Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
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 LLS NO. R14-0940.01 Owen Colling x4338           SJR14-023
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Lundberg,  Grantham, Lambert, Cadman, Scheffel, Baumgardner, Crowder, Herpin, King,
 Marble, Rivera
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Saine,  Humphrey, Murray, Lawrence, Landgraf, Joshi, Kagan, Rankin, Swalm, Nordberg,
 Scott, Priola, Wilson, Conti, DelGrosso, Everett, Szabo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14-023 
       Concerning an application to the United States Congress for
            an article V constitutional convention of the states
            for proposing amendments to the United States
            Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the
            federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction
            of the federal government, and limit the terms of
            office for its officials and for members of Congress.
       
       
            WHEREAS, The founders of our Constitution empowered state
       legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the
       federal government; and
       
            WHEREAS, The federal government has created a crushing
       national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and
       
            WHEREAS, The federal government has invaded the legitimate
       roles of the states through the manipulative process of federal mandates,
       most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and
       
            WHEREAS, The federal government has ceased to live under a
       proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; and
       
            WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty
       of our people, particularly for generations to come, by proposing
       amendments to the Constitution of the United States through a convention
       of the states under article V for the purpose of restraining these and
       related abuses of power; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly
       of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
            (1)  That the Colorado General Assembly hereby applies to the
       United States 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, and limit the terms of
       office for its officials and for members of Congress.
       
            (2)  That 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.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent
       to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate; the Speaker
       and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives; each member
       of Colorado's congressional delegation; and to the officers of each of the
       legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.