100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0033

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

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

    Proposes to amend the Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for terms totalling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.


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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

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

12    (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
13SECTION 2. TERMS
14    These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold
15office for four years beginning on the second Monday of January
16after their election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant
17Governor, until their successors are qualified. They shall be
18elected at the general election in 1978 and every four years
19thereafter. A person may not be elected to any Executive Branch
20office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for
21terms totalling more than 8 years. Service before the second
22Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the
23calculation of a person's service.

 

 

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1(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
 
2
SCHEDULE
3    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
4declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
5Constitutional Amendment Act.