Full Text of SJRCA0041 96th General Assembly
SC0041 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0041
Introduced 2/25/2009, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 1 |
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2 |
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Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution.
Beginning with members elected in 2012, changes the House of Representatives
from a 118-member body elected from 118 districts to a 117-member body elected
from 39 districts of 3 members each. Prohibits a political party from limiting
its nominations to less than 3 candidates in a Representative District.
Permits a voter to cast 3 votes among one, 2, or 3 candidates for
Representative. Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to
the election of Representatives in 2012 and thereafter.
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 amend Sections 1 and 2 of | 9 |
| Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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| ARTICLE IV
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| THE LEGISLATURE
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 1)
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| SECTION 1. LEGISLATURE - POWER AND STRUCTURE
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| The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly | 15 |
| consisting of a
Senate and a House of Representatives, elected | 16 |
| by the electors from 59
Legislative Districts and 39
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| Representative Districts.
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| (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | 19 |
| 1980.)
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| (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2)
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| SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION
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| (a) One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative | 23 |
| District.
Immediately following each decennial redistricting, |
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| the General Assembly
by law shall divide the Legislative | 2 |
| Districts as equally as possible
into three groups. Senators | 3 |
| from one group shall be elected for terms of
four years, four | 4 |
| years and two years; Senators from the second group,
for terms | 5 |
| of four years, two years and four years; and Senators from the
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| third group, for terms of two years, four years and four years. | 7 |
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Legislative Districts in each group shall be distributed | 8 |
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equally over the State.
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| (b) In 2012 and every two years thereafter, three | 10 |
| Representatives
Each
Legislative District shall be divided | 11 |
| into two Representative
Districts. In 1982 and every two years | 12 |
| thereafter one Representative shall
be elected from each | 13 |
| Representative District for a term of two years.
No political | 14 |
| party shall limit its nominations to less than three candidates
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| for Representatives in any Representative District. In | 16 |
| elections for
Representatives, including those for nomination, | 17 |
| each elector may cast
three votes for one candidate or | 18 |
| distribute them equally among no more than
three candidates. | 19 |
| The candidates highest in votes shall
be declared elected.
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| (c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General | 21 |
| Assembly, a
person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 | 22 |
| years old, and for
the two years preceding his election or | 23 |
| appointment a resident of the
district which he is to | 24 |
| represent. In the general election following a
redistricting, a | 25 |
| candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from
any | 26 |
| district which contains a part of the district in which he |
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| resided
at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a | 2 |
| resident of the new
district he represents for 18 months prior | 3 |
| to reelection.
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| (d) Within thirty days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be | 5 |
| filled by
appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in | 6 |
| a Senatorial office
with more than twenty-eight months | 7 |
| remaining in the term, the appointed
Senator shall serve until | 8 |
| the next general election, at which time a
Senator shall be | 9 |
| elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If the
vacancy | 10 |
| is in a Representative office or in any other Senatorial | 11 |
| office,
the appointment shall be for the remainder of the term. | 12 |
| An appointee to
fill a vacancy shall be a member of the same | 13 |
| political party as the
person he succeeds.
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| (e) No member of the General Assembly shall receive | 15 |
| compensation as
a public officer or employee from any other | 16 |
| governmental entity for time
during which he is in attendance | 17 |
| as a member of the General Assembly.
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| No member of the General Assembly during the term for which | 19 |
| he was
elected or appointed shall be appointed to a public | 20 |
| office which shall
have been created or the compensation for | 21 |
| which shall have been
increased by the General Assembly during | 22 |
| that term.
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| (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | 24 |
| 1980.)
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| SCHEDULE
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| This Constitutional Amendment takes effect
upon being | 2 |
| declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
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| Constitutional Amendment Act and applies to the election of
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| Representatives in 2012 and
thereafter.
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