CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY making an application
to the Congress of the United States of America for the calling of a
convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution
of the United States that impose fiscal limits on the federal govern-
ment, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and
limit the terms of office for members of Congress and other federal
officials

WHEREAS, The Founders of our Constitution empowered State Legislators
and State Legislatures to be guardians of liberty against future abuses
of power by the federal government; and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution specifically provides
that all powers not delegated to the federal government nor prohibited
by the Constitution to the states, are then reserved to the states
respectively, or to the people; and
WHEREAS, For many decades, this balance of power was generally
respected and followed by those occupying positions of authority in the
federal government; and
WHEREAS, The federal government has gradually invaded the legitimate
roles of the states through the process of excessive federal mandates;
and
WHEREAS, The federal government has created a mounting national debt
exceeding $17 trillion; and
WHEREAS, The federal government, and especially the executive branch,
has ceased to abide by and respect the proper interpretation of the
Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty of
our people, particularly for the generations to come, by proposing
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States through a Convention
of the states under Article V for the purpose of restraining these and
related abuses of power; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of New York believes it to be in
the best interest of the people of the United States that Amendments to
the Constitution of the United States be considered that impose fiscal
limits on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of
the federal government, and limit the terms of office for members of
Congress and other federal officials; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED (if the concur), The legislature of the State of New
York hereby applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of
the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention
of the states, limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of
the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal govern-
ment, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and
limit the terms of office for members of Congress and other federal
officials; and be it further
RESOLVED (if the concur), This application constitutes a
continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution
of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of
the several states have made applications on the same subject; and be it
further
RESOLVED (if the concur), The secretary of state is hereby
directed to transmit copies of this application to the President and
Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of
the United States House of Representatives, and copies to the members of
the said Senate and House of Representatives from this State; also to
transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of the legisla-
tive houses in the several States, requesting their cooperation.