97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0024
 
Introduced 3/2/2011, by Sen. Matt Murphy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6
    Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution.  Limits a person's total 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 a total of 10 years in any one office and 14 years combined in 2 or more offices.  Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2013.



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1
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT


 

3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH 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 a total of 
2310 years in any one of the following offices and no more than a 
 
 
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1combined total of 14 years in any 2 or more of the following 
2offices: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of 
3the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or 
4Minority Leader of the Senate; provided that service before the 
5second Wednesday in January of 2013 shall not be considered in 
6the calculation of a person's service.


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

8Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member 
9of the
numerically strongest political party other than the 
10party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the 
11case may be.

12    (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its 
13proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications 
14of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be 
15expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the 
16members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only 
17once for the same offense. Each house may punish by

18imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to 
19the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its 
20presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four 
21hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or 
22contemptuous behavior.

23(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

 

24
SCHEDULE


25    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
 
 
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1declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
2Constitutional Amendment Act.