Title: Repeal of Federal Law or Regulation

Summary: Calls for the Congress of the United States to call a convention pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to propose a constitutional amendment permitting repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, the Congress has exceeded the legislative powers granted in the Constitution thereby encroaching on the powers that are  reserved to the states respectively, or to the people  as the Tenth Amendment affirms and the rights  retained by the people  to which the Ninth Amendment refers, and WHEREAS, this encroachment includes the accumulation of federal debt, which combined with interest represents a future tax, and is of such great proportion that responsibility for its payment will be passed to future, unborn generations of Americans to assume without their consent, thereby disparaging their rights, and WHEREAS, this encroachment also includes compelling state and local governments to comply with federal laws and regulations without accompanying funding for such mandates, and WHEREAS, in Federalist No. 85, Alexander Hamilton wrote in reference to Article Vof the Constitution and the calling of a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments that,  We may safely rely on the disposition of the State legislatures to erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority,  and WHEREAS, the Constitution should be amended in order to halt federal encroachment and restore a proper balance between the powers of Congress and those of the several states, and to prevent the denial or disparagement of the rights retained by the people, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida, the House of Representatives Concurring: That the State of Florida hereby applies and makes application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention pursuant to Article Vof the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures, and the Florida delegation to such convention, when called, shall propose the following amendment:  Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall be effective when the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the same provision or provisions of law or regulation to be repealed,  and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution is revoked and withdrawn, nullified, and superseded to the same effect as if it had never been passed, and retroactive to the date of passage, if it is used for the purpose of calling a convention or used in support of conducting a convention to amend the Constitution of the United States for any purpose other than consideration of the amendment proposed in this resolution, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Florida reserves its right to add future amendments as the Legislature deems warranted to this application, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that delegates to such convention, when called, be selected according to procedures established by the legislatures of the several states, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the foregoing resolution be immediately forwarded by the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the great seal, to the President of the United States, the Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, and the Administrator of General Services of the United States, and to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress so that they may be apprised of the sense of the Florida Legislature in this matter.