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House Resolution 258
By: Representatives Hilton of the 48
th
, Sainz of the 180
th
, Mathiak of the 82
nd
, Clark of the
100
th
, Donatucci of the 105
th
, and others
A RESOLUTION
Applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the
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Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of2
the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a3
member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of4
terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other5
purposes.6
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States requires Congress to call a7
convention limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution upon application of8
two-thirds of the states; and9
WHEREAS, limiting the terms of members of the United States House of Representatives10
and United States Senate would be in the most immediate and best interest of the citizens of11
the nation.12
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF13
GEORGIA that this body does hereby apply to the United States Congress to call a14
convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the sole and15
express purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set16
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a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States
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House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be18
elected as a member of the United States Senate.19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application shall be considered as covering the same20
subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a21
limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the House of Representatives22
of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this application shall be23
aggregated with those of other states for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states24
necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be25
aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.26
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly of Georgia insists that the27
convention be solely limited to strict consideration of the subject matter contained in this28
resolution and that the United States Congress enact a severe criminal penalty for persons29
who violate the finite scope of the call.30
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in31
accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America until the32
legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same33
subject.34
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is35
authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for36
distribution to the President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States; to the Speaker,37
Clerk, and Judiciary Committee Chairperson of the House of Representatives of the United38
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States; to members of the General Assembly of Georgia; and to the presiding officers of each
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of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.40
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