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AMENDMENT TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 


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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 120 

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    AMENDMENT NO. ___.  Amend Senate Joint Resolution 
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Constitutional Amendment 120 by replacing everything after the 
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title with the following:

 
  
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    "RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
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electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
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election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of 
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this resolution a proposition to amend Article VI of the 
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Illinois Constitution by changing Section 11 as follows:
  
 

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ARTICLE VI 


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THE JUDICIARY






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      (ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11)



 


 






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SECTION 11. ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE 

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    No person shall be eligible to be a Judge or Associate 
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Judge unless that person he
is a United States citizen, a 
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licensed attorney-at-law of this State,
and a resident of the 
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unit which selects him or her. A person must have been a 
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licensed attorney-at-law for a minimum of five years to be 
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eligible to serve as a Circuit Judge of a unit of a Judicial 
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Circuit established as a subcircuit by law,  a minimum of ten 
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years to be eligible to serve as any other  Circuit Judge, a 
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minimum of twelve years to be eligible to serve as an Appellate 
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Judge, and a minimum of fifteen years to be eligible to serve 
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as a Supreme Court Judge, except that this requirement does not 
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disqualify a person serving as a Judge on December 31, 2010 
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from completing the current term of office or seeking an 
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additional term for that office. No change in the
boundaries of 
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a unit shall affect the tenure in office of a Judge or

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Associate Judge incumbent at the time of such change.

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(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

 
  
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SCHEDULE

  
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    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
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declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
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Constitutional Amendment Act.".