20A-15-101. Scope and application of chapter.
- (1) The procedures contained in this section govern when the Congress of the United States:
- (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 and does not except those states that have established procedures for constituting ratification conventions:
- (a) this chapter is inoperative;
- (b) the convention shall be constituted and shall operate as the congressional resolution or Act of Congress directs; and
- (c) all state officers who are authorized or directed to take any action to constitute a ratification convention in Utah shall do so.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session