Bill Text: IL HJRCA0036 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles 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 16 years; service before the second Wednesday in January of 2021 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any single Executive Branch office for terms totalling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2021 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJRCA0036 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HJRCA0036-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0036 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles 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 16 years; service before the second Wednesday in January of 2021 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any single Executive Branch office for terms totalling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2021 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH 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 add Section 2.5 to Article IV
and amend Section 2 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution
as follows:
ARTICLE IV
THE LEGISLATURE
(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new)
SECTION 2.5. TERM LIMITS
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 16 years. Service before the second
Wednesday in January of 2021 shall not be considered in the
calculation of a person's service.
ARTICLE V
THE EXECUTIVE

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(ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
SECTION 2. TERMS
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. A person may not be elected to any single Executive
Branch office for terms totalling more than 8 years. Service
before the second Monday in January of 2021 shall not be
considered in the calculation of a person's service.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.