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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The joint resolution adopted pursuant to § 3-18-105 naming the commissioners and alternate commissioners must include their commission. The commission must include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) A commissioner shall not vote for or otherwise promote any change to the traditional convention rule of decision on the floor and in the committee of the whole, to-wit, that each state has one (1) vote;
(2) A commissioner shall not vote for or otherwise promote a convention rule that does not require recorded roll call votes or the electronic equivalent;
(3) A proposed amendment is not germane unless its subject matter is consistent with the resolutions of the legislatures of the several states that were the basis of calling the convention; and
(4) A commissioner shall not vote in favor of a proposed amendment that would alter the text of the specific guarantees of individual liberty established by the United States Constitution.
(b) The commissioning resolution must clearly state the scope of the commissioners' and alternate commissioners' authority, which must be limited as follows:
(1) If this state is not one (1) of the two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the states applying for the convention, to the subject matter enumerated in the thirty-four (34) or more state applications that triggered the convention;
(2) If this state is one (1) of the two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the states applying for the convention, to the subject matter enumerated in this state's application for the convention; and
(3) To additional instructions from the general assembly, whether in the joint commissioning resolution or by a subsequent joint resolution.
(c) The general assembly may provide additional instructions at any time by the adoption of a subsequent joint resolution, a copy of which the clerk of the house of representatives shall provide to each commissioner, alternate commissioner, and to the advisory committee.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 3. Legislature § 3-18-106 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-3-legislature/tn-code-sect-3-18-106/
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