COMMITTEES OF PINES
The Committee on Representation is responsible for presenting to Presbytery nominations of those persons who are to be elected to serve on the agencies of Presbytery and commissioners to General Assembly and Synod. This committee also receives resignations and fills vacancies of agencies between meetings of Presbytery, and acts on representatives of Presbytery to other ecclesiastical bodies, unless otherwise specified. The Committee insures that all persons have fair representation within the presbytery structure, according to The Book of Order.
The Permanent Judicial Commission is organized and functions according to the Book of Order (D-5.000).
The Commission is responsible for any trials, judicial or remedial, which may arise within the Presbytery. The Permanent Judicial Commission is composed of 9 members elected at large in an equal number of ordained ministers and elders as nearly as possible. The Stated Clerk and Moderator of Presbytery are empowered to form investigative committees as needed.