| Resolution Number: | 1985-A026 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon IV.3.20 [Lay Assessors of Ecclesiastical Courts] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the first sentence of the second paragraph of Title IV, Canon 3, Sec. 20(c) be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20 (c). The several Courts may appoint not less than two nor more than three lay Lay Persons who are confirmed adult communicants of this Church in good standing, learned in the law, as Assessors.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 514. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Canons |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A026)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the first sentence of the second paragraph of Title IV, Canon 3, Sec. 20(c) be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20(c). The several Courts may appoint not less than two nor more than three lay Lay Persons who are confirmed adult communicants of this Church in good standing, learned in the law, as Assessors.
Seconded by the Bishop Suffragan of New Jersey.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #54)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Canons presented its Report #22 on A025, A026, A027 and A028 (Canon IV) and moved concurrence with HB Message # 54: A026, Canon IV.3.20(c).
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #134)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 12.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 3-20. |
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| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention amends Canon Title IV.3.20 to state that lay persons appointed as Assessors to Diocesan Courts must be confirmed adults in good standing. |