Lay on The Table Flashcards
What is the purpose of the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table?
To interrupt the pending business so as to permit doing something else immediately OR to lay aside a pending question temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen.
Your question has two parts:
1) Can the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table be used in the place of the subsidiary motion, Postpone indefinitely?
2) Why?
1) No
2) Because the purpose of the motion to Postpone indefinitely is to drop a main motion without a vote on it and the motion to Lay on the Table sets aside a motion temporarily.
Can the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table be used in the place of the subsidiary motion, Postpone to a Certain Time
No
Is the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table out of order when another member has the floor?
Yes
Must the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table be seconded before it can be considered?
Yes
Is the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table debatable?
No
Is the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table amendable?
No
What vote is required to adopt the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table?
Majority
Your question has four parts:
1) What class of motions does the motion to Lay on the Table belong to?
2) Name the other classes of motions?
3) What are secondary motions?
4) Does the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised list a class of motion called “unclassified motion?”
1) Subsidiary
2) Privileged, Incidental, Main, and motion that bring a question before the assembly.
3) All subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions
4) No
If twenty-five members at a meeting cast a vote on the motion to Lay on the Table, what would be the minimum number that would have to vote in the affirmative to adopt it?
Thirteen
Name three subsidiary motions that the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table takes precedence over.
1) Postpone Definitely
2) Refer to a committee
3) Amend
4) Postpone Indefinitely
Name three privileged motions that take precedence over the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table?
1) Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
2) Adjourn
3) Recess
4) Question of Privilege
Can any subsidiary motion be applied to the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table?
No
Can the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table be applied to main motions?
Yes
Your question has two parts:
1) If you were the chairman at a meeting with a main motion pending, and a member said, “ I move that the motion be laid on the table until the next meeting,” what ruling would you make?
2) Explain why you would make that ruling?
1) Rule the motion to Lay on the Table out of order
2) Because the motion to Lay on the Table cannot be qualified in any way
