Bill Text: IL SB1852 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Governor Succession Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the line of succession for the office of Governor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB1852 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1852-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Governor Succession Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (15 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b122)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.
(a) In the
the event that the Governor, for any of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | the reasons
specified in Article V, Section 6 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Constitution of the State of Illinois,
is not able to exercise | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the powers and discharge the duties of his office,
such powers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | and duties of the office shall be exercised by the officer next
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| 12 | in line of succession, in the order named as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (1) The Lieutenant Governor;
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| 14 | (2) The elected Attorney General;
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| 15 | (3) The elected Secretary of State;
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| 16 | (4) The elected Comptroller;
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| 17 | (5) The elected Treasurer;
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| 18 | (6) The President of the Senate;
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| 19 | (7) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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| 20 | (b) The officer next in line of succession shall serve as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Governor for
the remainder of the term if he succeeds to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | office by reason of death,
conviction on impeachment or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | resignation of the Governor. If he succeeds
to the office by | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | reason of temporary disability or failure to qualify by
the | ||||||
| 2 | Governor, he shall serve until the Governor qualifies or the | ||||||
| 3 | disability
is removed. An officer who succeeds to the office | ||||||
| 4 | of Governor by reason
of temporary disability of the Governor | ||||||
| 5 | shall be designated Acting Governor.
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| 6 | (c) If an officer next in line of succession shall fail to | ||||||
| 7 | qualify or
if his office is vacant, then the officer next in | ||||||
| 8 | line of succession after
him who is qualified shall serve as | ||||||
| 9 | Governor.
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| 10 | (Source: P.A. 82-105.)
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