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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 5
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-SEVENTH 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 Article XIII of the | 9 | | Illinois Constitution by adding Section 5.1 as follows:
| 10 | | ARTICLE XIII
| 11 | | GENERAL PROVISIONS
| 12 | | (ILCON Art. XIII, Sec. 5.1 new) | 13 | | SECTION 5.1. PENSION BENEFIT INCREASES | 14 | | (a) A bill shall not become a law without the concurrence | 15 | | of three-fifths
of the members elected to each house of the | 16 | | General Assembly if that bill increases a benefit under any | 17 | | pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of
local | 18 | | government or school district, or any agency or instrumentality
| 19 | | thereof. However, if the Governor vetoes a bill so passed by | 20 | | returning it with his objections to the house in which it | 21 | | originated, then that bill shall not become law unless, upon | 22 | | its return, it is passed by a record vote of two-thirds of the | 23 | | members elected to each house of the General Assembly. |
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| 1 | | Likewise, if the Governor returns a bill so passed with | 2 | | specific recommendations for change to the house in which it | 3 | | originated, then those recommendations may be accepted only by | 4 | | a record vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each | 5 | | house of the General Assembly. The provisions of this | 6 | | subsection (a) apply notwithstanding Article IV. | 7 | | (b) An ordinance, resolution, or other action of the | 8 | | governing body of any unit of
local government or school | 9 | | district shall not be valid without the concurrence of | 10 | | three-fifths
of the members of that governing body if that | 11 | | ordinance, resolution, or other action increases a benefit | 12 | | under any pension or retirement system for officials or | 13 | | employees of that unit of
local government or school district, | 14 | | or any agency or instrumentality
thereof. | 15 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, a bill, ordinance, | 16 | | resolution, or other action increases a benefit if it increases | 17 | | the amount of an existing benefit, adds a new benefit, or | 18 | | expands the class of persons eligible for a benefit, regardless | 19 | | of whether it includes an increase in contributions or a | 20 | | reduction in any other benefit. | 21 | | (d) For the purposes of this Section, an increase in salary | 22 | | does not, by itself, constitute an increase in benefits. | 23 | | However, the provisions of this Section do apply to (i) an | 24 | | increase in salary resulting from the inclusion of a new | 25 | | category of benefits, bonuses, incentives, perquisites, or | 26 | | other compensation that previously was not considered a part of |
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| 1 | | salary or (ii) an otherwise unusually high increase in salary.
| 2 | | SCHEDULE
| 3 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | 4 | | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | 5 | | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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