Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1982-A024
Title: Amend Canon I.8.7 [Diocesan Representatives to the Provincial Synod]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That Title I, Canon 8, Section 7 be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 7. Each Diocese within the Province shall be entitled to representation in the provincial House of Deputies by Presbyters or Deacons canonically resident in the Diocese, and Lay Persons, communicants of this Church having domicile in good standing in the Diocese, but not necessarily domiciled in the Diocese, in such number as the Provincial Synod, by Ordinance, may provide. Each Diocese shall determine the manner in which its Deputies shall be chosen.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-32.