Illinois constitution

Section 1 - All men are by nature free and independent and have...

Section 2 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property...

Section 3 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship,...

Section 4 - All persons may speak, write and publish freely, being responsible...

Section 5 - The people have the right to assemble in a peaceable...

Section 6 - The people shall have the right to be secure in...

Section 7 - No person shall be held to answer for a criminal...

Section 8 - In criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to...

Section 8.1 - (e) Nothing in this Section or any law enacted under...

Section 9 - All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for...

Section 10 - No person shall be compelled in a criminal case to...

Section 11 - All penalties shall be determined both according to the seriousness...

Section 12 - Every person shall find a certain remedy in the laws...

Section 13 - The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall...

Section 14 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt unless he refuses...

Section 15 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public...

Section 16 - No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation...

Section 17 - All persons shall have the right to be free from...

Section 18 - The equal protection of the laws shall not be denied...

Section 19 - All persons with a physical or mental handicap shall be...

Section 20 - To promote individual dignity, communications that portray criminality, depravity or...

Section 21 - No soldier in time of peace shall be quartered in...

Section 22 - Subject only to the police power, the right of the...

Section 23 - A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of civil government...

Section 24 - The enumeration in this Constitution of certain rights shall not...

Section 25 - (b) The provisions of this Section are controlling over those...

Section 1 - The legislative, executive and judicial branches are separate. No branch...

Section 2 - The enumeration in this Constitution of specified powers and functions...

Section 1 - Every United States citizen who has attained the age of...

Section 2 - A person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence...

Section 3 - All elections shall be free and equal.

Section 4 - The General Assembly by law shall define permanent residence for...

Section 5 - A State Board of Elections shall have general supervision over...

Section 6 - As used in all articles of this Constitution except Article...

Section 7 - (d) The Governor is immediately removed upon certification of the...

Section 8 - No person shall be denied the right to register to...

Section 1 - The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly consisting...

Section 2 - No member of the General Assembly during the term for...

Section 3 - The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over...

Section 4 - Members of the General Assembly shall be elected at the...

Section 5 - (c) Sessions of each house of the General Assembly and...

Section 6 - (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings,...

Section 7 - (c) Either house or any committee thereof as provided by...

Section 8 - The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President...

Section 9 - (e) The Governor may return a bill together with specific...

Section 10 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform...

Section 11 - A member shall receive a salary and allowances as provided...

Section 12 - Except in cases of treason, felony or breach of peace,...

Section 13 - The General Assembly shall pass no special or local law...

Section 14 - The House of Representatives has the sole power to conduct...

Section 15 - (b) If either house certifies that a disagreement exists between...

Section 1 - The Executive Branch shall include a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney...

Section 2 - These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold office...

Section 3 - To be eligible to hold the office of Governor, Lieutenant...

Section 4 - In the general election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, one...

Section 5 - The election returns for executive offices shall be sealed and...

Section 6 - (d) The General Assembly by law shall specify by whom...

Section 7 - If the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller or Treasurer...

Section 8 - The Governor shall have the supreme executive power, and shall...

Section 9 - (c) No person rejected by the Senate for an office...

Section 10 - The Governor may remove for incompetence, neglect of duty, or...

Section 11 - The Governor, by Executive Order, may reassign functions among or...

Section 12 - The Governor may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction,...

Section 13 - The Governor, at the beginning of each annual session of...

Section 14 - The Lieutenant Governor shall perform the duties and exercise the...

Section 15 - The Attorney General shall be the legal officer of the...

Section 16 - The Secretary of State shall maintain the official records of...

Section 17 - The Comptroller, in accordance with law, shall maintain the State's...

Section 18 - The Treasurer, in accordance with law, shall be responsible for...

Section 19 - All officers of the Executive Branch shall keep accounts and...

Section 20 - Civil officers of the Executive Branch may be required by...

Section 21 - Officers of the Executive Branch shall be paid salaries established...

Section 1 - The judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, an...

Section 2 - The State is divided into five Judicial Districts for the...

Section 3 - The Supreme Court shall consist of seven Judges. Three shall...

Section 4 - (c) Appeals from the Appellate Court to the Supreme Court...

Section 5 - The number of Appellate Judges to be selected from each...

Section 6 - Appeals from final judgments of a Circuit Court are a...

Section 7 - (c) Circuit Judges in each circuit shall select by secret...

Section 8 - Each Circuit Court shall have such number of Associate Judges...

Section 9 - Circuit Courts shall have original jurisdiction of all justiciable matters...

Section 10 - The terms of office of Supreme and Appellate Court Judges...

Section 11 - No person shall be eligible to be a Judge or...

Section 12 - (e) A law reducing the number of Appellate or Circuit...

Section 13 - (b) Judges and Associate Judges shall devote full time to...

Section 14 - Judges shall receive salaries provided by law which shall not...

Section 15 - Judges shall receive per diem compensation and necessary expenses; members...

Section 16 - General administrative and supervisory authority over all courts is vested...

Section 17 - The Supreme Court shall provide by rule for an annual...

Section 18 - (c) The salaries of clerks and other non-judicial officers shall...

Section 19 - A State's Attorney shall be elected in each county in...

Section 1 - "Municipalities" means cities, villages and incorporated towns. "Units of local...

Section 2 - (c) County seats shall not be changed unless approved by...

Section 3 - (c) Members of the Cook County Board shall be elected...

Section 4 - (e) The county treasurer or the person designated to perform...

Section 5 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for the formation...

Section 6 - (m) Powers and functions of home rule units shall be...

Section 7 - (6) to levy or impose additional taxes upon areas within...

Section 8 - (2) to make improvements by special assessments to any of...

Section 9 - (b) An increase or decrease in the salary of an...

Section 10 - (c) The State shall encourage intergovernmental cooperation and use its...

Section 11 - (b) Referenda required by this Article shall be held at...

Section 12 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for the transfer...

Section 1 - (c) Reports and records of the obligation, receipt and use...

Section 2 - (b) The General Assembly by law shall make appropriations for...

Section 3 - (b) The Auditor General shall conduct the audit of public...

Section 4 - The General Assembly by law shall provide systems of accounting,...

Section 1 - The General Assembly has the exclusive power to raise revenue...

Section 2 - In any law classifying the subjects or objects of non-property...

Section 3 - (b) Laws imposing taxes on or measured by income may...

Section 4 - (c) Any depreciation in the value of real estate occasioned...

Section 5 - (c) On or before January 1, 1979, the General Assembly...

Section 6 - The General Assembly by law may exempt from taxation only...

Section 7 - The General Assembly may provide by law for fair apportionment...

(source: amendment adopted at general election november 6,1990.) - (e) Owners, occupants and parties interested shall be given reasonable...

Section 9 - (f) The State, departments, authorities, public corporations and quasi-public corporations...

Section 10 - This Article is not qualified or limited by the provisions...

Section 11 - (f) Federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized...

Section 1 - The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system...

Section 2 - (b) The State Board of Education shall appoint a chief...

Section 3 - Neither the General Assembly nor any county, city, town, township,...

Section 1 - The public policy of the State and the duty of...

Section 2 - Each person has the right to a healthful environment. Each...

Section 1 - The State militia consists of all able-bodied persons residing in...

Section 2 - The military shall be in strict subordination to the civil...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for the organization,...

Section 4 - (b) The Governor shall commission militia officers who shall hold...

Section 5 - Except in cases of treason, felony or breach of peace,...

Section 1 - A person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury or other...

Section 2 - All candidates for or holders of state offices and all...

Section 3 - Each prospective holder of a State office or other State...

Section 4 - Except as the General Assembly may provide by law, sovereign...

Section 5 - Membership in any pension or retirement system of the State,...

Section 6 - Corporate charters shall be granted, amended, dissolved, or extended only...

Section 7 - Public transportation is an essential public purpose for which public...

Section 8 - Branch banking shall be authorized only by law approved by...

Section 1 - (g) The vote on the proposed revision or amendments shall...

Section 2 - (c) The General Assembly shall not submit proposed amendments to...

Section 3 - Amendments to Article IV of this Constitution may be proposed...

Section 4 - The affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to...

Section 2 - Any rights, procedural or substantive, created for the first time...

Section 4 - Article VII, the Circuit Courts shall continue to exercise the...

Section 5 - (c) Townships in existence on the effective date of this...

Section 6 - Nothing in Section 9 of Article IX shall be construed...

Section 8 - Shareholders of all corporations heretofore organized under any law of...

Section 9 - The rights and duties of all public bodies shall remain...