99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0018
 
Introduced 8/4/2015, by Sen. Dan Kotowski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6
    Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution.  Limits a person's  service in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House, or Minority Leader of the Senate to 8 years in any one office.  Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2017.



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1
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT


 

3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
5CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of 
8this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the 
9Illinois Constitution by changing Section 6 as follows:

 

10
ARTICLE IV 


11
THE LEGISLATURE






12    (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)



13SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION 

14    (a) A majority of the members elected to each house 
15constitutes a
quorum.

16    (b) On the first day of the January session of the General 
17Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall 
18convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its 
19membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as 
20presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate to 
21elect from its membership a President of the Senate as

22presiding officer. A person may serve no more than 8 years in 
23any one of the following offices: Speaker of the House of 
 
 
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1Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of 
2the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate; 
3provided that service before the second Wednesday in January of 
42017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's 
5service.


6    (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this

7Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member 
8of the
numerically strongest political party other than the 
9party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the 
10case may be.

11    (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its 
12proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications 
13of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be 
14expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the 
15members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only 
16once for the same offense. Each house may punish by

17imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to 
18the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its 
19presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four 
20hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or 
21contemptuous behavior.

22(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

 

23
SCHEDULE


24    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
25declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
 
 
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1Constitutional Amendment Act.