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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

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

11                             ARTICLE IV
12                           THE LEGISLATURE

13        (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8)
14    SECTION 8. PASSAGE OF BILLS
15        (a)  The  enacting clause of the laws of this State shall
16    be: "Be it enacted by the People of the  State  of  Illinois,
17    represented in the General Assembly."
18        (b)  The  General Assembly shall enact laws only by bill.
19    Bills may originate in either house, but may  be  amended  or
20    rejected by the other.
21        (c)  No  bill  shall become a law without the concurrence
22    of a majority of the members elected  to  each  house.  Final
23    passage  of  a bill shall be by record vote. In the Senate at
24    the request of two members, and in the House at  the  request
25    of  five  members,  a  record  vote may be taken on any other
26    occasion. A record vote is a vote by yeas and nays entered on
27    the journal.
28        (d)  A bill shall be read by  title  on  three  different
29    days  in  each house. A bill and each amendment thereto shall
30    be reproduced and placed on the desk of  each  member  before
31    final passage.
32        Bills,  except  bills  for  appropriations  and  for  the
 
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 1    codification,  revision  or  rearrangement  of laws, shall be
 2    confined to one subject. Appropriation bills shall be limited
 3    to the subject of appropriations.
 4        A  bill  expressly  amending  a  law  shall   set   forth
 5    completely the sections amended.
 6        The  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives and the
 7    President of the Senate shall sign each bill that passes both
 8    houses  to  certify  that  the  procedural  requirements  for
 9    passage have been met.
10        (e)  After November 2, 2004, no portion of any bill shall
11    require a unit of local  government  or  school  district  to
12    establish,   expand,   modify,   or  increase  its  programs,
13    activities, or services in such a way as to  necessitate  the
14    expenditure  of  additional public revenue by a unit of local
15    government or school district, unless at  least  one  of  the
16    following applies:
17             (1)  the  State appropriates additional funds to the
18        unit of local government or school  district  that  fully
19        fund  the  additional expenditures necessary to carry out
20        the requirement for  each  year  the  requirement  is  in
21        effect;
22             (2)  the  bill  passes  with  the  concurrence of at
23        least three-fifths of the members elected to each house;
24             (3)  that portion of the bill imposes a federal  law
25        that  the  unit  of  local  government or school district
26        would otherwise be required to meet  by  federal  law  or
27        imposes   a   State  or  federal  court  order,  with  no
28        additional requirements imposed by the State;
29             (4)  that portion of the bill creates,  expands,  or
30        modifies a specifically defined crime; or
31             (5)  that  portion  of the bill creates, expands, or
32        modifies benefits paid by employers to unemployed workers
33        or for employees or dependents for workplace injuries  if
34        the benefits apply uniformly to all employees, public and
 
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 1        private, employed in this State.
 2        A law enacted after November 2, 2004 may not be the basis
 3    for   administrative  rules,  regulations,  or  actions  that
 4    require a unit of local  government  or  school  district  to
 5    establish,   expand,   modify,   or  increase  its  programs,
 6    activities, or services in such a way as to  necessitate  the
 7    expenditure  of  additional public revenue by a unit of local
 8    government or school district, unless the law authorizes  the
 9    rules, regulations, or actions.
10        This  subsection  (e)  does not apply to any portion of a
11    bill that limits or regulates the ability of a unit of  local
12    government or school district to raise revenue.
13    (Source: Illinois Constitution.)

14                              SCHEDULE
15        This  Constitutional  Amendment  takes  effect upon being
16    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
17    Constitutional Amendment Act.