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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0053 Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no person shall be elected to the Senate for more than 3 consecutive terms and that no person shall be elected to the House of Representatives for more than 5 consecutive terms. Provides that no person shall be elected to the same Executive Branch office for more than 3 consecutive terms. Provides that elected bodies in any unit of local government or school district shall have the authority to implement term limits for all elected or appointed officials within that unit of local government or school district. Provides that judges shall have the authority to implement term limits for any elected judge.
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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 |
| 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 5 | | SENATE 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 the Illinois |
| 9 | | Constitution in Article III by adding Section 9 as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE III
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| 11 | | SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 9 new) |
| 13 | | SECTION 9. TERM LIMITS. |
| 14 | | (a) No person shall be elected to the Senate for more than |
| 15 | | three consecutive terms. For the purposes of implementation, |
| 16 | | this subsection (a) applies to Legislative Districts 1, 4, 7, |
| 17 | | 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, |
| 18 | | and 58 beginning in the term that begins after the election in |
| 19 | | 2020; to Legislative Districts 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, |
| 20 | | 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, and 59 beginning in the |
| 21 | | term that begins after the election in 2018; and to Legislative |
| 22 | | Districts 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, |
| 23 | | 45, 48, 51, 54, and 57 beginning in the term that begins after |
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| 1 | | the election in 2022. |
| 2 | | (b) No person shall be elected to the House of |
| 3 | | Representatives for more than five consecutive terms. For the |
| 4 | | purposes of implementation, this subsection (b) applies to |
| 5 | | Representative Districts 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, |
| 6 | | 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 67, 70, 73, 76, |
| 7 | | 79, 82, 85, 88, 91, 94, 97, 100, 103, 106, 109, 112, 115, and |
| 8 | | 118 beginning in the term that begins after the election in |
| 9 | | 2018; to Representative Districts 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, |
| 10 | | 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68, 71, |
| 11 | | 74, 77, 80, 83, 86, 89, 92, 95, 98, 101, 104, 107, 110, 113, and |
| 12 | | 116 beginning in the term that begins after the election in |
| 13 | | 2020; and to Representative Districts 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, |
| 14 | | 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, |
| 15 | | 72, 75, 78, 81, 84, 87, 90, 93, 96, 99, 102, 105, 108, 111, 114, |
| 16 | | and 117 beginning in the term that begins after the election in |
| 17 | | 2022. |
| 18 | | (c) No person shall be elected to the same Executive Branch |
| 19 | | office for more than three consecutive terms. |
| 20 | | (d) Elected bodies in any unit of local government or |
| 21 | | school district shall have the authority to implement term |
| 22 | | limits for all elected or appointed officials within that unit |
| 23 | | of local government or school district. |
| 24 | | (e) Judges shall have the authority to implement term |
| 25 | | limits for any elected judge.
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