7th Pacific Council Legislation Introduction and Discussion Thread

[PJ]

Petition for a new speaker election.

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[PJ]

If there's to be an election I'll declare my intent to run for Speaker of the Council. I think I'd bring the requisite experience to the job. If there's not to be an election I'd humbly request that the current Speaker, seatown, appoint me to succeed him.

Does this mean you are signing the petition?

I will also be running for Speaker, but if an election is not held, I ask that either myself or Oakvale is appointed Speaker.

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Thank you, Seatown. I'm honoured to accept the appointment as Speaker.

Congratulations speaker oakvale!!!

[PJ]

I should note that if I'm re-elected next session I plan to hold an election for the Speakership since I think the appointment system isn't ideal.

Thank you! It's about time we had some of this sensibility.

[PJ]

Speaker Election Act

Clause 3 is amended to read:

An election for Speaker shall happen at the beginning of each new council session, or when two council members petition for such an election.

[PJ]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

[PJ]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

He wasn't legally required to, but he was following the outlines for the piece of legislation we were voting on. Anyway, I know from prior experience that he supports this. But my word for it may not be valid, so we may need him to definitively translate it. I just thought I would bring it up.

[PJ]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

Isn't that literally what you guys were voting on?

Yes

[PJ]

I have brought the new Constitution to the floor and now hereby resign as Speaker of the Council.

I appoint Politics Junkie as the new Speaker.

Adios, everyone - my time was brief but fun, and I hope the new Constitution will leave a lasting, positive legacy of my time here.

Thank you for this honor and for your contributions to the constitution.

[PJ]

PJ, I'd like to focus on the constitution, for the record. If you want to bring up some noncontroversial bills through, that's fine, but I'd like to keep people focused on the main goal here, and that's saving the region.

Ok I plan on opening everything else once the Great Reform Amendment gets through.

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Title please.

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Here is the bills that need to be transferred from the last council. I'll only open constitutional amendments until the Great Reform Amendment is finished.

Tyrion:

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Jacob Tiver:

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Politics Junkie:

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Drj:

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[PJ]

Do we have social security in this region? How about welfare? Do we have any desalination plants to bring water to places like Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Albuquerque? 

http://greenopedia.com/article/desalination-seawater-can-do-more-harm-good

FYI, I am opposed to desalination for the reasons outlined in this article.

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So I don't forget it later:

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Side note: I'm going to see if we can have one piece of legislation at a time in addition to the Great Reform Amendment, as it will take a long time to get this passed through.

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3. Section 3, Clause 2 of Science in the Classroom Act is repealed.
4. Clause 2 of the Mental Institution Act is repealed.
5. A 6th clause shall be added to the Pacific Capitol Building Act. This clause shall read:

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6. The Renaming of Interstate 5 Act shall be amended to read:

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7. A 2nd clause shall be added to the Infant Abandonment Act. This clause shall read:

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8. The Religious Institution Classification Act is amended to read:

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9. The Give And You Shall Receive Act shall be extended until April 1st, 2014.
10. Clause 2 of the of the 2012 Seal of The Pacific Act is repealed.
11. The Forestation Restoration Act is amended to read:

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12. The Pacifc Council Extraordinary Budget Committee is amended to be called the Pacific Extraordinary Budget Committee.
13. The Pacific Council Extraordinary Budget Committee is amended to read as follows:

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Recognizing the thrilling economical situation of the Pacific Region,
Aknowledging Acknowledging the rising unemployment under that same region,
Considering the cause of these economical malaise the absence of a regional budget,
The Pacific Council,
Creates an specific committe committee to devolop the Regional Budget of 2013.
All Pacific Councillors and the Governor are allowed to participate on this committe committee, to be set under the Atlasian Forum.

[PJ]

Beastiality is a Crime Act

1. Beastiality, the sexual assault of a non-human animal, will be illegal and convicted violators will be sentenced to a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of twenty.

2. Those who are convicted of beastiality will no longer be able to adopt any animal, own a farm with animals, operate a facility with animals, work in a facility with animals, or enter a facility with animals.

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Pacific_Bestality_Criminalization_Act

You could amend this bill, but bestiality is already illegal in the Pacific.

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I will be operating under this until the Council votes it up or down.

[PJ]

I hereby appoint Pacific Councillor JacobTiver as Speaker to replace me.

Speaker, three slots are now open in the queue.

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The national law similar to this has a clause:

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I suggest that something similar be put into effect, here. We don't want people deleting laws and then saying they're invalidated because they're not on the books.

I would like to see PJ respond to this before I start a discussion/vote thread on it.

I have amended the bill to include it.

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The national law similar to this has a clause:

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I suggest that something similar be put into effect, here. We don't want people deleting laws and then saying they're invalidated because they're not on the books.

I would like to see PJ respond to this before I start a discussion/vote thread on it.

I have amended the bill to include it.

I will bring this to discussion when we have the next available slot.

We have another slot open. Federal amendments do not count.

[PJ]

I'd like to request that the Repeal of the Resolution on Amendment Ratification is moved up in the queue. I want to return amending the constitution to the public as soon as possible.

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