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County of Orange, Historic Preservation Commission Rules of Procedure, Adopted April 22, 1992 <br />4.5. Motions. The Commission shall proceed by motion. Any member, <br />including the Chair, may make or second a motion. A substantive <br />motion (non - procedural motion) is out of order while another substantive <br />motion is pending. A motion may be withdrawn by the introducer at any <br />time before a vote. <br />4.6. Debate. The Chair shall state the motion and then open the floor to <br />debate on it. The member who made the motion is entitled to speak <br />first. A member who has not spoken on the issue shall be recognized <br />before someone who has already spoken. <br />4.7. Procedural Motions. In addition to substantive motions, the following <br />procedural motions, and no others, shall be in order in the following <br />priority: <br />a. To adjourn. This motion may be made only when action on a <br />pending matter concludes. It may not interrupt deliberations of a <br />pending matter. <br />b. To take a recess. <br />C. Call to follow the agenda. The motion must be made at the first <br />reasonable opportunity or it is waived. <br />d. To suspend the rules. <br />e. To defer consideration. A substantive motion, consideration of <br />which has been deferred, expires one hundred (100) days <br />thereafter unless a motion to revive consideration is adopted. <br />f. Call of the previous question. The motion is not in order until <br />there has been at least twenty (20) minutes of debate, and every <br />member has had an opportunity to speak once. <br />g. To postpone to certain time or day. <br />I To refer to a committee. Sixty days after a motion has been <br />referred to a committee, the introducer may compel consideration <br />of the measure by the entire Commission, regardless of whether <br />the committee has reported the matter back to the Commission. <br />VA <br />