| Resolution Number: | 1982-A020 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article XI [Alterations or Amendments to the Constitution--First Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted |
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Resolved, That the first paragraph of Article XI of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE XI.
No alteration or amendment of this Constitution shall be made unless the same shall be first proposed at one regular meeting of the General Convention and by a Resolve thereof be sent to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese and of the Convocation of every Missionary Diocese and of the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe, to be made known to the Diocesan Convention or the Missionary Diocese Convocation or the Convocation of the American churches in Europe at its next meeting, and be adopted by the General Convention at its next succeeding regular meeting by a majority of all Bishops, excluding retired Bishops not present, of the whole number of Bishops entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, and by an affirmative vote by orders in the House of Deputies in accordance with Article I, Section 5, except that concurrence by the orders shall require the affirmative vote in each order by a majority of the Dioceses entitled to representation in the House of Deputies a majority of the Clerical and Lay Deputies of all the Dioceses and of all the Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe entitled to representation in the House of Deputies, voting by orders, each having the vote provided for in Sec. 4 of Article I .
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-30. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Constitution |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A020)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the first paragraph of Article XI of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE XI.
No alteration or amendment of this Constitution shall be made unless the same shall be first proposed at one regular meeting of the General Convention and by a Resolve thereof be sent to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese and of the Convocation of every Missionary Diocese and of the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe; to be made known to the Diocesan Convention or the Missionary Diocese Convocation or the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe at its next meeting, and be adopted by the General Convention at its next succeeding regular meeting by a majority of all Bishops, excluding retired Bishops not present, of the whole number of Bishops entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, and by an affirmative vote by orders in the House of Deputies in accordance with Article I, Section 5 majority of the Clerical and Lay Deputies of all the Dioceses and of all the Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe entitled to representation in the House of Deputies voting by orders, each having the vote provided for in Sec. 4 of Article I.
The Committee moved the adoption of Resolution A-20S (Voting by Orders). The Committee recommended that the resolution be adopted as amended by the Committee.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #148)
House of Bishops
On the ninth day, the Secretary read:
HD Message #148 --A-20S, Voting by Orders.
The House concurred
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #240)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 13.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 67th General Convention, 1982, pp. 5-29. |
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| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention amends Constitution Article XI to delete references to Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of American Churches in Europe and to clarify the procedure for voting by orders in the House of Deputies. |
| Notes: | With the addition of a new Article XI [Of the Term "Diocese"], the Constitutional Article formerly numbered XI [Of Amendments to the Constitution] was renumbered XII. See Resolution 1982-A006. See Resolution 1985-A008 for the second reading of the text. |