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Exhibit "A" RULE NO. 14 MOTIONS No motion may be received and considered by the Council or a Committee until the same has been seconded. A second does not require recognition from the chairperson before it is made. [3-.] 2. After a motion is stated or read, it is deemed to be in the possession of the Council or Committee, and it shall be disposed of by vote of that body. However, any motion may be withdrawn by the [ movant ] member making the motion without consent of the corresponding second at any time before a decision or amendment. [4.] 3. Whenever any question is under discussion, the precedence of commonly used motions thereto shall be to: (a) Lay on the table. This motion is to interrupt the pending business temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen and is out of order if the evident intent is to kill or avoid dealing with a measure. So long as the question remains on the table, the decision when or if it will be taken up is left open until resumed for discussion by a majority vote at the current meeting or until close of the next regular meeting. A question laid on the table can remain live only until the end of the next regular meeting, and, unless taken from the table earlier, the matter dies with the adjournment of that meeting. This motion is not debatable. (Example: I move to lav Resolution "X" on the table.) (b) Call for the question. The obiect of this motion is to cut off debate. However, when this motion is carried by two-thirds (2/3) majority, the introducer of the main subject under discussion shall be permitted to close the debate, after which the main question shall be put; provided, however, that the introducer may delegate to another such right to close. The motion is voted on separately from the matter to which it is applied and is not debatable. (Some versions are: "I _ s NO [3-.] 2. After a motion is stated or read, it is deemed to be in the possession of the Council or Committee, and it shall be disposed of by vote of that body. However, any motion may be withdrawn by the [ movant ] member making the motion without consent of the corresponding second at any time before a decision or amendment. [4.] 3. Whenever any question is under discussion, the precedence of commonly used motions thereto shall be to: (a) Lay on the table. This motion is to interrupt the pending business temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen and is out of order if the evident intent is to kill or avoid dealing with a measure. So long as the question remains on the table, the decision when or if it will be taken up is left open until resumed for discussion by a majority vote at the current meeting or until close of the next regular meeting. A question laid on the table can remain live only until the end of the next regular meeting, and, unless taken from the table earlier, the matter dies with the adjournment of that meeting. This motion is not debatable. (Example: I move to lav Resolution "X" on the table.) (b) Call for the question. The obiect of this motion is to cut off debate. However, when this motion is carried by two-thirds (2/3) majority, the introducer of the main subject under discussion shall be permitted to close the debate, after which the main question shall be put; provided, however, that the introducer may delegate to another such right to close. The motion is voted on separately from the matter to which it is applied and is not debatable. (Some versions are: "I