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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 two weeks, shall be
23 given 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.