Bill Summary for H 374 (2013-2014)

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Mar 20 2013

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
House Bill 374 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A JOINT RESOLUTION (I) RESCINDING ALL EXTANT APPLICATIONS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HERETOFORE MADE DURING ANY SESSION THEREOF TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CALL A CONVENTION PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FOR PROPOSING ONE OR MORE AMENDMENTS TO THAT CONSTITUTION, (II) URGING THE LEGISLATURES OF OTHER STATES TO DO THE SAME, AND (III) DIRECTING THAT COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SENT TO SPECIFIED PERSONS.
Intro. by Jordan, Elmore, Glazier, Schaffer.

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The General Assembly rescinds all applications to Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention.

The General Assembly urges the legislatures of every state that has applied to Congress to call a convention for either a general or a limited constitutional convention to repeal and withdraw the applications.

The North Carolina Secretary of State will send a certified copy of this resolution to the secretary of each state, to the presiding officers of both houses of the legislatures of each state, to the Secretary of the U.S. Senate, to the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, to the members of Congress representing this state, and to the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration.