Bill Text: IL HJRCA0041 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for terms totaling more than 10 years; service before the second Wednesday in January of 2017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for terms totaling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock [HJRCA0041 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HJRCA0041-Introduced.html

---

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0041 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for terms totalling more than 10 years; service before the second Wednesday in January of 2017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. 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 2017 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.
LRB099 13055 MGM 36934 e
HC0041 LRB099 13055 MGM 36934 e
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-NINTH 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 add Section 2.5 to Article IV
and amend Section 2 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution
as follows:
ARTICLE IV
THE LEGISLATURE
(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new)
SECTION 2.5. TERM LIMITS. A person may not be elected to the
office of State Senator or State Representative, or a
combination of those offices, for terms totalling more than 10
years. Service before the second Wednesday in January of 2017
shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's
service.
ARTICLE V
THE EXECUTIVE

HC0041 - 2 - LRB099 13055 MGM 36934 e
(ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
SECTION 2. TERMS
These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold
office for four years beginning on the second Monday of January
after their election and, except in the case of the Lieutenant
Governor, until their successors are qualified. They shall be
elected at the general election in 1978 and every four years
thereafter. 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 2017 shall not be considered in the
calculation of a person's service.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.