The presence of one-third of the membership of either house constitutes a quorum and deliberations are in public unless at least two-thirds of those present agree otherwise.
32.
Five members of the board must meet in order to constitute a quorum, and the meeting must be chaired by the governor, or the deputy governor in his absence.
33.
However, if a lay judge is unable to attend after a main hearing has commenced, the bench constitutes a quorum with one legally qualified judge and two lay judges.
34.
If one of the legally qualified judges or one of the lay judges are prevented from adjudicating after the commencement of the main hearing, the bench nevertheless constitutes a quorum.
35.
The absences have led to a bizarre situation : Two commissioners constitute a quorum, and meetings of quorums constitute deliberations that must be open to the public and subject to official procedures.
36.
Basically, if a majority of members gather in one spot for example three members of a five-member board who have lunch together and discuss board business that constitutes a quorum.
37.
Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom would constitute a quorum.
38.
Was well attended a full quorum being present, including 23 members of the Upper and 77 of the Lower House; 19 of the former and 68 of the latter constitute a quorum.
39.
After two of the quorum-busting legislators were arrested and confined to the House chamber, the radicals argued this constituted a quorum, and pushed through the vote in favor ratifying the amendment.
40.
They also revised the rules so that one-third of the board-- or just two members-- would constitute a quorum and a majority vote of the directors present could transact business.
