95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0047

 

Introduced 10/10/2008, by Rep. Mike Boland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2

    Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to more than 2 terms as Governor. Effective upon being declared adopted, and applies to each person elected Governor after the current Governor.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6 electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7 election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8 this resolution a proposition to amend Article V of the
9 Illinois Constitution by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE V
11
THE EXECUTIVE

12     (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
13 SECTION 2. TERMS
14     (a) These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall
15 hold office for four years beginning on the second Monday of
16 January after their election and, except in the case of the
17 Lieutenant Governor, until their successors are qualified.
18 They shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and every
19 four years thereafter.
20     (b) A person may not be elected to more than two terms as
21 Governor. An otherwise eligible person who has served as Acting
22 Governor or who has filled a vacancy in the office of Governor
23 as provided in Section 6 of this Article is not disqualified

 

 

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1 from being elected to two terms as Governor. This subsection
2 does not limit the number of terms to which a person may be
3 elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor. This subsection
4 applies to each person elected to the office of Governor after
5 the person elected to the office of Governor at the 2006
6 general election.
7 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
 
8
SCHEDULE
9     This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
10 declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
11 Constitutional Amendment Act and applies beginning with the
12 person elected Governor immediately after the person elected
13 Governor in 2006.