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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 4    NINETY-SECOND  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 add Section 8.1
 9    to Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

10                             ARTICLE IV
11                           THE LEGISLATURE

12        (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new)
13    Section 8.1.  Passage of Revenue Bills.
14        (a)  A bill that would result in the increase of  revenue
15    to  the  State  may  become  law only with the concurrence of
16    two-thirds of the  members  elected  to  each  house  of  the
17    General Assembly.
18        (b)  The  General  Assembly may not vote upon a bill that
19    would result in the increase of revenue to the State until  a
20    public  hearing on the bill has been held.  Reasonable notice
21    of the hearing, in no event less than 2 weeks, shall be given
22    to the public.

23                              SCHEDULE
24        This Constitutional Amendment  takes  effect  upon  being
25    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
26    Constitutional Amendment Act.

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