Nybo, Sandack Call for IL Legislative Term Limits
The state representative and state senator have each filed a resolution which would prohibit a person from holding office for more than 10 years.
State Sen. Ron Sandack’s (R-Downers Grove) resolution to impose 10-year term limits on Illinois Legislators was read into Senate record Tuesday, according to a press release from his office. “It’s high time we returned to a citizen legislature where citizen-servants attended to the business of the State and then returned home to their community," Sandack said in the release. "It is a privilege to serve. Being a member of the General Assembly should not be an opportunity to get connected or rich.” The resolution proposes a Constitutional Amendment to prohibit a person from holding office in the Illinois legislature for more than 10 years. That 10 years would include time in either chamber and time served non-consecutively. The resolution …
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11:48 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Paul, First of all Senator Sandack didn’t end the death penalty. Gov. Ryan ended it over 10 years ago. SB2277, the bill Ron voted for, permits for the reallocation of the $110M per year we were spending to operate the death penalty system. Not to mention the 20 persons who were on death row in Illinois, later determined to be innocent. Proven so by forensic evidence such as DNA. Don’t get me … more ›