Bill Text: IL HJRCA0018 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to any single Executive Branch office for more than two terms in each office; service before the second Monday in January of 2023 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Referred to Rules Committee [HJRCA0018 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJRCA0018-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2 of Article V | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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10 | ARTICLE V
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11 | THE EXECUTIVE
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12 | (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
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13 | SECTION 2. TERMS
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14 | These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | office for
four years beginning on the second Monday of January | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | after their
election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Governor, until their
successors are qualified. They shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | elected at the general election
in 1978 and every four years | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | thereafter. A person may not be elected to any single Executive | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Branch office for more than two terms in each office. Service | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | before the second Monday in January of 2023 shall not be | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | considered in the calculation of a person's service.
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23 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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1 | SCHEDULE
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2 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
3 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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