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MR. OMONAKA: Mr. Chairman. Did you accept that motion? CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Mr. Oda said it was okay. MR. OMONAKA: I thought we already acted on this. It carried by the majority of the commissioners and I think any other motion to that subject would be out of order unless there was a motion to reconsider. If the subject matter is carried upon by the majority of the commission, are you saying that the same subject matter can come up again? MR. ODA: I 'm just basing it on what we have already done. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: The motion is on the 5-2-2. Mr. Cadinha, you seconded this, didn 't you? MR. CADINHA: Yes. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Any discussion on this? MR. OMONAKA: Mr. Chairman. I still am not too clear. What motion are you amending? The motion is already carried. MR. TRULSON: That' s a motion to amend the amendment that has already been carried. Mr. Cadinha could not do it before because your motion for amendment had not been voted on. Now it has been and as I understand the rules of order, you can make a motion to amend the amendment as long as it is in the same vein. RECESS: At 4:41 p.m. the Chair called for a short recess. RECONVENE: At 4:50 p.m. the meeting was reconvened. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Mr. Oda, would you give us an opinion on that? MR. ODA: Mr. Chairman , I can only refer to certain portions of Robert ' s Rules with regard to amendments. I would specifically refer to Rule #56 in regard to motions to modify or amend and the rules do not seem to--at least, I haven 't found any specific rule or section applicable to the question presented. However, there is a--during the recess-- there is a provision that I came across which depending on whether Mr. Trulson ' s motion is an attempted amendment of an amendment--under the rule #56. . "an amendment of an amendment cannot be made. " Now, if Mr. Omoraka' s motion was an amendment -9-