Bill Text: IL HJRCA0026 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the salary or cost of living adjustment of members of the General Assembly may be increased by a joint resolution adopted by two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. Requires that the joint resolution must also be approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question at the next general election following the adoption of the joint resolution. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-05 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 46 [HJRCA0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HJRCA0026-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-SEVENTH 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 11 of 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. 11)
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13 | SECTION 11. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES
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14 | (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a A | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | member shall receive a salary , cost of living adjustment, and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | allowances as provided by law . | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) Changes , but
changes in the salary of a member shall | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | not take effect during the term
for which he or she has been | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | elected. An increase in the cost of living adjustment of a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | member shall not take effect during the term of which he or she | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | has been elected. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (c) The salary or cost of living adjustment of members of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | the General Assembly may be increased by a joint resolution |
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1 | adopted by two-thirds of the members elected to each house of | ||||||
2 | the
General Assembly. The joint resolution must also be | ||||||
3 | approved by a majority of the
electors voting on the question | ||||||
4 | at the next general election
following the adoption of the | ||||||
5 | joint resolution.
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6 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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7 | SCHEDULE
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8 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
9 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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