97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0018

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new

    Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a bill may become law only with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly if the bill directly: (i) requires the expenditure of any State funds, (ii) decreases the revenues of the State, (iii) requires that units of local government or school districts expend their own funds, (iv) decreases the revenues of units of local government or school districts, or (v) revises the distribution of State funds among units of local government or school districts. Provides that if the Governor vetoes such a bill, then it shall not become law unless it is passed, upon its return, by a record vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. Provides that if the Governor returns such a bill with specific recommendations for change to the house in which it originated, then those recommendations may be accepted only by a record vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. Effective on being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.


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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5SENATE CONCURRING 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 add Section 8.1 to Article IV
9of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE IV
11
THE LEGISLATURE

12    (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8.1 new)
13SECTION 8.1. PASSAGE OF BILLS WITH A FISCAL IMPACT.
14    A bill may become law only with the concurrence of
15three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the
16General Assembly if the bill directly: (i) requires the
17expenditure of any State funds, (ii) decreases the revenues of
18the State, (iii) requires that units of local government or
19school districts expend their own funds, (iv) decreases the
20revenues of units of local government or school districts, or
21(v) revises the distribution of State funds among units of
22local government or school districts. However, if the Governor
23vetoes a bill so passed by returning it with his or her
24objections to the house in which it originated, then that bill

 

 

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1shall not become law unless, upon its return, it is passed by a
2record vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each
3house of the General Assembly. Likewise, if the Governor
4returns a bill so passed with specific recommendations for
5change to the house in which it originated, then those
6recommendations may be accepted only by a record vote of
7three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the
8General Assembly.
 
9
SCHEDULE
10    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
11declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
12Constitutional Amendment Act.