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CHAPTER XXV. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
Parliamentary Law— Defintion An accepted system of rules for conducting business in legislative and deliberative bodies; based on the following principles: Justice and Equality to All Courtesy to All One Thing at a Time The Will of the Majority The Right of the Minority to be Heard Partiality to None
A knowledge of Parliamentary Procedures provides a means of arriving at the opinion of those present, accurately, impartially, and in a minimum amount of time, and makes for the orderly transaction of business.
Order of Business 1. Call to Order 2. Reading and Approval of the Minutes 3. Treasurerʼs Report 4. Communications and their disposal 5. Report of Officers and Standing Committees 6. Report of Special Committees a. State what these are 7. Unfinished Business a. State what it is 8. New Business 9. Adjournment 10. Program
Main Motion A Main Motion is a proposition that the assembly take action upon a certain subject: All motions MUST be stated in the affirmative. Progress of a motion is as follows: 1. Rise, address the chair 2. Receive recognition 3. Make the motion( proper preface to motion:“ I move---”) 4. Second the motion 5. Presiding officer states the motion to the assembly 6. Discussion or debate 7. Put the question to a vote 8. Announce the vote and result
Motions that are applied to other motions for the purpose of DISPOSING of them in the best manner are called“ SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS.” These are listed below in their Order of Precedence of Motions, the first one having the highest rank. When one motion is the immediately pending question, every motion above it is in order, and every motion below it is out of order.
Subsidiary Motions Lay on the Table( Not Debatable nor Amendable) Previous Question( Not Debatable nor Amendable-- 2 / 3 vote) Limit or Extend Limits of Debate( Not Debatable-- 2 / 3 vote) Postpone to a Certain Time Commit or Refer to Committee Amend ** Postpone Indefinitely
** 1. Amendment by inserting or adding words 2. Amendment by striking out words 3. Amendment by striking out and inserting words
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