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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0221
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. During a person's lifetime, limits that person to a total of 10 years of service in partisan caucus offices in both houses of the General Assembly. Does not apply to the offices of President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Does not apply to service before the bill's effective date.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0221 |
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LRB095 03887 JAM 23918 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 7 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 10/7 new) |
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| Sec. 7. Service in partisan caucus offices. |
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| (a) A person may not serve more than a total of 10 years in |
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| caucus offices in the General Assembly, except as provided in |
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| subsection (c). |
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| (b) As used in this Section, "caucus offices" include (i) |
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| the offices in the Senate and House of Representatives of |
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| majority leader, minority leader, assistant majority leader, |
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| assistant minority leader, deputy majority leader, deputy |
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| minority leader, majority caucus chair, minority caucus chair, |
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| majority caucus whip, minority caucus whip, majority |
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| conference chair, and minority conference chair and (ii) other |
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| similar partisan caucus offices, however titled, in the Senate |
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| and House of Representatives. "Caucus offices" do not include |
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| the offices of President of the Senate and Speaker of the House |
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| of Representatives. |
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| (c) Service, other than service before the effective date |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, in all |