Delete current text and replace with the following new
text in 2626.2(a) and (b); amend 2d):
a) there shall be a committee on investigation elected by the Council
of Bishops. The committee shall consist of fifteen (15) elders in full
connection with a maximum of three (3) from any one jurisdiction, five (5) lay
observers, being one from each jurisdiction, and twelve (12) alternate members
who shall also be elders in full connection with a maximum of three alternate
members from any one jurisdiction. There shall be only one member from an
annual conference. The committee should reflect racial, ethnic and gender
diversity. The committee shall elect a chairperson and organize at the start of
each quadrennium. Fifteen (15) members or alternates seated as members of the
committee shall constitute a quorum, and the vote to adopt any charge or
specification shall require twelve (12) votes.
d) If five (5) twelve (12) or more members . .
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