(25 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.23)
Sec. 3.
A member of the Senate may file a bill by mail or in person,
according to the appropriate rules of the Senate and after the bill has
been approved as to form by the Legislative Reference Bureau, with the
Secretary of the Senate at any time during the filing period. Upon
receiving such bill, the Secretary of the Senate shall immediately cause
such bill to be printed and made available to all members of the General
Assembly and to the public according to the rules and practices in such
matter of the General Assembly next preceding the one for which the bill is
filed.
The Secretary of the Senate shall assign numbers to the bills in the
order in which such bills are filed with him.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 705.)
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