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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | this resolution a proposition to amend Sections 4, 5, and 6 of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article IV and Section 2 of Article V of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Constitution as follows:
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11 | ARTICLE IV
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12 | THE LEGISLATURE
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13 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 4)
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14 | SECTION 4. ELECTION
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15 | (a) Members of the General Assembly shall be elected at the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | general election
in even-numbered years.
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17 | (b) The proclamation of results of each election of members | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of the General Assembly must take place as soon as practical | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | after the general election, but in no case later than seven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | days prior to the date the General Assembly first convenes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | under subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Article. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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1 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 5)
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2 | SECTION 5. SESSIONS
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3 | (a) The General Assembly shall convene each year on the | ||||||
4 | second
Wednesday of December January . | ||||||
5 | The General Assembly shall be a continuous body
during the | ||||||
6 | term for which members of the House of Representatives are
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7 | elected.
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8 | (b) The Governor may convene the General Assembly or the | ||||||
9 | Senate
alone in special session by a proclamation stating the | ||||||
10 | purpose of the
session; and only business encompassed by such | ||||||
11 | purpose, together with
any impeachments or confirmation of | ||||||
12 | appointments shall be transacted.
Special sessions of the | ||||||
13 | General Assembly may also be convened by joint
proclamation of | ||||||
14 | the presiding officers of both houses, issued as
provided by | ||||||
15 | law.
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16 | (c) Sessions of each house of the General Assembly and | ||||||
17 | meetings of
committees, joint committees and legislative | ||||||
18 | commissions shall be open
to the public. Sessions and committee | ||||||
19 | meetings of a house may be closed
to the public if two-thirds | ||||||
20 | of the members elected to that house
determine that the public | ||||||
21 | interest so requires; and meetings of joint
committees and | ||||||
22 | legislative commissions may be so closed if two-thirds of
the | ||||||
23 | members elected to each house so determine.
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24 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | ||||||
25 | the General Assembly may not be in session in any general | ||||||
26 | election year from the date of the general election until the |
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1 | second Wednesday of December, except upon a joint proclamation | ||||||
2 | stating the purpose of the session signed by the Speaker and | ||||||
3 | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the | ||||||
4 | President and the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the | ||||||
5 | Governor; and only business encompassed by such purpose shall | ||||||
6 | be transacted. | ||||||
7 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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8 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)
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9 | SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
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10 | (a) A majority of the members elected to each house | ||||||
11 | constitutes a
quorum.
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12 | (b) On the second Wednesday first day of December following | ||||||
13 | a general election the January session of the General Assembly
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14 | in odd-numbered years , the Secretary of State shall convene the | ||||||
15 | House of
Representatives to elect from its membership a Speaker | ||||||
16 | of the House of
Representatives as presiding officer, and the | ||||||
17 | Governor shall convene the
Senate to elect from its membership | ||||||
18 | a President of the Senate as
presiding officer.
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19 | (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this
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20 | Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member | ||||||
21 | of the
numerically strongest political party other than the | ||||||
22 | party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the | ||||||
23 | case may be.
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24 | (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its | ||||||
25 | proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications |
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1 | of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be | ||||||
2 | expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the | ||||||
3 | members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only | ||||||
4 | once for the same offense. Each house may punish by
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5 | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to | ||||||
6 | the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its | ||||||
7 | presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four | ||||||
8 | hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or | ||||||
9 | contemptuous behavior.
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10 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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11 | ARTICLE V
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12 | THE EXECUTIVE
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13 | (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
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14 | SECTION 2. TERMS
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15 | (a) The Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the | ||||||
16 | Comptroller, and the Treasurer These elected officers of the | ||||||
17 | Executive Branch shall hold office for
four years beginning on | ||||||
18 | the second Monday of January after their
election and , except | ||||||
19 | in the case of the Lieutenant Governor, until their
successors | ||||||
20 | are qualified. The Governor shall hold office for four years | ||||||
21 | beginning on the second Wednesday of December after his or her | ||||||
22 | election and until his or her successor is qualified. The | ||||||
23 | Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for four years beginning | ||||||
24 | on the second Wednesday of December after his or her election. |
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1 | All of the elected officers of the executive branch They | ||||||
2 | shall be elected at the general election
in 1978 and every four | ||||||
3 | years thereafter.
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4 | (b) The proclamation of results of each election of the | ||||||
5 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor must take place as soon as | ||||||
6 | practical after the general election, but in no case later than | ||||||
7 | seven days prior to the date the General Assembly first | ||||||
8 | convenes under subsection (b) of Section 6 of Article IV. | ||||||
9 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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10 | SCHEDULE
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11 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
12 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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