Bill Text: GA SR673 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: U.S. Congress; making renewed application to call for a convention; proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-27 - House Postponed [SR673 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR673-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 673
By:
Senators Cowsert of the 46th, Rogers of the 21st, Williams of the 19th, Mullis
of the 53rd, Staton of the 18th and others
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Making
renewed application to the Congress of the United States to call for a
convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
in 1976, by House Resolution 469-1267, Resolution Act No. 93 (Ga. L. 1976, p.
184), the Georgia General Assembly applied to the Congress to call a convention
for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget and to
make certain exceptions with respect thereto; and
WHEREAS,
in 2004, by House Resolution No. 1343, Act No. 802 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 1081), the
Georgia General Assembly rescinded and repealed all prior applications for
constitutional conventions, including but not limited to said 1976 application;
and
WHEREAS,
the need for such a balanced budget amendment remains and has become far more
apparent and urgent.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that this body
hereby applies again to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the
Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention for proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States and recommends that the
convention be limited to consideration and proposal of an amendment requiring
that in the absence of a national emergency the total of all federal
appropriations made by the Congress for any fiscal year may not exceed the total
of all estimated federal revenues for that fiscal year.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this application to the President and
Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, and members of the Georgia congressional
delegation and to transmit appropriate copies also to the presiding officers of
each of the legislative houses of the several states, requesting their
cooperation.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application is to be considered as covering the
same subject matter as the presently-outstanding balanced budget applications
from other states, including but not limited to previously adopted applications
from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas, and this application should be aggregated
with same for the purpose of reaching the two-thirds of states necessary to
require the calling of a convention, but should not be aggregated with any
applications on any other subject.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application shall constitute a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United
States until:
(1)
The legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made
applications on the same subject and Congress has called for a convention for
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States;
(2)
The Congress of the United States has in accordance with Article V of the
Constitution of the United States proposed an amendment to said Constitution
which is consistent with the balanced budget amendment referenced in this
application; or
(3)
January 1, 2020,
whichever
first occurs.
