Parli Pro #2

To be in order, an amendment must always be

• germane.
• made by the member who proposed the motion that the amendment is applied to.
• short.
• in the form of a question

The subsidiary motion to Amend can be

• applied to any main motion or any motion with a variable factor.
• referred to a committee.
• postponed indefinitely
• laid on the table.

A primary amendment to a main motion

• is debatable whenever the motion to which it applies is debatable.
• is always debatable but not amendable.
• can be amended but not reconsidered.
• can introduce an independent question.

When an amendment is pending

• the motion to be amended may not be discussed.
• debate on the amendment is limited to one speech from each member.
• debate can extend into the merits of the motion to be amended.
• another primary amendment may be applied to the motion to be amended

Which of the following is false regarding an amendment?

• Debate on an amendment is permissible only for the member who proposed the amendment.
• An amendment can be applied to itself.
• The presiding officer cannot debate an amendment unless the chair is given up to the next ranking officer
• An amendment requires a majority vote to be adopted.

An amendment to an amendment

• may not be amended
• may be amended with the consent of the maker of the secondary amendment.
• may never be debated
• requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

Which form of amendment below would be proper to use if you wanted to strike out a paragraph and insert another paragraph?

• Substitution
• Strike out and Insert
• Strike out
• Add

"An amendment must be 'germane' to be in order" this means that

• an amendment must in some way involve the same question that is raised by the motion to which it is applied.
• the amendment must be made by a process called "insertion."
• the date and purpose of the proposed change must be included.
• the amendment must always be proposed by the member who proposed the main motion.

If you were chairman and could not decide if an amendment was germane, what would you do?

• Refer the decision to the assembly and have them vote to determine if it is germane.
• Tell the assembly the proposed amendment is Tabled.
• Ask the maker to withdraw the amendment.
• Ask the secretary to rewrite the amendment.

An amendment is always out of order that

• All of the answers listed.
• is not germane to the question being amended
• is frivolous or absurd
• strikes out the word "Resolved."