Recess - PPTQ Sec 20

A Recess may be taken to

• count ballots.

• secure information.

• allow for informal consultation.

• All of the above

When a motion to Recess is made while another motion is pending it is a(n)

• incidental motion.

• privileged motion.

• incidental main motion.

• main motion.

The privileged motion to Recess is a motion that a recess begin

• after the motion on the floor is disposed of.

• immediately.

• when the member who proposed the pending motion grants permission.

• upon a decision of the chair.

A motion to recess that is made when no business is pending is a

• privileged motion.

• main motion.

• incidental motion.

• unclassified motion.

Which of the following is true of the privileged motion to recess?

• It may provide for a recess at a later time.

• It requires that the duration of the recess be included in the motion.

• The vote may be reconsidered.

• It is "privileged" only when it is proposed while another question is pending.

Assume a main motion is pending at a regular meeting. A member gains the floor and moves that the assembly recess for dinner after the vote on the pending motion. What would you do as chairman?

• A. Declare the motion to recess out of order.

• B. Take a voice vote on the motion to recess without a second.

• C. Call for a second on the motion to recess and then take an immediate voice vote.

• D. None of the above

The motion to take a Recess at a future time may be proposed only

• A. when no question is pending.

• B. if the member who made the immediately pending motion agrees.

• C. when another question is pending.

• D. during the time before new business will be considered.

The privileged motion to Recess has precedence over the motion to

• A. Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn.

• B. Adjourn.

• C. Refer to a Committee.

• D. All of the above

The privileged motion to Recess

• A. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

• B. is amendable as to the length of the recess.

• C. is debatable.

• D. need not be seconded.

An amendment to the privileged motion to Recess

• A. must relate to which members may take the recess.

• B. is never allowed.

• C. is not debatable.

• D. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.