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2011 Illinois Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2011)

handle is hein.sag/sagil0044 and id is 1 raw text is: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Lisa Madigan
ATTORNEY GENERAL
January 25, 2011
FILE NO. 11-001
CONSTITUTION:
Affect of Senate's Sine Die
Adjournment on Pending
Gubernatorial Nominations
The Honorable Judy Baar Topinka                                                /
Illinois State Comptroller
201 Capitol
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Dear Comptroller        a:
ave your etter i q 'ring wheth bernat nominations subject to the
Senate's ad ic and consent    are p          en the Senate adjourns a session sine die expire
with the adjou         or  e reasons stated below, it is my opinion that a nomination pending
when the Senate adjourns a session sine die does not expire with the adjournment. Rather, the
nomination carries over into the new biennial session.
BACKGROUND
You have provided us with a copy of the letter that you received from the Office
of the Senate President, dated January 14, 2011 (Senate Letter), indicating that, when the 96th
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