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92_HB5791
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1 AN ACT concerning the General Assembly.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
5 by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
6 (25 ILCS 10/3.5 new)
7 Sec. 3.5. Length of service as Speaker, President, and
8 Minority Leader. A member of the Senate may not serve as
9 either President of the Senate or Minority Leader of the
10 Senate if that member has already served during 4 General
11 Assemblies as President of the Senate, as Minority Leader of
12 the Senate, or in both of those offices in the aggregate. A
13 member of the House of Representatives may not serve as
14 either Speaker of the House of Representatives or Minority
15 Leader of the House of Representatives if that member has
16 already served during 4 General Assemblies as Speaker of the
17 House of Representatives, as Minority Leader of the House of
18 Representatives, or in both of those offices in the
19 aggregate. Service as Speaker, President, or Minority Leader
20 for more than one year of a General Assembly constitutes
21 service during that General Assembly. This Section does not
22 apply to a member serving as Speaker, President, or Minority
23 Leader on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
24 92nd General Assembly. Upon election as Speaker or Minority
25 Leader of the House of Representatives or President or
26 Minority Leader of the Senate in succession to a different
27 member, that Speaker, President, or Minority Leader may
28 appoint the same or different members to that house's
29 leadership positions of his or her political party.
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.