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Rule 9.9.  Motion to call from the table; vote necessary to adopt

A.  A matter once laid on the table shall be called from the table only upon the favorable vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting.

B.  The motion is debatable if the motion or matter to be called from the table is debatable; the motion is not debatable if such motion or matter to be called from the table is not debatable.  The motion opens the main question to debate if the motion to be called from the table opens the main question to debate; the motion does not open the main question to debate if such motion to be called from the table does not open the main question to debate.

Mason's Manual:  But see, Mason's Manual Sec. 492

HR 3, 1973; HR 45, 1998, eff. May 20, 1998.



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