Rep. David McSweeney

Filed: 5/11/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 348

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 348 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 20/2)  (from Ch. 1, par. 103)
7    Sec. 2. The General Assembly in submitting an amendment to
8the Constitution to the electors, or the proponents of an
9amendment to Article IV of the Constitution submitted by
10petition, shall prepare a brief explanation of such amendment,
11a brief argument in favor of the same, and the form in which
12such amendment will appear on the separate ballot as provided
13by Section 16-6 of the Election Code, as amended. The minority
14of the General Assembly, or if there is no minority, anyone
15designated by the General Assembly shall prepare a brief
16argument against such amendment. In the case of an amendment to

 

 

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1Article IV of the Constitution initiated pursuant to Section 3
2of Article XIV of the Constitution, the proponents shall be
3those persons so designated at the time of the filing of the
4petition as provided in Section 10-8 of the Election Code, and
5the opponents shall be those members of the General Assembly
6opposing such amendment, or if there are none, anyone
7designated by the General Assembly and such opponents shall
8prepare a brief argument against such amendment. The
9proponent's explanation and argument in favor of and the
10opponents argument against an amendment to Article IV initiated
11by petition must be submitted to the Attorney General, who may
12rewrite them for accuracy and fairness. The explanation, the
13arguments for and against each constitutional amendment, and
14the form in which the amendment will appear on the separate
15ballot shall be filed in the Office office of the Secretary of
16State with the proposed amendment. At least one month before
17the next election of members of the General Assembly, following
18the passage of the proposed amendment, the Secretary of State
19shall publish the amendment, in full in 8 point type, or the
20equivalent thereto, in at least one secular newspaper of
21general circulation in every county in this State in which a
22newspaper is published. In counties in which 2 or more
23newspapers are published, the Secretary of State shall cause
24such amendment to be published in 2 newspapers. In counties
25having a population of 500,000 or more, such amendment shall be
26published in not less than 6 newspapers of general circulation.

 

 

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1When the Secretary first publishes the amendment in a newspaper
2or newspapers under the provisions of this Section, he or she
3shall also cause the existing form of the constitutional
4provision proposed to be amended, the proposed amendment, the
5explanation of the amendment, the arguments for and against the
6amendment, and the form in which the amendment will appear on
7the separate ballot, to be published on a publicly accessible
8Internet website controlled by the Office of the Secretary of
9State. The newspaper or newspapers containing the published
10amendment shall also provide a link to the amendment
11information published on the Secretary's Internet website.
12After the first publication, the publication of such amendment,
13including a link to the Secretary's Internet website, shall be
14repeated once each week for 2 consecutive weeks. In selecting
15newspapers in which to publish such amendment the Secretary of
16State shall have regard solely to the circulation of such
17newspapers, selecting secular newspapers in every case having
18the largest circulation. The proposed amendment shall have a
19notice prefixed thereto in said publications, that at such
20election the proposed amendment will be submitted to the
21electors for adoption or rejection, and at the end of the
22official publication, he shall also publish the form in which
23the proposed amendment will appear on the separate ballot. The
24Secretary of State shall fix the publication fees to be paid
25newspapers for making such publication, but in no case shall
26such publication fee exceed the amount charged by such

 

 

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1newspapers to private individuals for a like publication. In
2addition to the notice hereby required to be published, the
3Secretary of State shall also cause the existing form of the
4constitutional provision proposed to be amended, the proposed
5amendment, the explanation of the same, the arguments for and
6against the same, and the form in which such amendment will
7appear on the separate ballot, to be published in pamphlet form
8in 8 point type or the equivalent thereto; and the Secretary of
9State shall mail such pamphlet to every mailing address in the
10State, addressed to the attention of the Postal Patron. He
11shall also maintain a reasonable supply of such pamphlets so as
12to make them available to any person requesting one. The
13Secretary of State shall not, however, publish, mail, or
14maintain any pamphlets concerning a proposed constitutional
15amendment to abolish the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, nor
16shall the General Assembly be required to provide the language
17for such a pamphlet explaining a proposed amendment for the
18abolition of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
19(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.".