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AZ HCR2013

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

3/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Javan Mesnard

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a convention for proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget.

  • Requires that total federal appropriations cannot exceed estimated federal revenue for any fiscal year, except during a national emergency, along with related fiscal restraints.

  • Aggregates with existing balanced budget applications from 27 other states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia) to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for a convention.

  • Constitutes a continuing application that supersedes all previous applications by Arizona on the same subject.

  • Requires Arizona Secretary of State to transmit the resolution to federal and state legislators.

Legislative Description

Convention; balanced federal budget

Last Action

Transmitted to Secretary of State

3/28/2017

Full Bill Text

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