Lincoln Assembly Legislation Introduction Thread

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Lincoln Infrastructure Renewal and Maintenance Act (LIRMA)

Section 1: Short Title

This bill should be cited as the "Lincoln Infrastructure Renewal and Maintenance Act".

Section 2: Establishing the Infrastructure and Development Bureau

I. The Bureau of Infrastructure and Development shall be established and referred to as the BID.
II. The BID shall enforce regulations and laws related to infrastructure.
III. The Office of Infrastructure Safety and Inspection shall be established as part of the BID.
IV. The Office of Infrastructure Repair shall be established as part of the BID.
V. The Office of Infrastructure Employment shall be established as part of the BID.
VI. An Administrator of the BID shall be chosen by the Governor and confirmed by a majority vote in the Assembly.
VII. The Office of Infrastructure Safety and Inspection, the Office of Infrastructure Repair, and Office of Infrastructure Employment all shall have a deputy administrator appointed to them by the Administrator of the BID.

Section 3: Funding

I. All funding shall be directed to the Infrastructure and Development Bureau.
II. There shall be 25 billion dollars allocated for updates, repairs, or replacement of existing infrastructure and for the construction of new infrastructure.
III. There shall be 500 million dollars allocated for job training and recruitment in fields related to infrastructure.

Section 4: Inspection

I. The Office of Infrastructure Safety and Inspection shall be responsible for monitoring the condition of infrastructure and the need for repairs.
II. Infrastructure as defined in this bill includes roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, railroads, public utilities such as water, sewage, and the electrical grid, and telecommunication systems such as internet and phone.
III. Infrastructure should be put into 3 categories: "Major Concern", "Moderate Concern", and "Low Concern". "Major Concern" means the infrastructure is in immediate need of repair, "Moderate Concern" means the infrastructure needs repair in the near future, and "Low Concern" means the infrastructure is in good condition.
IV. All infrastructure shall be inspected every year to find the condition and rank it with one of the three categories.

Section 5: Repair

I. The Office of Infrastructure Repair shall be responsible for planning for and managing the repair of infrastructure the Office of Infrastructure Safety and Inspection deems necessary.
II. Infrastructure in the category "Major Concern" shall be repaired or replaced as soon as possible, followed by infrastructure in the category "Moderate Concern".
III. The Office of Infrastructure Repair shall have the power to hire private companies to complete jobs in addition to hiring government workers.
IV. Local people who are qualified for jobs related to any infrastructure project shall be hired first before bringing in workers from other areas.

Section 6: Employment

I. The Office of Infrastructure Employment shall create an “Infrastructure Job Training” program to increase the number of skilled workers.
II. The program shall train people who wish to work in areas related to infrastructure such as construction and engineering.

Section 7: Enactment

This law shall be enacted immediately upon passage.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Amendment to the Lincoln Constitution - Making the Lieutenant Governor a non-voting member of the assembly.

Article II, Section 4:

The Lieutenant Governor shall be elected every fourth month by the entire body of eligible voters. No person shall be Lieutenant Governor who is not a registered voter of this Region, nor who has been a citizen thereof for fewer than 720 hours. The governor shall appoint the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth shall be an additional non-voting member of the assembly, who shall act as president of the Assembly in the absence of a Speaker, and who shall likewise administer all elections and referendums mandated by this Constitution, except where otherwise stated herein. No person shall be Lieutenant Governor who is not a registered voter of this Commonwealth, nor who is not a sitting delegate in the Assembly.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Lincoln Lottery Privacy Act (LLPA)

Section 1: Short Title

This bill should be cited as the "Lincoln Lottery Privacy Act".

Section 2: Procedure

1. The prize winner shall not have to disclose their name publicly to collect their winnings.
2. Lottery authorities shall not release the winner's name or any other identifying information without the winner's consent to the public.
3. The prize winner's identity should only be released to investigators in the case of possible fraud or other illegal activity.

Section 3: Enactment

This law shall be enacted immediately upon passage.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Amendment to the Lincoln Constitution - Making the Governor have a term of three months.

Article II, Section 2:

The Governor shall be elected every third fourth month by the entire body of eligible voters. No person shall be Governor who is not a registered voter of this Region, nor who has been a citizen thereof for fewer than 720 hours.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

This bill shall be called the Lincoln Government Transparency Act.

Section 1. Framework
i. All elected officials in the Assembly must make all motions pertaining to the status of a bill, such as a motion for a final vote, a motion to offer an amendment, a motion for cloture, a motion to table, or any motion changing the status of debate on a bill in the "Regional Governments" sub-board of the "Atlas Fantasy Government" board on the Atlas Forum.
ii. All votes recorded for a bill in the Assembly must be recorded in the bill's thread on the Atlas Forum in the "Regional Governments" sub-board of the "Atlas Fantasy Government" board on the Atlas Forum.
iii. All bills introduced in the Assembly must be introduced in the designated thread in the "Regional Governments" sub-board of the "Atlas Fantasy Government" board on the Atlas Forum.

Section 2. Implementation
i. This bill shall take immediate effect immediately.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Here is this bill that I would like for someone in the Lincoln regional government to sponsor.

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Sponsored.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Would someone sponsor this for me please?

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[Esteemed Jimmy]

Distracted Driving Prevention Act

Section 1: Short Title

This bill should be cited as the “Distracted Driving Prevention Act”.

Section 2: Definition

A distracted driver shall be defined as any person who is using a cellular device while driving, except if the person is making a phone call to emergency services or engaging in hands-free use of GPS or a direction-finding application.

Section 3: Violations

i. Any distracted driver discovered by a law enforcement shall be ticketed.
ii. On the first distracted driving violation, the violator shall pay a fine of $150.
iii. On the second distracted driving violation, the violator shall pay a fine of $250
iv. On the third distracted driving violation, the violator shall have his or her driver's license suspended for three months, and must pay a fine of $500.
v. On the fourth distracted driving violation and every violation thereafter, the violator shall lose his or her present driver's license and may only reapply one year later, and must pay a fine of $750.

Section 4: Enactment

This law shall be enacted immediately upon passage.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Eminent Domain Reform Act

Section 1: Short Title

This bill should be cited as the “Eminent Domain Reform Act”.

Section 2: Requirements

The Lincoln Regional Government, and any State or local government within the region, is hereby prohibited from taking private property without giving just compensation, and is hereby prohibited from transferring ownership of property gained through eminent domain to another private individual.

Section 3: Enactment

This law shall be enacted immediately upon passage.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Police Body Camera Act

Section 1: Short Title

This bill should be cited as the “Police Body Camera Act”.

Section 2: Requirements

i. All police officers employed within the Lincoln Region of Atlasia must wear body cameras at all times to record their actives while on duty.
ii. Police departments shall have the right to set their own punishments for police officers who do not wear their body cameras at all times.
iii. Local police departments shall pay for the body cameras, but if they are unable to afford them, the region will cover part or all of the costs associated with them.
iv. Any police department who does not purchase and implement body cameras within one year of this law's passage will pay a $5,000 fine every year in which the cameras are not in place.
v. Any police officer who purposefully destroys their body cameras due to wrongdoing will face obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence charges.

vi. Any criminal who purposefully destroys an officer's body camera due to wrongdoing will face obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence charges.
vii. All police officer body cameras can be used as evidence in any case which involves the police officer in question.

Section 3: Enactment

This law shall be enacted immediately upon passage.