SB332 SFAT  4-10

Smith  7883

Senator Karnes moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 332—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §3-11A-1, §3-11A-2, §3-11A-3, §3-11A-4, §3-11A-5,and §3-11A-6, all relating to providing procedures for West Virginia to select delegates to an Article V convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America; defining terms; directing Legislature to establish committee of correspondence for Article V convention; authorizing participation by delegates in Article V convention only when each state has equal vote; setting forth delegate duties and responsibilities; setting forth oath for candidate for delegate or alternate; designating delegates and alternates as public officials and subject to West Virginia Governmental Ethics Act; providing for immediate recall of delegate casting unauthorized vote and replacement with alternate; directing Legislature to certify certain information to Article V convention; making violation of delegate’s oath a felony; declaring and limiting issues to be considered at a convention of states; and providing criminal penalties for violation of a delegate’s oath.

Adopted

Rejected