| Resolution Number: | 1985-D001 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article IV [Standing Committees--First Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Article IV of the Constitution be amended as follows:
In every Diocese a Standing Committee shall be appointed elected by the Convention thereof, except that provision for filling vacancies between meetings of the Convention may be prescribed by the Canons of the respective Dioceses. When there is a Bishop in charge of the Diocese, the Standing Committee shall be his Council of Advice. If there be no Bishop or Bishop Coadjutor or Suffragan Bishop canonically authorized to act, the Standing Committee shall be the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese for all purposes declared by the General Convention. The rights and duties of the Standing Committee, except as provided in the Constitution and Canons of the General Convention, may be prescribed by the Canons of the respective Dioceses.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 202. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Constitution |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D001)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Article IV of the Constitution be amended in the last sentence by inserting the phrase: including the filling of vacancies between "duties" and "of."
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In the first sentence, amend to read:
"In every Diocese a Standing Committee shall be appointed elected by the Convention thereof, except that provision for filling vacancies between Conventions may be prescribed by the Canons of the respective Dioceses."
Make no change in the last sentence of Article IV of the Constitution.
Deputy Lockwood of Hawaii moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
Change "Conventions" to "the meetings of Convention."
Motion carried
Amendment adopted
The previous question was called.
Debate terminated.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #111)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #111: D001 Amended (Amend Article IV of Constitution Concerning Standing Committee Vacancies).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #142)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 12.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention amends Constitution Article IV to clarify that diocesan standing committees are to be elected by diocesan conventions and that vacancies between meetings of said conventions may be prescribed by diocesan Canons. |
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