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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 4    NINETY-THIRD  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 add Section 8.1
 9    to Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

10                             ARTICLE IV
11                           THE LEGISLATURE

12        (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new)
13    SECTION 8.1.  PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILLS.
14        (a)  A bill that would result in the increase of  revenue
15    to  the  State  may  become  law only with the concurrence of
16    three-fifths of the members elected  to  each  house  of  the
17    General Assembly.
18        (b)  A  house of the General Assembly may not pass a bill
19    that would result in the increase of  revenue  to  the  State
20    until:
21             (1)  at  least  30  calendar  days  have elapsed (i)
22        after the introduction of the bill in that house or  (ii)
23        after  an  amendment to the bill has been adopted in that
24        house, whichever is later; and
25             (2)  that house has held at least 2 public  hearings
26        on  the  bill  prior to passage by that house.  Notice of
27        each hearing must be given to the public at least 6  days
28        before  the  date  of  the  hearing.  At least one of the
29        hearings held by each house  must  be  held  outside  the
30        corporate limits of:
31                  (A)  the capital city of the State; and
32                  (B)  the largest city in Illinois by population
 
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 1             as measured by the federal decennial census.

 2                              SCHEDULE
 3        This  Constitutional  Amendment  takes  effect upon being
 4    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
 5    Constitutional Amendment Act.