20A-15-101 - Scope and application of chapter.
20A-15-101. Scope and application of chapter.
(1) The procedures contained in this section govern when the Congress of the UnitedStates:
(a) proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
(b) directs that the amendment be ratified by conventions in each state.
(2) If Congress prescribes the manner in which the conventions shall be constituted anddoes not except those states that have established procedures for constituting ratificationconventions:
(a) this chapter is inoperative;
(b) the convention shall be constituted and shall operate as the congressional resolution orAct of Congress directs; and
(c) all state officers who are authorized or directed to take any action to constitute aratification convention in Utah shall do so.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session