Bill Text: IL SJRCA0012 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature and Revenue Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the General Assembly may increase the rate of an existing tax or impose a new tax only by a law approved by the vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house. Provides that the General Assembly may override the veto of the Governor of a bill to increase the rate of an existing tax or impose a new tax only by a record vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJRCA0012 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SJRCA0012-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0012 Introduced 3/26/2019, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 9
ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 1
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Revenue Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the General Assembly may increase the rate of an existing tax or impose a new tax only by a law approved by the vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house. Provides that the General Assembly may override the veto of the Governor of a bill to increase the rate of an existing tax or impose a new tax only by a record vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 amend Section 9 of Article IV
and Section 1 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution as
follows:
ARTICLE IV
THE LEGISLATURE
(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 9)
SECTION 9. VETO PROCEDURE
(a) Every bill passed by the General Assembly shall be
presented to the Governor within 30 calendar days after its
passage. The foregoing requirement shall be judicially
enforceable. If the Governor approves the bill, he shall sign
it and it shall become law.
(b) If the Governor does not approve the bill, he shall
veto it by returning it with his objections to the house in
which it originated. Any bill not so returned by the Governor
within 60 calendar days after it is presented to him shall

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become law. If recess or adjournment of the General Assembly
prevents the return of a bill, the bill and the Governor's
objections shall be filed with the Secretary of State within
such 60 calendar days. The Secretary of State shall return the
bill and objections to the originating house promptly upon the
next meeting of the same General Assembly at which the bill can
be considered.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5), the
The house to which a bill is returned shall immediately enter
the Governor's objections upon its journal. If within 15
calendar days after such entry that house by a record vote of
three-fifths of the members elected passes the bill, it shall
be delivered immediately to the second house. If within 15
calendar days after such delivery the second house by a record
vote of three-fifths of the members elected passes the bill, it
shall become law.
(c-5) The house to which a bill that increases the rate of
an existing tax or imposes a new tax is returned shall
immediately enter the Governor's objections upon its journal.
If within 15 calendar days after such entry that house by a
record vote of two-thirds of the members elected passes the
bill, it shall be delivered immediately to the second house. If
within 15 calendar days after such delivery the second house by
a record vote of two-thirds of the members elected passes the
bill, it shall become law.
(d) The Governor may reduce or veto any item of

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appropriations in a bill presented to him. Portions of a bill
not reduced or vetoed shall become law. An item vetoed shall be
returned to the house in which it originated and may become law
in the same manner as a vetoed bill. An item reduced in amount
shall be returned to the house in which it originated and may
be restored to its original amount in the same manner as a
vetoed bill except that the required record vote shall be a
majority of the members elected to each house. If a reduced
item is not so restored, it shall become law in the reduced
amount.
(e) The Governor may return a bill together with specific
recommendations for change to the house in which it originated.
The bill shall be considered in the same manner as a vetoed
bill but the specific recommendations may be accepted by a
record vote of a majority of the members elected to each house.
Such bill shall be presented again to the Governor and if he
certifies that such acceptance conforms to his specific
recommendations, the bill shall become law. If he does not so
certify, he shall return it as a vetoed bill to the house in
which it originated.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
ARTICLE IX
REVENUE
(ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 1)

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SECTION 1. STATE REVENUE POWER
(a) The General Assembly has the exclusive power to raise
revenue by law except as limited or otherwise provided in this
Constitution. The power of taxation shall not be surrendered,
suspended, or contracted away.
(b) The General Assembly may increase the rate of an
existing tax or impose a new tax only by a law approved by the
vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.