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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 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 add Section 3.1 to, and to | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | amend Sections 2 and 3 of Article IV of, the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Constitution as follows:
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11 | ARTICLE IV
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12 | THE LEGISLATURE
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13 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2)
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14 | SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION
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15 | (a) One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | District.
Immediately following each decennial redistricting, | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the Senate, by resolution, General Assembly
by law shall divide | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the Legislative Districts as equally as possible
into three | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | groups. Senators from one group shall be elected for terms of
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20 | four years, four years and two years; Senators from the second | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | group,
for terms of four years, two years and four years; and | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Senators from the
third group, for terms of two years, four | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | years and four years. The
Legislative Districts in each group |
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1 | shall be distributed substantially
equally over the State.
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2 | (b) One Each Legislative District shall be divided into two | ||||||
3 | Representative
Districts. In 1982 and every two years | ||||||
4 | thereafter one Representative shall
be elected from each | ||||||
5 | Representative District for a term of two years.
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6 | (c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General | ||||||
7 | Assembly, a
person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 | ||||||
8 | years old, and for
the two years preceding his election or | ||||||
9 | appointment a resident of the
district which he is to | ||||||
10 | represent. In the general election following a
redistricting, a | ||||||
11 | candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from
any | ||||||
12 | district which contains a part of the district in which he | ||||||
13 | resided
at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a | ||||||
14 | resident of the new
district he represents for 18 months prior | ||||||
15 | to reelection.
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16 | (d) Within thirty days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be | ||||||
17 | filled by
appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in | ||||||
18 | a Senatorial office
with more than twenty-eight months | ||||||
19 | remaining in the term, the appointed
Senator shall serve until | ||||||
20 | the next general election, at which time a
Senator shall be | ||||||
21 | elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If the
vacancy | ||||||
22 | is in a Representative office or in any other Senatorial | ||||||
23 | office,
the appointment shall be for the remainder of the term. | ||||||
24 | An appointee to
fill a vacancy shall be a member of the same | ||||||
25 | political party as the
person he succeeds.
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26 | (e) No member of the General Assembly shall receive |
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1 | compensation as
a public officer or employee from any other | ||||||
2 | governmental entity for time
during which he is in attendance | ||||||
3 | as a member of the General Assembly.
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4 | No member of the General Assembly during the term for which | ||||||
5 | he was
elected or appointed shall be appointed to a public | ||||||
6 | office which shall
have been created or the compensation for | ||||||
7 | which shall have been
increased by the General Assembly during | ||||||
8 | that term.
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9 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||
10 | 1980.)
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11 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3)
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12 | SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING
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13 | (a) Legislative Districts and Representative Districts | ||||||
14 | shall each, in order of priority, be substantially equal in | ||||||
15 | population; provide racial minorities and language minorities | ||||||
16 | with the equal opportunity to participate in the political | ||||||
17 | process and elect candidates of their choice; provide racial | ||||||
18 | minorities and language minorities who constitute less than a | ||||||
19 | voting-age majority of a District with an opportunity to | ||||||
20 | control or substantially influence the outcome of an election; | ||||||
21 | respect, to the extent practical, communities of interest; be | ||||||
22 | compact; respect, to the extent practical, municipal | ||||||
23 | boundaries; and be contiguous compact, contiguous and
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24 | substantially equal in population. Representative Districts | ||||||
25 | shall be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in |
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1 | population .
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2 | (b) In the year following each Federal decennial census | ||||||
3 | year, the
General Assembly by law shall redistrict the | ||||||
4 | Legislative Districts and the
Representative Districts , | ||||||
5 | subject to the hearing and notice requirements of subsection | ||||||
6 | (c) . | ||||||
7 | A bill passed by the General Assembly pursuant to this | ||||||
8 | subsection shall be presented to the Governor not later than | ||||||
9 | June 3. The foregoing requirement shall be judicially | ||||||
10 | enforceable. If the Governor approves the bill, then the | ||||||
11 | Governor shall sign it by June 10 and it shall become law. If | ||||||
12 | the Governor vetoes the bill or makes specific recommendations | ||||||
13 | for change to the bill, then the Governor shall return it with | ||||||
14 | his or her objections or specific recommendations by June 10 | ||||||
15 | directly to the house in which it originated whether or not the | ||||||
16 | General Assembly is in recess or adjourned. Any bill not so | ||||||
17 | returned on or before June 10 of that year shall become law. | ||||||
18 | A vetoed bill or bill returned with specific | ||||||
19 | recommendations for change shall be considered in the manner | ||||||
20 | set forth in this subsection notwithstanding any provision of | ||||||
21 | Section 9 of this Article to the contrary. Not later than June | ||||||
22 | 15, the originating house may either override the Governor's | ||||||
23 | veto or specific recommendations for change by a record vote of | ||||||
24 | three-fifths of the members elected or accept the Governor's | ||||||
25 | specific recommendations for change by a record vote of a | ||||||
26 | majority of the members elected. If the originating house |
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1 | passes the bill by the required vote, then it shall be | ||||||
2 | delivered immediately to the second house, which, not later | ||||||
3 | than June 20, may take the same action as the originating house | ||||||
4 | by the same record vote requirements applicable to the | ||||||
5 | originating house. A bill having received the required record | ||||||
6 | vote in both houses shall become law and shall take effect | ||||||
7 | immediately notwithstanding any provision of Section 10 of this | ||||||
8 | Article to the contrary. If no redistricting bill for the | ||||||
9 | Legislative Districts or Representative Districts, or both, | ||||||
10 | becomes law by June 20 of that year, then the General Assembly | ||||||
11 | may not redistrict by law for the remainder of that year, | ||||||
12 | except as provided in subsection (f). | ||||||
13 | If no redistricting bill for the Legislative Districts or | ||||||
14 | Representative Districts, or both, becomes law by June 20 of | ||||||
15 | that year, then the Senate may redistrict Legislative Districts | ||||||
16 | and the House of Representatives may redistrict the | ||||||
17 | Representative Districts, as applicable, by resolution adopted | ||||||
18 | by a record vote of three-fifths of the members elected to that | ||||||
19 | house, subject to the hearing and notice requirements of | ||||||
20 | subsection (c). An adopted redistricting resolution shall be | ||||||
21 | filed with the Secretary of State by the presiding officer of | ||||||
22 | the house that adopted the resolution not later than July 20. | ||||||
23 | If no redistricting resolution is filed for the Legislative | ||||||
24 | Districts or Representative Districts, or both, by July 20, | ||||||
25 | then not later than August 20 the Senate Redistricting | ||||||
26 | Commission shall redistrict the Legislative Districts and the |
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1 | House Redistricting Commission shall redistrict the | ||||||
2 | Representative Districts, as applicable, each in a manner | ||||||
3 | consistent with subsection (e). | ||||||
4 | (c) In the year following each Federal decennial census | ||||||
5 | year, the Senate and House of Representatives shall each | ||||||
6 | establish a committee to consider proposals to redistrict the | ||||||
7 | Legislative Districts or Representative Districts, as | ||||||
8 | applicable. Each committee shall conduct at least five public | ||||||
9 | hearings statewide to receive testimony and inform the public | ||||||
10 | on the applicable existing Districts, with one hearing held in | ||||||
11 | each of five distinct geographic regions of the State | ||||||
12 | determined by the respective committee. All hearings of a | ||||||
13 | committee shall be open to the public. The Chairperson of each | ||||||
14 | committee shall, no later than six days before any proposed | ||||||
15 | hearing, post a notice with the Secretary of the Senate or | ||||||
16 | Clerk of the House, as applicable. The notice shall identify | ||||||
17 | any measure and subject matter that may be considered during | ||||||
18 | that hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and place | ||||||
19 | of the hearing. | ||||||
20 | If a committee favorably reports a redistricting | ||||||
21 | resolution or bill redistricting the Legislative Districts or | ||||||
22 | Representative Districts, or both, as applicable, then the | ||||||
23 | committee shall conduct at least one final hearing in each of | ||||||
24 | five distinct geographic regions previously determined by the | ||||||
25 | committee in order to receive testimony and inform the public | ||||||
26 | of the proposed Districts. All hearings of a committee shall be |
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1 | open to the public. The Chairperson shall, no later than two | ||||||
2 | days before any proposed hearing, post a notice with the | ||||||
3 | Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House, as applicable. | ||||||
4 | The notice shall identify any measure and subject matter that | ||||||
5 | may be considered during that hearing. The notice shall contain | ||||||
6 | the day, hour, and place of the hearing. After the committee | ||||||
7 | completes the required hearings, then the Senate or House of | ||||||
8 | Representatives, or both, as applicable, may amend a | ||||||
9 | redistricting bill or resolution and may take final action on | ||||||
10 | the bill or resolution.
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11 | (d) As soon as practical, the General Assembly shall make | ||||||
12 | available to the public, the Commissions, and the Special | ||||||
13 | Masters all Federal decennial census data it receives from the | ||||||
14 | Federal government and any other data required by law. The | ||||||
15 | General Assembly shall provide a means by which members of the | ||||||
16 | public may submit redistricting proposals or comment on or | ||||||
17 | obtain a copy of any proposal submitted to the Senate, the | ||||||
18 | House, a Commission, or a Special Master. | ||||||
19 | (e) By February 1 of the year following each Federal | ||||||
20 | decennial census year, If no redistricting plan becomes | ||||||
21 | effective by June 30 of that year, a Senate
Legislative | ||||||
22 | Redistricting Commission shall be constituted and consist of | ||||||
23 | ten members, no more than five not later than
July 10. The | ||||||
24 | Commission shall consist of eight members, no more than
four of | ||||||
25 | whom shall be members of the same political party. The Speaker | ||||||
26 | and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall
each |
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1 | appoint to the Commission one Representative and one person who | ||||||
2 | is
not a member of the General Assembly. The President and | ||||||
3 | Minority Leader
of the Senate shall each appoint five persons | ||||||
4 | to the Commission , no more than two of whom shall be Senators | ||||||
5 | one Senator and at least three of whom shall be persons one
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6 | person who do not hold an elected or a political party office, | ||||||
7 | are not employees of the General Assembly, are not employees of | ||||||
8 | a political party, are not immediate family members of a member | ||||||
9 | of the General Assembly or Congress, and are not lobbyists as | ||||||
10 | defined by law. | ||||||
11 | By February 1 of the year following each Federal decennial | ||||||
12 | census year, a House of Representatives Redistricting | ||||||
13 | Commission shall be constituted and consist of ten members, no | ||||||
14 | more than five of whom shall be members of the same political | ||||||
15 | party. The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
16 | Representatives shall each appoint five persons to the | ||||||
17 | Commission, no more than two of whom shall be Representatives | ||||||
18 | and at least three of whom shall be persons who do not hold an | ||||||
19 | elected or a political party office, are not employees of the | ||||||
20 | General Assembly, are not employees of a political party, are | ||||||
21 | not immediate family members of a member of the General | ||||||
22 | Assembly or Congress, and are not lobbyists as defined by law. | ||||||
23 | An "immediate family member", for purposes of this Section | ||||||
24 | and Section 3.1, is a person with whom the person has a bona | ||||||
25 | fide relationship established through close blood or legal | ||||||
26 | relationship, including parents, siblings, children, spouses, |
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1 | and first cousins is not a member of the General Assembly . | ||||||
2 | Persons appointed to each Commission should reflect the | ||||||
3 | racial, ethnic, geographic, and cultural diversity of the | ||||||
4 | State.
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5 | The members shall be certified to the Secretary of State by | ||||||
6 | the
appointing authorities. A vacancy on the Commission shall | ||||||
7 | be filled
within five days by the authority that made the | ||||||
8 | original appointment. For each Commission, a Chairperson A
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9 | Chairman and Vice Chairperson Chairman shall be chosen by a | ||||||
10 | majority of all members
of the Commission.
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11 | Each Redistricting Commission shall conduct at least ten | ||||||
12 | public hearings statewide to receive testimony and inform the | ||||||
13 | public, with two hearings held in each of five distinct | ||||||
14 | geographic regions of the State determined by the respective | ||||||
15 | Commission. All hearings of a Commission shall be open to the | ||||||
16 | public. The Chairperson of the Commission shall, no later than | ||||||
17 | six days before any proposed hearing, post a notice with the | ||||||
18 | Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House, as applicable, | ||||||
19 | who shall immediately make the notice available to the public. | ||||||
20 | The notice shall identify any measure and subject matter that | ||||||
21 | may be considered during that hearing. The notice shall contain | ||||||
22 | the day, hour, and place of the hearing. Each Commission shall | ||||||
23 | conduct the public hearings by April 1 of that year and must | ||||||
24 | file a report with its respective chamber regarding its | ||||||
25 | hearings, including hearing transcripts. Each Commission shall | ||||||
26 | also file a copy of its report and hearing transcripts with the |
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1 | State Board of Elections, which shall make the report and | ||||||
2 | hearing transcripts available to the public. | ||||||
3 | If no law redistricting the Legislative Districts or | ||||||
4 | Representative Districts, or both, takes effect by June 20 and | ||||||
5 | the Senate or House, as applicable, fails to file a | ||||||
6 | redistricting resolution with the Secretary of State by July | ||||||
7 | 20, then the applicable Redistricting Commission, by | ||||||
8 | resolution adopted by a record vote of at least six | ||||||
9 | Commissioners, shall redistrict the Legislative Districts or | ||||||
10 | Representative Districts, as applicable. If a Commission | ||||||
11 | adopts a redistricting resolution, then the Commission shall | ||||||
12 | conduct at least one public hearing in each of the five | ||||||
13 | distinct geographic regions previously determined by the | ||||||
14 | Commission in order to receive testimony and inform the public | ||||||
15 | of the redistricting plan. The Commission must complete the | ||||||
16 | required hearings prior to filing an adopted redistricting | ||||||
17 | resolution with the Secretary of State. All hearings of a | ||||||
18 | Commission shall be open to the public. The Chairperson of the | ||||||
19 | Commission shall, no later than two days before any proposed | ||||||
20 | hearing, post a notice with the Secretary of the Senate or | ||||||
21 | Clerk of the House, as applicable, who shall immediately make | ||||||
22 | the notice available to the public. The notice shall identify | ||||||
23 | any measure and subject matter that may be considered during | ||||||
24 | that hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and place | ||||||
25 | of the hearing. The Commission shall file an adopted resolution | ||||||
26 | with the Secretary of State not later than August 20. |
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1 | If a Redistricting Commission fails to file an adopted | ||||||
2 | resolution by August 20, then the Supreme Court Judges most | ||||||
3 | senior from each political party represented on the Supreme | ||||||
4 | Court shall jointly appoint one person to act as Special Master | ||||||
5 | to redistrict the Legislative Districts and a different person | ||||||
6 | to act as Special Master to redistrict the Representative | ||||||
7 | Districts, as applicable. A Special Master shall be a person | ||||||
8 | who does not hold an elected or a political party office, is | ||||||
9 | not an employee of the General Assembly, is not an employee of | ||||||
10 | a political party, is not a member of the General Assembly or | ||||||
11 | Congress, is not an immediate family member of a member of the | ||||||
12 | General Assembly or Congress, and is not a lobbyist as defined | ||||||
13 | by law. The Special Master shall be appointed and certified to | ||||||
14 | the Secretary of State not later than August 27. The | ||||||
15 | appointment of the Special Master by any Supreme Court Judge | ||||||
16 | shall not be considered an actual or potential conflict of | ||||||
17 | interest for which the Judge shall recuse himself or herself | ||||||
18 | from any action concerning redistricting the House and Senate. | ||||||
19 | The Special Master may consider any redistricting plan | ||||||
20 | filed by members of the General Assembly, the applicable | ||||||
21 | Commission, or members of the public. The Special Master shall | ||||||
22 | conduct at least one public hearing in each of the five | ||||||
23 | distinct geographic regions previously determined by the | ||||||
24 | applicable Commission in order to receive testimony and inform | ||||||
25 | the public of the redistricting plan. The Special Master must | ||||||
26 | complete the required public hearings prior to filing a |
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1 | redistricting plan with the Secretary of State. All hearings | ||||||
2 | conducted by a Special Master shall be open to the public. The | ||||||
3 | Special Master shall, no later than two days before any | ||||||
4 | proposed hearing, post a notice with the Secretary of the | ||||||
5 | Senate or Clerk of the House, as applicable, who shall | ||||||
6 | immediately make the notice available to the public. The notice | ||||||
7 | shall identify any measure and subject matter that may be | ||||||
8 | considered during that hearing. The notice shall contain the | ||||||
9 | day, hour, and place of the hearing. The Special Master shall | ||||||
10 | file a redistricting plan for the Legislative Districts or | ||||||
11 | Representative Districts, as applicable, with the Secretary of | ||||||
12 | State not later than October 5. | ||||||
13 | (f) If a redistricting bill, resolution, or plan is | ||||||
14 | invalidated in whole or in part by a court of competent | ||||||
15 | jurisdiction or a redistricting plan is not filed with the | ||||||
16 | Secretary of State by October 5, then the General Assembly may | ||||||
17 | redistrict by law. | ||||||
18 | Not later than August 10, the Commission shall file with | ||||||
19 | the
Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at | ||||||
20 | least five
members.
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21 | If the Commission fails to file an approved redistricting | ||||||
22 | plan, the
Supreme Court shall submit the names of two persons, | ||||||
23 | not of the same
political party, to the Secretary of State not | ||||||
24 | later than September 1.
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25 | Not later than September 5, the Secretary of State publicly | ||||||
26 | shall
draw by random selection the name of one of the two |
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1 | persons to serve as
the ninth member of the Commission.
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2 | Not later than October 5, the Commission shall file with | ||||||
3 | the
Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at | ||||||
4 | least five
members.
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5 | (g) A An approved redistricting resolution or plan filed | ||||||
6 | with the Secretary of State
shall be presumed valid, shall have | ||||||
7 | the force and effect of law and
shall be published promptly by | ||||||
8 | the Secretary of State.
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9 | (h) The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive | ||||||
10 | jurisdiction over
actions concerning redistricting the House | ||||||
11 | and Senate, which shall be
initiated in the name of the People | ||||||
12 | of the State by the Attorney
General.
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13 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||
14 | 1980.)
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15 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3.1 new) | ||||||
16 | SECTION 3.1. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING | ||||||
17 | (a) Congressional Districts shall each, in order of | ||||||
18 | priority, be substantially equal in population; provide racial | ||||||
19 | minorities and language minorities with the equal opportunity | ||||||
20 | to participate in the political process and elect candidates of | ||||||
21 | their choice; provide racial minorities and language | ||||||
22 | minorities who constitute less than a voting-age majority of a | ||||||
23 | District with an opportunity to control or substantially | ||||||
24 | influence the outcome of an election; be compact; respect, to | ||||||
25 | the extent practical, communities of interest; respect, to the |
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1 | extent practical, municipal boundaries; and be contiguous. | ||||||
2 | (b) In the year following each Federal decennial census | ||||||
3 | year, the Senate and House of Representatives shall each | ||||||
4 | establish a committee to consider proposals to redistrict | ||||||
5 | Congressional Districts. Each committee shall conduct at least | ||||||
6 | five public hearings statewide to receive testimony and inform | ||||||
7 | the public on the applicable existing Districts, with one | ||||||
8 | hearing held in each of five distinct geographic regions of the | ||||||
9 | State determined by the respective committee. All hearings of a | ||||||
10 | committee shall be open to the public. The Chairperson of each | ||||||
11 | committee shall, no later than six days before any proposed | ||||||
12 | hearing, post a notice with the Secretary of the Senate or | ||||||
13 | Clerk of the House, as applicable. The notice shall identify | ||||||
14 | any measure and subject matter that may be considered during | ||||||
15 | that hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and place | ||||||
16 | of the hearing. If a committee favorably reports a bill | ||||||
17 | redistricting Congressional Districts, then the committee | ||||||
18 | shall conduct at least one final hearing in each of five | ||||||
19 | distinct geographic regions previously determined by the | ||||||
20 | committee in order to receive testimony and inform the public | ||||||
21 | of the proposed Districts. All hearings of a committee shall be | ||||||
22 | open to the public. The Chairperson shall, no later than two | ||||||
23 | days before any proposed hearing, post a notice with the | ||||||
24 | Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House, as applicable. | ||||||
25 | The notice shall identify any measure and subject matter that | ||||||
26 | may be considered during that hearing. The notice shall contain |
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1 | the day, hour, and place of the hearing. After the committee | ||||||
2 | completes the required hearings, then the Senate or House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives, or both, as applicable, may amend a | ||||||
4 | redistricting bill, and may take final action on the bill. | ||||||
5 | (c) As soon as practical, the General Assembly shall make | ||||||
6 | available to the public all Federal decennial census data it | ||||||
7 | receives from the Federal government and any other data | ||||||
8 | required by law. The General Assembly shall provide a means by | ||||||
9 | which members of the public may submit redistricting proposals | ||||||
10 | or comment on or obtain a copy of any proposal submitted to the | ||||||
11 | Senate, the House, a Commission, or a Special Master. | ||||||
12 | (d) In the year following each Federal decennial census | ||||||
13 | year, the General Assembly by law shall redistrict the | ||||||
14 | Congressional Districts, subject to the hearing and notice | ||||||
15 | requirements of subsection (b). A bill passed by the General | ||||||
16 | Assembly pursuant to this subsection shall be presented to the | ||||||
17 | Governor not later than June 3. The foregoing requirement shall | ||||||
18 | be judicially enforceable. If the Governor approves the bill, | ||||||
19 | then the Governor shall sign it by June 10 and it shall become | ||||||
20 | law. If the Governor vetoes the bill or makes specific | ||||||
21 | recommendations for change to the bill, then the Governor shall | ||||||
22 | return it with his or her objections or specific | ||||||
23 | recommendations by June 10 directly to the house in which it | ||||||
24 | originated whether or not the General Assembly is in recess or | ||||||
25 | adjourned. Any bill not so returned on or before June 10 of | ||||||
26 | that year shall become law. A vetoed bill or bill returned with |
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1 | specific recommendations for change shall be considered in the | ||||||
2 | manner set forth in this subsection notwithstanding any | ||||||
3 | provision of Section 9 of this Article to the contrary. Not | ||||||
4 | later than June 15, the originating house may either override | ||||||
5 | the Governor's veto or specific recommendations for change by a | ||||||
6 | record vote of three-fifths of the members elected or accept | ||||||
7 | the Governor's specific recommendations for change by a record | ||||||
8 | vote of a majority of the members elected. If the originating | ||||||
9 | house passes the bill by the required vote, then it shall be | ||||||
10 | delivered immediately to the second house, which, not later | ||||||
11 | than June 20, may take the same action as the originating house | ||||||
12 | by the same record vote requirements applicable to the | ||||||
13 | originating house. A bill having received the required record | ||||||
14 | vote in both houses shall become law and shall take effect | ||||||
15 | immediately notwithstanding any provision of Section 10 of this | ||||||
16 | Article to the contrary. | ||||||
17 | (e) If no bill redistricting Congressional Districts | ||||||
18 | becomes law by June 20, then the Supreme Court Judges most | ||||||
19 | senior from each political party represented on the Supreme | ||||||
20 | Court shall jointly appoint one person to act as Special Master | ||||||
21 | to redistrict the Congressional Districts. A Special Master | ||||||
22 | shall be a person who does not hold an elected or a political | ||||||
23 | party office, is not an employee of the General Assembly or | ||||||
24 | Congress, is not an employee of a political party, is not a | ||||||
25 | member of the General Assembly or Congress, is not an immediate | ||||||
26 | family member of a member of the General Assembly or Congress, |
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1 | and is not a lobbyist as defined by law. The Special Master | ||||||
2 | shall be appointed and certified to the Secretary of State not | ||||||
3 | later than June 27. The appointment of the Special Master by | ||||||
4 | any Supreme Court Judge shall not be considered an actual or | ||||||
5 | potential conflict of interest for which the Judge shall recuse | ||||||
6 | himself or herself from any action concerning redistricting. | ||||||
7 | The Special Master may consider any redistricting plan filed by | ||||||
8 | members of the General Assembly or members of the public. The | ||||||
9 | Special Master shall conduct at least one public hearing in | ||||||
10 | each of five distinct geographic regions determined by the | ||||||
11 | Special Master in order to receive testimony and inform the | ||||||
12 | public of the redistricting plan. The Special Master must | ||||||
13 | complete the required public hearings prior to filing a | ||||||
14 | redistricting plan with the Secretary of State. All hearings | ||||||
15 | conducted by a Special Master shall be open to the public. The | ||||||
16 | Special Master shall, no later than two days before any | ||||||
17 | proposed hearing, post a notice with the Secretary of the | ||||||
18 | Senate and Clerk of the House who shall immediately make the | ||||||
19 | notice available to the public. The notice shall identify any | ||||||
20 | measure and subject matter that may be considered during that | ||||||
21 | hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and place of | ||||||
22 | the hearing. The Special Master shall file a redistricting plan | ||||||
23 | for Congressional Districts with the Secretary of State not | ||||||
24 | later than October 5. | ||||||
25 | (f) If a redistricting bill or plan is invalidated in whole | ||||||
26 | or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction or a |
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1 | redistricting plan is not filed with the Secretary of State by | ||||||
2 | October 5, then the General Assembly may redistrict by law.
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4 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
5 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Constitutional Amendment Act and applies to redistricting | ||||||
7 | beginning in 2021 and to the election of members of the General | ||||||
8 | Assembly beginning in 2022.
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