January 15, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Franz and referred to the Committee on Financial Liability Reform.
A joint resolution to petition the congress of the United
States to call a convention to propose amendments to the
constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal
budget.
ARTICLE V
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That pursuant to article V of the constitution
of the United States, the legislature of the state of Michigan
petitions the congress of the United States of America, at its
session, to call a convention of the states limited to proposing an
amendment to the constitution of the United States requiring that
in the absence of a national emergency the total of all federal
appropriations made by the congress for any fiscal year may not
exceed the total of all estimated federal revenues for that fiscal
year, together with any related and appropriate fiscal restraints.
Resolved further, That the legislature shall provide by law
for the appointment of appointees to this convention of the states
which appointees shall participate in drafting rules, bylaws, and
procedural agreements that shall be used to govern the convention
of the states, in addition to other duties prescribed by law.
Resolved further, That this application is to be considered as
covering the balanced budget amendment language of the presently
outstanding balanced budget applications from other states,
including, but not limited to, previously adopted applications from
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas;
and this application shall be aggregated with those applications
for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to
require the calling of a convention for proposing a balanced budget
amendment, but shall not be aggregated with any applications on any
other subject.
Resolved further, 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. It supersedes all previous applications by this
legislature on the same subject.
Resolved further, That certified copies of this joint
resolution be transmitted by the secretary of state to the
president of the United States Senate, to the speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, and to each member of this state's
delegation to the congress and that printed copies be sent to each
house of each state legislature in the United States.