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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0062 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.5 new |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a bill passed on or after the date of a general election but on or before the second Wednesday of January following the general election that would result in the increase of revenue to the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or the selling price of any item of tangible personal property or any service may become law only with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.
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| | HC0062 | | LRB099 24051 HLH 51670 e |
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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 add Section 8.5 to Article IV |
| 9 | | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE IV
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| 11 | | THE LEGISLATURE
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.5 new) |
| 13 | | SECTION 8.5. PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILLS |
| 14 | | A bill passed on or after the date of a general election |
| 15 | | but on or before the second Wednesday of January following the |
| 16 | | general election that would result in the increase of revenue |
| 17 | | to the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or |
| 18 | | the selling price of any item of tangible personal property or |
| 19 | | any service may become law only with the concurrence of |
| 20 | | three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the |
| 21 | | General Assembly.
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| 22 | | SCHEDULE
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