The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

Original Text of Resolution:

(A178)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That

1. The detailed budget for the Expenses of General Convention and its Committees, Commissions, Boards and Agencies for the period of January 1, 1986 through December 31, 1988, as shown on pages 20 & 21, is adopted in the total amount of $5,353,445.

1.1 The funding of this expense (assessment) budget shall be provided by an assessment made pursuant to Title I, Canon 1, Section 9. The Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance shall divide the total to be raised by assessment into annual amounts for 1986, 1987, and 1988. Each year the Treasurer of the General Convention shall compute the assessment for each Diocese on the basis of its Net Disposable Budget Income. The assessment for each diocese will be on the following basis:

1986 (.002412) of the 1983 NDBI

1987 (.002291) of the 1984 NDBI

1988 when the 1985 NDBI will be known, at a rate established by the Executive Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance.

This rate shall be applied to the Net Disposable Budget Income of every Diocese to determine its assessment for each year. The Net Disposable Budget Income shall be the same as that used for the apportionment to support the Program Development Budget for the same year. The Treasurer of the General Convention shall notify every Diocese of the amount of its annual assessment concurrently with the transmission of the Diocesan apportionment by the Executive Council.

1.2 The fiscal year for the purposes of the expenses of General Convention shall be the calendar year. The unexpended balance of any budget item remaining at the end of each year shall be made available for expenditure in the ensuing year by action of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance. Such lapsed Balance may be reallocated after consultation with the Committees, Commissions, Boards and Agencies through a challenge process.

1.3 All payments to be made under this budget shall be authorized by the Treasurer of General Convention only after the submission to him to documented vouchers or other accounting documents acceptable to the Treasurer.

1.4 The Treasurer of the General Convention is hereby authorized and directed to develop and administer a system for the control of the obligation and expenditure of the appropriations made in this budget of the General Convention. The Treasurer, during the triennium, may exceed appropriated amounts only when he is assured that the item(s) being overdrawn can be protected by the contingency or other items in the budget. Any adjustments so authorized by the Treasurer must be reported periodically to the Executive Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance.

1.5 Obligations and expenditures in excess of the amounts appropriated shall not be incurred without prior express approval of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance.

1.6 The General Board of Examining Chaplains is hereby authorized to assess a fee for the general ordination examination. All fees received by the Board shall be applied to the expenses of examination, in addition to the amount appropriated by this budget. A candidate for Holy Orders, eligible for examination and so certified by the Diocesan Bishop, shall not be disqualified for examination because the fee has not been paid.

Deputy Thomas Tisdale of South Carolina, the Chairman of Program, Budget and Finance, moved adoption of Title I (Resolution A173) and Title II (Resolution A178) of the proposed budget.

A vote was taken on Title II.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #155)

A vote was taken to approve the entire budget including apportionments.

Motion carried

Budget approved