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90_HC0018

      ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11
          Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of  the  Illinois
      Constitution.    Requires  that a Judge or an Associate Judge
      initially  appointed  or  elected   after   the   amendment's
      effective  date  be a licensed Illinois attorney for at least
      10 years. Effective upon approval by the electors.
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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 4    NINETIETH  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
 5    SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall  be  submitted  to
 6    the  electors  of  the State for adoption or rejection at the
 7    general election next occurring at least 6 months  after  the
 8    adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 11
 9    of Article VI of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
10                             ARTICLE VI
11                            THE JUDICIARY
12         (ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11)
13    SECTION 11. ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE
14        No  person  shall  be eligible to be a Judge or Associate
15    Judge unless that person he is a  United  States  citizen,  a
16    licensed attorney-at-law of this State for at least 10 years,
17    and  a  resident  of  the  unit which selects him or her. The
18    requirement that an attorney's period of licensure must be at
19    least 10 years applies only to persons initially  elected  or
20    appointed  as  a  Judge  or  an  Associate  Judge  after  the
21    effective  date of this Constitutional Amendment of 1998.  No
22    change in the boundaries of a unit shall affect the tenure in
23    office of a Judge or Associate Judge incumbent at the time of
24    such change.
25    (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
26                              SCHEDULE
27        This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon  approval
28    by the electors of this State.

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