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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3453 Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends State Designations Act. Provides that the portrait of any person who has served as Governor of Illinois and who has been removed from that office by impeachment and conviction or who has been convicted of a crime relating to actions the person took while serving as a state-wide elected official shall have a plaque displayed with his or her portrait denoting the conviction. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3453 | | LRB099 05656 JLK 25696 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Designations Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 212 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 460/212) |
| 7 | | Sec. 212. Official gubernatorial portraits. |
| 8 | | (a) The portraits of the Governors of Illinois, painted or |
| 9 | | otherwise created as visual images, displayed in the State |
| 10 | | Capitol shall be the official State portraits of the Governors |
| 11 | | of Illinois. |
| 12 | | (b) No portrait or other image of any person who has served |
| 13 | | as Governor of Illinois and who has been removed from that |
| 14 | | office by impeachment and conviction shall be financed or paid |
| 15 | | for by the State or any State entity or with State funds. |
| 16 | | Notwithstanding this prohibition, a portrait or image of such a |
| 17 | | person may be displayed or otherwise placed in the State |
| 18 | | Capitol, and the State may maintain such official State |
| 19 | | portrait of that person among the official State portraits of |
| 20 | | the Governors of Illinois. |
| 21 | | (c) The portrait of any person who has served as Governor |
| 22 | | of Illinois and who has been removed from that office by |
| 23 | | impeachment and conviction or who has been convicted of a crime |