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Section 1. Title

The title of this act shall be the "Fremont Regional Park Act" This bill may be referred to as the "Regional Park Act" or the "Park Act".

Section 2. Definitions

1. A Regional Park shall be defined as an area of at least 1,000 hectares which are not materially altered by human exploitation and occupation. The Commonwealth of Fremont shall have the authority to enforce the respect of ecological and aesthetic features of designated Regional Parks.

Section 3. Desgination and Enforcement

1. The First Minister shall have the vested authority to designate Regional Parks with the approval of a majority of Parliament.

2. The Fremont Parks Service (FPS) is hereby established to maintain and protect all designated Regional Parks.
     a. The FPS shall hire employees to manage designated Regional Parks, and shall be responsible for necessary exploration, research, and recommendation for park maintenance and upkeep.
     b. The FPS shall annually request from Parliament funding for the carrying out of its various duties.

Section 4. Inaugural Parks

1. All currently designated "State Parks" in Fremont shall be included as inaugural Regional Parks.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fremont Uniform Building Code Adoption Act.

Section 2: Adoption of Uniform Statewide Building Code

1. All building regulations as codified by the 2012 Edition of the Uniform Statewide Building Code for the State of Virginia are hereby adopted.

2. Any State or locality in the Commonwealth of Fremont may require stricter standards based on local conditions for the following:

i.) Snow Loads of roofs
ii.) Wind Resistance
iii.) Foundation Strength
iv.) Water-proofing

3. Any building or structure which was constructed before 1985 must be inspected for asbestos prior to being granted a permit for renovations or demolitions. The owner or his agent must report this to the local inspections program.

4. If a locality does not adopt a local inspections program, this law shall be enforced by the State of the locality.

5. Any regulation may be appealed provided that it causes a substantial and unreasonable interference with a claimant's land or his/her use or enjoyment of that land.

6. Failure to pay a required filing fee within the period for filing an appeal shall forfeit the appeal.

Text of Code: http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/index.php/va-building-codes/building-and-fire-codes/regulations/uniform-statewide-building-code-usbc.html

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the "Fremont Civic Education Act".

Section 2: Teaching of history, culture, and civil government

(A)  Public schools in the Commonwealth of Fremont are required to meet standards in civics for kindergarten throughout eighth grade through an Atlasian course of study that emphasizes, at a minimum, comprehension of foundational factual knowledge in the following areas:

(i)  History and origin of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia and Bill of Rights;

(ii)  The structure and responsibilities of the three branches of the federal government and our system of checks and balances to prevent abuse of power;

(iii)  Federalism and the role of the regions;

(iv)  Individual rights that are protected in the Bill of Rights from encroachment by the federal, regional, and state governments;

(v)  The structure and responsibilities of Fremont's Parliament;

(vi)  The Fremont Constitution; and

(vii)  The rights and responsibilities of Atlasian citizenship in our constitutional, representative federal system of government.

(B)  If state academic standards in civics for kindergarten through eighth grade require the study of government systems in other countries, public schools that implement the Atlasian civics course of study should include a comparative analysis of the foreign country's system of government and the Republic of Atlasia's system of government, comparing the role of an independent judiciary, individual rights, and limits on government power.

Section 3: Effectiveness

This act is effective starting at the 2020-2021 school year.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the "Pregnant Workers Support Act".

Section 2: Discriminatory and unfair employment practices enumerated; limitations.

(i)  Upon enactment of this law, it is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice:

For an employer to refuse to make a reasonable accommodation for any condition of a job applicant or employee related to medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth or a related condition if the applicant or employee so requests, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer's program, enterprise or business.  An employer shall not take adverse action against a job applicant or employee who requests or uses a reasonable accommodation, including:

(A)  Denying employment opportunities based on the need for a reasonable accommodation;

(B)  Requiring an employee to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided or to accept an accommodation that the applicant or employee chooses not to accept;

(C)  Counting an absence related to pregnancy, childbirth or a related condition under no fault attendance policies; or

(D)  Failing to reinstate the employee to the employee's original job or to an equivalent position with equivalent pay and accumulated seniority, retirement, fringe benefits and other applicable service credits when the employee's need for reasonable accommodations ceases.

(ii)  "Reasonable accommodation" includes more frequent or longer breaks, time off to recover from childbirth, acquisition or modification of equipment, seating, temporary transfer to a less strenuous or hazardous position, job restructuring, light duty, break time and private non-bathroom space for expressing breast milk, assistance with manual labor and modified work schedules.

(iii)  "Undue hardship" means an action requiring significant difficulty or expense when considered in light of factors, including:

(A)  The nature and cost of the accommodation;

(B)  The overall financial resources of the employer;

(C)  The overall size of the business of the employer with respect to the number of employees, and the number, type and location of its facilities;

(D)  The effect on expenses and resources or the impact otherwise of the accommodation upon the operation of the employer.

Section 3: Impact on existing protections

This act shall not be construed to preempt, limit, diminish or otherwise affect any other provision of law relating to sex discrimination or pregnancy or in any way to diminish protections or coverage for pregnancy, childbirth or a condition related to pregnancy or childbirth under any other provision of law.

Section 4: Effectiveness

This act is effective July 1, 2019.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the "Pacific Railway Reauthorization Act".

Section 2: Findings


Section 3: Funding
$10,298,400,000 in funding for the Pacific Railway Act of 2017 has been reauthorized following construction difficulties.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Nebraska and Iowa Flood Relief Act.

Section 2: Text

The sum of $250 million shall be allocated to a fund that deals with the recent floods in Nebraska and Iowa.  Of this, the sum of $160 million shall be used in Iowa; while the sum of $90 million shall be used in Nebraska.

Whereas, the Senate is voting on SB 9010: Fulfilling Railway Promises Act.
Whereas, this bill establishes a useless passenger rail connection along a thinly populated route solely to make a stupid meme into reality.
Whereas, this service would strongly impinge on the rights of the governments of both Canada and Fremont to regulate and operate their passenger as they see fit.
Resolved, that this Parliament objects in the strongest possible terms to SB 9010.
Further Resolved, that this Parliament urges the Federal Congress to reject this idiotic legislation.
Further Resolved, that this Parliament urges all Senators and Representatives who reside in this region to vote Nay on this legislation.
Further Resolved, that this Parliament objects to the use of any funds of the Government of Fremont to be used to finance this ridiculous project.
Further Resolved, that the Government of Fremont categorically refuses to spend a single cent on funding this absurd project.


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Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the PAACCA Funding Act.

Section 2: Funding for PAACCA

The Preventing Atlasian Anti-Choice Coercion Act (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Preventing_Atlasian_Anti-Choice_Coercion_Act) is hereby funded in full.

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia secures to the Regions, and to they alone, the right to regulate all their elections, including the election of their representatives to the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia; and

WHEREAS, that right necessarily includes the power, unmitigated by federal intrusion, of prescribing the manner and time for conducting their elections, and the electorate by which their several officers and representatives may be chosen; and

WHEREAS, any federal provision, or amendment, prescribing the manner in which elections for a regional office, or an office elected by the regions, may or must be carried out, is therefore a rescission of the rights granted the Regions and a violation of the autonomy of their elections; and

WHEREAS, the Senate may not be truly said to represent the Regions, but if its members are chosen by them, according to their own rules and methods;

RESOLVED, THEREFORE, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Frémont condemns the Recall of Senators Amendment proposed in the Senate and calls on the Senators for Frémont to oppose its ratification by the Congress.

FURTHER RESOLVED, THEREFORE, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Frémont calls for the Senate to amend the Recall of Senators Amendment to revert it to its original wording, to allow the regions to continue to govern their Senators themselves as they see fit.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fremont Demonym Ballot Question Act.

Section 2: Text
1. A question shall be put forward to the people of Fremont in the ballot of the next regional elections following the passage of this Act. Said question shall read: "What should be recognised as the official demonym of the Commonwealth of Fremont?", in order to determine what should be recognised as the official regional demonym. The demonym that wins said election, using established voting systems, shall be designated the region's official demonym, subject to a vote of Parliament to uphold the results of the ballot question.
2. The following options shall be on the ballot:
i. Fremonter/Fremonters
ii. Fremontian/Fremontians

Section 3: Effectiveness
1. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Teacher's Tax Credit Act.

Section 2: Tax credit for classroom school supplies

1.) Each taxable year, an individual employed as a public school teacher is entitled to a credit against the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability for amounts expended during the taxable year for classroom supplies.  The amount of the credit is the lesser of:

(1) five hundred dollars ($500); or
(2) the total amount expended for classroom supplies during a taxable year.

2.) The credit provided by this section may not exceed the amount of the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability for the taxable year, reduced by the sum of all credits for the taxable year that are applied before the application of the credit provided by this section.  The amount of any unused credit under this section for a taxable year may be carried forward to a succeeding taxable year, but may not be carried back to a preceding taxable year or refunded.

1.) Each taxable year, an individual employed as a teacher at any public or not-for-profit private or charter school in the Commonwealth of Frémont is entitled to a credit against the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability for amounts expended during the taxable year for classroom supplies.  The amount of the credit is the lesser of:

(1) five hundred dollars ($500); or
(2) the total amount expended for classroom supplies during a taxable year.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Stop Punishing Poor Drivers Act.

Section 2: Suspension of driving privileges; payment plans

1. License suspensions may not be prescribed as penalty towards defendants guilty of crimes unrelated to traffic violations.

2. If a person against whom a fine is levied is financially unable to pay the fine, the judge of the court may allow a payment plan based on the defendant's income.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Parliament Enumeration Amendment 2.0.

Section 2: Amendment Text

Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Fremont is hereby amended:


Section 3: Effectiveness

This amendment shall apply immediately upon ratification, and a special election shall be held the following week for the election of two (2) Members of Parliament.

Section 1 (Title)
i. The long title of this Act shall be, the "People's Medical Care and Insurance Act of 2019." It may be cited as the "Medical Care Act 2.0" or as "FrémontCare 2.0."


Section 2 (Barring for-profit insurers)
i. No for-profit provider shall be eligible for licensure to sell insurance on the Frémontian Healthcare Exchange.
ii. All licenses granted to for-profit providers under the People's Medical Care and Insurance Act of 2017 are hereby revoked.

Section 3 (Execution)
i. This Act shall take effect 1 January 2020.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Medical Price Transparency Act.

Section 2: Establishment of Commonwealth Insurance Commissioner

1. The First Minister shall be tasked with appointing a Commonwealth Insurance Commissioner (NPC), who shall be responsible for overseeing expenses of all medical services and procedures provided in Fremont, and for reporting cost information to AtlasCare and to the Fremontian Health Exchange.

Section 3: Medical price transparency

1. Any licensed healthcare provider in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall be required to annually report the average amount of money spent on treatment per patient and revenues gained to the Regional Insurance Commissioner.  The Commissioner shall publish these rates on an online price database.

2. All licensed insurers must file the maximum price at which they reimburse for medical expenses with the Regional Insurance Commissioner annually. The Commissioner shall publish these rates on an online Maximum Price Portal Database.

3. State Attorneys General Offices shall be empowered to investigate healthcare provider billing practices within their borders.  They shall be entitled to keep a portion of any improprieties found.  Fraudulent providers shall be fined or have their license to practice suspended.

4. It shall be unlawful for a licensed insurer to increase a subscriber's premiums by more than 20% per year. Any annual increase over 12% must be actuarially justified to the Commonwealth Insurance Commissioner.

Section 1 (Title & definitions)
i. The long title of this Act shall be, "'A Tax By Any Other Name, Smells the Same' Toll Road Abolition Act." It may be cited as the "Toll Road Abolition Act" or as "TORA."
ii. For the purposes of this legislation, "road" shall refer to any any avenue of transit, including but not limited to roads, bridges, tunnels, and highways.

Section 2 (Abolition of toll roads)
i. The practice of charging tolls on public roads is hereby abolished.
ii. A tax of 50% is levied on all revenues from tolls charged on private roads.

Section 3 (Implementation)
i. This Act shall take effect 1 June 2019.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fremont Asset Forfeiture Act or FAFA.

Section 2: Asset forfeiture and database of asset seizures

1. No citizen of Fremont may have their assets seized by law enforcement absent a criminal conviction or guilty plea, with the exception of assets which are illegal to to own and may be seized without conviction, or stolen property which may be seized and returned without conviction, provided that said property is proven to be stolen.

2. All seized assets must be reported to the Fremont Department of Justice with the cause for seizure.

3. The Fremont Department of Justice shall establish an online database of asset seizures.

4. The Fremont Department of Justice shall establish a Property Seizure Hotline for reports of abuse.

Section 3: Restrictions on asset forfeiture

1. During a lawful stop initiated by any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth of Fremont, absent an independent and particularized factor or factors, the mere presence of any combination of the following items shall not constitute probable cause of illegal activities warranting seizure of the property by law enforcement:

a) Domestic or foreign cash

b) Coins, Tokens, or bars minted out of silver, gold, platinum, palladium, or Rhodium

c) Tobacco and tobacco smoking pipes, cannabis and cannabis smoking pipes, or Electronic Cigarettes

d) Unopened containers of beer, wine, or alcoholic spirits

e) Firearms, bladed weapons, nunchucks, or brass knuckles

f) Flare guns, firecrackers, or lawful fireworks

g) Pepper Spray or Bear Mace

h) Prescription medication

i) Home Drug Test kits or breathalyzers

j) Locksmithing tools

k) Fertilizer

l) Gas masks

M) Any other item for which mere possession is not a criminal offense.

Section 4: Inventory

1. Any items of illegal contraband lawfully seized by any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth, shall be inventoried within 48 hours by the department which seized the contraband.

2. Any items of personal property lawfully seized by any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth incident to arrest, including the contents of an impounded aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, shall be inventoried within 48 hours by the department which seized the personal property.

Section 5: Lawful examinations

1. Nothing in Section 3.1 of this act shall prohibit any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth from determining the identity of any medicine, pills, or unidentifiable substance, during a required inventory incident to arrest. Nothing in Section 3.1 of this act shall prohibit any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth from inspecting cash to verify that it is not counterfeit or marked, during a required inventory incident to arrest.

2. No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall access, view, or download the digital content of private cellular phones, computers, cameras, or other electronic devices seized incident to a lawful arrest, unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction, or with the express consent of the owner.

3. Nothing in 3.1 of the act shall prohibit any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth from turning on any electronic device seized incident to a lawful arrest , for the purpose of verifying the working condition of the seized device during a required inventory.

Section 6: Convictions and seizure of property

1. In any forfeiture case brought before a judge in the Commonwealth of Fremont under in rem jurisdiction, no real property or personal property which is lawful to own may be forfeited by a person successfully convicted of a crime, absent a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the property to be forfeited had a significant nexus to the planning or carrying out of the crime for which the owner has been successfully convicted.  Any property forfeited by a criminal under in rem jurisdiction shall be auctioned, and the proceeds shall be used to satisfy any successful judgement for restitution by a victim of the crime, or if no such claims have been filed within 3 years of the date of the crime or within 2 years of the date the criminal was convicted, the proceeds shall escheat to the general treasury of the Commonwealth of Fremont.

Section 7: Lawful gun ownership and carry

1. Any person in the Commonwealth who may lawfully own a firearm or weapon and who stores a firearm in any enclosed compartment attached to the interior of a vehicle, shall not be prosecuted for illegally carrying a concealed firearm or weapon.

Section 8: Protection of livestock and pets

1. No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall euthanize any animals or livestock seized from a person in the Fremont region, unless the individual animal or livestock is suffering due to an illness or injury for which it is unlikely to recover, or upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence from a magistrate or judge with proper jurisdiction, that such euthanasia is immediately necessary to prevent an actual public health crisis.

Section 9: Effectiveness

This Act shall take effect 3 months from the date of passage.

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Pink Tax Repeal Act of 2019."

Section 2 (Creation of tax exception)
i. No state or locality may impose any tax on the sale of feminine hygiene products.
ii. All previous regional, state, or local taxes on the sale of feminine hygiene products are hereby repealed.
iii. No regional sales tax or VAT imposed in the future shall be considered to apply to feminine hygiene products unless explicitly stated in statute.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Good Hair Act.

Section 2: Text

1. For the intents and purposes of this act, all citizens of the Commonwealth of Fremont shall maintain their right to having natural hair, treated or untreated hairstyles such as locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, and Afros. As such, it shall be unlawful for public schools to penalize students for the way their hair is styled or require students to restyle their hair, or for businesses and employers to discharge individual employees on the basis of their hairstyle.

2. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as to prohibit acting/talent agencies or museums from establishing how performance artists or costumed interpreters shall maintain their appearance.

3. Penalties imposed on employers who violate this act shall not exceed $250,000.  Rehirings may also be accepted as remedies.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the New Fremont Anthem Act.

Section 2: Text

1. Section 8 of the Iconography Act of 2017 (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Iconography_Act_of_2017) is hereby amended:


2. "APPENDIX C: The Anthem" is hereby amended:

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fremont Farm Bill of 2019.

Section 2: Establishment of Fremont Department of Agriculture

1. The Fremont Department of Agriculture (FDAG) shall be established for the execution of regional laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

2. The Fremont Department of Agriculture shall be responsible for helping farmers with price support subsidies, inspecting food and ensuring safety of the public, providing financing needed to create jobs, improving housing, utilities, and infrastructure in rural Fremont, and improving nutrition and health by providing food assistance and education, as directed by regional law.

3. The Director of the Fremont Department of Agriculture shall be a non-playable character appointed by the First Minister and may serve indefinitely until resignation, termination, or death.

Section 3: Establishment of Fremont Farmers' Fund

In order to protect and preserve the farming industry in the Commonwealth of Fremont, the following provisions shall be adopted:

1. Every State in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall be required to protect its lands currently used for any farming-related activities (taken in this context to mean agricultural activity as well as livestock raising.)

2. A Farmers' Fund shall be established, operating under the Fremont Department of Agriculture, which will analyze and distribute subsidies pertaining to agricultural activities.  This fund will operate with $5,000,000 (five million dollars) during the first part of the program's existence, and the Department shall have the right to ask the House of Commons to consider an extension of the funding, which the House shall then evaluate and either grant the requested funding, increase the funding, diminish it, or terminate the program.

Section 4: Rights of Farmers

In order to improve efficiency in the farming process, the following provisions shall be adopted;

1. For the purposes of this act, a farmer is any person or persons engaged in the growing of plants for private use or resale (excluding trees harvested for timber but including edible mushrooms) or engaged in the raising, breeding, or collection of animals or animal products for private use or resale.

2. No farmer shall be required to join any marketing board in order to participate in farming activities, nor shall any farmer be required to make any mandatory payment to a marketing board for any purpose.

3. No farmer shall be required to comply with any marketing orders issued by a marketing board, including but not limited to price setting, minimum and maximum product weight, product packaging, product advertising, or territorial restrictions on sale.  This subsection does not preclude the government from enforcing laws prohibiting fraudulent advertisement or laws prescribing minimum safety and cleanliness standards for the sale of plant or animal products.

4. No farmer shall be required to withhold from commerce any portion of their plant or animal products nor be required to deposit any amount of their plant or animal product in a collective reserve pool, unless such products shall stem from a plant or animal deemed endangered or the commerce therefrom produced shall harm the producing species in any way.  Any farmer who by such a provision is not able to sell or trade any produce of their farm shall get just compensation from the regional government equal to the value of the unsold item.

5. No farmer shall be required to implant in their animals any form of tracking chip or associated technology in order to engage in commerce.

6. No farmer shall be required to grow plants from a patented seed, unless the farmer voluntarily enters into a multi-year contract with the patent holder.  If it is discovered that patented seeds are growing on a farm not under a licensing agreement, the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction to determine the origin.  If it is determined by clear and convincing evidence that the unlicensed seeds were illegally purchased by a farmer, the farmer shall be liable to the patent holder for the cost of the seed, the cost of court filings, and the reasonable costs of the investigation.  If, however, it is shown by preponderance of the evidence that the farmer did not purposefully acquire and then plant the patented seeds, the patent holder shall be liable to the farmer for all legal expenses as well as treble damages on the value of the crop yield.

7. Farmers on farms employing 10 or fewer full-time employees who allow their child or children to assist in farm activities shall not be guilty of violating any Regional or local law against child labor, provided the child or children are not truants or operating heavy machinery for which they have not been properly trained or work for hours too long for the child.

8. Farmers who own a milk-producing cow or goat may sell raw or unpasteurized milk, provided the milk is contained in packaging which clearly states that the product has not been pasteurized. Ownership includes subscribers to a cow or goat sharing agreement which involves subscribers pooling money to collectively own an animal or animals as well as a fixed percentage of any milk.

Section 5: Effectiveness

This law shall take effect immediately upon passage.

Section 1 (Title & definitions)
i. The long title of this Act shall be, the "Parliamentary Vacancies and By-Elections Act of 2019." It may be cited as the "Vacancies Act," or as "PARVA."
ii. For the purposes of this legislation, "vacancy" shall refer to any instance when the number of members sitting in parliament shall be reduced from the number chosen in the last election, as a result of the death, recall, or resignation of one or more members.
iii. For the purposes of this legislation, "by-election" shall refer to an election called by the first minister in consequence of a parliamentary vacancy (or vacancies) to chose one or more members of parliament, and which does not accompany the dissolution of parliament itself.
iv. For the purposes of this legislation, "member serving ad interim" shall refer to any person appointed in accordance with Article I§8 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont, who has not been returned for the remainder of the existing term as the result of a by-election.

Section 2 (Resolution of vacancies)
i. Whenever a vacancy should occur in the composition of parliament, the first minister of Frémont shall appoint an eligible person to assume the vacated seat ad interim.  They so appointed shall serve until a by-election, called under the provisions of this Act, shall be held, or until the seating of the next parliament, whichever should first transpire.

Section 3 (By-elections)
i. Parliamentary by-elections shall proceed according to the regularly-established provisions for the election of members of parliament, except as otherwise provided by this legislation.
ii. Whenever a by-election shall be required to chose a member or members of parliament for a seat or seats previously vacated, such election shall proceed at 12:00:00 am (Eastern Standard Time) on the penultimate Friday of the month, and continue for seventy-two hours thereafter; but no by-election shall proceed which should begin on the same day as shall be appointed, by Law, by decree of parliament, or by writs issued by the first minister, for the commencement of a general election.
iii. The number of members to be chosen at the by-election mandated by §3(i) of this Act shall be equal to the number of vacancies which should occur before 12:00:00 am (Eastern Standard Time) on the Wednesday preceding it.
iv. However many members shall be chosen at a given by-election, so each shall be chosen separately; such that the voting for every seat to be chosen shall be conducted as a separate ballot from every other proceeding on that day.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Amendment to the Electoral Procedures Act.

Section 2: Ban on running in multiple elections

Section 2 of the Election Procedures Codification Act of 2017 (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Electoral_Procedures_Codification_Act_of_2017) is hereby amended:

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Maximum Sentencing Act.

Section 2: 21-year prison sentencing

1. The maximum prison sentence for those convicted of all felonies in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall be 21 years, excluding those who are convicted of crimes relating to the sexual oppression of minors, premeditated murder, the murder of police officers, or acts of terrorism.

2. Upon expiration of a maximum 21-year prison term, the court of original jurisdiction shall review convicts seeking release and decide whether release shall or shall not be granted on the basis of (a) the gravity of the crime for which they were convicted, and (b) whether the convict has shown positive signs of rehabilitation.  Prison terms may be extended indefinitely in five-year increments.

3. Current offenders who have served more than 21 years in prison, including life sentences, shall be subject to mandatory review upon enactment of this act.

4. This law shall take effect on January 1st, 2021.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fair Commerce Act.

Section 2: Text

1. The Carry On My Wayward Son Act is hereby repealed in full.

2. This law shall take effect upon repeal of the "Go South, Young Man Act" and the "Southern Investment Act" by the Southern Region.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Frémont Missing Persons and Tribal Nations Act.

Section 2.1: Establishment of Department of Justice

The Frémont Department of Justice is hereby established, which shall be directed by an NPC appointed by the First Minister and shall be responsible for maintaining public safety, prosecuting criminals, registering vehicles, licensing drivers, and other enforcing laws passed by the Frémont Parliament.

Section 2.2: Department of justice missing persons response -- missing persons specialists

1. The Department of Justice may assist with the investigation of all missing persons cases, regardless of the age of the missing person.

2. The Department shall employ missing persons specialists responsible for working closely with local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement authorities on missing persons cases. The specialists shall:

(i) provide guidance and support to law enforcement authorities and families in the search for missing persons;

(ii) oversee entries into the database of the national crime information center of the Atlasian Department of Justice and other databases to ensure records of missing persons are accurate, complete, and made in a timely fashion;

(iii) manage the regional missing persons database and missing persons public information website;

(iv) network with other regional and international missing persons programs and the national center for missing and exploited children to aid in locating children who are unlawfully taken out of or unlawfully brought into the Commonwealth of Frémont;

(v) provide public outreach and education on missing persons issues and the prevention of child abductions;

(vi) issue alerts and advisories at the request of law enforcement authorities to activate public assistance in locating an endangered missing person; and

(vii) facilitate training for law enforcement authorities related to missing persons cases, including resources available to assist with missing persons investigations.

3. The missing persons specialists shall complete cultural competency training.

4. The Department of Justice shall send a copy of this act to each tribal government located on every Frémont tribal reservation.

5. $1,500,000 shall be appropriated for providing the services of this act.

Section 3: Erection of Colorado Monuments to Native American Tribes

1. The flags of the following Colorado Tribal Nations shall be permanently displayed on the region Capitol grounds:

(i) The Apache nation

(ii) The Arapaho nation

(iii) The Cheyenne nation

(iv) The Pueblo tribes

(v) The Shoshone tribe

(vi) The Ute nation

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Free California Act.

Section 2: San Francisco
1. In San Francisco, CA, it shall no longer be prohibited for elephants to walk down Market Street unless they’re on a leash.

Section 3: Walnut
1. In the city of Walnut, CA, it shall be legal to fly a kite higher than 10 feet off the ground.

2. In the city of Walnut, CA, children may wear a Halloween mask without having to acquire a permit from the sheriff.  Men may also be permitted to dress as women without a permit from the sheriff.

Section 4: Belvedere City
1. In Belvedere City, CA, a Council order that specifically reads: “No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash" is hereby nullified.

Section 5: Eureka
1. In Eureka, CA, the prohibition on people sleeping in the road is hereby nullified and people shall be permitted across the Commonwealth of Fremont to sleep on a road provided that they are sleeping in a car that is parked in a safe area.

Section 6: Los Angeles
1. In Los Angeles, CA, it shall be legal for a witness or a defendant to cry on a court witness stand.

Section 7: Indian Wells
1. In Indian Wells, CA, it shall be legal to foretell the future for monetary or gift donations.

2. In Indian Wells, CA, it shall henceforth be legal for a trumpet player to play his instrument with the intention of luring someone to a store.

Section 8: Portola
1. In Portola, CA, it shall henceforth be legal to carry a fish into a bar.

Section 9: Chico

1. In Chico, CA, it shall no longer be against the law to go bowling on the sidewalk.

2. In Chico, CA, it shall not be against the law to drive a herd of cattle down the street.

Section 10: Repeal of SB-826

SB-826 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB826) is hereby repealed.

Section 1: Title & Definitions

1. This legislation may be cited as the Drug Screenings Reform Act.
2. As used in this Act, “screening test” means a test of a person’s blood, urine, hair or saliva to detect the general presence of a controlled substance or any other drug.

Section 2.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law:

1. It is unlawful for any employer in this Commonwealth to fail or refuse to hire a  prospective employee because the prospective employee submitted to a screening  test  and  the results of the screening test indicate the presence of marijuana.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if the prospective employee is applying for a position:

(a) As a firefighter

(b) As an emergency medical technician

(c) That requires an employee to operate a motor vehicle and for which  federal or state law  requires the employee to submit to screening tests; or

(d) That, in the determination of the employer, could adversely affect the safety of others.

Section 3: Exceptions

The provisions of this Act do not apply:

(a) To the extent that they are inconsistent or otherwise in conflict with the provisions of federal law.

(b) To a position of employment funded by a federal grant.

Section 4: Enactment

1. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2020.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Alaska Permanent Fund Bailout Act.

Section 2: Appropriation to the Alaska Permanent Fund

In FY2020, $444,000,000.00 shall be appropriated for the Alaska Permanent Fund.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Amendment to the Peaceful Streets Act or Mitchell's Law.

Section 2: Requiring a judicial warrant prior to the taking of an unconscious person's blood

Whereas, unconscious persons shall retain their right to bodily autonomy, Section II of the Peaceful Streets Act (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Peaceful_Streets_Act) is hereby amended:



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Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Freedom of Religious Expression Act.

Section 2: Text

1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer, or an employee or agent thereof, to impose upon a person as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment, including opportunities for promotion, advancement or transfers, any terms or conditions that would require such person to violate or forego a practice of his or her religion, including but not limited to the observation of any particular day or days or any portion thereof as a sabbath or other holy day in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion or the wearing of any attire, clothing, facial hair, or religious jewelry, in accordance with the requirements of their religion, unless, after engaging in a bona fide effort, the employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate the employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.

2. It shall be unlawful for any State or locality to adopt or enforce legislation banning the wearing of any religious attire, including but not limited to burqas, niqabs, or hijabs.

Section 3: Enactment

This law shall go into effect sixty days upon enactment.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Frémont Eminent Domain Reform Act.

Section 2: Just compensation, prohibition on private transfer of ownership to new private individuals

1. Just compensation shall be no less than the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access, and damages to the residue caused by the taking.

2. Lost profits and Lost Access shall be determined by a panel of 3 federal judges in the Circuit Court of Appeals district in which the lawsuit has been filed. The burden of disproving the claimed losses shall be on the condemner.

3. Public use shall not include being used solely for private enterprise, job creation, tax revenue generation, or economic development. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services.

Section 3: When condemnation allowed

1. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont is hereby prohibited from taking private property through condemnation, unless that government offers just compensation and the property being taken is needed for public use.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Farm Animal Confinement Standards Act.

Section 2: Definitions

For the purposes of this legislation, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Breeding pig” means any female pig of the porcine species kept for the purpose of commercial breeding, who is 6 months or older or pregnant.

(b) “Business owner or operator” means any person who owns or controls the operations of a business.

(c) “Cage-free housing system” means an indoor or outdoor controlled environment for egg-laying hens within which hens are free to roam unrestricted; are provided enrichments that allow them to exhibit natural behaviors, including, at a minimum, scratch areas, perches, nest boxes, and dust bathing areas; and within which farm employees can provide care while standing within the hens’ usable floor space.  Cage-free housing systems include, to the extent they comply with the requirements of this subsection:

(1) “Multi-tiered aviaries” in which hens have access to multiple elevated platforms that provide hens with usable floor space both on top of and underneath the platforms;

(2) “Partially-slatted systems” in which hens have access to elevated flat platforms under which manure drops through the flooring to a pit or litter removal belt below;

(3) “Single-level all litter floor systems” bedded with litter, and in which hens have limited or no access to elevated flat platforms; and

(4) Any future systems that will comply with the requirements of this subsection.

(a)(d) “Calf raised for veal” means any calf of the bovine species kept for the purpose of producing the food product described as veal

(e) “Confined in a cruel manner” means any one of the following acts:

(1) Confining a covered animal in a manner that prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending the animal’s limbs, or turning around freely; or

(2) After December 31, 2020, confining a calf raised for veal with less than 43 square feet of usable floor space per calf; or

(3) After December 31, 2022, confining a breeding pig with less than 24 square feet of usable floor space per pig; or

(4) After December 31, 2020, confining an egg-laying hen with less than 144 square inches of usable floor space per hen.

(b)(f) “Covered animal” means any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, breeding pig, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm.

(c)(g) “Egg-laying hen” means any female domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea fowl kept for the purpose of egg production.

(d)(h) “Enclosure” means any cage, crate, or other a structure (including what is commonly described as a “gestation crate” for pigs; a “veal crate” for calves; or a “battery cage” for egg laying hens) used to confine a covered animal or animals.

(e)(i) “Farm” means the land, building, support facilities, and other equipment that are wholly or partially used for the commercial production of animals or animal products used for food or fiber; and does not include live animal markets, establishments at which mandatory inspection is provided under state or federal law, or official plants at which mandatory inspection is maintained under local or federal law.

(j) “Farm owner or operator” means any person who owns or controls the operations of a farm.

(f)(k) “Fully extending his or her the animal’s limbs” means fully extending all limbs without touching the side of an enclosure, including, in the case of egg-laying hens, fully spreading both wings without touching the side of an enclosure or other egg laying hens or another animal.

(l) “Liquid eggs” means eggs of an egg-laying hen broken from the shells, intended for human food, with the yolks and whites in their natural proportions, or with the yolks and whites separated, mixed, or mixed and strained. Liquid eggs do not include combination food products (including pancake mixes, cake mixes, cookies, pizzas, cookie dough, ice cream, or similar processed or prepared food products) that are comprised of more than liquid eggs, sugar, salt, water, seasoning, coloring, flavoring, preservatives, stabilizers, and similar food additives.

(g)(m) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, or syndicate.

(h) “Pig during pregnancy” means any pregnant pig of the porcine species kept for the primary purpose of breeding.

(n) “Pork meat” means meat of a pig of the porcine species, intended for use as human food.

(o) “Sale” means a commercial sale by a business that sells any item covered by this chapter, but does not include any sale undertaken at an establishment at which mandatory inspection is provided under federal or local law, or any sale undertaken at an official plant at which mandatory inspection is maintained under the federal or local law.  For purposes of this section, a sale shall be deemed to occur at the location where the buyer takes physical possession of an item.

(p) “Shell egg” means a whole egg of an egg-laying hen in its shell form, intended for use as human food.

(i)(q) “Turning around freely” means turning in a complete circle without any impediment, including a tether, and without touching the side of an enclosure or another animal.

(r) “Uncooked” means requiring cooking prior to human consumption.

(s) “Usable floor space” means the total square footage of floor space provided to each covered animal, as calculated by dividing the total square footage of floor space provided to the animals in an enclosure by the number of animals in that enclosure. In the case of egg-laying hens, “usable floor space” shall include both ground space and elevated level flat platforms upon which hens can roost, but shall not include perches or ramps.

(t) “Veal meat” means meat, as defined of a calf raised for veal intended for use as human food.

(u) “Whole pork meat” means any uncooked cut of pork (including bacon, ham, chop, ribs, riblet, loin, shank, leg, roast, brisket, steak, sirloin or cutlet) that is comprised entirely of pork meat, except for seasoning, curing agents, coloring, flavoring, preservatives and similar meat additives.  Whole pork meat does not include combination food products (including soups, sandwiches, pizzas, hot dogs, or similar processed or prepared food products) that are comprised of more than pork meat, seasoning, curing agents, coloring, flavoring, preservatives, and similar meat additives.

(v) “Whole veal meat” means any uncooked cut of veal (including chop, ribs, riblet, loin, shank, leg, roast, brisket, steak, sirloin or cutlet) that is comprised entirely of veal meat, except for seasoning, curing agents, coloring, flavoring, preservatives, and similar meat additives. Whole veal meat does not include combination food products (including soups, sandwiches, pizzas, hot dogs, or similar processed or prepared food products) that are comprised of more than veal meat, seasoning, curing agents, coloring, flavoring, preservatives and similar meat additives.

Section 3: Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals

1. A farm owner or operator in the Commonwealth of Frémont shall not knowingly cause any covered animal to be confined in a cruel manner, for all or the majority of any day, in a manner that prevents such animal from:

(a) Lying down, standing up, and fully extending his or her limbs; and
(b) Turning around freely

2. A business owner or operator shall not knowingly engage in the sale within the Commonwealth of Frémont of any:

(1) Whole veal meat that the business owner or operator knows or should know is the meat of a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner.

(2) Whole pork meat that the business owner or operator knows or should know is the meat of a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner, or is the meat of immediate offspring of a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner.

(3) Shell egg that the business owner or operator knows or should know is the product of a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner.

(4) Liquid eggs that the business owner or operator knows or should know are the product of a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner.

Section 4: Exceptions

Section 3 shall not apply:

(a) During scientific or agricultural medical research.

(b) During examination, testing, individual treatment or operation for veterinary purposes.

(c) During transportation.

(d) During rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, 4-H programs, and similar exhibitions.

(e) During the slaughter of a covered animal in accordance with federal and local agricultural code, relating to humane methods of slaughter, and other applicable law and regulations.

(f) To a breeding pig during the seven five (5) day period prior to the breeding pig's expected date of giving birth, and any day that the breeding pig is nursing piglets.

(g) During temporary periods for animal husbandry purposes for no more than six (6) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period, and no more than twenty-four (24) hours total in any thirty (30) day period.

Section 5: Penalties for noncompliance

1. The Frémont Department of Agriculture shall jointly promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act by September 1, 2020.

(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 180 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(c) The provisions of this chapter relating to cruel confinement of covered animals and sale of products shall supersede any conflicting regulations.

2. It shall be a defense to any action to enforce section 3 of this law that a business owner or operator relied in good faith upon a written certification by the supplier that the whole veal meat, whole pork meat, shell eggs, or liquid eggs at issue was not derived from a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner, or from the immediate offspring of a breeding pig who was confined in a cruel manner.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Bob Barker Act.

Section 2: Spaying and neutering of animals

1. Beginning January 1, 2020, dogs and cats who are bought or rescued as pets must be spayed or neutered within four months from the time of adoption.  Extensions may be approved up to six months, provided that affected dog and cat owners present a letter from a veterinarian explaining why the animal could not be spayed or neutered in the allotted time frame.

2. Pet owners, with the exception of breeders, who fail to spay or neuter their adopted/rescued cat or dog within the allotted time frame shall receive information on local subsidized sterilization services and be given an additional 60 days to comply.  Failure to comply after the 60 days shall be penalized by a $100 fine or an order to serve eight hours of community service.  A subsequent offense shall result in either a $500 fine or 40 hours of community service.