1. ...entitled to one additional bishop.; and
provided further that the jurisdiction or central conference from which
the president of the Council of Bishops is elected for the quadrennium shall be
entitled to elect one additional bishop. At the completion of the quadrennium
of service, the bishop who has served as council president, if not retiring,
shall be assigned to residential and presidential supervision in a jurisdiction
or central conference to be determined, with the consent of the bishop, by the
Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy (for a bishop elected by a
jurisdiction) or Committee on Central Conference Affairs (for a bishop elected
by a central conference), in accordance with ¶612.
3. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon
adjournment of the 1992 General Conference ratification of
a constitutional amendment creating the office of president of the Council of
Bishops.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20557-CO-505-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference