Bill Text: MI HJRV | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; other; application for a convention of the states under article V of the United States Constitution; provide for. Petitions Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-13 - Referred To Second Reading [HJRV Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HJRV-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION V
September 12, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Chatfield, Noble, Canfield, Johnson, Kahle, Webber, Howell, Iden, Sheppard, Alexander, Kesto, Yaroch, Allor, Kelly, Hoitenga, Cole, Lauwers and Lower and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution applying to the Congress of the United
States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the
constitution of the United States to impose fiscal restraints on
the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the
federal government, and limit the terms of office for federal
officials and members of Congress.
ARTICLE
Whereas, the founders of our constitution empowered state
legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of
power by the federal government, and
Whereas, the federal government has created a crushing
national debt through improper and imprudent spending, and
Whereas, the federal government has invaded the legitimate
roles of the states through the manipulative process of federal
mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent, and
Whereas, the federal government has ceased to live under a
proper interpretation of the constitution of the United States, and
Whereas, it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the
liberty of our people, particularly for the generations to come, by
proposing amendments to the constitution of the United States
through a convention of the states under Article V for the purpose
of restraining these and related abuses of power,
Be it therefore resolved by the legislature of the state of
Michigan:
Section 1. The legislature of the state of Michigan hereby
applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the
constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention
of the states limited to proposing amendments to the constitution
of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal
government, limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal
government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for
members of Congress.
Section 2. The secretary of state is hereby directed to
transmit copies of this application to the president and secretary
of the United States senate and to the speaker and clerk of the
United States house of representatives, and copies to the members
of the said senate and house of representatives from this state;
also to transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of
the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their
cooperation.
Section 3. This application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the constitution of the
United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the
several states have made applications on the same subject.
