Bill Text: IL HJRCA0050 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes to amend a portion of the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution that concerns the organization of the General Assembly. Deletes a provision which provides that a member of the General Assembly may be expelled from office only once for the same offense. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-06 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJRCA0050 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJRCA0050-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-NINTH 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 6 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. 6)
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13 | SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
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14 | (a) A majority of the members elected to each house | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | constitutes a
quorum.
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16 | (b) On the first day of the January session of the General | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate to | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | elect from its membership a President of the Senate as
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22 | presiding officer.
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23 | (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this
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1 | Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member | ||||||
2 | of the
numerically strongest political party other than the | ||||||
3 | party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the | ||||||
4 | case may be.
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5 | (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its | ||||||
6 | proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications | ||||||
7 | of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be | ||||||
8 | expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the | ||||||
9 | members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only | ||||||
10 | once for the same offense. Each house may punish by
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11 | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to | ||||||
12 | the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its | ||||||
13 | presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four | ||||||
14 | hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or | ||||||
15 | contemptuous behavior.
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16 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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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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