HCR 2005
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HCR2005: article V convention; term limits.
Sponsor: Representative Cook, LD 8
Committee on Government & Elections
Overview
Expresses the formal application of the Arizona Legislature to the United States (U.S.) Congress
for an Article V convention.
History
Article V of the U.S. Constitution authorizes the states to propose amendments to the Constitution
provided certain requirements are followed. In order to amend the U.S. Constitution, two-thirds of
the several state legislatures must submit an application and call a convention for proposing
amendments. These amendments then shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the
Constitution.
Provisions
1. States that the Arizona Legislature formally applies to the U.S. Congress to call a convention
to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to set a limit on the number of terms a
person may be elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
2. Directs the Secretary of State to transmit copies of this Resolution to the following people
requesting their cooperation:
a) President of the U.S. Senate;
b) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives;
c) Secretary of the U.S. Senate;
d) Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives;
e) Chairperson of the House Committee on Judiciary;
f) Each member of Congress from Arizona; and
g) The presiding officer of each legislative house in each state.
3. Stipulates that this application is considered as covering the same subject matter as the
applications from other states to call a convention to set term limits for a person elected to the
U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
4. Instructs this application to be aggregated with the other state applications for the purpose of
attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention
for the purpose of setting term limits for members of Congress.
5. Prohibits this application from being aggregated with any other application on any other
subject.
6. Specifies that this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article
V of the U.S. Constitution until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states have made
the same application.
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