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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 amend Sections
9 2, 6, and 7 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution as
10 follows:
11 ARTICLE V
12 THE EXECUTIVE
13 (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
14 SECTION 2. TERMS
15 These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold
16 office for four years beginning on the second Monday of
17 January after their election and, except in the case of the
18 Lieutenant Governor, until their successors are qualified.
19 They shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and
20 every four years thereafter.
21 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
22 (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 6)
23 SECTION 6. GUBERNATORIAL SUCCESSION
24 (a) In the event of a vacancy, the order of succession
25 to the office of Governor or to the position of Acting
26 Governor shall be the elected Lieutenant Governor, the
27 elected Attorney General, the elected Secretary of State, and
28 then as provided by law.
29 (b) If the Governor is unable to serve because of death,
30 conviction on impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation or
31 other disability, the office of Governor shall be filled by
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1 the officer next in line of succession for the remainder of
2 the term or until the disability is removed.
3 (c) Whenever the Governor determines that he may be
4 seriously impeded in the exercise of his powers, he shall so
5 notify the Secretary of State and the officer next in line of
6 succession. The latter shall thereafter become Acting
7 Governor with the duties and powers of Governor. When the
8 Governor is prepared to resume office, he shall do so by
9 notifying the Secretary of State and the Acting Governor.
10 (d) The General Assembly by law shall specify by whom
11 and by what procedures the ability of the Governor to serve
12 or to resume office may be questioned and determined. The
13 Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction
14 to review such a law and any such determination and, in the
15 absence of such a law, shall make the determination under
16 such rules as it may adopt.
17 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
18 (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 7)
19 SECTION 7. VACANCIES IN OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICES
20 If the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary
21 of State, Comptroller or Treasurer fails to qualify or if his
22 office becomes vacant, the Governor shall fill the office by
23 appointment. The appointee shall hold office until the
24 elected officer qualifies or until a successor is elected and
25 qualified as may be provided by law and shall not be subject
26 to removal by the Governor. If the Lieutenant Governor fails
27 to qualify or if his office becomes vacant, it shall remain
28 vacant until the end of the term.
29 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
30 SCHEDULE
31 This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
32 declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
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1 Constitutional Amendment Act.