When referring to a committee, the mover may specify whether it goes to a Standing or Special Committee.

• A. Standing or Special Committee
• B. Chairman Only
• C. Board of Directors
• D. Subcommittee

Answer: (A)

When you refer a motion to committee, you can specify the kind of committee that will handle it. The two options you can designate are a Standing Committee or a Special Committee. Standing committees are permanent groups that handle ongoing areas of work, like finances or programs. Special committees are temporary and created for a specific purpose, then dissolved once their task is finished. The mover uses this distinction to assign the matter to the right kind of body with the appropriate authority and duration.

Other destinations don’t fit this referral concept because they aren’t the committee types being designated. Directing the matter to a single person (the chairman) or to the Board of Directors isn’t the mechanism described for assigning a referral to a committee, and a Subcommittee is a more specific offshoot formed under an existing committee rather than the general category used in this referral.