| Resolution Number: | 2018-A121 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon IV.2 [Definition of Terms] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Canon IV.2 is hereby amended to strike the following language:
Procedural Officer shall mean a person learned in the law, experienced in litigation and having familiarity with the provisions and objectives of this Title. No Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor of a Diocese shall serve as Procedural Officer in the same Diocese. Every Diocese shall have a Procedural Officer, who shall be appointed for a term of not less than one year by the Bishop Diocesan in consultation with the president of the Disciplinary Board to aid in the prompt and proper disposition of procedural motions and challenges in Title IV proceedings.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 961. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Safeguarding and Title IV |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Safeguarding and Title IV presented its Report #11 on Resolution A121 (Amend Canon IV.2 Remove Definition of Procedural Officer) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A121)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon IV.2 is hereby amended to strike the following language:
Procedural Officer shall mean a person learned in the law, experienced in litigation and having familiarity with the provisions and objectives of this Title. No Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor of a Diocese shall serve as Procedural Officer in the same Diocese. Every Diocese shall have a Procedural Officer, who shall be appointed for a term of not less than one year by the Bishop Diocesan in consultation with the president of the Disciplinary Board to aid in the prompt and proper disposition of procedural motions and challenges in Title IV proceedings.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #48)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Safeguarding and Title IV presented its Report #2 on HD Message #48 on Resolution A121 (Amend Canon IV.2 Remove Definition of Procedural Officer) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #223)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution & Canons, Reports to the 79th General Convention, 2018, pp. 369-462. |
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| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention amends Canon IV.2 to remove the definition of a Procedural Officer. |