The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1985-A007 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article VI.2 [Cession and Retrocession of Territory--Second Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That Sec. 2 of Article VI of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. The General Convention may accept a cession of the territorial jurisdiction of a part of a Diocese when such cession shall have been proposed by the Bishop and the Convention of such Diocese, and consent thereto shall have been given by three-fourths of the Parishes in the ceded territory, and also by the same ratio of the Parishes within the remaining territory.
Any territorial jurisdiction or any part of the same, which may have been ceded by a Diocese under the foregoing provision, may be retroceded to the said Diocese by such joint action of all the several parties as is herein required for its cession, save that in the case of retrocession of territory the consent of Parishes within the territory retroceded shall not be necessary; Provided, that such action of the General Convention, whether of cession or retrocession, shall be by a vote of two-thirds of all the Bishops present and voting and by a vote of two thirds of the House of Deputies voting by orders 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 two-thirds of the Dioceses.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 127. |
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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 Constitution |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution
(A007)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Sec. 2 of Article VI of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. The General Convention may accept a cession of the territorial jurisdiction of a part of a Diocese when such cession shall have been proposed by the Bishop and the Convention of such Diocese, and consent thereto shall have been given by three-fourths of the Parishes in the ceded territory, and also by the same ratio of the Parishes within the remaining territory.
Any territorial jurisdiction or any part of the same, which may have been ceded by a Diocese under the foregoing provision, may be retroceded to the said Diocese by such joint action of all the several parties as is herein required for its cession, save that in the case of retrocession of territory the consent of Parishes within the territory retroceded shall not be necessary; Provided, that such action of the General Convention, whether of cession or retrocession, shall be by a vote of two-thirds of all the Bishops present and voting and by a vote of two thirds of the House of Deputy voting by orders 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 two-thirds of the Dioceses.
The Chairman of Dispatch of Business moved to proceed to Resolutions A005 through A008.
The House asked to consider these resolutions on one ballot.
Barbara Akin of Northwestern Pennsylvania withdrew her previous objection.
The House gave its unanimous consent.
Motion carried
Resolutions A005 through A008 were voted by order on Ballot #5.
The Secretary announced the results of Ballot #5 concerning Resolutions A005 through A008:
| Lay: | Yes--113 | No--0 | Divided--0 | |||
| Clerical: | Yes--113 | No--0 | Divided--0 |
Necessary to Pass--57 (Lay); 57 (Clerical)
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #16)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #16: A007 (Amend Constitution--1982 Resolution A018a, Second Reading--Article 6, Cession and Retrocession of Territory).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #32)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 8.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 3-20. |
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| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention amends Constitution Article VI.2 to clarify the procedure for voting by orders in the House of Deputies. |