008 shall serve four-year terms.
Provides that Representatives elected in 2006 shall first serve four-year terms
and then two-year terms.
Provides that, beginning in 2012, in each
ten-year period, Senators shall be divided into two groups. Provides that
Senators in the first group shall first be elected for terms of six years and
then for terms of four years. Provides that Senators in the other group shall
first be elected for terms of four years and then for terms of six years.
Provides that, beginning in 2012,
Representatives shall first be
elected for terms of four years, then for terms of two years, and then for
terms of four years. Provides that whenever a seat in either house becomes
vacant with more than 28 months remaining in the term, the vacancy shall be
filled by appointment until the next general election, at which time a
replacement shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the term.
Provides that the General Assembly shall be a continuous body for a period
beginning and ending at noon on the second Wednesday of January of consecutive
odd-numbered years. Effective upon being declared adopted. Applies to the
election of General Assembly members in 2006 and thereafter; does
not affect the terms of members elected in 2002 or 2004.
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 5 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | 6 |
| electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | 7 |
| election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | 8 |
| this resolution a proposition to amend Sections 2 and 5 of | 9 |
| Article IV of the Illinois Constitution:
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| ARTICLE IV
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| THE LEGISLATURE
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2)
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| SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION
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| (a) One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative | 15 |
| District.
Senators
elected in 2006 shall serve six-year terms. | 16 |
| Senators elected in 2008 shall
serve four-year terms. | 17 |
| Immediately following each decennial redistricting,
the | 18 |
| General Assembly
by law shall divide the Legislative Districts | 19 |
| as equally as possible
into two
three groups. During each | 20 |
| ten-year period, beginning with
the general election in 2012, | 21 |
| Senators from one group shall first be
elected for
terms of
six | 22 |
| years and then for terms of four years
four years, four years | 23 |
| and two
years; Senators from the second group,
for terms of | 24 |
| four years, two years and four years; and Senators from the
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| other
third group shall first be elected , for terms of two
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| years, four years and then for terms of six
four years. The
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| Legislative Districts in each group shall be distributed | 28 |
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equally over the State.
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| (b) Each Legislative District shall be divided into two | 30 |
| Representative
Districts. In 1982 and every two years | 31 |
| thereafter One Representative shall
be elected from each | 32 |
| Representative District for a term of two years .
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| Representatives elected in 2006 shall first serve terms of four |
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| years and
then terms of two years. During each ten-year period, | 2 |
| beginning with the general election in 2012,
Representatives | 3 |
| shall first be elected for terms of four years, then for terms
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| of
two years, and then for terms of four years.
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| (c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General | 6 |
| Assembly, a
person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 | 7 |
| years old, and for
the two years preceding his election or | 8 |
| appointment a resident of the
district which he is to | 9 |
| represent. In the general election following a
redistricting, a | 10 |
| candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from
any | 11 |
| district which contains a part of the district in which he | 12 |
| resided
at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a | 13 |
| resident of the new
district he represents for 18 months prior | 14 |
| to reelection.
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| (d) Within thirty days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be | 16 |
| filled by
appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in | 17 |
| a Senatorial or
Representative office
with more than | 18 |
| twenty-eight months remaining in the term, the appointed
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| Senator or Representative shall serve until the next general | 20 |
| election, at
which time a
Senator or Representative shall be | 21 |
| elected to serve for the remainder of
the term. If the
vacancy | 22 |
| is in any other Senatorial or
a Representative office or in
any | 23 |
| other Senatorial office ,
the appointment shall be for the | 24 |
| remainder of the term. An appointee to
fill a vacancy shall be | 25 |
| a member of the same political party as the
person he succeeds.
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| (e) No member of the General Assembly shall receive | 27 |
| compensation as
a public officer or employee from any other | 28 |
| governmental entity for time
during which he is in attendance | 29 |
| as a member of the General Assembly.
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| No member of the General Assembly during the term for which | 31 |
| he was
elected or appointed shall be appointed to a public | 32 |
| office which shall
have been created or the compensation for | 33 |
| which shall have been
increased by the General Assembly during | 34 |
| that term.
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| (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | 36 |
| 1980.)
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 5)
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| SECTION 5. SESSIONS
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| (a) The General Assembly shall convene each year on the | 4 |
| second
Wednesday of January. The General Assembly shall be a | 5 |
| continuous body
for a period beginning and ending at noon on | 6 |
| the second Wednesday of January
of consecutive odd-numbered | 7 |
| years.
during the term for which members of the
House of | 8 |
| Representatives are elected.
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| (b) The Governor may convene the General Assembly or the | 10 |
| Senate
alone in special session by a proclamation stating the | 11 |
| purpose of the
session; and only business encompassed by such | 12 |
| purpose, together with
any impeachments or confirmation of | 13 |
| appointments shall be transacted.
Special sessions of the | 14 |
| General Assembly may also be convened by joint
proclamation of | 15 |
| the presiding officers of both houses, issued as
provided by | 16 |
| law.
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| (c) Sessions of each house of the General Assembly and | 18 |
| meetings of
committees, joint committees and legislative | 19 |
| commissions shall be open
to the public. Sessions and committee | 20 |
| meetings of a house may be closed
to the public if two-thirds | 21 |
| of the members elected to that house
determine that the public | 22 |
| interest so requires; and meetings of joint
committees and | 23 |
| legislative commissions may be so closed if two-thirds of
the | 24 |
| members elected to each house so determine.
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| (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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| SCHEDULE
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| This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | 28 |
| declared adopted in
accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | 29 |
| Constitutional Amendment Act and
applies to
the election of | 30 |
| members of the General Assembly in 2006 and thereafter. It
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| not affect the terms of members elected in 2002 or 2004.
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