Petition Text: 22625-CO-703.7-D

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Amend ¶ 703.7:

7. The Annual Conference may designate a person who is a member in good standing of one of the local churches and who is a member of the bar of the state or of one of the states in which the Annual Conference is located as chancellor. It is preferable that the person named as chancellor be a member in good standing of one of the local churches in the Annual Conference. The chancellor may be retained by the Annual Conference and shall serve as legal advisor and chief counsel to the bishop, the Board of Trustees, and the Annual Conference. The chancellor, who shall be nominated by the bishop in consultation with the Board of Trustees and elected by the next session of the Annual Conference, shall serve as legal advisor to the bishop and to the Annual Conference.30

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Petition Text: 22625-CO-703.7-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference