The Acts of Convention

House of Bishops

The House of Bishops Committee on Formation and Education for Ministry presented its Report #20 on Resolution A148 (Amend Canon IV.19.30 Requiring Electronic Copies of Proceedings) and moved to discharge and re-refer the resolution to the Committee on Constitution and Canons.

Motion carried

Resolution re-referred to a Legislative Committee

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #21)

The House of Bishops Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #14 on Resolution A148 (Amend Canon IV.19.30 Requiring Electronic Copies of Proceedings) and moved adoption with amendment.

Original Text of Resolution:

(A148)

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon IV.19.30 be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 30. Records of proceedings shall be preserved as follows:

(a)(1) Each Hearing Panel and Provincial Court of Review shall keep a complete and accurate record of its proceedings by any means from which a written transcript can be produced. When all proceedings have been concluded, the president of the Panel or Court shall certify the record. If the president did not participate in the proceeding for any reason, the Panel or Court shall elect another member of the Panel or Court to certify the record.

(2) The Panel or Court shall make provision for the preservation and storage of a copy of the record of each proceeding in the Diocese in which the proceeding originated.

(3) The Panel or Court shall promptly deliver the original certified record of its proceedings to the Archives of The Episcopal Church.

(b) The Bishop Diocesan shall

(1) promptly deliver to the Archives of The Episcopal Church a copy of any Accord or Order which has become effective and a record of any action of remission or modification of any Order and

(2) provide for the permanent preservation of copies of all Accords and Orders by means which permit the identification and location of each such copy by the name of the Member of the Clergy who is the subject thereof.

(c) When printed records are submitted under this Canon, there shall be delivered to the Archives of the Episcopal Church an electronic copy or version of the records required to be preserved under this Section in such format as The Archives of the Episcopal Church may specify.

Committee Amendment:

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon IV.19.30 be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 30. Records of proceedings shall be preserved as follows:

(a)(1) Each Hearing Panel and Provincial Court of Review shall keep a complete and accurate record of its proceedings by any means from which a written transcript can be produced. When all proceedings have been concluded, the president of the Panel or Court shall certify the record. If the president did not participate in the proceeding for any reason, the Panel or Court shall elect another member of the Panel or Court to certify the record.

(2) The Panel or Court shall make provision for the preservation and storage of a copy of the record of each proceeding in the Diocese in which the proceeding originated.

(3) The Panel or Court shall promptly deliver the original certified record of its proceedings to the Archives of The Episcopal Church.

(b) The Bishop Diocesan shall

(1) promptly deliver to the Archives of The Episcopal Church a copy of any Accord or Order which has become effective and a record of any action of remission or modification of any Order and

(2) provide for the permanent preservation of copies of all Accords and Orders by means which permit the identification and location of each such copy by the name of the Member of the Clergy who is the subject thereof.

(c) When printed records are submitted under this Canon, there shall be delivered to the Archives of

tThe Episcopal Church an electronic copy or version of the records required to be preserved under this Section in such format as The Archives of tThe Episcopal Church may specify.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #64)