Indiana Code 3-10-5-1. Ratifying convention; election of delegates
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-10-5-1
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Sec. 1. Whenever the Congress of the United States proposes an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and proposes that it be ratified by conventions in the several states, the governor shall fix, by proclamation, the date of an election to elect the delegates to the convention in this state. The election shall be held within sixty (60) days after the date of the proclamation and within four (4) months after the date of the receipt of the proposed amendment by the appropriate official from the Secretary of State of the United States. If a general election occurs within this period, the special election shall be held at the same time and by the same election officers who conduct the general election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.