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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0016 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for terms totalling more than ten years. Provides that no person may be elected or appointed as a State Senator or State Representative if, upon completion of that term of office, he or she will have been a member of the General Assembly for more than ten years. Provides that service before the second Wednesday in January of 2021 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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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 add Section 2.5 to Article IV |
| 9 | | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE IV
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| 11 | | THE LEGISLATURE
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new) |
| 13 | | SECTION 2.5. TERM LIMITS |
| 14 | | A person may not be elected to the office of State Senator |
| 15 | | or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for |
| 16 | | terms totalling more than ten years. No person may be elected |
| 17 | | or appointed as a State Senator or State Representative if, |
| 18 | | upon completion of that term of office, he or she will have |
| 19 | | been a member of the General Assembly for more than ten years. |
| 20 | | Service before the second Wednesday in January of 2021 shall |
| 21 | | not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.
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| 22 | | SCHEDULE
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