REFERENCE TITLE: Article V convention; term limits

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

SCR 1005

Introduced by Senators Petersen: Allen S, Barto, Bowie, Burges, Contreras, Dalessandro, Fann, Kavanagh, Kerr, Peshlakai, Smith, Worsley

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

applying to the congress of the united states to call a convention for proposing an amendment to the constitution of the united states to set term limits for United States representatives and united States senators.

 

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Whereas, the founders of the Constitution of the United States empowered state legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the federal government; and

Whereas, it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty of our people, particularly for the generations to come, and to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States through a convention of the states under Article V to place clear restraints on these and related abuses of power.

Therefore

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:

1.  That, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the Legislature of the State of Arizona formally applies to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a Member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate.

2.  That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application on the same subjects.

3.  That this application shall be considered as covering the same subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and this application shall be aggregated with same for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.

4.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit a copy of this Resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona and the presiding officers of each house of the several state legislatures, requesting their cooperation.