Duties of alternate delegates - Votes and attempted votes made outside of instructions and established limits void - Forfeiture of delegate's appointment

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TN Code › Title 3 › Chapter 18 › Section 3-18-104

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(a) An alternate delegate shall: (1) Act in the place of the alternate delegate's paired delegate when the alternate delegate's paired delegate is absent from the Article V convention; or (2) Replace the alternate delegate's paired delegate if the alternate delegate's paired delegate vacates the office. (b) A vote cast by a delegate or an alternate delegate at an Article V convention that is outside the scope of: (1) The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103 ; or (2) The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; is void. (c) A delegate or alternate delegate who votes or attempts to vote outside the scope of: (1) The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103 ; or (2) The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; forfeits the delegate's appointment by virtue of that vote or attempt to vote. (d) The paired alternate delegate of a delegate who forfeits appointment under subsection (c) becomes the delegate at the time the forfeiture of the appointment occurs. Acts 2014, ch. 979, § 1.

(a) An alternate delegate shall: (1) Act in the place of the alternate delegate's paired delegate when the alternate delegate's paired delegate is absent from the Article V convention; or (2) Replace the alternate delegate's paired delegate if the alternate delegate's paired delegate vacates the office.

(1) Act in the place of the alternate delegate's paired delegate when the alternate delegate's paired delegate is absent from the Article V convention; or

(2) Replace the alternate delegate's paired delegate if the alternate delegate's paired delegate vacates the office.

(b) A vote cast by a delegate or an alternate delegate at an Article V convention that is outside the scope of: (1) The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103 ; or (2) The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; is void.

(1) The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103 ; or

(2) The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; is void.

is void.

(c) A delegate or alternate delegate who votes or attempts to vote outside the scope of: (1) The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103 ; or (2) The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; forfeits the delegate's appointment by virtue of that vote or attempt to vote.

(1) The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103 ; or

(2) The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; forfeits the delegate's appointment by virtue of that vote or attempt to vote.

forfeits the delegate's appointment by virtue of that vote or attempt to vote.

general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention; forfeits the delegate's appointment by virtue of that vote or attempt to vote.

forfeits the delegate's appointment by virtue of that vote or attempt to vote.

(d) The paired alternate delegate of a delegate who forfeits appointment under subsection (c) becomes the delegate at the time the forfeiture of the appointment occurs.

Acts 2014, ch. 979, § 1.

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