Bill Text: IL HJRCA0014 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to more than 2 terms as Governor. Effective upon being declared adopted, and applies to each person elected Governor after the person elected Governor at the 2006 general election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-02 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 46 [HJRCA0014 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HJRCA0014-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0014 Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Mike Boland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to more than 2 terms as Governor. Effective upon being declared adopted, and applies to each person elected Governor after the person elected Governor at the 2006 general election.
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A BILL FOR
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
this resolution a proposition to amend Article V of the
Illinois Constitution by changing Section 2 as follows:
ARTICLE V
THE EXECUTIVE
(ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
SECTION 2. TERMS
(a) These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall
hold office for four years beginning on the second Monday of
January after their election and, except in the case of the
Lieutenant Governor, until their successors are qualified.
They shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and every
four years thereafter.
(b) A person may not be elected to more than two terms as
Governor. An otherwise eligible person who has served as Acting
Governor or who has filled a vacancy in the office of Governor
as provided in Section 6 of this Article is not disqualified

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from being elected to two terms as Governor. This subsection
does not limit the number of terms to which a person may be
elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor. This subsection
applies to each person elected to the office of Governor after
the person elected to the office of Governor at the 2006
general election.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act and applies beginning with the
person elected Governor immediately after the person elected
Governor in 2006.