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IL Consittution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| State Powers | 10th amendment |
| what is the state depended on to do | approving amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the election of federal officials. |
| Senior U.S. Senator | Dick Durban |
| Junior U.S. Senator | Mark Kirk |
| what year was the constitution created in? | 1818 also when IL became a state |
| What number state was IL admitted as | 21st |
| When was the current version of the IL constitution adopted in? | 1970 |
| What are the three branches? | Legislative Executive Judicial |
| Most important office in the IL Executive branch? | Governor |
| 5 Constitutional officials | Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller and Treasurer |
| Lieutenant Governor | Shiela Simon |
| Attorney General | Lisa Madigen |
| Secretary of state | Jesse White |
| Comptroller | Judy Baar Topinka |
| Treasurer | Dan Rutherford |
| Representatives from IL. | 19 |
| Census does what | counts the number of people and sometimes changes district boundries |
| What number district is IL. | 2 |
| Governor | Pat Quinn |
| Head of legislative branch | General Assembly |
| Senate Members | 59 |
| House of Representative members | 118 |
| name of house and senate combined? | General Assembly |
| How many representatives does each state have | 2 |
| Judicial courts | 22 |
| Appellate courts | 5 |
| Supreme Courts | 1 |
| How many members are in the supreme court | 7 |
| Health care and family services | 32.2% |
| Education | 24.3% |
| human services | 17.6% |
| federal aid | 34% |
| income tax | 19.4% |
| sales tax | 13.5% |
| board of education | sets educational guidelines and policies for private and public schools Pre-K through 12 |
| Legislative branch requirements | US citizen, 21 years of age and must live in the district for 2 years |
| how many senate districts | 1 |
| how many is each divided into | 2 |
| Senator of the 40th district | toi hutchinson |
| 79th district representative | Katie Cloonen |
| what date can a passed bill come into effect if it is approved before May 31st | January 1st of the next year |
| what date can a passed bill come into effect if it is approved after May 31st | June of the following year |
| how many days must a bill be read in each of the houses | 3 |
| the first reading does what | allows the bill to be introduced |
| the second reading does what | allows for amendments |
| the third reading does what | allows for voting |
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