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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Article XIV of the 1970 Illinois Constitution |
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| requires that if the question of whether a Constitutional |
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| Convention should be called is not submitted during any 20-year |
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| period, that question shall be submitted at the general |
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| election in the 20th year following the last submission; and
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| WHEREAS, The question of the convening of a Constitutional |
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| Convention was submitted to the electorate in 1988, and that |
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| question has not been submitted during the past 20-year period; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The 1970 Illinois Constitution requires that the |
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| question of whether to call a Constitutional Convention be |
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| submitted to the electorate at the general election in 2008; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The Constitutional Convention Act authorizes the |
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| procedure for preparing voter education materials to accompany |
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| the question of calling a convention and requires the General |
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| Assembly to prepare those materials; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Joint Committee is hereby |
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| created, to be known as the Joint Committee for the |
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| Constitutional Convention Proposal; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee shall consist of 8 |
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| legislative members, 2 each appointed by the Speaker and |
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| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the |
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| President and Minority Leader of the Senate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House and the President |
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| of the Senate shall each designate one member of the Joint |
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| Committee to serve as Co-Chair; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Joint Committee shall direct the |
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| preparation of a brief explanation of the question of calling a |
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| Constitutional Convention, a brief argument in favor of a call, |
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| a brief argument against a call, and the form in which the |
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| question will appear on its separate ballot as provided in the |
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| Election Code; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That by April 4, 2008, the Joint Committee shall |
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| file a report with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of |
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| the Senate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the report shall contain the explanation of |
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| the question calling a Constitutional Convention, the |
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| arguments in favor and against the call, and the form in which |