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Ind. Code § 2-8.2-4-1

Instructions to commissioners

As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.51

Sec. 1. (a) At the time commissioners and alternate commissioners are appointed, the general assembly shall adopt a joint resolution to provide instructions to the commissioners and alternate commissioners regarding the following:

(1) The rules of procedure.

(2) Any other matter relating to the Article V convention that the general assembly considers necessary.

(b) The joint resolution adopted under this section must include instructions that a commissioner may not vote in favor of a proposed amendment that would alter the text of the specific guarantees of individual liberty established in any of the following:

(1) Articles 1 through 7 of the Constitution of the United States.

(2) The Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States.

(3) The following amendments to the Constitution of the United States:

(A) Thirteenth.

(B) Fourteenth.

(C) Fifteenth.

(D) Nineteenth.

(E) Twenty-third.

(F) Twenty-fourth.

(G) Twenty-sixth.

(c) The general assembly may amend the instructions at any time by joint resolution.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.