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90_HC0018
ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11
Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois
Constitution. Requires that a Judge or an Associate Judge
initially appointed or elected after the amendment's
effective date be a licensed Illinois attorney for at least
10 years. Effective upon approval by the electors.
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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to
6 the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the
7 general election next occurring at least 6 months after the
8 adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 11
9 of Article VI of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
10 ARTICLE VI
11 THE JUDICIARY
12 (ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11)
13 SECTION 11. ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE
14 No person shall be eligible to be a Judge or Associate
15 Judge unless that person he is a United States citizen, a
16 licensed attorney-at-law of this State for at least 10 years,
17 and a resident of the unit which selects him or her. The
18 requirement that an attorney's period of licensure must be at
19 least 10 years applies only to persons initially elected or
20 appointed as a Judge or an Associate Judge after the
21 effective date of this Constitutional Amendment of 1998. No
22 change in the boundaries of a unit shall affect the tenure in
23 office of a Judge or Associate Judge incumbent at the time of
24 such change.
25 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
26 SCHEDULE
27 This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval
28 by the electors of this State.