(a) On or before the 21st day of January of each year until the United States Congress has proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution as provided for in Article V of the United States Constitution and until the State of Ohio has ratified that amendment, the Mayor shall provide written notice to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the United States congressional delegation representing the City of South Euclid, including, but not limited to, the two United States Senators representing the State of Ohio, and any U.S. Representative representing South Euclid in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Governor of Ohio, the President of the Ohio Senate, the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, and any Ohio Senator and Representative representing South Euclid in the Ohio General Assembly indicating that the citizens of the City, of South Euclid in November of 2016 voted in support of this codified ordinance calling for a constitutional amendment declaring:
(1) Only human beings, not corporations, are legal persons with constitutional rights; and
(2) Money is not equivalent to speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.
(b) The biennial public hearing required hereunder shall cease if and when a constitutional amendment reflecting the principles set forth in this section is ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures in the United States of America.
(Ord. 12-16. Passed 7-25-16.)