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ARTICLE IV THE LEGISLATURE. SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE OF LAWS
The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform
effective date for laws passed prior to June 1 of a calendar
year. The General Assembly may provide for a different
effective date in any law passed prior to June 1. A bill
passed after May 31 shall not become effective prior to June
1 of the next calendar year unless the General Assembly by
the vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house
provides for an earlier effective date.
(Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 8,
1994.)
SECTION 11. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES
A member shall receive a salary and allowances as
provided by law, but changes in the salary of a member shall
not take effect during the term for which he has been
elected.
SECTION 12. LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY
Except in cases of treason, felony or breach of peace, a
member shall be privileged from arrest going to, during, and
returning from sessions of the General Assembly. A member
shall not be held to answer before any other tribunal for any
speech or debate, written or oral, in either house. These
immunities shall apply to committee and legislative
commission proceedings.
SECTION 13. SPECIAL LEGISLATION
The General Assembly shall pass no special or local law
when a general law is or can be made applicable. Whether a
general law is or can be made applicable shall be a matter
for judicial determination.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
