Examples of State Councillor in a sentence
A point of order may be raised with the facilitator by any State Councillor at any time if the State Councillor believes the standing orders are being breached.
If the facilitator deems the frequency or substance of points of order from any one State Councillor to be deliberately vexatious, that State Councillor must abide by any request of the facilitator to cease raising points of order for a period of time stated by the facilitator.
Procedural questions may be raised by any State Councillor at any time.
The effect of this procedural question being agreed is to disallow any one State Councillor from raising procedural questions for the rest of the meeting.
In these circumstances the procedural resolution described above may be moved by any State Councillor during the meeting.
Issue 4 – State Councillor Eligibility: Ministerial Suspension of Council or Councillor A further issue relating to State Councillor eligibility relates to the suspension of Councils and the proposed amendment to the Local Government Act 1995 to enable the Minister for Local Government to stand down an individual Elected Member.
Currently sub-clause 20(j) of the Constitution states that a State Councillor will not be eligible to be elected or to continue on State Council if “a Councillor of an Ordinary Member that has been peremptorily suspended under Section 8.15C(2)(c) of the Local Government Act 1995.” It is the opinion of the secretariat that sub-clause 20(j) is too specific as Councils can also be suspended under Section 8.19 of the Local Government Act 1995.
If two or more State Councillors seek recognition to speak, the facilitator will keep a list and allow any State Councillor making a proposal to speak first and take any questions from the floor, and thereafter recognise State Councillors in the order in which recognition was sought.
Where at an election under this rule a delegate has nominated as a candidate for the office of vice-president and for the office of State Councillor or delegate to the Administrative Committee, the State Returning Officer, shall conduct the ballot in respect of the office of vice-president before the ballot, if any, in respect of the other office or offices.
A State Councillor wishing to speak must indicate and be recognised by the facilitator before speaking.11.