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EXHIBIT A <br /> RULE NO. 14 <br /> MOTIONS <br /> 1. No motion may be received and considered by the Council or a Committee until <br /> the same has been seconded. <br /> 2. No floor amendment to a bill or resolution shall be considered unless a written <br /> copy of the amended version has been presented to the County Clerk for preparation and <br /> distribution to each Council Member present. However, a floor amendment may be verbal if <br /> limited to correction of manifest clerical or typographical errors or errors in numbering, spelling, <br /> capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and gender terms, provided that the correction will not <br /> alter the meaning or effect of the underlying bill or resolution. <br /> 3. After a motion is stated or read, it is deemed to be in the possession of the <br /> Council or Committee, and it shall be disposed of by vote of that body. However, any motion <br /> may be withdrawn by the movant without consent of the corresponding second at any time <br /> before a decision or amendment. <br /> 4. Whenever any question is under discussion, the precedence of motions thereto <br /> shall be to: <br /> (a) Lay on the table. <br /> (b) The previous question. <br /> (c) Postpone to a certain time. <br /> (d) Commit (or refer). <br /> (e) Amend. <br /> (f) Postpone indefinitely. <br /> (g) Close file on subject matter. <br /> The first two motions shall be decided without debate. <br /> 5. Previous Question. The object of a motion for the previous question is to cut off <br /> debate. However, when this motion is carried by two- thirds (2/3) majority, the introducer of <br /> the main subject under discussion shall be permitted to close the debate, after which the main <br /> question shall be put; provided, however, that the introducer may delegate to another such <br /> right to close. <br /> 3 <br />