Bill Text: IL HJRCA0022 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more than 12 consecutive years. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-03 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 46 [HJRCA0022 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HJRCA0022-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 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | NINETY-EIGHTH 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 the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Constitution by adding Section 2.5 to Article IV 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 | No person may hold the office of State Senator or State | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | than 12 consecutive years.
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17 | SCHEDULE
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18 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | declared adopted in
accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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