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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 4    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF  ILLINOIS,  THE
 5    SENATE  CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that there shall be submitted to
 6    the electors of the State for adoption or  rejection  at  the
 7    general  election  next occurring at least 6 months after the
 8    adoption of this resolution a proposition to add Section 12.5
 9    to Article VI of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

10                             ARTICLE VI
11                            THE JUDICIARY

12        (ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 12.5 new)
13    SECTION 12.5.  RECALL
14        (a)  An elected Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Judge  may
15    be  recalled  from  office  by  the  electors of the Judicial
16    District  or  Judicial  Circuit  from  which  the  Judge  was
17    elected.  A recall demand shall be initiated by  filing  with
18    the  State  Board  of Elections a petition signed by electors
19    equalling at least 15% of the number of  votes  cast  in  the
20    Judicial  District or Judicial Circuit for all candidates for
21    Governor at the most recent gubernatorial election.  A recall
22    petition shall state the grounds for the recall demand in  no
23    more than 200 words.
24        (b)  If  a  Judge  resigns  within  5 days after a recall
25    petition is filed against him or  her,  that  Judge's  office
26    becomes  vacant and shall be filled as provided in subsection
27    (c) of Section 12 of this  Article.   If  a  Judge  does  not
28    resign within 5 days after a recall petition is filed against
29    him  or  her,  the State Board of Elections shall certify the
30    question of the recall to the appropriate election  authority
31    or  authorities  for placement upon the ballot at an election
32    designated by law and  occurring  within  a  reasonable  time
 
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 1    after the filing of the recall petition.
 2        (c)  The recall ballot shall include the statement of the
 3    grounds  for recall that appeared on the recall petition and,
 4    in no more than 200 words, the Judge's justification  of  his
 5    or her course in office.
 6        (d)  A  Judge against whom a recall petition is filed and
 7    who has not resigned or whose office has not otherwise become
 8    vacant shall continue to perform the duties of  office  until
 9    the result of the vote upon the recall question is officially
10    declared.
11        (e)  If  a majority of the votes are cast against recall,
12    the Judge shall be declared elected for the remainder of  his
13    or  her term. If a majority of the votes are cast in favor of
14    recall, the Judge shall be declared recalled and that  office
15    becomes  vacant and shall be filled as provided in subsection
16    (c) of Section 12 of this Article.
17        (f)  A recall petition may not be  circulated  against  a
18    Judge until that Judge has served at least 6 months of his or
19    her  current  term  of  office.  A subsequent recall petition
20    against a Judge who has withstood a recall demand may not  be
21    filed  during  the  same  term of office until the subsequent
22    petitioners pay a portion provided by law of the  expense  of
23    the  unsuccessful  recall  vote  to the election authority or
24    authorities who bore that  expense.   If  a  recall  question
25    appears on the ballot at an election at which the Judge seeks
26    retention  in  office, the result of the vote upon the recall
27    question takes precedence over the result of  the  vote  upon
28    his or her retention in office.

29                              SCHEDULE
30        This  Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval
31    by the electors of this State.

32                              SCHEDULE
33        This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon  approval
 
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 1    by the electors of this State.

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