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Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-18-104

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

Acts 2014, ch. 979, § 1.

(1) An alternate delegate shall: 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.

(3) A vote cast by a delegate or an alternate delegate at an Article V convention that is outside the scope of: The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103; or

(4) 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.

(5) A delegate or alternate delegate who votes or attempts to vote outside the scope of: The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103; or

(6) 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.

(7) 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.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.