October 19, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Barrett and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A joint resolution applying to the Congress of the United
States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States to impose term limits on members
of Congress.
Be it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of
the state of Michigan:
Section 1. The legislature of the state of Michigan hereby
makes an application to Congress, as provided by article V of the
Constitution of the United States of America, to call a convention
limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a
person may be elected as a member of the United States house of
representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a
person may be elected as a member of the United States senate.
Section 2. The secretary of state is hereby directed to
transmit copies of this application to the president and secretary
of the senate of the United States and to the speaker, clerk, and
judiciary committee chairperson of the house of representatives of
the Congress of the United States, 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 shall be considered as covering
the same subject matter as the applications from other states to
Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms
that a person may be elected to the house of representatives of the
Congress of the United States and the senate of the United States;
and this application shall be aggregated with same for the purpose
of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress
to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be
aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.
Section 4. This application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with article V of the Constitution of the
United States of America until the legislatures of at least two-
thirds of the several states have made applications on the same
subject.