| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSECONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION NO.61 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 101STGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBASYE. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4868H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 7 | 7 | | ANACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | RelatingtoanapplicationtoCongressforthecallingofanArticleVconventionofstatesto |
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| 9 | 9 | | proposeanamendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionregardingtermlimitsfor |
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| 10 | 10 | | membersofCongress. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS,ArticleVoftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesrequiresaconvention |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2tobecalledbytheCongressoftheUnitedStatesforthepurposeofproposinganamendment |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3totheConstitutionuponapplicationoftwo-thirdsoftheLegislaturesoftheseveralstates;and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 WHEREAS, theLegislatureoftheStateofMissourifavorsaproposaland |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6ratificationofanamendmenttotheU.S.Constitution,whichshallsetalimitonthenumberof |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7termsthatapersonmaybeelectedasamemberoftheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8andasamemberoftheUnitedStatesSenate;and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 WHEREAS,theNinety-ninthGeneralAssemblyofMissouri,SecondRegular |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11Session,adoptedSenateConcurrentResolution40,whichcontainedanapplicationforan |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12ArticleVConventiontoproposeanamendmentidenticaltothatproposedinthisresolution, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13butprovidedthattheapplicationwouldexpirefiveyearsafterthepassageofSenate |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14ConcurrentResolution40: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 NOWTHEREFORE BEITRESOLVEDthatthemembersoftheHouseof |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17RepresentativesoftheOneHundredFirstGeneralAssembly,SecondRegularSession,the |
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| 29 | 29 | | 18Senateconcurringtherein,herebymakeanapplicationtoCongress,asprovidedbyArticleV |
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| 30 | 30 | | 19oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,tocallaconventionlimitedtoproposing |
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| 31 | 31 | | 20anamendmenttotheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmericatosetalimitonthenumber 21oftermsthatapersonmaybeelectedasamemberoftheUnitedStatesHouseof |
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| 32 | 32 | | 22Representativesandtosetalimitonthenumberoftermsthatapersonmaybeelectedasa |
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| 33 | 33 | | 23memberoftheUnitedStatesSenate;and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 24 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 25 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthatthisapplicationshallbeconsideredascovering |
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| 36 | 36 | | 26thesamesubjectmatterastheapplicationsfromotherstatestoCongresstocallaconvention |
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| 37 | 37 | | 27tosetalimitonthenumberoftermsthatapersonmaybeelectedtotheHouseof |
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| 38 | 38 | | 28RepresentativesoftheCongressoftheUnitedStatesandtheSenateoftheUnitedStates;and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 29thisapplicationshallbeaggregatedwithsameforthepurposeofattainingthetwo-thirdsof |
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| 40 | 40 | | 30statesnecessarytorequireCongresstocallalimitedconventiononthissubject,butshallnot |
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| 41 | 41 | | 31beaggregatedwithanyotherapplicationsonanyothersubject;and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 32 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 33 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthatthisapplicationherebyrepeals,rescinds, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 34cancels,rendersnullandvoid,andsupercedestheapplicationtotheCongressoftheUnited |
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| 45 | 45 | | 35StatesforaconventionunderArticleVoftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesbythisstatein |
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| 46 | 46 | | 36SenateConcurrentResolutionNo.40asadoptedbytheNinety-ninthGeneralAssembly, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 37SecondRegularSession;and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 38 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 39 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheChiefClerkoftheHouseofRepresentatives |
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| 50 | 50 | | 40beinstructedtoprepareaproperlyinscribedcopyofthisresolutionforthePresidentand |
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| 51 | 51 | | 41SecretaryoftheSenateoftheUnitedStatesandtotheSpeaker,Clerk,andJudiciary |
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| 52 | 52 | | 42CommitteeChairmanoftheHouseofRepresentativesoftheCongressoftheUnitedStates, |
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| 53 | 53 | | 43andcopiestoeachmemberoftheMissouriCongressionaldelegation,andthepresiding |
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| 54 | 54 | | 44officersofeachofthelegislativehousesintheseveralstates,requestingtheircooperation. |
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| 55 | 55 | | ✔ |
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| 56 | 56 | | HCR61 2 |
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