* FINAL VERSION - Concurred
Resolution:A012
Title:Amending Rule 12 (d) of the House of Deputies Rules of Order
Topic:Rules of Order
Committee:03 - Rules of Order
House of Initial Action:Deputies
Proposer:House of Deputies President's Council of Advice

Resolved, That Rule of Order 12(d) of the House of Deputies be amended to read as follows:

(d) No hearing by a Committee shall be held upon any matter before it unless notice of the time and place of hearing and the matter to be heard is posted no later than at least four hours before the matter is scheduled to be heard. Each day the Chair or the Secretary of each Committee shall deliver to the Secretary of the House (at the office of the Secretary of the House) a written notice signed by the Chair or by the Secretary. Such notice shall state the time (both date and hour) and the place of the proposed hearing and shall identify by number (and Blue Book page reference, if available) the proposition or propositions to be considered at the next session of the Committee. The Secretary of the House shall post a copy of each notice received on a bulletin board at or near the chamber and easily accessible to the members of the House and to the public and in such other places or manners as may enhance the giving of actual notice of the hearing. If the notice contains a request that the notice be read to the House prior to adjournment, the Secretary of the House shall do so.


EXPLANATION

It is incumbent on the House leadership to take reasonable steps to provide notice to as many deputies and interested parties as possible. There may be methods other than, and in addition to, posting on the bulletin board that will accomplish this goal.

* Note: The final language, as well as the final status of each resolution, is being reviewed by the General Convention office. The Journal of the 76th General Convention and the Constitution and Canons will be published once the review process has been completed.