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SENATE BILL NO. 1442

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S1442......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
U.S. CONSTITUTION - Adds to existing law to provide a procedure for the
legislature to ratify a proposed amendment to the constitution of the
United States.
                                                                        
03/11    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/12    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1442
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF  THE
  3        UNITED  STATES;  AMENDING CHAPTER 5, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION
  4        OF A NEW SECTION 67-515, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE LEGIS-
  5        LATURE TO RATIFY A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED
  6        STATES.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  5,  Title  67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  9    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 10    ignated as Section 67-515, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        67-515.  RATIFYING  AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
 12    Whenever the legislature desires to ratify a proposed amendment to the consti-
 13    tution of the United States as provided in Article 5 of  the  constitution  of
 14    the  United States, it shall do so by adoption of a concurrent resolution. The
 15    chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary  of  the  senate,
 16    where  the  concurrent  resolution  originated,  shall  forward  a copy of the
 17    adopted concurrent resolution to the vice president of the United States,  the
 18    speaker  of  the United States house of representatives, and the congressional
 19    delegation representing Idaho in the United States congress.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14258

This legislation statutorily defines how Idaho ratifies a
proposed constitutional amendment to the US Constitution.  Idaho
has a varied history on adoption.  This legislation adopts the
concurrent resolution process.  See Joint Rule 2 and 6.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

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Contact
Name:     Bart M. Davis, Senate Majority Leader
Phone:    (208) 332-1305
Name:     Robert L. Geddes, President Pro Tem
Phone:    (208) 332-1300



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                 S 1442