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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0022 Introduced , by Rep. Jeanne M Ives SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more than 12 years. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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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 |
| 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH 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 of |
| 8 | | this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois |
| 9 | | Constitution by adding Section 2.5 to Article IV 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. 2.5 new) |
| 13 | | SECTION 2.5. TERM LIMITS |
| 14 | | No person may hold the office of State Senator or State |
| 15 | | Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more |
| 16 | | than 12 consecutive years.
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| 17 | | SCHEDULE
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| 18 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being |
| 19 | | declared adopted in
accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois |
| 20 | | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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