7. The vote upon measures referred to the people shall be taken at the next election occurring not less than four months after the filing of the petition, and held generally throughout the state pursuant to law or specially called by the governor.

8. The legislature shall provide for furnishing electors the text of all measures to be voted upon by the people.

9. Except that measures specifically affecting a sub-division of the state may be submitted to the people of that subdivision, the legislature shall submit measures to the people only as required by the constitution.

Be it further resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That Article XII of the constitution be amended by creating a new section to read:

Sec. 3. 1. a. Any senator or member of the assembly may introduce, by presenting to the chief clerk in the house in which he is a member, in open session, at any time during any session of the legislature, any proposed amendment to the constitution or any amendment to any such proposed amendment to the constitution; provided, that the time for so introducing a proposed amendment to the constitution may be limited by rule to not less than thirty legislative days.

b. The chief clerk shall make a record of such proposed amendments to the constitution and any amendment thereto and have the same printed.

2. Any proposed amendment to the constitution shall be recited in full in the petition and shall consist of an amendment which has been introduced in the legislature during the first thirty legislative days, as so introduced, or, at the option of the petitioners, there may be incorporated therein any amendment or amendments thereto introduced in the legislature. Such amendment to the constitution and amendments thereto shall be referred to by number in the petition. Upon petition filed not later than four months before the next general election, such proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people.

3. The petition shall be filed with the secretary of state and shall be sufficient to require the submission by him of a proposed amendment to the constitution to the people when signed by ten per cent of the qualified electors, calculated upon the whole number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding election of whom not more than one-half shall be residents of any one county.

4. Any proposed amendment or amendments to this constitution, agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses of the legislature, shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the peope by the secretary of state upon petition filed with him signed by five per cent of the qualified electors, calculated upon the whole number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding election of whom not more than one-half shall be residents of any one county.

The legislature shall provide for furnishing the electors the text of all amendments to the constitution to be voted upon by the people.

6. If the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution, from and after the election at which approved; provided, that if more than one amendment be submitted they shall be submitted in such manner that the people may vote for or against such amendments separately.

7. If proposed amendments to the constitution which conflict with each other in any of their essential provisions are submitted at the same election, only the proposed amendment receiving the highest number of votes shall become a part of the constitution.

9. Illinois Senate Joint Resolution No. 17 (1913) as amended and rejected by the House of Representatives.

Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring therein; that there shall be submitted to the electors of this state for adoption or rejection at the next election of members of the General Assembly, a proposition to amend Article IV of the constitution of this state by adding thereto an additional section to be known as Section 35 to read as follows:

Sec. 35. The people reserve power to propose and to enact laws as herein provided. Eight per cent of the electors of the state may propose an Act by initiative petition, verified as to signatures, and filed with the Secretary of State not less than 60 days prior to the date of convening of any regular session of the General Assembly.

The Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of the proposed Act to the House of Representatives and to the Senate at the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly, and the same shall be treated as a bill introduced in the name of the people.

Unless such proposed Act shall, without change, become a law by regular legislative enactment within one year after the date of convening of the General Assembly the Secretary of State shall submit the same by its title to the electors at the next general election.

Provided, that if a proposed Act shall be placed upon its final passage in each House, and shall fail in each House to receive the affirmative votes of one-fourth of the members elected, it shall not be so submitted.

If a proposed Act when submitted to the electors, shall be approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition, and by not less than 333 per cent of the total vote cast at the election, it shall become a law, and take effect on the first day of January, next thereafter.

All laws enacted under the provisions of this section may be subsequently amended or repealed by the General Assembly, and they shall be subject to the same constitutional provisions and limitations as are Acts passed by the General Assembly: Provided such provisions and limitations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

The people reserve power to reject laws passed by the General Assembly and to stay the time of their taking effect, as herein provided. Five per cent of the electors of the State, by a referendum petition, verified as to signatures and filed with the Secretary of State before the taking effect of an Act, may require that such Act shall not take effect until submitted to the electors.

The Secretary of State shall submit such Act, by its title, to the electors at the next general election, and if rejected by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition it shall become void, otherwise it shall take effect on the first day of January next thereafter.

Acts passed in case of emergency by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of each House, and Acts making appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the government or of any existing institutions of the State, shall not be subject to Referendum petition.

All acts shall take effect as provided in Section 13 of this Article, except that no Act subject to a referendum petition shall take effect within less than 30 days after it becomes a law; and, provided, further, that one per cent of the electors of the State, by referendum petition, verified as to signatures and filed with the Secretary of State before the taking effect of an Act, may require that such Act shall not take effect until 90 days after it become a law, pending the filing of a petition supplementing and completing the said referendum petition.

The governor and two circuit judges, said judges to be of different political affiliations, shall constitute a board to pass upon the sufficiency of every initiative and referendum petition, and when approved by them its sufficiency shall not be questioned in any court. Said judges shall be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. At said canvass, those favoring each petition and those opposing same shall be entitled to be heard by one designated agent or attorney.

The total vote cast at the last general election shall be the basis upon which the required per cent of electors herein specified shall be estimated, and not less than 50 per cent of the signatures required shall be electors reading outside of the County of Cook.

This amendment shall be self-executing, but appropriate legislation may be enacted regulating the details of its operation.

10. Combination of Wisconsin and Illinois plans for laws.

(A similar plan could be worked out in the amending clause for a constitutional amendment).

Section 1. A petition signed by qualified electors of the state equal to five per cent of the votes cast for governor at the last preceding election (not more than one-half of whom shall be residents of any one county) may require the submission to the people of any bill proposed in either house of the general assembly, either in its original form or with any amendments proposed in either house. However, if

such a bill shall be placed upon its final passage in each house and fails in either house to receive the affirmative votes of one-third of all members elected to such house it shall not be so submitted. The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State within six months after the adjournment of the general assembly and shall contain the full text of the bill whose submission is required. Petitions shall be verified by affidavits of those obtaining the signatures. The governor, attorney general and secretary of state shall constitute a board to pass upon the sufficiency of petitions, and when a petition is approved by them its sufficiency shall not be questioned in any court. A finding of the board that a petition is not sufficient may be reviewed upon a petition for mandamus filed in the Supreme Court within 30 days.

Sec. 2. The people reserve power to reject or to repeal laws passed by the general assembly. Five per cent of the electors of the state, subject to the same conditions as those provided in Section 1 above, may require that any act passed by the General Assembly be submitted to the electors.

Sec. 3. Bills to be submitted under the terms of Section 1 and laws to be submitted under the terms of Section 2 of this article, shall be submitted at the next general election, unless the general assembly by a vote of a majority of all the members elected to each of the two houses shall order a special election for that purpose. If a majority of the electors voting upon a measure submitted under the terms of Section 1 shall vote for the proposed measure, it shall be adopted, provided such majority be not less than one-third of the total number voting at the election if it is a general election, or if it is a special election provided such majority be not less than one-third of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election.

Any measure submitted under the terms of section 2 shall be repealed from and after the announcement of the popular vote, provided a majority of those voting thereon vote for its rejection, if such majority be not less than one-third of the total number voting at the election if it is a general election, or if it is a special election provided such majority be not less than one-third of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election.

APPENDIX No. 3. TEXT OF PUBLIC POLICY QUESTIONS IN ILLINOIS ON THE INITIATIVE

AND REFERENDUM.

1902.

No. 1. Shall the next general assembly submit to the people of the State of Illinois, at the next state election, a constitutional amendment providing for the control of legislation by the people, by means of the initiative and referendum; said amendment to provide for the initiation of legislation upon a petition of eight per cent of the voters of the political divisions affected; and for the reference of legislation upon a petition of five per cent of the voters of the political divisions. affected, the action of the majority of the electors voting to be final; thus restoring to the people the power they once held, but which they delegated to the general assembly by the constitution?

No. 2. Shall the next general assembly enact a statute by which the voters of the political subdivisions of the State of Illinois may be enabled to initiate desired local legislation, by filing a petition therefor, signed by eight per cent of the legal voters in said political subdivisions; and to have referred to the voters any legislation enacted by the several local legislative bodies, by the filing of a petition therefor of five per cent of the legal voters of any such political subdivisions; the action of a majority of those voting to decide in each case?

1904.

No. 2. Shall the State legislature pass a law enabling the voters of any county, city, village or township, by majority vote, to veto any undesirable action of their respective law-making bodies?

1910.

No. 1. Shall the next general assembly submit to the voters of the State of Illinois at the next following State election an amendment to the State Constitution, providing for the control of legislation by the people, by means of the initiative and referendum; said amendment to provide for the initiation of legislation upon a petition of eight per cent of the voters, and for the reference of legislation upon a petition of five per cent of the voters, the action of the majority of the electors voting to be final; thus restoring to the people the power they once held, but which they delegated to the General Assembly by the Constitution?

Proposed questions to be submitted November 4, 1919.

No. 1. Shall the members of the Fifth Constitutional Convention be instructed to submit a proposal for the Initiative and Referendum;