Petition Text: 20200-CO-505-D

Understanding Petition Numbers

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Delete ¶505 and replace with new text:

Bishops in Jurisdictions and Central Conferences.----1. In Jurisdictions and Central Conferences, the number of bishops shall be determined on the basis of missional needs:

a) Jurisdictions.----Approved by the Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy, Jurisdictional Conference and the General Conference upon such recommendation as may originate from one or more of the following from within the jurisdiction:

an annual conference

an episcopal area

the College of Bishops

the jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy.

b) Central Conferences.----Approved by the General Conference on recommendation of the Commission on Central Conference Affairs.

2. This legislation shall be effective immediately upon its adoption by the 1996 General Conference.

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Petition Text: 20200-CO-505-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference