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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0033 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Proposes to amend the Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for terms totalling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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| | HC0033 | | LRB100 12974 RJF 27088 e |
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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 ONE |
| 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE |
| 5 | | 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 2 of Article V |
| 9 | | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE V
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| 11 | | THE EXECUTIVE
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
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| 13 | | SECTION 2. TERMS
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| 14 | | These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold |
| 15 | | office for
four years beginning on the second Monday of January |
| 16 | | after their
election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant |
| 17 | | Governor, until their
successors are qualified. They shall be |
| 18 | | elected at the general election
in 1978 and every four years |
| 19 | | thereafter. A person may not be elected to any Executive Branch |
| 20 | | office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for |
| 21 | | terms totalling more than 8 years. Service before the second |
| 22 | | Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the |
| 23 | | calculation of a person's service.
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