Bill Text: OH SJR2 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: As Introduced 129th General AssemblyRegular Session2011-2012S. J. R. No. 2 Senator Coley
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-01 - To Finance [SJR2 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SJR2-Introduced.html
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Senator Coley
Cosponsors:
Senators Burke, Patton, Schaffer, Grendell, Jones, Balderson
Applying to the Congress of the United States | 1 |
pursuant to Article V of the United States | 2 |
Constitution to call a constitutional convention | 3 |
for proposing amendments. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
WHEREAS, With each passing year, this nation becomes more | 5 |
deeply in debt as its expenditures exceed available revenues; and | 6 |
WHEREAS, Fiscal prudence requires that certain steps be taken | 7 |
to control the growth of the budget and eliminate excessive | 8 |
deficits; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution requires | 10 |
the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention | 11 |
upon the application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 12 |
several states for the purpose of proposing amendments to the | 13 |
United States Constitution; now therefore be it | 14 |
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, | 15 |
pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, hereby | 16 |
applies to the Congress to call a constitutional convention for | 17 |
the purpose of proposing to the states for ratification an | 18 |
amendment to the United States Constitution containing the | 19 |
following provisions: | 20 |
First, the amendment shall require the President to submit | 21 |
and the Congress to adopt only balanced budgets for all federal | 22 |
programs and agencies, except in times of war. | 23 |
Second, the amendment shall grant the President the authority | 24 |
to disapprove any item or items in any bill presented by the | 25 |
Congress to the President in addition to the President's authority | 26 |
to disapprove entire bills pursuant to Article I, Section 7 of the | 27 |
United States Constitution. | 28 |
Third, the amendment shall require the President to submit | 29 |
and the Congress to adopt budgets for all federal programs and | 30 |
agencies on a biennial rather than annual basis; and be it further | 31 |
RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | 32 |
application in accordance with Article V of the United States | 33 |
Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 34 |
several states have made application for a constitutional | 35 |
convention or the Congress has proposed an amendment to the United | 36 |
States Constitution equivalent to the amendment proposed in this | 37 |
resolution; and be it further | 38 |
RESOLVED, That, if the convention called by the Congress is | 39 |
not limited in subject to the amendment proposed in this | 40 |
resolution, any delegates, representatives, or participants from | 41 |
the State of Ohio asked to participate in the convention are | 42 |
permitted to debate and vote only on the proposed amendment | 43 |
contained within this resolution or an equivalent amendment; and | 44 |
be it further | 45 |
RESOLVED, That if two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 46 |
several states make application to the Congress to call a | 47 |
constitutional convention, the State of Ohio requests that such a | 48 |
convention be called not later than six months after the Congress | 49 |
receives the thirty-fourth application from a state legislature; | 50 |
and be it further | 51 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 52 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk | 53 |
of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro | 54 |
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of | 55 |
the Ohio Congressional delegation, the presiding officer of each | 56 |
house of each state legislature in the United States, and the news | 57 |
media of Ohio. | 58 |