Legislation Introduction Thread

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Establishing an Official Language of Atlasia Act

1. English is hereby established as the official language of Atlasia.
2. All government documents shall be printed in English and only English
3. The government sponsoring anything containing another language is hereby prohibited

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Sec 5, Clause 3 should include Italian.  And/or a suggestion that other languages may be offered and counted towards the required total of two.

Italian is neither a significant international language of commerce nor spoken in multiple countries. Euro-centrism in language teaching should be avoided.

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Teaching Chinese, Japanese, and Hindi are very good idea judging by the development of Asia currently.

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On behalf of Peter

Moderator Role and Status Bill
Section 1: Findings
1. The role of Moderators with respect to the Atlasian legal system is not presently addressed at all in Atlasian Law
2. The recent Walterstein case has raised specific issues surrounding IP checks and warrants.
3. The Senate recognises it should not and cannot restrict the actions of moderators with respect to their role as agents of Dave Leip.
4. Article VI, Section 8 states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, communications and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Section 2: Immunity
Moderators shall not be answerable in Atlasian Courts for actions consistent with directions and tasks given to them by Dave Leip.

Section 3: Warrants
1. Should the Attorney General wish to ask a moderator to investigate the IP of a particular poster or several posters, then he shall apply to the Supreme Court for a search warrant, stating his reasons for suspecting the poster(s).
2. The Court may decline or issue the search warrant with such conditions as it feels necessary.
3. If a warrant is issued, the Attorney General may approach a moderator or Dave Leip to perform the search. The moderator/Dave Leip are under no obligation to perfrom the check if they feel it is not appropriate.
4. Any information supplied by the moderator/Dave Leip is considered to be privileged information unless they specifically allow it to be released to the public domain.

Section 4: Retroactive Warrants
Should a moderator/Dave Leip in the performance of their other duties come to the realisation that Atlasian Law has been broken and then inform the Attorney General of this fact, then the Attorney General may apply for a retroactive warrant for an IP investigation from the Court.

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Immigration Reform Bill:

1. All illegal immigrants who wish to become residences of this country will be able to do so in an easy process. The immigrants shall notify the Atlasian government at least four months before coming into the country. The atlasian government will look at the person's background, including criminal record and other records. The government will send a notification back to the upcoming immigrant saying if he has been accepted or turned down by the government to come into the country.

2. Two months before coming into the country, the upcoming immigrant will send forms to the Atlasian government to both apply for a drivers license and for health care. Once the upcoming immigrant is given the health care and drivers license for Atlasia, then he must wait two more months before coming into the country.

3. After the two month period, the immigrant will be allowed into the country. The immigrant must report to the state government within thirty days for notification that the immigrant is now a citizen of Atlasia.

This bill, if passed,  will make the immigration system better. It will allow the immigrant to come into the country already having health care, a drivers license, and admission to become an Atlasian citizen.

lol. Is that a joke?

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Somaliland Recognition Bill

1.  The Republic of Atlasia hereby recongnizes the Republic of Somaliland.

2.  Somaliland will be recognized to hold the lands of the former British colony of British Somaliland.

3.  Dahir Riyale Kahin is hereby recognized as the President of Somaliland.

Already passed, already recognized.

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Anti-Zombie Act of 2009

1. The Senate compels the Secretary of Forum Affairs to conduct a review of the voter roll immediately and remove all voters which do not meet the following conditions:
a) not voted in the past two elections, if applicable or
b) not posted in any of the Atlasia sections 10 or more times in the past two months, if applicable.

2. The Secretary of Forum Affairs shall be responsible to review the voter rolls on a regular basis based on the above conditions.

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Global Treaty Organization Expansion Act

1. The Senate hereby approves the expansion of the Global Treaty Organization treaty entered into on July 17, 2006 with the Governments of Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom to include the Governments of Argentina, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden.

2. The President and other officers of the Atlasian Government shall take such actions, and enforce such regulations, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the treaty with these new member countries.

3. This Act shall have effect only with respect to those countries which have ratified or approved the treaty, and which continue to comply with its provisions.

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Global Treaty Organization Expansion Bill 2

1. The Senate hereby approves the expansion of the Global Treaty Organization (GTO) treaty entered into on July 17, 2006 with the Governments of Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom to include the Governments of Canada, Chile, the remaining member states of the European Union, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway and South Korea if the legislatures of these respective nations ratify the offer and if the current members of the GTO ratify the adhesion of these nations as per the rule expressed in in Article 11, Clause 2 of the Global Treaty Organization formation treaty.

2. The President and other officers of the Atlasian Government shall take such actions, and enforce such regulations, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the treaty with these new member countries.

3. This Act shall have effect only with respect to those countries which have ratified or approved the treaty, and which continue to comply with its provisions.

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Amendment to the OSPR regarding Parliamentary Behaviour

Article 8; Senate Behaviour is hereby added to the OSPR and subsequent sections re-numbered accordingly.

Article 8: Senate Behaviour is to read as follows:

Improper behaviour and the use of unparliamentary language by Senators is hereby forbidden in all Senate debates and votes.

Section 1: Improper Behaviour

1. Improper behavior is defined as personal attacks on other Senators, blatantly false accusations, and lewd conduct.
2. Improper behavior during legislative debate in the Senate shall result in suspension from that chamber at the PPT's request.
3. The conditions of the suspension shall be determined at the PPT's discretion.
4. Following the PPT's decision on the matter, atleast three other Senators must then sign a certification of suspension from the chamber.

Section 2: Unparliamentary language

1. The words 'liar', 'asshole', 'jerk', 'pig', 'swine', 'coward' and 'traitor' are hereby considered to be unparliamentary language and shall not be used in any Senate debates and votes.
2. Use of the aforementioned words by a Senator shall result in a reminder of parliamentary etiquette by the PPT.
3. Further breaches of the terms in this Section by a Senator shall result in consequences to be determined by the PPT at such time.
4. Additional words can be added or words can be removed from the above list at any time by any Senator.

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Emergency Resolution authorizing Use of Force against Terrorists

1. The Senate hereby authorizes the use of Atlasian military forces against the terrorist organization called Anti-Imperial Army of America (AIAA).

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Regional & Local Fiscal Relief Act

1. The $100 billion to be distributed by region as per Section 4 (a.) of F.L. 32-13 (2009 Atlasian Relief and Recovery Act) is to be distributed between the regions as follows on the basis of budget severity and unemployment rates:
a. $30 billion to the Mideast
b. $22 billion to the Pacific
c. $22 billion to the Southeast
d. $15 billion to the Midwest
e. $11 billion to the Northeast

2. The Regional Legislatures of the various regions shall be responsible for the allocation and distribution of funds allocated to their regions.

3. Upon the event of a Region rejecting funds outlined under the 2009 Atlasian Economic Relief and Recovery Act and the Regional & Local Fiscal Relief Act, the federal government itself shall, where possible, conduct or fund infrastructure projects independent of the regional government, and distribute the rejected funds specifically for that region equally among the remaining regions.

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Voting Reform Amendment

1. Clause 2 of the 27th Amendment to the Constitution is amended to read the following:
2. Each account must be at least 25 days old before registering to vote.

2. All current registered members of Atlasia will not be affected by this change.

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Written by and introduced for Antonio V, a constituent.

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Introduced on behalf of a constituent, slightly revised by my hand.

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2009 Foreign Policy Review Act

1. By the powers granted to the Senate by F.L. 32-18: Amendment to the SoEA Role Codification Act, the Senate hereby approves the Foreign Policy Review presented by Secretary of External Affairs.

a) As per F.L. 32-18, the Senate is allowed to amend any part of the Foreign Policy Review.

2. The text of the current Foreign Policy Review is as follows:

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Fusion Voting Act

1. Any declared candidate for any office in the Republic of Atlasia may opt to appear on the ballot for all major parties offering the candidate an official endorsement.
2. Official endorsements by parties must be certified by the chairman of the party giving the endorsement.
3. The SoFA must be notified of the endorsement at least 5 days in advance by the declared candidate receiving a cross-endorsement.

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Amendment to the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act

Section 8 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act is amended as follows:

1. The candidacy declaration deadline for regular elections to the Senate shall be twenty-four hours before the earliest possible commencement of the election and for special elections to the Senate shall be twenty-four hours before the commencement of the election.
2. A candidate for a regular or special election to the Senate may withdraw their candidacy up to twenty-four hours before the earliest possible commencement of the election
2. The candidacy declaration deadline for full tickets of a Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidate to declare shall be twenty-four hours before the earliest possible commencement of the election. However, should the Vice-Presidential candidate withdraw his candidacy, then the Presidential candidate may nominate a new Vice-Presidential candidate up to thirty-six hours before the commencement of the election.
3. In all cases, the assent of both the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidate shall be necessary for them to appear together as a ticket on the ballot.

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Foreign Aid Clarification Act

1. F.L. 12-7: Foreign Aid Accountability Act is hereby repealed.

2. The Secretary of External Affairs shall be required to provide a report to the Senate and the President stating:
(a) The funds allocated to foreign aid, humanitarian special assistance, international assistance and development for the present fiscal year;
(b) Which countries are receiving foreign aid, humanitarian special assistance, international assistance and development; and
(c) How much aid is going to each country.

3. This report shall be delivered at the beginning of every fiscal year and, exceptionally, after the passge of this act.
(a) The President may ask for the drafting of an extraordinary report, at his discretion, at any time during the fiscal year.

4. The funds allocated to the aforementioned programs may be drawn from the budget of the Department of External Affairs, at the Secretary's discretion or allocated by the Senate with the approval of the Senate.

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Cabinet Size Reduction Act

1. F.L. 33-10: Cabinet Restructuring Act 2009 is hereby repealed.

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Introduced on behalf of the DOFA

Amendment to the Absentee Voting Act:

F.L. 32-8: The Absentee Voting Act

Section 1: Absentee Voting
As mandated by Article V, Section 2, Clause 8 of the Federal Constitution, all voters shall have the right to cast absentee votes after the candidacy declaration period has expired starting one week before the earliest possible begin of the election.
Upon the candidacy declaration deadline occurring At that point, the Secretary of Forum Affairs or Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs shall publically post that absentee voting application has opened. In the event of runoff elections, once the need for a runoff election is known, the Secretary or Deputy Secretary shall publically post that absentee voting application has opened.
Voters wishing to apply for an absentee vote shall notify this publically in a manner specified by the Secretary of Forum Affairs.
The Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs shall then grant the request to absentee vote publically, at which point the voter may proceed to vote in the Absentee Voting Booth.
Absentee Voters shall post their votes in the same format as if it were a regular ballot, and they shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as regular ballots.

Section 2: Disqualification from Absentee Voting
Should an Absentee Voter post more than 5 times anywhere on the Atlas Forum in the regular election period, their absentee vote shall be nullified and treated as non extant.
Any person who has their absentee vote nullified may vote again by regular ballot.
Any person who votes by regular ballot after voting by absentee ballot, shall have their absentee ballot treated as non-extant.
Persons who attempt to vote in the Absentee thread without prior notification of the Department of Forum Affairs shall have that vote treated as non-extant.

Section 3: Repeals
Section 6 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act and Clause 1 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act (Amendment) Act are repealed.

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I am re-introducing this:

Cabinet Size Reduction Act

1. F.L. 33-10: Cabinet Restructuring Act 2009 is hereby repealed.