HC0025 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 12675 DRJ 37982 e

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0025

Introduced 7/9/2007, by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCON Art. I, Sec. 17.5

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution to add a provision stating that all persons shall have the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing and that the General Assembly may provide by law for the enforcement and implementation of this provision. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.

A BILL FOR

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to add Section 17.5 to Article I of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

(ILCON Art. I, Sec. 17.5) SECTION 17.5. RIGHT TO DECENT HOUSING

(a) All persons shall have the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing, which right shall not be denied or abridged by the State or by any subdivision of the State.

(b) The General Assembly may provide by law for the enforcement and implementation of this Section.

SCHEDULE

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