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AMENDMENTS

PRESBYTERIES

BCO Amendments

sent to the Presbyteries by the 52nd General Assembly

 

58

Presbyteries needed to pass

 

These numbers reflect the votes that have been certified and submitted to the AC Office by the Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries.

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    For Against
Item 1 Amend BCO 8-4, 20-1, 21-1, and 23-1 for the calling and dissolution of TE relationships for Needful Works 0 0
Item 2 Amend BCO 12-3 so that a Session may elect one of its members as moderator in judicial cases 0 0
Item 3 Amend BCO 15-5.c to clarify the handling of SJC minority decisions by GA 0 0
Item 4 Amend BCO 18-2 to allow flexibility on applications to come under care 0 0
Item 5 Amend BCO 24-1 to require REs and deacons to state confessional differences 0 0
Item 6 Amend BCO 24-1 to clarify a Session’s role in examining officer nominees 0 0
Item 7 Amend BCO 31-10 to require vote of the entire court to suspend an officer’s official functions during process 0 0
Item 8 Amend BCO 35-9 to require recording all parts of a trial 0 0
Item 9 Amend BCO 36-4 to add language for the administration of definite suspension from office 0 0
Item 10 Amend BCO 36-5 to conform the language to BCO 37-3 regarding suspension from office 0 0
Item 11 Amend BCO 36-8 and 42-2 to provide for elevation of a censure without an entirely new trial 0 0
Item 12 Amend BCO 41-3 to allow supplemental judges for a Session trial 0 0
Item 13 Amend BCO 57-2 regarding the examination of young persons for admission to the sealing ordinances 0 0

 

 

    For Against Abstain
Item 1 Amend BCO 8-4, 20-1, 21-1, and 23-1 for the calling and dissolution of TE relationships for Needful Works 1708^ 28  
Item 2 Amend BCO 12-3 so that a Session may elect one of its members as moderator in judicial cases 1708^ 28  
Item 3 Amend BCO 15-5.c to clarify the handling of SJC minority decisions by GA 1708^ 28  
Item 4 Amend BCO 18-2 to allow flexibility on applications to come under care 1708^ 28  
Item 5 Amend BCO 24-1 to require REs and deacons to state confessional differences 1243 507  
Item 6 Amend BCO 24-1 to clarify a Session’s role in examining officer nominees 935 678  
Item 7 Amend BCO 31-10 to require vote of the entire court to suspend an officer’s official functions during process 110* 12 2
Item 8 Amend BCO 35-9 to require recording all parts of a trial 1708^ 28  
Item 9 Amend BCO 36-4 to add language for the administration of definite suspension from office 1708^ 28  
Item 10 Amend BCO 36-5 to conform the language to BCO 37-3 regarding suspension from office 1708^ 28  
Item 11 Amend BCO 36-8 and 42-2 to provide for elevation of a censure without an entirely new trial 102* 17 7
Item 12 Amend BCO 41-3 to allow supplemental judges for a Session trial 64* 49 8
Item 13 Amend BCO 57-2 regarding the examination of young persons for admission to the sealing ordinances 1022 650  

*This is the vote by the Overtures Committee since GA did not take a counted vote on the item.

^This item was part of the in gross (omnibus) motion.