The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Structure presented its Report #94 on Resolution C057 (Amend Article XII) and moved the resolution, recommending rejection.

Original Text of Resolution

(C057)

Resolved, That Article XII of the Constitution is hereby amended to read:

No alteration of [sic] amendment of this Constitution shall be made unless the same shall be first proposed at one regular meeting of the General Convention and be sent to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, to be made known to the Diocesan Convention at its next meeting, and be adopted by the General Convention at its next succeeding regular meeting by a majority of all Bishops, excluding retired Bishops not present, of the whole number of Bishops entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, and by an affirmative vote by orders in the House of Deputies in accordance with Article I, Section 5, except that concurrence by the orders shall require the affirmative vote in each order by a majority of the Dioceses entitled to representation in the House of Deputies.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, the adoption of any alteration or amendment of this Constitution which inserts or repeals an Article, or a Section or Clause of an Article, shall effect the necessary change in numbers or letters of Articles or Sections or Clauses of an Article, that follow, and in references made in this Constitution to any other part, without the necessity of specific provision therefor in the alteration or amendment.

Each duly adopted alteration or amendment to this Constitution, unless otherwise expressly stated therein, shall take effect on the first day of January following the adjournment of the General Convention at which it is finally adopted.

A call for a Constitutional Convention may be issued by the Presiding Bishop with the concurrence of ten Bishops with jurisdiction or by the President of the House of Deputies with the concurrence of the majority of ten Deputations. Such a call must then receive concurrence from a majority of all Bishops with jurisdiction and a majority of all Deputations voting by orders. The result of these votes will be conveyed respectively to the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies according to a manner they determine, within thirty (30) days of the issuance of a call.

If a majority of Bishops with jurisdiction and Deputations voting by orders is received, the Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies, in consultation with the Executive Council, shall set a date for a Constitutional Convention.

A Constitutional Convention is empowered to change all, some, or none of the Constitution. Such changes shall take effect at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention.

Motion defeated

Resolution rejected

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #402)