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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 ONE | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | HUNDRED SECOND 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | of this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Illinois Constitution by changing Section 6 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. 6)
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13 | SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
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14 | (a) A majority of the members elected to each house | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | constitutes a
quorum.
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16 | (b) On the first day of the January session of the General | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | to elect from its membership a President of the Senate as
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22 | presiding officer. A person may not serve more than a total of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | 5 General Assemblies in any one of the following offices: |
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1 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the | ||||||
2 | Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or | ||||||
3 | Minority Leader of the Senate; provided that service before | ||||||
4 | the second Wednesday in January of 2019 and service to fill a | ||||||
5 | vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of | ||||||
6 | Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of | ||||||
7 | the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate | ||||||
8 | shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's | ||||||
9 | service. For purposes of calculation of a person's service | ||||||
10 | under this subsection, a General Assembly is the 2-year period | ||||||
11 | from the convening of a General Assembly on the second | ||||||
12 | Wednesday of January in an odd-numbered year until the | ||||||
13 | convening of the next General Assembly on the second Wednesday | ||||||
14 | of January in the next odd-numbered year.
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15 | (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by | ||||||
16 | this
Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a | ||||||
17 | member of the
numerically strongest political party other than | ||||||
18 | the party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the | ||||||
19 | case may be.
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20 | (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its | ||||||
21 | proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications | ||||||
22 | of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be | ||||||
23 | expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the | ||||||
24 | members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only | ||||||
25 | once for the same offense. Each house may punish by
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26 | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to |
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1 | the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its | ||||||
2 | presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four | ||||||
3 | hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or | ||||||
4 | contemptuous behavior.
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5 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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6 | SCHEDULE
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7 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
8 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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