| Resolution Number: | 1988-A008 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article IV [Standing Committees--Second Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Article IV of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV.
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...
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 613. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitutions and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Constitution |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A008)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Article IV of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV.
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...
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #82)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Constitution presented its Report #22 on House of Bishops Message #82 on A008.
[Ballot #8 was taken by orders.]
The Secretary verified the results of the eighth ballot on House of Bishops Message #80 on A008.
| Lay: | Yes--111 | No--1 | Divided--0 | |||
| Clerical: | Yes--111 | No--0 | Divided--0 |
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #209)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 9.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 12-18. |
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| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention amends Constitution Article IV to clarify that diocesan standing committees are to be elected by diocesan convention and that provision for filling vacancies between meetings of conventions may be prescribed by diocesan canon. |