REFERENCE TITLE: constitutional convention; federal debt

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011

HCR 2015

Introduced by Representatives Kavanagh, Burges, Court, Gowan, Harper, Judd, Montenegro, Olson, Proud, Stevens, Tobin, Weiers J, Williams, Yee, Senators Barto, Gray: Representatives Barton, Brophy McGee, Carter, Crandell, Dial, Fann, Fillmore, Forese, Goodale, Gray R, Jones, McLain, Mesnard, Pratt, Robson, Ugenti, Urie, Vogt, Senator Shooter

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

Applying to the congress of the United States to call a convention for proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

 

 

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

Whereas, the Legislature of the State of Arizona favors the proposal and ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that will provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

Therefore

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1.  That, pursuant to article V of the Constitution of the United States, the Legislature of the State of Arizona formally applies 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, to be ratified by the legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the several states, that will provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

2.  That the amendments convention contemplated by this application be entirely focused on and exclusively limited to the subject matter of proposing for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.

3.  That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application for an equivalently limited amendments convention.

4.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit a copy of this Resolution to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona and the presiding officers of each house of the several state legislatures, requesting their cooperation in applying for the amendments convention limited to the subject matter contemplated by this application.