Full Text of HJRCA0015 102nd General Assembly
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0015 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that for the purposes of creating Legislative and Representative Districts, counties, municipalities, and townships containing less than a specified population shall not be divided. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED SECOND 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 | 8 | | of this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the | 9 | | Illinois Constitution by changing Section 3 as follows:
| 10 | | ARTICLE IV
| 11 | | THE LEGISLATURE
| 12 | | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3)
| 13 | | SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING
| 14 | | (a) Legislative Districts shall be compact, contiguous and
| 15 | | substantially equal in population. Representative Districts | 16 | | shall be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in | 17 | | population. For the purposes of creating Legislative and | 18 | | Representative Districts, the following shall not be divided: | 19 | | (1) counties containing less than 25,000 inhabitants; (2) | 20 | | municipalities containing less than 15,000 inhabitants; and | 21 | | (3) townships containing less than 2,500 inhabitants.
| 22 | | (b) In the year following each Federal decennial census | 23 | | year, the
General Assembly by law shall redistrict the |
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| 1 | | Legislative Districts and the
Representative Districts.
| 2 | | If no redistricting plan becomes effective by June 30 of | 3 | | that year, a
Legislative Redistricting Commission shall be | 4 | | constituted not later than
July 10. The Commission shall | 5 | | consist of eight members, no more than
four of whom shall be | 6 | | members of the same political party.
| 7 | | The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of | 8 | | Representatives shall
each appoint to the Commission one | 9 | | Representative and one person who is
not a member of the | 10 | | General Assembly. The President and Minority Leader
of the | 11 | | Senate shall each appoint to the Commission one Senator and | 12 | | one
person who is not a member of the General Assembly.
| 13 | | The members shall be certified to the Secretary of State | 14 | | by the
appointing authorities. A vacancy on the Commission | 15 | | shall be filled
within five days by the authority that made the | 16 | | original appointment. A
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be | 17 | | chosen by a majority of all members
of the Commission.
| 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.
| 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.
| 25 | | Not later than September 5, the Secretary of State | 26 | | publicly shall
draw by random selection the name of one of the |
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| 1 | | two persons to serve as
the ninth member of the Commission.
| 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.
| 5 | | An approved redistricting plan filed with the Secretary of | 6 | | State
shall be presumed valid, shall have the force and effect | 7 | | of law and
shall be published promptly by the Secretary of | 8 | | State.
| 9 | | 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.
| 13 | | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | 14 | | 1980.)
| 15 | | SCHEDULE
| 16 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | 17 | | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | 18 | | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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