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Wyoming Statutes § 22-20-209 Procedure when congress directs manner of holding ratifying convention

⤴ Up to Article 2: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

Statute Text

(a) If congress, either in the resolution submitting the question or by statute, prescribes the manner in which the ratifying convention shall be constituted, the provisions of this chapter are inoperative, and the ratifying convention shall be constituted and shall operate as the resolution or act of congress directs. All officers of the state who may be authorized or directed by the resolution or statute to take any action to constitute a ratifying convention for this state are authorized and directed to act in accordance therewith and in obedience thereto with the same force and effect as if acting under a statute of this state.
(b) If an article V convention as defined in W.S. 9-22-101 is called, the provisions of this chapter are inoperative to the extent that they conflict with a convention conducted in accordance with W.S. 9-22-102 .

History

Amended by Laws 2017 , ch. 197, § 2, eff. 7/1/2017 .

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