The State Subdivision Amendment

[DGS49]

Effective five (5) years from the date of ratification of this Amendment (the "Ratification Date"), any State with a population greater than five million (5,000,000) citizens may petition the Congress for subdivision of that State into separate States according to the following guidelines:

No Resulting State shall have a population of less than two million (2,000,000) citizens.

No single metropolitan area may be subdivided into more than one State.

All resulting states shall be contiguous.

The State(s) requesting subdivision shall submit to the Subdivision Board the bases on which the subdivision proposal(s) are submitted, which may not be entirely political in nature.

The States of California and Texas may subdivide into no more than five (5) States; no other State may subdivide into more than two (2) States.

Each Resulting State shall submit to the Congress not later than four (4) years from the Ratification Date a realistic "Pro-Forma Budget," demonstrating how that Resulting State shall have a "balanced" budget going forward; each Resulting State shall have a Balance Budget Amendment in its own State Constitution.

The matters of public debt, pensions, asset allocation, employee allocation, and the like shall be decided by the Resulting States according to their own best judgment.

The Congress shall create a State Subdivision Board, comprised of nine (9) qualified individuals, none of whom may be an elected official of the United States to monitor the progress of the States in implementing this Amendment. The Subdivision Board shall have the power to approve or disapprove any and all subdivision proposals that do not meet the requirements of this Amendment.
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USMBers are invited to submit their proposals for Resulting States.

New York City/State and Yankee Heaven are too obvious.

 

[1srelluc]

Great, real Virginia can get shed of NOtVA.

 

[ReinyDays]

This could be done right now ... any state can divide with Congress' permission ...

Oh ... you want to circumvent Congress in this matter? ... good luck getting 2/3's majority in both houses ...

 

[DGS49]

This doesn't circumvent Congress. Congress has to pass it first, and Congress appoints the Commission that evaluates applications.

 

[The Duke]

This doesn't circumvent Congress. Congress has to pass it first, and Congress appoints the Commission that evaluates applications.

The US needs a convention of States to fix some things before that.

 

[ReinyDays]

This doesn't circumvent Congress. Congress has to pass it first, and Congress appoints the Commission that evaluates applications.

That's how things are today ... except the State Legislature has to pass it also ... that last part is assumed here, the OP does say the state requests this ...