The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

Original Text of Resolution:

(A134)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That all units of the Episcopal Church in the United States provide for all lay employees who work over 1,000 hours annually retirement benefits through participation in the Episcopal Church Lay Employees Retirement Plan (ECLERP) or in a noncontributory, defined benefit plan the provisions of which are at least equal to those of ECLERP by January 1, 1989, but recognizing the need for a transition period, no later than January 1, 1990.

Proposed Committee Amendment:

Delete the word "units" in the Resolved clause and insert in its place the words:

"congregations, day schools, hospitals, retirement homes, and diocesan offices."

Add the following three Resolved clauses:

Resolved, That the Church Pension Fund and its subsidiaries be authorized and requested to conduct an employee census of all such employees during the next triennium, such census to include: name, date of birth, date of employment, number of hours worked annually, and similar information deemed appropriate as to each such lay employee, and to provide a summary of such census data for the Diocese concerned to the Bishop or other ecclesiastical authority of such Diocese; and be it further

Resolved, That the Bishop or other ecclesiastical authority of each Diocese be requested to cause such census data for each employing unit in such Diocese to be furnished to the Church Pension Fund promptly upon request therefore by the Fund; and be it further

Resolved, That the Church Pension Fund be requested to report is findings and suggestions for the implementation of a mandatory pension plan for lay employees of the Episcopal Church to the 70th General Convention, together with a proposal for amendment to the Canons deemed necessary or appropriate to authorize the implementation of such mandatory pension plan for lay employees; provided, however, that the Fund may also report any findings and suggestions with respect to other employee fringe benefits for lay employees.

Deputy Virden of Fort Worth moved an amendment to A134, as amended.

Proposed Amendment:

In the first Resolved:

add the words "contributory or" before the word "non-contributory;"

add the words "or defined contribution" after the words "defined benefit;"

delete the words "the provisions of which are at least equal to those of ECLERP."

In the final Resolved:

substitute for the word "mandatory" the word "voluntary" in both of its occurrences.

Debate followed.

The question was called.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

A vote was taken on the Virden amendment to A134.

Motion defeated

Amendment defeated

Deputy Kelly of Central Florida moved an amendment to A134.

Proposed Amendment

In the first Resolved:

delete the words "congregations, day schools, hospitals, retirement homes and diocesan offices of the Episcopal Church," and substitute the words "units of the Episcopal Church under ecclesiastical authority."

The Committee accepted the amendment.

A vote was taken on A134, as amended.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #278)