SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2055        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
 Court assembled:

 The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the application for a convention of the states under article v of the constitution of the United States.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

7/10/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2055        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 401

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 401) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the application for a convention of the states under article v of the constitution of the United States.  Election Laws.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the application for a convention of the states under article v of the constitution of the United States.

 

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

 Section 1. The legislature of the State of Massachusetts hereby applies to Congress, under the

 provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of

 the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose

 fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal

 government.

 Section 2. The secretary of state is hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the

 President and Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the United

 States House of Representatives, and copies to the members of the said Senate and House of

 Representatives from this State; also to transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of

 the legislative houses in the several States, requesting their cooperation.

 Section 3. This application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of

 the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several

 states have made applications on the same subject.