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AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 25

2    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 25 on page 1, by
3replacing lines 2 through 4 with the following:
 
4    "BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH
5GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of
6the Senate of the 97th General Assembly are amended by changing
7Rule 10-2 as follows:
 
 
8    (Senate Rule 10-2)
9    10-2. Appointment Messages.
10    (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of
11the Senate shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment
12Message from the appointing officer or appointing authority in
13accordance with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form
14provided in this Rule, containing all of the required
15information, and accompanied by a cover letter signed by the

 

 

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1appointing officer or on behalf of the appointing authority.
 
2    (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
3Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided in
4this Rule.
 
5    (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
6sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
7the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
8record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
9Senate President. An Appointment Message is received by the
10Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a
11sequential number.
 
12    (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
13requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate
14President, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no legal effect
15and (ii) returned by the Secretary of the Senate to the
16appointing officer or authority that filed it.
 
17    (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
18accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
19supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
20superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential
21number the Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing
22of a superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table

 

 

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1the Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded
2Appointment Message shall have no further legal effect.
 
3    (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an
4appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an
5Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or
6received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been
7withdrawn shall have no further legal effect.
 
8    (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a
9committee-sponsored legislative measure that is unamendable
10and (ii) shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the
11Executive Appointments Committee, who for purposes of these
12Senate Rules shall be deemed the principal sponsor. In the
13absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the
14Executive Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal
15sponsor. Messages may not have individual cosponsors.
 
16    (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
17adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General
18Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by
19the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as
20provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment
21Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall
22retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into
23the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this

 

 

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1Rule.
 
2    (i) Notwithstanding the requirements contained in this
3Rule, any Appointment Message submitted to the 96th General
4Assembly and not acted upon by the 96th General Assembly is
5deemed to be carried over to the 97th General Assembly. The
6Senate may take action on any Appointment Message carried over
7from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly. Nothing in this
8Rule shall be construed to prohibit an appointing officer or
9authority from withdrawing in writing an Appointment Message
10that was previously submitted to or received by the Senate of
11the 96th General Assembly and carried over into the Senate of
12the 97th General Assembly. An Appointment Message carried over
13from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly that has been
14withdrawn in the Senate of the 97th General Assembly shall have
15no further legal effect.
 
16    (j) Form.
 
 
17
APPOINTMENT MESSAGE

 
18To the Honorable Members of the Senate, Ninety-Seventh General
19Assembly:
 
20(I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of

 

 

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1the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the
2advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following
3named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and
4consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested.
 
5Title of Office: (Insert Title)
 
6Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or
7other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made)
 
8Start Date: (Insert Start Date)
 
9End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable")
 
10Name: (Name of Nominee)
 
11Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee)
 
12Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify
13"Unsalaried")
 
14Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable")
 
15Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District
16the Nominee Resides)
 

 

 

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1Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New
2Position")
 
3Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of
4Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
5    (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the Senate
6shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment Message from
7the appointing officer or appointing authority in accordance
8with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form provided
9herein, containing all of the information required therein, and
10accompanied by a cover letter signed by the appointing officer
11or on behalf of the appointing authority.
 
12    (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
13Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
14herein.
 
15    (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
16sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
17the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
18record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
19Senate President. An Appointment Message is received by the
20Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a
21sequential number.
 
22    (d) An Appointment Message which does not conform to the

 

 

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1requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate
2President, be ruled non-compliant and returned to the
3appointing officer or authority that filed the same by the
4Secretary of the Senate.
 
5    (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
6accordance with this rule an Appointment Message which
7supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
8superseding Appointment Message shall identify by number the
9Appointment Message which it supersedes. The filing of a
10superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table the
11Appointment Message which it supersedes, and that message shall
12have no further legal effect.
 
13    (f) An Appointment Message shall be a committee-sponsored
14legislative measure which is unamendable, and shall be
15controlled by the Chairperson of the Executive Appointments
16Committee, who for purposes of these Senate Rules shall be
17deemed the principal sponsor or, in the absence of the
18Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the Executive
19Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal sponsor.
20Messages may not have individual cosponsors.
 
21    (g) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
22adjourns sine die shall automatically be tabled, and that
23message shall have no further legal effect. An appointing

 

 

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1officer or authority shall file a new Appointment message in
2accordance with the Senate Rules of the new General Assembly if
3they wish for the nomination to be considered by the Senate for
4confirmation.
 
5    (h) Form.
 
 
6
APPOINTMENT MESSAGE

 
7To the Honorable Members of the Senate, Ninety-Seventh General
8Assembly:
 
9(I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), have)/(The (Name of
10the Appointing Authority) has) nominated and appointed the
11following named individual to the office enumerated below and
12respectfully ask concurrence in and confirmation of this
13appointment by your Honorable Body.
 
14    (for appointments with end dates)
 
15To be (Title of Office) of the (Name of Agency, Board, or other
16Body to Which Nomination is Being Made) for a term commencing
17(Start Date) and ending (End Date):
 
18    (for appointments without end dates)
 

 

 

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1To be (Title of Office) of the (Name of Agency, Board, or other
2Body to Which Nomination is Being Made) for a term commencing
3(Start Date):
 
4(Name of Nominee)
5(Residential Address of Nominee)
 
6(Dollar Amount and whether Annual Salary, Per Diem, or
7"Unsalaried", as applicable)
 
8Appointee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose district
9the Nominee Resides)
 
10(This Appointment Message supersedes Appointment Message
11(Number of Appointment Message))
12(Source: S.R. 2, 97th G.A.)".