HB 18-46: Screwing Around with Borders Amendment

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

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Passes 5-2-0-2.

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SCREWING AROUND WITH BORDERS AMENDMENT

HOUSE BILL RESOLUTION

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Screwing Around with Borders Amendment”.

SECTION 2.

Article VII, Section 2, of the Fourth Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

1. New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union, and apportioned among the several Regions as may be appropriate; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned as well as of the Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Atlasia.
3. The Regional legislatures may alter the boundaries of states and counties located within their respective Region at will.
4. Congress may also alter the boundaries of states and counties with the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned.

Amendment Explanation
Allows regional legislatures (and Congress with their consent) to change state boundaries.

House of Representatives
Passed in the House of Representatives 5-2-0-2

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Nevermind

"The Congress, whenever two thirds of the membership of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall have power to propose amendments to this Constitution, which shall take effect following their ratification by two thirds of the several Regions."