HB0195 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0195

Introduced 1/23/2013, by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 75/1

from Ch. 1, par. 1201

Amends the Effective Date of Laws Act. Provides that in odd-numbered years, bills passed prior to the convening of the General Assembly require a three-fifths vote of the members elected to each house. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Effective Date of Laws Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(5 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 1201)

Sec. 1. Bills passed before June 1.

(a) A bill passed prior to June 1 of a calendar year that does not provide for an effective date in the terms of the bill shall become effective on January 1 of the following year, or upon its becoming a law, whichever is later.

(b) A bill passed prior to June 1 of a calendar year that does provide for an effective date in the terms of the bill shall become effective on that date if that date is the same as or subsequent to the date the bill becomes a law; provided that if the effective date provided in the terms of the bill is prior to the date the bill becomes a law then the date the bill becomes a law shall be the effective date.

(c) A bill passed in an odd-numbered year prior to the convening of the General Assembly in that year shall become effective as provided for under this Section only if the General Assembly shall pass the bill by a vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house.

(Source: P.A. 88-597, eff. 11-28-94.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.