Bill Text: GA HR1095 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled


Bill Title: Congress; proposing an amendment to the Constitution; call a convention

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-13 - House Prefiled [HR1095 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR1095-Prefiled.html
LC 21 1489

A RESOLUTION

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides authority for a convention to be called by the Congress of the United States for the purpose of proposing amendments to the constitution upon application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the separate states ("amendments convention"); and

WHEREAS, the Georgia General Assembly favors the proposal and ratification of an amendment to the constitution which shall provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that, as provided for in Article V of the United States Constitution, the Georgia General Assembly respectfully applies for an amendments convention to be called for the purpose of proposing an amendment which shall provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amendments convention contemplated by this application shall be entirely focused upon and exclusively limited to the subject matter of proposing for ratification an amendment to the constitution providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the separate states have made application for an equivalently limited amendments convention.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this application be dispatched by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to each member of the Georgia delegation to the United States Congress, and to the presiding officer of each house of the separate state legislatures requesting their cooperation in applying for the amendments convention limited to the subject matter contemplated by this application.
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