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92_SC0051

 
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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL
 4    ASSEMBLY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS,   THE  HOUSE  OF
 5    REPRESENTATIVES  CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that  there  shall   be
 6    submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  State  for adoption or
 7    rejection at the general election next occurring at  least  6
 8    months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
 9    add Section 8.1 to Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as
10    follows:

11                             ARTICLE IV
12                           THE LEGISLATURE

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

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

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