State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013
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265U0573
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4
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Introduced by: Senators Lederman, Holien, Kirkeby, Maher, Olson (Russell), Omdahl,
Rampelberg, Rave, and Rhoden and Representatives Wick, Bolin, Gosch,
Magstadt, Miller, Schrempp, Steele, Stevens, and Tyler
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Making a formal application to Congress to call a limited
constitutional convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment
to the Constitution providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a
majority of the legislatures of the separate states.
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States provides authority for a
Convention to be called by the Congress of the United States for the purpose of proposing
amendments to the Constitution upon application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the several
states; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of South Dakota favors the proposal and ratification
of an amendment to said Constitution which shall provide that an increase in the federal debt
requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate States:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Senate of the Eighty-Eighth Legislature
of the State of South Dakota, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that, as provided
for in Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the Legislature of the State of South
Dakota herewith respectfully applies for an amendments convention to be called for the purpose
of proposing an amendment which shall provide that an increase in the federal debt requires
approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amendments convention contemplated by this
application shall be entirely focused upon and exclusively limited to the subject matter of
proposing for ratification an amendment to the Constitution providing that an increase in the
federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this application constitutes a continuing application
in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds of
the legislatures of the several states have made application for an equivalently limited
amendments convention; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this application be dispatched by
the secretary of state, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, to each member of the applicant's delegation to the United
States Congress, and to the presiding officers of each house of the several state legislatures,
requesting their cooperation in applying for the amendments convention limited to the subject
matter contemplated by this application.