Bill Text: IL HJRCA0062 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a bill passed on or after the date of a general election but on or before the second Wednesday of January following the general election that would result in the increase of revenue to the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or the selling price of any item of tangible personal property or any service may become law only with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-14)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-12-01 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler [HJRCA0062 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HJRCA0062-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0062 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.5 new
Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a bill passed on or after the date of a general election but on or before the second Wednesday of January following the general election that would result in the increase of revenue to the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or the selling price of any item of tangible personal property or any service may become law only with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-NINTH 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 8.5 to Article IV
of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
ARTICLE IV
THE LEGISLATURE
(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.5 new)
SECTION 8.5. PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILLS
A bill passed on or after the date of a general election
but on or before the second Wednesday of January following the
general election that would result in the increase of revenue
to the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or
the selling price of any item of tangible personal property or
any service may become law only with the concurrence of
three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the
General Assembly.
SCHEDULE

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This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.