100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Melinda Bush

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 3

    Amends the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that, in addition to other eligibility requirements, any person seeking to hold the office of Attorney General on and after the second Monday in January of 2019 must be a licensed attorney-at-law of this State. Effective upon being declared adopted.


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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
5CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8this resolution a proposition to amend Section 3 as follows:
 
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ARTICLE V
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THE EXECUTIVE

11    (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 3)
12SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY
13    To be eligible to hold the office of Governor, Lieutenant
14Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller or
15Treasurer, a person must be a United States citizen, at least
1625 years old, and a resident of this State for the three years
17preceding his election. Additionally, any person seeking to
18hold the office of Attorney General on and after the second
19Monday in January of 2019 must be a licensed attorney-at-law of
20this State.
21(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
 
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SCHEDULE

 

 

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1    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
2declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
3Constitutional Amendment Act.