The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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     Since it seems that the Lt. Governor did not attain office through the proper channels, I would like the Imperial Speaker to declare the bill passed. Nothing against you, KS21.
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I understand.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the Unborn Child Protection Act: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Yelnoc]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

A special election for the position of Lord of Darkness (Lt. Governor) will be held at a (as of yet) unspecified but presumably soon time.  If you would like to stand for election to this position, please declare your candidacy in the "Candidate Declaration Thread" over in the "Atlas Fantasy Elections" board.

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Does anyone have any bills to propose?

[Yelnoc]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

I would like to remind all citizens of the IDS that the assembly elections will be held in about a weeks time.  If you would like to run for election or reelection to the IDS Legislature but have not yet declared your candidacy I suggest you do so as soon as possible.

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I see Yelnoc has introduced a bill in the Leg. intro thread.

Debate can now begin on this bill.

[Yelnoc]

Reposted from the legislation introduction thread.

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[John Dibble]

How am I to ensure that my minions are properly armed with such restrictions?

[Yelnoc]

How am I to ensure that my minions are properly armed with such restrictions?

If you remember, you are a high-ranking government official.  Notice the exception to this bil....

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Two things:

     1. Aren't these things all illegal on the federal level already? I have no interest in the passage of gun control legislation stronger than that put into place by the federal government.

     2. Who are we to say that someone that violates a regional law is to serve time in federal prison? I'm not sure if it violates any sort of federal law, but they would be well within their rights to refuse us the use of them.

[Yelnoc]

     Two things:

     1. Aren't these things all illegal on the federal level already? I have no interest in the passage of gun control legislation stronger than that put into place by the federal government.

     2. Who are we to say that someone that violates a regional law is to serve time in federal prison? I'm not sure if it violates any sort of federal law, but they would be well within their rights to refuse us the use of them.

1.  I'm pretty sure that this legislation is stronger than the federal one.
2.  "Federal" was a typo, I will fix it

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The federal legislation is good enough in my book.

[Yelnoc]

     The federal legislation is good enough in my book.

So if this were to pass you would veto it?

And what happened to the other two assemblymen anyway?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The federal legislation is good enough in my book.

So if this were to pass you would veto it?

And what happened to the other two assemblymen anyway?

     Pretty much, yeah.

     Real life can get in the way of Atlasia at times. I suggest sending them a friendly PM when you need their responses quickly.

[SvenssonRS]

I agree with PiT. If this is already in place as federal law, then there is no need to repeat ourselves.

[Deldem]

I'm inclined to vote for the law, but if it's redundant I don't really see a need for it on the regional level.

Also, though this is unrelated, this will be my last term in the legislature, at least for the foreseeable future. Real life is far too demanding at this point for me to participate in Atlasia (as much fun as it is). Hopefully whoever replaces me will be able to devote more time than I can to the Southeast.

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Well, let's now end debate. Yelnoc has 24 hours from this time exactly before this will go to a vote. If he decides to withdraw it in the mean time, we can move on with other business (if anyone has anything else to propose)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I do have an idea to modernize the statutes by amending outmoded language (such as the reference to the SoFA in the Election Regulations). If other examples can be found, it would probably be worth pursuing as a piece of legislation.

[Yelnoc]

Since this doesn't look like it will get anywhere I will withdraw it.

As for modernizing the wiki (and other government docs), does that really need legislative action?  It seems like it would be in your powers as governor to update the thing.

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If anyone has a bill, go ahead and post it in the Leg. Intro thred and we can get to work on it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Since this doesn't look like it will get anywhere I will withdraw it.

As for modernizing the wiki (and other government docs), does that really need legislative action?  It seems like it would be in your powers as governor to update the thing.

     Well the text of the laws would have to change to reflect a change in practices. It's not as if I'm merely rectifying incorrect entries into the wiki.

[Yelnoc]

Since this doesn't look like it will get anywhere I will withdraw it.

As for modernizing the wiki (and other government docs), does that really need legislative action?  It seems like it would be in your powers as governor to update the thing.

     Well the text of the laws would have to change to reflect a change in practices. It's not as if I'm merely rectifying incorrect entries into the wiki.

If you have something specific in mind I will introduce it for you.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Since this doesn't look like it will get anywhere I will withdraw it.

As for modernizing the wiki (and other government docs), does that really need legislative action?  It seems like it would be in your powers as governor to update the thing.

     Well the text of the laws would have to change to reflect a change in practices. It's not as if I'm merely rectifying incorrect entries into the wiki.

If you have something specific in mind I will introduce it for you.

     Problem is, that reference to the SoFA in the Election Regulations is the only instance I know of. Unless more can be found, it's hardly worth passing a bill for.

[Yelnoc]

Congratulations to MilesC56 for his election and SvenssonRS for his write-in reelection.  Now its back to the business of the Legislature.

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Once everyone swears in we can start working. I'm ready to start any time.