SC0066 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0066

Introduced 3/22/2012, by Sen. Mike Jacobs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 19

Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution. Requires each State's Attorney to be a resident of the State. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. Applies to the election of State's Attorneys in 2016 and thereafter; does not affect the terms of State's Attorneys elected before 2016.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 19 of Article VI of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

ARTICLE VI

THE JUDICIARY

(ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 19)

SECTION 19. STATE'S ATTORNEYS - SELECTION, SALARY

A State's Attorney shall be elected in each county in 1972 and every fourth year thereafter for a four year term. One State's Attorney may be elected to serve two or more counties if the governing boards of such counties so provide and a majority of the electors of each county voting on the issue approve. A person shall not be eligible for the office of State's Attorney unless he or she is a United States citizen, and a licensed attorney-at-law of this State, and a resident of this State. His or her salary shall be provided by law.

(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

SCHEDULE

This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act and applies to the election of State's Attorneys in 2016 and thereafter. It does not affect the terms of State's Attorneys elected before 2016.