Tape Malfunction - Per Transcription Log Clerk Rossi: "The designated hour having arrived the House Perfunctory Session will come to order."
"Prayer read."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Introduction - First Reading of Bills. House Bill 1256, offered by Representative Black, a Bill for an Act to amend the Clerks of Courts Act. House Bill 1257, offered by Representative Black, a Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code. House Bill 1258, offered by Representative Black, a Bill for an Act to amend the Clerks of Courts Act. House Bill 1259, offered by Representative Ronen, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code. House Bill 1260, offered Tape Begins by Representative Ronen, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Insurance Code. House Bill 1261, offered by Representative Novak, a Bill for an Act concerning State land. First Reading of these House Bills. House Perfunctory Session will stand in Recess until the hour of 3:30."
Tape Malfunction - Per Transcription Log Clerk Bolin: "House Bill 1262 offered by Representative Currie, a Bill for an Act to amend the Condominium Property Act. House Bill 1263, offered by Representative Hughes, a Bill for an Act concerning employee health benefit mandates. House Bill 1264, offered by Representative Hughes, a Bill for an Act to amend the Minimum Wage Law by changing Section 4a. House Bill 1265, offered by Representative Brady, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Insurance 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 Code. House Bill 1266, offered by Representative Brady, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Insurance Code. First Reading of these House Bills."
"House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 9, offered by Representative Woolard. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETIETH 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 Section 1 of and add Section 1.5 to Article X of the Illinois Constitution as follows: ARTICLE X EDUCATION SECTION 1. GOAL - FREE SCHOOLS A fundamental goal of the People of the State is the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities. The State shall provide for an efficient system of high quality public educational institutions and services. Education in public schools through the secondary level shall be free. There may be such other free education as the General Assembly provides by law. ________________________________________ SECTION 1.5. FUNDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ______________________________________________________________ (a) The General Assembly shall provide by law the criteria and incentives for an efficient, __________________________________________________________________ high quality system of elementary __________________________________________________________________ and secondary public education, including funding, educational ________________________________ achievement, and accountability. ___________ Tape Begins 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 ______________________________________________________________ (b) The General Assembly shall establish and review at least ___________________________________________________________ every two years the per pupil foundation level of financial ___________________________________________________________ support that provides and maintains an efficient, high ___________________________________________________________ quality system. The General Assembly shall provide by law ___________________________________________________________ for a combination of State and local funds to meet the ___________________________________________________________ requirements of the foundation level of support. In the ___________________________________________________________ aggregate, at least half of such funding necessary for the foundation level shall be ___________________________________________________________ provided by the State from State ___________________________________________________________ resources. No more than half of such funding for the ___________________________________________________________ foundation level in the aggregate shall be provided from ________________________________ taxes levied upon real property. ______________________________________________________________ (c) Concurrent with implementation of the system of funding __________________________________________________________________ required by this Section, the State shall substantially reduce in __________________________________________________________________ the aggregate the taxes levied by school districts upon real _________ property. ______________________________________________________________ (d) The General Assembly shall provide by law for __________________________________________________________________ supplemental funding above the foundation level from State, local, __________________________________________________________________ and other resources and shall establish limitations, including __________________________________________________________________ requirements for local referenda, on the provision of supplemental _________________________ funding from local taxes. ______________________________________________________________ (e) On or before May 30, 1999, the General Assembly shall ____________________________________________________ provide by law for implementation of this Amendment. SCHEDULE This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval by the electors of this State. First Reading of this Constitutional Amendment."
"House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #10, offered by Representative Erwin. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 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 Article VI of the Illinois Constitution by changing Sections 7, 8, and 12 and adding Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, and 12.5 as follows: ARTICLE VI THE JUDICIARY SECTION 7. JUDICIAL CIRCUITS (a) The State shall be divided into Judicial Circuits consisting of one or more counties. The First Judicial District shall constitute a Judicial Circuit. The Judicial Circuits within the other Judicial Districts shall be as provided by law. Circuits composed of more than one county shall be compact and of contiguous counties. The General Assembly by law may provide for the division of a circuit for the purpose of selection of Circuit Judges and for the selection of Circuit Judges from the circuit at large. (b) Each Judicial Circuit shall have one Circuit Court with such number of Circuit Judges as provided by law. Unless otherwise provided by law, there shall be at least one Circuit Judge from each county. (c) Circuit Judges in each circuit shall select by secret ballot a Chief Judge from their number to serve at their pleasure. Subject to the authority of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge shall have general administrative authority over his court, including authority to provide for divisions, general or specialized, and for appropriate times and places of holding court. SECTION 8. ASSOCIATE JUDGES Each Circuit Court shall have such number of Associate Judges 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 as provided by law. __________________________________________ In the First Judicial District and in each __________________________________________________________________ Judicial Circuit that adopts Sections 12.1 and 12.3 by a local __________________________________________________________________ option referendum under Section 12.2, no new Associate Judges __________________________________________________________________ shall be appointed, but existing Associate Judges shall be __________________________________________________________________ eligible for reappointment by the Circuit Judges in each circuit ________________________________________________________ as the Supreme Court shall provide by rule; otherwise Associate Judges shall be appointed by the Circuit Judges in each circuit as the Supreme Court shall provide by rule. The Supreme Court shall provide by rule for matters to be assigned to Associate Judges. SECTION 12. ELECTION OF CIRCUIT _________________ JUDGES AND ------------- RETENTION (a) _________________________________________________________ In the First Judicial District and in Judicial Circuits __________________________________________________________________ that adopt Sections 12.1 and 12.3 by a local option referendum __________________________________________________________________ under Section 12.2, Circuit Judges shall be selected in the manner __________________________________________________________________ provided by those Sections, unless that manner of selection is __________________________________________________________________ terminated by referendum under Section 12.2; otherwise, Circuit Judges shall be elected in the _______________________________________________________________ manner provided by this Section. ___ (b) Circuit Judges shall be nominated at primary elections or by petition and ___ shall be elected at general or ----------- judicial elections as provided ________ by law. A person eligible for the office of Circuit _______ Judge may cause his or _______ her name to appear on the ballot as a candidate for Circuit _______ Judge at the --- primary and at the --- general -- or -------- judicial elections by submitting petitions. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the requirements for petitions. A __________ Circuit __________________________________________________________________ Judge elected to office under this subsection (b) may stand for _____________________________________________ retention for a full term under Section 12.4. ___ (c) The office of a Circuit _______ Judge shall be vacant upon the ___ incumbent's ___________ death, resignation, retirement, or __ removal, or -- upon the conclusion of a _ his --- term without retention in office, _____ or . - whenever an additional Circuit Judge is authorized by law. ___ (d) A vacancy occurring in the office of Circuit Judge shall be filled as the General Assembly may provide by law or, ___ in the absence of a law, by appointment by the Supreme Court. A person 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 appointed to fill a vacancy 60 or more days prior to the next primary election to nominate Circuit _______ Judges shall serve until the ______________________________________ first Monday in December following the general election next ____ _________________________ following the appointment. A person appointed to fill a vacancy less than 60 days prior to the next primary election to nominate _______ Judges shall serve until the the first Monday Circuit _____________________________ in December _________ the second general election following such appointment. following ____________________________________ SECTION 12.1. APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES ______________________________________________________________ (a) This Section governs the selection of Supreme and __________________________________________________________________ Appellate Judges and the selection of Circuit Judges of the First __________________________________________________________________ Judicial District and Circuits that adopt this Section and Section __________________________________________________________________ 12.3 by a local option referendum under Section 12.2. For __________________________________________________________________ purposes of this Section and Section 12.4, the term "Judge" __________________________________________________________________ includes all Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Judges selected in accordance with this Section __________________________________________________________________ except where a distinction is indicated. __________ ______________________________________________________________ (b) Judges shall be appointed by the Governor from nominees _____________________________________________ submitted by Judicial Nominating Commissions. ______________________________________________________________ (c) The office of a Judge shall be vacant upon the incumbent's death, resignation, __________________________________________________________________ retirement, or removal, upon __________________________________________________________________ conclusion of a term without retention in office, or whenever an _______________________________________________ increase in the number of Judges is authorized. ______________________________________________________________ (d) As soon as a vacancy occurs in the office of Judge or __________________________________________________________________ will occur within 6 months by a day certain, or upon receiving __________________________________________________________________ notice from the Governor that all 3 nominees on a list have been __________________________________________________________________ rejected, the administrative director of the Illinois courts shall __________________________________________________________________ promptly notify the chairperson of the appropriate Judicial __________________________________________________________________ Nominating Commission, who shall immediately convene the ___________ Commission. ______________________________________________________________ (e) Within 42 days after receiving notice from the __________________________________________________________________ administrative director of the Illinois courts, the Commission __________________________________________________________________ shall submit to the Governor a list of 3 nominees in alphabetical 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 __________________________________________________________________ order, who are qualified for review by the Commission. For the __________________________________________________________________ purposes of Sections 12.1 through 12.5, "qualified for review by __________________________________________________________________ the Commission" means persons who by their character, temperament, __________________________________________________________________ professional aptitude, experience, and commitment to equal justice __________________________________________________________________ under law are deemed by the Commission to be best qualified to __________________________________________________________________ fill the vacancy. The Commission may not include on a list a nominee who is on another list __________________________________________________________________ pending before the Governor to fill __________________________________________________________________ a vacancy in the same judicial office or who was a nominee on a __________________________________________________________________ list rejected by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the same __________________________________________________________________ judicial office. No list shall have any effect after the required appointment is made from the list __________________________________________________________________ or all 3 nominees on the list _____________________________ are rejected by the Governor. Clerk Rossi ____________________________________________________ (f) Immediately upon receiving a list, the Governor __________________________________________________________________ shall make it public. Not less than 28 nor more than 56 days after receiving a list, the Governor __________________________________________________________________ shall appoint from the list a __________________________________________________________________ person to fill the vacancy or notify the administrative director __________________________________________________________________ of the Illinois courts that all 3 nominees on a list have been _________ rejected. ______________________________________________________________ (g) In the First Judicial District, half of the vacancies and __________________________________________________________________ new positions on the Circuit Court shall be filled by persons __________________________________________________________________ residing anywhere within the District and half shall be filled by __________________________________________________________________ persons residing within the divisions of the Circuit provided by __________________________________________________________________ law in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 7 of Article VI, if any. The appointments from the __________________________________________________________________ divisions, if any, within the _______________________________________________________ Circuit shall be allocated equally among the divisions. ______________________________________________________________ (h) A person appointed to fill a vacancy under this Section __________________________________________________________________ shall serve an initial term ending on the first Monday in December __________________________________________________________________ following the next general election held after the completion of __________________________________________________________________ one year in office. At that general election the Judge may stand ___________________________________________________________ for retention in office for a full term under Section 12.4. _____________________________________________ SECTION 12.2. CIRCUIT LOCAL OPTION REFERENDA 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 ______________________________________________________________ (a) The electors of a Judicial Circuit may by a local option __________________________________________________________________ referendum adopt a proposition requiring Sections 12.1 and 12.3 to __________________________________________________________________ govern the selection of Circuit Judges of that Circuit. The electors of a Circuit shall vote __________________________________________________________________ on the proposition at the next __________________________________________________________________ general election held not less than 3 months following the filing __________________________________________________________________ of petitions with the Secretary of State, signed by at least 5% of __________________________________________________________________ the total number of electors who voted at the next preceding general election in that Circuit, __________________________________________________________________ asking that the proposition be __________________________________________________________________ submitted to referendum. If a majority of votes cast on the __________________________________________________________________ proposition are in the affirmative, Sections 12.1 and 12.3 shall __________________________________________________________________ thereafter govern the selection of Circuit Judges of the Circuit ______________________ Court of that Circuit. ______________________________________________________________ (b) After the eighth year following a local option referendum __________________________________________________________________ in which the electors of a circuit have adopted Sections 12.1 and __________________________________________________________________ 12.3 to govern the selection of Circuit Judges, the electors of __________________________________________________________________ the Circuit may terminate, by a local option referendum, their __________________________________________________________________ adoption of Sections 12.1 and 12.3. The referendum shall be __________________________________________________________________ subject to the same requirements and shall be conducted in the __________________________________________________________________ same manner as a referendum for adoption of Sections 12.1 and __________________________________________________________________ 12.3. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition to __________________________________________________________________ terminate are in the affirmative, the selection of Circuit Judges __________________________________________________________________ and Associate Judges of that Circuit shall be governed by Sections __________________________________________________________________ 12 and 8, respectively, unless Sections 12.1 and 12.3 are again ___________________________ adopted under this Section. ______________________________________________________________ (c) To provide time for the establishment of District __________________________________________________________________ Judicial Nominating Commissions, vacancies occurring in the __________________________________________________________________ offices of Supreme and Appellate Judge and, in the First Judicial __________________________________________________________________ District, Circuit Judge on or before June 30th following the date __________________________________________________________________ this Amendment takes effect shall continue to be filled, using the __________________________________________________________________ procedures in Section 12 as it existed before the effective date __________________________________________________________________ of this Amendment, for a term ending the first Monday in December ________________________________ after the next general election. 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 ______________________________________________________________ (d) To provide time for the establishment of a Circuit __________________________________________________________________ Judicial Nominating Commission, vacancies occurring in the offices __________________________________________________________________ of Circuit Judge on or before March 31st following the adoption of __________________________________________________________________ Sections 12.1 and 12.3 in a local option referendum in a Judicial __________________________________________________________________ Circuit shall continue to be filled, using the procedures __________________________________________________________________ applicable before the referendum, for a term ending the first ___________________________________________________ Monday in December after the next general election. SECTION 12.3. JUDICIAL ______________________________________________ NOMINATING COMMISSIONS ______________________________________________________________ (a) There shall be a Judicial Nominating Commission in the __________________________________________________________________ First Judicial District for the nomination of Judges for the __________________________________________________________________ Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Courts for that District, in each __________________________________________________________________ other Judicial District for the nomination of Judges for the __________________________________________________________________ Supreme and Appellate Courts for that District, and in each __________________________________________________________________ Judicial Circuit that, by a local option referendum, adopts __________________________________________________________________ Section 12.1 and this Section for the nomination of Circuit Judges _________________ for that Circuit. (b) Each Judicial Nominating ______________________________________________________________ Commission shall consist of 12 _________________________________________________________________ members who are residents of the appropriate District or Circuit. ______________________________________________________________ (c) The President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the __________________________________________________________________ Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall __________________________________________________________________ each appoint 3 members to each Judicial Nominating Commission. __________________________________________________________________ Each appointing authority shall appoint one lawyer and 2 __________________________________________________________________ non-lawyers. Each member shall serve for a term of 6 years, __________________________________________________________________ except that the 3 initial members appointed by each appointing __________________________________________________________________ authority shall serve terms of 2, 4, and 6 years as designated by __________________________________________________________________ the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled for the __________________________________________________________________ unexpired term by the appointing authority who appointed the __________________________________________________________________ member whose office is then vacant. "Appointing authority" means __________________________________________________________________ the office, not the individual or political party affiliation of __________________________________________________________ the individual who may hold that office from time to time. ______________________________________________________________ (d) The chairperson of each Judicial Nominating Commission 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 __________________________________________________________________ shall be selected by vote of all the members of the Commission. __________________________________________________________________ The term of a chairperson shall be for 3 years unless his or her ____________________________________________________________ remaining term as a member of the Commission expires sooner. (e) A person who holds an ______________________________________________________________ office under the United States or __________________________________________________________________ this State or a unit of local government or school district and __________________________________________________________________ receives compensation for services rendered in that office or who __________________________________________________________________ holds any office or official position in a political party is ineligible __________________________________________________________________ to serve on a Judicial Nominating Commission. __________________________________________________________________ Compensation for service in the State militia or the armed __________________________________________________________________ services of the United States for a period of time to be __________________________________________________________________ determined by the Supreme Court by rule shall not be considered a __________________________________________________________________ disqualification. No member of a Judicial Nominating Commission __________________________________________________________________ may be appointed to judicial office while serving on the __________________________________________________________________ Commission or for a period of 3 years after his or her service on a Commission _______________________ has ended. (f) A member who has served a ______________________________________________________________ full term of 6 years on a __________________________________________________________________ Judicial Nominating Commission may not serve on a Commission __________________________________________________________________ during the next 3 years. No person may serve on more than one ________________________________________________ Judicial Nominating Commission at the same time. ______________________________________________________________ (g) A Commission may conduct investigations, meetings, and __________________________________________________________________ hearings, all of which may be secret, and employ staff members __________________________________________________________________ that may be necessary to perform the Commission's duties. Members __________________________________________________________________ of Commissions shall not receive any compensation for their services, but shall be entitled __________________________________________________________________ to reimbursement for necessary __________________________________________________________________ expenses. The General Assembly shall appropriate funds to the __________________________________________________________________ Supreme Court for reimbursement of those expenses and for all _________________________________________________ other administrative expenses of the Commissions. (h) Nominations shall be ______________________________________________________________ submitted to the Governor only upon __________________________________________________________________ concurrence of not less than two-thirds of all members of the ___________ Commission. ______________________________________________________________ (i) All lawyer and non-lawyer members of each Judicial __________________________________________________________________ Nominating Commission shall be subject to ethics and economic 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 ___________________________________________ disclosure requirements as provided by law. __________________________________ SECTION 12.4. RETENTION ELECTIONS ______________________________________________________________ (a) Not less than 6 months before the general election next __________________________________________________________________ preceding the expiration of the term of office of (i) a Supreme, __________________________________________________________________ Appellate, or Circuit Judge who was elected to that office or (ii) __________________________________________________________________ a Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Judge who was appointed to that __________________________________________________________________ office under Section 12.1, he or she may file in the office of the Secretary of State a declaration __________________________________________________________________ of candidacy for retention in __________________________________________________________________ that office for a full term. Not less than 63 days before the __________________________________________________________________ election, the Secretary of State shall certify the Judge's __________________________________________________________________ candidacy to the proper election officials. At the election the __________________________________________________________________ name of each Judge who has timely filed a declaration of candidacy __________________________________________________________________ for retention (except each Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Judge __________________________________________________________________ who, under Section 12.5, has been found qualified for review by __________________________________________________________________ the Commission and qualified to serve for the succeeding term) shall be submitted to the electors, __________________________________________________________________ separately and without party __________________________________________________________________ designation, on the sole question of retention in office for __________________________________________________________________ another term. Retention elections shall be conducted at general __________________________________________________________________ elections in the appropriate Judicial Districts and Circuits. The __________________________________________________________________ affirmative vote of three-fifths of the electors voting on the __________________________________________________________________ question of retention shall elect a Judge to that office for a __________________________________________________________________ full term commencing on the first Monday in December following the _________ election. (b) A Judge eligible to file a ______________________________________________________________ declaration of candidacy for __________________________________________________________________ retention who fails to do so within the time specified in __________________________________________________________________ subsection (a) or, having filed, fails to be retained shall vacate __________________________________________________________________ the office on the first Monday in December following the __________________________________________________________________ election, whether or not a successor has yet qualified. If an __________________________________________________________________ incumbent Judge, eligible to do so, does not timely file a __________________________________________________________________ declaration of candidacy for retention, the selection of a __________________________________________________________________ successor, if any, shall proceed immediately in the manner 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 __________________________________________________________________ provided in Section 12 or 12.1, whichever applies, so that the ______________________________________________________ successor may take office as soon as a vacancy occurs. ______________________________________________________________ (c) An authorized reduction in the number of Judges shall be without prejudice to the right of __________________________________________________________________ Judges in office at the time to __________________________________________________________________ seek retention in accordance with this Section. The reduction __________________________________________________________________ shall become effective when a vacancy occurs in the affected unit. __________________________________________ SECTION 12.5. JUDICIAL REVIEW COMMISSIONS (a) In the First Judicial ______________________________________________________________ District, in each other Judicial __________________________________________________________________ District, and in each Judicial Circuit that, by local option __________________________________________________________________ referendum, has adopted Sections 12.1 and 12.3 for selection of __________________________________________________________________ Circuit Judges for that circuit, a Judicial Review Commission __________________________________________________________________ shall be created and empowered to determine qualification for ______________________________________________________________ retention of appointed Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Judges. ______________________________________________________________ (b) The members of a Judicial Review Commission shall be __________________________________________________________________ appointed in the manner specified in subsection (c) of Section 12.3 for appointment or election __________________________________________________________________ of members of a Judicial ______________________ Nominating Commission. ______________________________________________________________ (c) The terms of all members of a Judicial Review Commission __________________________________________________________________ shall begin 6 months before the general election in each year in which a general election is __________________________________________________________________ held and shall expire on the first __________________________________________________________________ Monday in November of the same year. Appointments to a Judicial __________________________________________________________________ Review Commission may not take place earlier than 45 days before ________________________ the term is to commence. (d) A vacancy in the ______________________________________________________________ membership of a Judicial Review __________________________________________________________________ Commission shall be promptly filled as provided in subsection (c) __________________________________________________________________ of Section 12.3 with respect to vacancies on a Judicial Nominating ___________ Commission. ______________________________________________________________ (e) Judicial Review Commissions shall be governed by __________________________________________________________________ subsections (b), (d), (e), (g), and (i) of Section 12.3 with __________________________________________________________________ respect to Judicial Nominating Commissions as well as by this ________ Section. 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 ______________________________________________________________ (f) A person who has served on a Judicial Review Commission __________________________________________________________________ may not serve on a Judicial Review Commission until 8 years have __________________________________________________________________ elapsed since the date his or her service on a Judicial Review Commission ended. __________________________________________________________________ A person who has served on a Judicial __________________________________________________________________ Nominating Commission may not serve on a Judicial Review __________________________________________________________________ Commission until 8 years have elapsed since the date his or her service on a Judicial Nominating __________________________________________________________________ Commission ended. No person may __________________________________________________________________ serve on a Judicial Nominating Commission while serving on a ___________________________ Judicial Review Commission. ______________________________________________________________ (g) In each Judicial District and in Circuits governed by __________________________________________________________________ this Section, for each Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Judge who __________________________________________________________________ has timely filed a declaration of candidacy for retention in __________________________________________________________________ office under Section 12.4, the Secretary of State shall, within 14 __________________________________________________________________ days after receipt of the declaration of candidacy, submit the Judge's name to the administrative __________________________________________________________________ director of the Illinois courts. Not more than 6 months __________________________________________________________________ nor less than 5 months before the __________________________________________________________________ general election next preceding the expiration of the term of __________________________________________________________________ office of the Judge, the administrative director of the Illinois __________________________________________________________________ courts shall notify the chairperson of the appropriate Judicial __________________________________________________________________ Review Commission of the Judge's candidacy. The chairperson shall _____________________________________ then promptly convene the Commission. ______________________________________________________________ (h) If, by concurrence of not less than two-thirds of its __________________________________________________________________ members, the Commission finds the candidate to be qualified for review by the Commission and __________________________________________________________________ qualified to serve another term, the __________________________________________________________________ candidate shall be retained in office for a full term commencing __________________________________________________________________ on the first Monday in December following the election. Not less __________________________________________________________________ than 84 days before the election, the Commission shall prepare and __________________________________________________________________ submit to each candidate its finding as to whether the Commission __________________________________________________________________ finds or fails to find that candidate qualified for review by the __________________________________________________________________ Commission and qualified to serve for another term. Not less than __________________________________________________________________ 77 days before the election the Commission shall submit to the __________________________________________ Secretary of State a list stating by name: 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 24th Legislative Day March 3, 1997 _________________________________________________________ (i) which candidates it has found qualified to serve _____________ another term; _________________________________________________________ (ii) which candidates it has failed to find so ______________ qualified; and _________________________________________________________ (iii) which candidates have withdrawn their candidacy by _______________________________________ written notification to the Commission. (i) Failure of a candidate ______________________________________________________________ to be found qualified for __________________________________________________________________ retention by a Judicial Review Commission shall be without __________________________________________________________________ prejudice to the candidate's right to stand for retention by the electorate at a general ____________________________________________________ election under Section 12.4. SCHEDULE This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval by the electors of this State. First Reading of this Constitution Amendment."
"Committee Reports. Corrected cumulative Committee Report. Representative Pugh, the Chairman from the Committee on Human Services, to which the following Bill was referred, action take on February 27, 1997, reported the same back with the following recommendations:'do pass as amended Short Debate'. House Bill 604. Introduction and First Reading of Resolutions. House Resolution 53, offered by Representative Brosnahan, is referred to the Rules Committee. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned. The House will reconvene in regular Session tomorrow at 12:30 p.m." 14