Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1985-A026
Title: Amend Canon IV.3.20 [Lay Assessors of Ecclesiastical Courts]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the first sentence of the second paragraph of Title IV, Canon 3, Sec. 20(c) be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 20 (c). The several Courts may appoint not less than two nor more than three lay Lay Persons who are confirmed adult communicants of this Church in good standing, learned in the law, as Assessors.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 514.