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 1                AMENDMENT TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 57
 3        AMENDMENT  NO.      .   Amend  Senate  Joint   Resolution
 4    Constitutional  Amendment  57 on page 1, by replacing lines 3
 5    through 31 and all of page 2 with the following:
 6        "RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETIETH   GENERAL
 7    ASSEMBLY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS,   THE  HOUSE  OF
 8    REPRESENTATIVES  CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that  there  shall   be
 9    submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  State  for adoption or
10    rejection at the general election next occurring at  least  6
11    months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
12    add Section 8.1 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as
13    follows:
14                             ARTICLE IV
15                           THE LEGISLATURE
16        (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new)
17    SECTION 8.1.  PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILLS
18        A  bill  that  would  increase  the  rate  of a tax on or
19    measured by income or increase  the  rate  of  a  tax  on  or
20    measured  by  the  selling  price  of  any  item  of tangible
21    personal property may become law only with the concurrence of
22    three-fifths of the members elected  to  each  house  of  the
23    General Assembly.
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 1                              SCHEDULE
 2        This  Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval
 3    by the electors of this State.".

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