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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 4    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  THE
 5    SENATE  CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that there shall be submitted to
 6    the electors of the State for adoption or  rejection  at  the
 7    general  election  next occurring at least 6 months after the
 8    adoption of this resolution a proposition to add Section  8.1
 9    to Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

10                             ARTICLE IV
11                           THE LEGISLATURE

12        (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new)
13    SECTION 8.1.  PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILLS
14        A  bill  that  would result in the increase of revenue to
15    the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or
16    by an increase of a tax on or measured by the  selling  price
17    of any item of tangible personal property may become law only
18    with  the  concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected
19    to each house of the General Assembly.

20                              SCHEDULE
21        This Constitutional Amendment  takes  effect  upon  being
22    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
23    Constitutional Amendment Act.