2022 Colorado Resolution

Attachment: 2754/2022a_hjr1021_01.pdf

Second Regular Session

Seventy-third General Assembly

STATE OF COLORADO

INTRODUCED

LLS NO. R22-0563.01 Bob Lackner x4350

HJR22-1021

House Committees

Senate Committees

State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1021

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ONCERNING AN APPLICATION TO THE

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NITED

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TATES

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ONGRESS FOR

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AN ARTICLE

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CONVENTION OF THE STATES FOR PROPOSING

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AMENDMENTS TO THE

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NITED

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TATES

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ONSTITUTION THAT

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IMPOSE FISCAL RESTRAINTS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

,

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LIMIT THE POWER AND JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL

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GOVERNMENT

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AND LIMIT THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR ITS

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OFFICIALS AND FOR MEMBERS OF

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ONGRESS

.

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WHEREAS, The founders of our Constitution empowered state

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legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the

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federal government; and

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WHEREAS, The federal government has created a crushing

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national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and

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HOUSE SPONSORSHIP

Hanks,

Baisley, Bockenfeld, Bradfield, Catlin, Holtorf, Lynch, Pelton, Pico, Rich, Soper,

Will

SENATE SPONSORSHIP

(None),

Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.

Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.

Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.

WHEREAS, The federal government has invaded the legitimate

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roles of the states through the manipulative process of federal mandates,

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most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and

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WHEREAS, The federal government has ceased to live under a

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proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; and

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WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty

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of our people, particularly for generations to come, by proposing

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amendments to the Constitution of the United States through a convention

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of the states under article V for the purpose of restraining these and

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related abuses of power; now, therefore,

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Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third

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General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

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(1) That the Colorado General Assembly hereby applies to the

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United States Congress, under the provisions of article V of the

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Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the

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states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United

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States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the

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power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of

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office for its officials and for members of Congress; and

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(2) That this application constitutes a continuing application in

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accordance with article V of the Constitution of the United States until

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the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made

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applications on the same subject.

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Be It Further Resolved,

That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent

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

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and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, each member

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of Colorado's congressional delegation, and to the officers of each of the

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legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.

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HJR22-1021

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