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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may be withdrawn by the movant without consent of the corresponding second at any time 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 />