CLF522
- - AGRICULTURE CORE CURRICULUM - -
(CLF500) Core Area: LEADERSHIP
(CLF520) Unit Title: PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
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(CLF522) Topic: HANDLING OF MOTIONS & time taught in years
TABLE OF PRECEDENCE 1 hours 1 / 2
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Topic objectives: Upon completion of this lesson the student will be
able to:
Learning
outcome #
(D-2) - Identify and list motions according to purpose and
precedence.
(D-3) - Identify and demonstrate the steps necessary to bring up
and dispose of business properly.
Special Materials & Equipment: None.
Evaluation: Unit Test (528)
TOPIC PRESENTATION: PART I: HANDLING THE MOTION
A. There are 3 steps by which a motion is normally brought before the
meeting. They are:
1. A member presents a motion.
2. Another member seconds the motion.
3. The chairman makes the motion pending to the members by
restating the question.
B. Motion is pending after chairman has stated the question.
1. Then the motion becomes debatable.
2. After the motion has been fully debated, a vote is taken and the
motion is either:
a. Adopted or carried.
b. Defeated or rejected.
3. Proper procedure in seconding a motion is as follows:
a. Raise your hand.
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b. Once recognized by chairman, state your last name and
chapter.
c. "I second the motion", "I second it" or "Second"
d. If a motion fails to get a second, it dies for lack of a
second and the chairman will proceed to the next agenda
item.
PART II: THE CONSIDERATION OF A MAIN MOTION
A. Once a main motion has been brought before a meeting, 3 things
must occur:
1. Members are entitled to debate the motion. A delegate may debate
the same motion twice.
2. The chair puts the motion to a vote.
3. The chairman announces the result of the vote.
B. A MOTION refers to a formal proposal by a member in a meeting, that
the assembly takes certain action.
C. In regards to seconding a motion; a second merely implies that the
seconder agrees that the motion come before the meeting and not that
he necessarily favors the motion.
PART III: TYPES OF MOTIONS
A. Motions are classified into 5 categories: They are:
1. Main motions
2. Subsidiary motions
3. Privileged motions
4. Incidental motions
5. Motions which bring a Question Again before the Assembly.
B. Motions take precedence according to their rank.
C. Precedence is defined in parliamentary law as a motion having greater
importance and/or higher ranking than another motion.
PART IV: TABLE OF PRECEDENCE
A. Privileged motions
1. Have no connection with the main motion before the assembly.
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2. Are considered so important that they are entitled to immediate
consideration to all other motions.
3. Kinds of Privileged motions
1. Call for the Orders of the Day
2. Raise A question of Privilege.
3. Recess
4. Adjourn
5. Fix the Time to which to adjourn
B. Subsidiary motions
1. Assist the assembly in treating or disposing of a main motion.
2. Subsidiary motions have a definite order in which they must be
disposed of before the main motion.
3. Types of Subsidiary motions.
a. Postpone Indefinitely
b. Amend
c. Commit (or Refer)
d. Postpone to a Certain Time
e. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
f. Previous Question
g. Lay on the Table
C. Incidental Motions
1. Motions that arise incidentally out of the business of the
assembly.
2. Have no order of precedence among themselves.
3. Must be acted upon before any other motion except Privileged
motions.
4. Types of Incidental motions
a. Suspend the Rules
b. Withdraw a Motion
c. Objection to the Consideration of a Question
d. Point of Order
e. Parliamentary Inquiry
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f. Appeal
g. Division of the Assembly
h. Division of a Question
D. Motions which Bring a Question Again before the Assembly
1. They are motions which call up business for further deliberation
and have the rank of main motions.
2. Types of Motions which call up business for further deliberation
and have the rank of main motions.
a. Reconsider
b. Rescind
c. Take from the Table
E. Main motions
1. A main motion is a motion whose introduction brings business
before the assembly.
2. Ranks lowest in the order of precedence of motions.
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