HC0050 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0050

Introduced , by Rep. Renée Kosel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the following offices for more than a total of 8 years, provided that service before the second Wednesday in January of 2015 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the Senate, Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader in the Senate, Assistant Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Assistant Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Deputy Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Deputy Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Majority Caucus Chairman in the Senate, Minority Caucus Chairman in the Senate, Majority Conference Chairman in the House of Representatives, and the Minority Conference Chairman in the House of Representatives. Effective upon being declared adopted.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois Constitution by changing Section 6 of Article 4 as follows:

ARTICLE IV

THE LEGISLATURE

(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)

SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION

(a) A majority of the members elected to each house constitutes a quorum.

(b) On the first day of the January session of the General Assembly in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall convene the House of Representatives to elect from its membership a Speaker of the House of Representatives as presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the Senate to elect from its membership a President of the Senate as presiding officer. A person shall not serve more than a total of 8 years in the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the Senate, Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader in the Senate, Assistant Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Assistant Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Deputy Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Deputy Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Majority Caucus Chairman in the Senate, Minority Caucus Chairman in the Senate, Majority Conference Chairman in the House of Representatives, and the Minority Conference Chairman in the House of Representatives; provided that service before the second Wednesday in January of 2015 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.

(c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member of the numerically strongest political party other than the party to which the Speaker or the President belongs, as the case may be.

(d) Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings, judge the elections, returns and qualifications of its members and choose its officers. No member shall be expelled by either house, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to that house. A member may be expelled only once for the same offense. Each house may punish by imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to the house by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence. Imprisonment shall not extend beyond twenty-four hours at one time unless the person persists in disorderly or contemptuous behavior.

(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

SCHEDULE

This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.