Scope and application of chapter.

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  • (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.




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