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ill. Const. JRK
Illinois Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| State gets power from what Amendment? | The 10th! |
| what are the states depended on? | election for federal officials & proving an amendment. |
| what are the Intergovernmental Cooperation | Law Enforcement and Transportation. |
| State Senators? | Dick Durban is the senior senator and Mark Kirk is the junior senator. |
| how many representatives? | 19! |
| census is every __ years. | 10! |
| Illinois Constitution was adopted in? | 1818! |
| Current Illinois Con. is from ? | 1970! |
| Illinois is the __ state? | 21st! |
| Three Branches: | Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. |
| executive offices: | Lieutenant governor, governor, attorney general, comptroller, treasurer, secretary of state. |
| Governor? | Pat Quin.. |
| Comptroller? | Judy Baar Topinka. |
| Lieutenant Governor? | Sheila Simon. |
| Treasurer? | Dan Rutherford. |
| Secretary of state? | Jesse White. |
| attorney general: | Lisa Madigan. |
| legislative branch; has house many senators? | 59. |
| house of reps has how many? | 118! |
| term of two houses combined? | General assembly. |
| first level of the court system, and how many? | Judicial Circuit, and 22 |
| second level of court systems, ad how many? | Appellate Courts and there are 5 |
| Third and last level of the court system and how many? | Supreme Court, and 1 |
| Governors Responsibilities? | Chief Executive of the state, and choose the state's expenses, grant pardons, .. |
| Lieutenant Governor responsibilities? | first in line to be governor, does anything the governor tells them to do,deals with education problems.. and gets elected with the governor |
| Attorney general responsibilities: | Lawyer of the state and people, preserve the environment |
| Secretary of state responsibilities: | Largest most diverse, license drivers and vehicles, a lot of direct services, vehicle services, Illinois State Police |
| Comptroller responsibilities: | Handles financials for the state, "state checkbook", chief fiscal control officer! |
| Treasurer responsibilities: | chief investment officer. |
| State budgets operating appropraiations | 1)Health care and family services 32.3% 2)Education 24.% 3)human services 17.8% |
| Revenues state budget | 1)federal aid 34% 2)Income tax 19.4% 3) sales tax 13.5% |
| education system: | sets education policies and guid lines fora all schools |
| Legislative Branch Eligibility: | 1)U.S. citizen 2) at least 21 years old 3) must live in the district they want to represent for at least two years. |
| legislative branch function and powers: | create laws, passing resolution, branch that votes on taxes. |
| What can the legislative branch do? and what do they do? | acts on amendments from the U.S. constitution when they are elected and impeach and convict executive and judicial office holders in the state of illinois |
| Can a legislative brnch office holder impeach a judicial of executive branch office holder? | Yes! |
| organization and composition | each legislative district is composedc of one senate district, which is divided into two representative districts |
| our senator district? | 40! |
| illinois representative ditrict? | 79 |
| the legislative cycle! bills passe before May 31 becomes laws when? | Janurary 1 of the next year |
| legislative cycle! laws pased after May 31 become laws when? | June first of the next year |
| How a bill becomes a law: what house has to introduce a bill? | either! the house or the senate can! |
| how a bill becomes a law: what happens on the first day? | the bill is introduced |
| how a bill becomes a law: what happens on the second day | the bill is ammended |
| how a bill becomes a law: what happens on the third day? | the bill is debated and voted on. a simple majority is needed to pass a bill.51% |
| how a bill becomes a law: what happens if a bill is approved on thr third reading? | moves to them second chamber to start all over. |
| How a bill becomes a law: once the second chamber gets the bills, what happens if they ammend it? | it goes back to the first chamber to start all over. |
| how a bill becomes a law: if the second chamber approves the bill as writeen, what happens? | it is then sent to the governor. |
| how a bill becomes a bill: if the bill makes it to the governor he has four options: | 1)he can sign it,a nd approve it 2)he can veto it 3) he can wait 60 days, and not sign it, but after the 60 days, it becomes a law. 4) veto it with recomendations |
| senate president? senATE presiDENT | John J. Cullerton |
| Speaker of the house? | Michael J. Madigan |
| Supreme court justices are elected every __ years | 10! |
| Appellate judges are elected every __ years | 10! |
| Circuit judges are elected every __ years | 6! |
| Cheif Justice: | Thomas L. Kilbride |
| what was Illinois' first capital? | Kaskaskia |
| what was Illinois' second capital | Vandalia, |
| third capital? | Springfield and remained capital. |
| cook county is what district? | one! |
| state tree: | White oak |
| state bird: | Cardinal |
| state song | Illinois |
| State insect: | Monarch Butterfly |
| State slogan: | Land of Lincoln |
| state animal: | white tailed deer |
| state fish: | blue gill |
| state dance: | square dance |
| bill of rights: | cant discriminate against race, gender, religion, background. no discrimination while getting hired by an employer. |
| what CAN you discriminate against? | age. |
| amendment one: | legislative article. cutback amendment. downsized the house from 177. to 118 |
| amendment three: | bill of rights article. allows state court judges to deny people who have been arrested and are death sentence. (if you are give a death sentence, you can bail out.) |
| amendment four: | bill of rights article. allows state judges to arrest anyone who might be harmful or dangerous to the community. |
| amendment five: | suffrage and elections article. reduced the voting age from 21 to 18. state residency from 6 months to 30 days. |
| how many amendments added to the constitution? | 11 |
| article I | bill of rights, where you find off rights. |
| article II | powers of the state. (legislative, Judicial, Executive branch.) no branch will override another one. |
| article III: | suffrage and elections. voting disqualifications: if convicted of a felony or convicted into jail. |
| article IV: | legislature- power and structure. representative are elected every two years. |
| article V: | executive branch. each term is four years, but terms are limitless. to be in the executive branch: U.S. citizen, 25 years old, and citizen for atleast 3 years. |
| line of governcy: | 1)governor 2)lieutenant governor 3) attorney general 4) secretary of state |
| governor has was power? | to pardon people in jails, those most likely innocent. |
| article VI: | judicial branch. vested in the supreme court, appellate courts, and circuit courts. 7 supreme court judges. |
| supreme court term is? | 010 years |
| appellate court term is? | 10 years |
| circuit court term is? | 6 years |
| eligibility of judicial branch: | U.S. citizen, be a liscened attonrey-at-law and resident of the unit which elected from. |
| article VII: | municipalitites (city, town, village) allows units of local government, like countys. the ability to have a city mayor, and etc. |
| St. Anne Village president: | DAvid O'Connel |
| Article VIII eight~~ | finance |
| Article IX: nine | revenue |
| article X: ten | education |
| Article XI: eleven | enviroment |
| article XII: twelve | milita |
| cook couty is what district? | one |
| How many state Representatives do we send to Washington D.C.? | 19 |
| State senators are elected every how many years | 6 |
| What Illinois Senatorial District does our school sit in? | 40th |
| Who is in charge of each of the Circuit Courts? | Chief Justice |
| When did the most recent Constitution become effective | July 1, 1971 |
| Which Amendment to the 1970 Constitution allows the court to deny bail to citizens who may pose a threat to the danger of the community | 4th |
| Which Amendment to the 1970 Constitution allows the judges to deny bail to persons who are responsible for crimes carrying life sentences | 3rd |
| How many sections are there in the first Article of the Illinois Constitution | 24 |
| Who has the power to raise Revenue in the state by law? | The Generally Assembly. |
| This article is about State Power | II |
| who selects the supreme court justice? | other supreme court members |
| which article deals with stater revenue? | IX |
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