| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 47 3195 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 258 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Hilton of the 48 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Sainz of the 180 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Clark of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Donatucci of the 105 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | purposes.6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States requires Congress to call a7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | convention limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution upon application of8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | two-thirds of the states; and9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, limiting the terms of members of the United States House of Representatives10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | and United States Senate would be in the most immediate and best interest of the citizens of11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | the nation.12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | GEORGIA that this body does hereby apply to the United States Congress to call a14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the sole and15 |
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| 32 | 32 | | express purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set16 |
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| 33 | 33 | | H. R. 258 |
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| 35 | 35 | | a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States |
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| 37 | 37 | | House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | elected as a member of the United States Senate.19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application shall be considered as covering the same20 |
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| 40 | 40 | | subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a21 |
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| 41 | 41 | | limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the House of Representatives22 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this application shall be23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | aggregated with those of other states for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.26 |
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| 46 | 46 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly of Georgia insists that the27 |
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| 47 | 47 | | convention be solely limited to strict consideration of the subject matter contained in this28 |
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| 48 | 48 | | resolution and that the United States Congress enact a severe criminal penalty for persons29 |
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| 49 | 49 | | who violate the finite scope of the call.30 |
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| 50 | 50 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in31 |
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| 51 | 51 | | accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America until the32 |
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| 52 | 52 | | legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same33 |
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| 53 | 53 | | subject.34 |
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| 54 | 54 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is35 |
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| 55 | 55 | | authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for36 |
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| 56 | 56 | | distribution to the President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States; to the Speaker,37 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Clerk, and Judiciary Committee Chairperson of the House of Representatives of the United38 |
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| 58 | 58 | | H. R. 258 |
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| 60 | 60 | | States; to members of the General Assembly of Georgia; and to the presiding officers of each |
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| 62 | 62 | | of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.40 |
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| 63 | 63 | | H. R. 258 |
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