5 ILCS 25/ Constitutional Convention Act.

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5 ILCS 25/0.01

(5 ILCS 25/0.01) (from Ch. 1, par. 150)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Constitutional Convention Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

5 ILCS 25/1

(5 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 151)

Sec. 1.

Whenever the question of whether a Constitutional Convention
should be called is required to be submitted to the electors of this State
pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of Section 1 of
Article XIV of the Illinois Constitution, the General Assembly shall
prepare a brief explanation of such call, a brief argument in favor of the
same, and the form in which such call of a Constitutional Convention will
appear on the separate ballot as provided by Section 16-6 of the Election
Code, as amended.  Members of the General Assembly who oppose the call of a
Constitutional Convention or, if there are no
members opposing the call of a Constitutional Convention, anyone designated
by the General Assembly shall prepare a brief argument against such call of
a Constitutional Convention.

The explanation, the arguments for and against a call of a Constitutional
Convention and the form in which the call will appear on the separate
ballot, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.  At least
1 month before the general election in which the
questions of the call of the Constitutional Convention shall be submitted
to the electors of this State, the Secretary of State shall publish the
question of the call of a Constitutional Convention, in full in 8 point
type, or the equivalent thereto, in at least one secular newspaper of
general circulation in every county in this State in which a newspaper is
published.  In counties in which 2 or more newspapers are published, the
Secretary of State shall cause such question of the call of a
Constitutional Convention to be published in 2 newspapers.  In counties
having a population of 1,000,000 or more, such question shall be published in
not less than 6 newspapers of general circulation.  After the first
publication, the publication of such question shall be repeated once each
week for 2 consecutive weeks.  In selecting newspapers in which to publish
such question the Secretary of State shall have regard solely to the
circulation of such newspapers, selecting secular newspapers in every case
having the largest circulation.  The proposed question shall have a notice
prefixed thereto in said publications, that at such election the question
of calling a Constitutional Convention will be submitted to the electors
for adoption or rejection, and at the end of the official publication, he
shall also publish the form in which the question of calling a
Constitutional Convention will appear on the separate ballot.  The
Secretary of State shall fix the publication fees to be paid newspapers for
making such publication, but in no case shall such publication fee exceed
the amount charged by such newspapers to private individuals for a like
publication.  In addition to the notice hereby required to be published,
the Secretary of State shall also cause the question of calling a
Constitutional Convention, the explanation of the same, the arguments for
and against the same, and the form in which such call will appear on the
separate ballot, to be published in pamphlet form in 8 point type or the
equivalent thereto; and
the Secretary of State shall mail such pamphlet to every mailing address
in the State, addressed to the attention of the Postal Patron.  He shall
also maintain a reasonable supply of such pamphlets so as to make them
available to any person requesting one.

(Source: P.A. 86-795.)