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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4113
Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/25-8 |
from Ch. 46, par. 25-8 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a gubernatorial appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of U.S. Senator is subject to the approval of a commission consisting of the legislative leaders and their appointees.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4113 |
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LRB096 09805 JAM 19968 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 25-8 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/25-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-8)
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| Sec. 25-8. U.S. Senator. |
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| (a) When a vacancy shall occur in the office of United |
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| States
Senator from this state, the Governor shall make |
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| temporary appointment, subject to subsection (b), to
fill such |
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| vacancy until the next election of representatives in Congress,
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| at which time such vacancy shall be filled by election, and the |
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| senator so
elected shall take office as soon thereafter as he |
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| shall receive his
certificate of election.
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| (b) An appointment under subsection (a) is subject to |
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| approval by a majority vote of a commission consisting of the |
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| President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and |
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| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and 16 members |
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| appointed 4 each by those legislative leaders. |
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| (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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