| Resolution Number: | 2009-A055 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.12 [Of Standing Committees] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
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Resolved, That Canon I.12 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. In every Diocese the Standing Committee shall elect from their own body a President and a Secretary. They may meet in conformity with their own rules from time to time, and shall keep a record of their proceedings; and they may be summoned to a special meeting whenever the President may deem it necessary. They may be summoned on the requisition of the Bishop, whenever the Bishop shall desire their advice; and they may meet of their own accord and agreeably to their own rules when they may be disposed to advise the Bishop.
Sec. 2. In all cases in which a Canon of the General Convention directs a duty to be performed, or a power to be exercised, by a Standing Committee, or by the Clerical members thereof, or by any other body consisting of several members, a majority of said members, the whole having been duly cited to meet, shall be a quorum; and a majority of the quorum so convened shall be competent to act, unless the contrary is expressly required by the Canon.
Sec. 3. Any document required to be signed by members of the Standing Committee or by the Clerical members thereof, or by any other body consisting of several members may be signed in counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 289. |
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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 Canons |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Canons presented its Report #6 on Resolution A055 (Amend Canon I.12) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A055)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon I.12 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. In every diocese the Standing Committee shall elect from their own body a President and a Secretary. They may meet in conformity with their own rules from time to time, and shall keep a record of their proceedings; and they may be summoned to a special meeting whenever the President may deem it necessary. They may be summoned on the requisition of the Bishop, whenever the Bishop shall desire their advice; and they may meet of their own accord and agreeably to their own rules when they may be disposed to advise the Bishop.
Sec. 2. In all cases in which a Canon of the General Convention directs a duty to be performed, or a power to be exercised, by a Standing Committee, or by the Clerical members thereof, or by any other body consisting of several members, a majority of said members, the whole having been duly cited to meet, shall be a quorum; and a majority of the quorum so convened shall be competent to act, unless the contrary is expressly required by the Canon.
Sec. 3. Any document required to be signed by members of the Standing Committee or by the Clerical members thereof, or by any other body consisting of several members may be signed in counterparts and the joined counterparts shall be considered a single document.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon I.12 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. In every diocese the Standing Committee shall elect from their own body a President and a Secretary. They may meet in conformity with their own rules from time to time, and shall keep a record of their proceedings; and they may be summoned to a special meeting whenever the President may deem it necessary. They may be summoned on the requisition of the Bishop, whenever the Bishop shall desire their advice; and they may meet of their own accord and agreeably to their own rules when they may be disposed to advise the Bishop.
Sec. 2. In all cases in which a Canon of the General Convention directs a duty to be performed, or a power to be exercised, by a Standing Committee, or by the Clerical members thereof, or by any other body consisting of several members, a majority of said members, the whole having been duly cited to meet, shall be a quorum; and a majority of the quorum so convened shall be competent to act, unless the contrary is expressly required by the Canon.
Sec. 3. Any document required to be signed by members
of the Standing Committee or by the Clerical members thereof, or by any other
body consisting of several members may be signed in counterparts and
the joined counterparts shall be considered a single document each of
which shall be deemed an original.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #131)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Canons presented its Report #15 on HD Message #131 on Resolution A055 (Amend Canon I.12) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #190)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 15.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 76th General Convention, 2009, pp. 109-121. |
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| Abstract: | The 76th General Convention amends Canon Title I.12 regarding authentic signatures for original documents of diocesan Standing Committees. |