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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 ONE | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED SECOND 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | of this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Illinois Constitution by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 10 | ARTICLE IV
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| 11 | THE LEGISLATURE
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| 12 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3)
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| 13 | SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING
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| 14 | (a) Legislative Districts shall be compact, contiguous and
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| 15 | substantially equal in population. Representative Districts | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | shall be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | population. For the purposes of creating Legislative and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Representative Districts, the following shall not be divided: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (1) counties containing less than 25,000 inhabitants; (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | municipalities containing less than 15,000 inhabitants; and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (3) townships containing less than 2,500 inhabitants.
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| 22 | (b) In the year following each Federal decennial census | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | year, the
General Assembly by law shall redistrict the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Legislative Districts and the
Representative Districts.
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| 2 | If no redistricting plan becomes effective by June 30 of | ||||||
| 3 | that year, a
Legislative Redistricting Commission shall be | ||||||
| 4 | constituted not later than
July 10. The Commission shall | ||||||
| 5 | consist of eight members, no more than
four of whom shall be | ||||||
| 6 | members of the same political party.
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| 7 | The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 8 | Representatives shall
each appoint to the Commission one | ||||||
| 9 | Representative and one person who is
not a member of the | ||||||
| 10 | General Assembly. The President and Minority Leader
of the | ||||||
| 11 | Senate shall each appoint to the Commission one Senator and | ||||||
| 12 | one
person who is not a member of the General Assembly.
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| 13 | The members shall be certified to the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 14 | by the
appointing authorities. A vacancy on the Commission | ||||||
| 15 | shall be filled
within five days by the authority that made the | ||||||
| 16 | original appointment. A
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be | ||||||
| 17 | chosen by a majority of all members
of the Commission.
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| 18 | Not later than August 10, the Commission shall file with | ||||||
| 19 | the
Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at | ||||||
| 20 | least five
members.
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| 21 | If the Commission fails to file an approved redistricting | ||||||
| 22 | plan, the
Supreme Court shall submit the names of two persons, | ||||||
| 23 | not of the same
political party, to the Secretary of State not | ||||||
| 24 | later than September 1.
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| 25 | Not later than September 5, the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 26 | publicly shall
draw by random selection the name of one of the | ||||||
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| 1 | two persons to serve as
the ninth member of the Commission.
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| 2 | Not later than October 5, the Commission shall file with | ||||||
| 3 | the
Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at | ||||||
| 4 | least five
members.
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| 5 | An approved redistricting plan filed with the Secretary of | ||||||
| 6 | State
shall be presumed valid, shall have the force and effect | ||||||
| 7 | of law and
shall be published promptly by the Secretary of | ||||||
| 8 | State.
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| 9 | The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive | ||||||
| 10 | jurisdiction over
actions concerning redistricting the House | ||||||
| 11 | and Senate, which shall be
initiated in the name of the People | ||||||
| 12 | of the State by the Attorney
General.
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| 13 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||
| 14 | 1980.)
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| 15 | SCHEDULE
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| 16 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
| 17 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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