Amend Flashcards
What is the purpose of the subsidiary motion to Amend?
To modify the wording of a pending motion before the pending motion itself is acted upon
Does the adoption of the subsidiary motion to amend adopt the motion amended?
No
Who “makes an amendment”
Only the assembly
Is the subsidiary motion to Amend out of order when another member has the floor?
Yes
Must the subsidiary motion to amend be seconded before it can be considered?
Yes
Your question has three parts
1) Is the subsidiary motion to amend always debatable?
2) Explain your answer.
3) Can debate go into the merits of the main motion?
1) No
2) It is debatable whenever the motion to which it is applied to is debatable.
3) No
Is the subsidiary motion to amend amendable?
Yes
What vote is required to adopt the subsidiary motion to amend?
Majority
What vote is required to amend a motion that requires a two-thirds vote itself to be adopted?
Majority
Can the subsidiary motion to amend be reconsidered?
Yes
What class of motions does the motion to amend belong to if it is made when a motion is pending?
Subsidiary
Name one subsidiary motion that the subsidiary motion to amend takes precedence over.
Postpone Indefinitely
Name three subsidiary motions that the motion to amend yields to when applied to a main motion.
- Lay on the Table
- Previous Question
- Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
- Postpone to a certain time
- Refer to a committee
Your question has three parts:
- Can the subsidiary motion to amend be applied to itself?
- What is the name of the resulting amendment?
- Can a secondary amendment be amended?
- Yes
- Secondary Amendment
- No
Name two privileged motions that can be amended.
- Fix the time to which to adjourn
- Recess
Name three privileged motions that can not be amended.
- Adjourn
- Raise a question of privilege
- Call for the orders of the day
Name three processes of amendment.
- Insert or to add.
- Strike Out
- Strike out and insert and to substitute
An amendment must be germane to be in order. What does this mean?
An amendment must in some way involve the same question that is raised by the motion to which it is applied.
If a presiding officer cannot determine the germaneness of an amendment, what should he/she do?
Refer the decision to the assembly
Name three types of amendments that are not in order.
- It is not germane to the question to be amended.
- Proposes to change an amendment form to another form.
- Converts one parliamentary form to another.
- Strikes out the word “Resolved” or other enacting words.
- Is frivolous or absurd.
- Leaves incoherant wording
Does an amendment require a second?
Yes
Is an amendment debatable.
Yes when applied to a debatable motion
What vote is required to adopt the motion to amend?
Majority
Your question has two parts?
- Assume you are the chairman at a meeting and a member moves to amend a secondary amendment. What ruling would you make?
- Explain your answer.
- The chair would rule the amendment to the secondary amendment out of order.
- A secondary amendment cannot be amended, because an amendment to the third degree is not permitted
Your question has two parts:
- Assume you are the chairman at a meeting and a member concludes her debate on a Main Motion by making an amendment and it is seconded by another member. What action would you take?
- Explain the reason for your action.
- The chair would open the amendment to debate. It would be handled under the same rules as any amendment.
- A member may debate a Main Motion and conclude by offering a secondary motion (subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions are all classified as secondary motions).
