03/26/2015 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

           SJR 15-CALL FOR US COUNTERMAND CONVENTION                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:11:20 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STOLTZE  announced the consideration  of SJR 15.  [This was                                                               
the third hearing.]                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:12:03 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI joined the committee meeting.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:12:09 AM                                                                                                                    
MIKE  COONS,  National  Director,  Citizen  Initiatives,  Palmer,                                                               
Alaska, explained that  in 1787, the first  13 state legislatures                                                               
created the federal  government to serve the needs  of the states                                                               
and left for future legislatures  with the sovereign authority to                                                               
modify  the  conduct of  the  government  when it  encroaches  on                                                               
states' and citizens' rights. He  said state legislatures are the                                                               
most powerful  and important government  bodies in  America; they                                                               
are  the  final  arbiters  in   all  constitutional  matters.  He                                                               
summarized  that the  "framers"  left for  future generations  of                                                               
legislators  the   sovereign  authority   to  protect   the  U.S.                                                               
Constitution through  Article V  and not throw  it away  based on                                                               
poor constitutional analysis by anti-Article V groups.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:15:16 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STOLTZE closed public testimony.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:15:24 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  COGHILL  moved to  report  SJR  15 from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations with attached zero fiscal note.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:15:36 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STOLTZE announced  that hearing no objection,  SJR 15 moved                                                               
out of the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.