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15 Comment: This motion is identical to the motion of the same name in Robert's Rules of Order except for the requirement for written amendments to proposed ordinances. 12. To Revive Consideration. The motion is in order at any time within one hundred days of a vote deferring consideration of it. A substantive motion on which consideration has been deferred expires one hundred days after the deferral, unless a motion to revive consideration is adopted. Commen~ This motion replaoes the motion to take up from the table in Robert's Rules of Order and was renamed in order to awid oonfusion. This motion may be debated and amended; the motion in Robex~s Rules of Order may not If the motion to revive oonsderation is not succes.sfial within 100 days of the original deSerral date, the substantive motion expines. The subject matter ofthe motion maybe bmught finward again by a new motaon. 13. To Reconsider. The board may vote to reoonsider its action on a matter. The motion to do so must be made by a member who voted with the prevailing side (the majority, except in the case of a tie; in that case the "nos' prevail) and only at the meeting during which the original vote was taken, including any oontinuation of that meeting through x~ecess to a time and place certain. The motion cannot interrupt deliberation on a pending matter but is in order at any time before final adjournment of the meeting. If a member wishes to reverse an action taken at a previous meeting, he or she generally may make a new motion having the opposite effect of the prior action. Any new motion having the opposite effect of the prior action that is related to the board issuing or not issuing a permit may be considered only where new evidence is presented to the board concerning the permit and all pertinent ordinance requirements, substantive and procedural, including those related to public hearings, have been met. Any new motion having the opposite effect of the prior action that relates to an ordinance may only be considered consistent with pertinent ordinance requirements, substantive and procedural, including those related to public hearings. . Comment: According to Robert's Rules of Order, the moti.on may be at the same meeting or on the next legal day and may interrupt deliberation on another matter. The rule does not allow reconsideration of a vote once the meeting adjourns. A member wishing to reverse an action taken at a previous meeting may make a motion or introduce a new ordinance having the opposite effect, consistent with public hearing requirements of North Carolina Law. 14. To Pr~event Reconsideration for Six Months. The motion shall be in order immediately following the defeat of a substantive motion, and at no other time. The motion requires a vote equal to a quorum and is valid for su~ months or until the next regular election of oounty commissioners, whichever oocurs first. Comment: This clincher motion prevents the same motion from being continually introduced when the subject has been thoroughly considered. Because this motion curtails a member's right to bring a matter before the board, a vote equal to a quorum is required. As with every other motion, a clincher may be dissolved by a motion to suspend the rules. Six months is merely a suggested time; the board may shorten or lengthen the time as it sees fit. In order to give a new board a clean slate, the motion is not effective beyond the next regular election. Rule 20. Renewal of Motion. A defeated motion may not be renewed at tlie same meeting.