Lincoln Assembly Legislation Introduction Thread

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I will sponsor both bills, we need to do something about the NLLC.

I am currently working on a bill to help the fight against the NLLC

Suspended for the time being

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Here's something that I've been working on for a while, though the NLLC is less of an issue, I think it might be still worth-while to debate:

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I suggest that you folks propose a bill modeled after this one that I introduced in the Senate.

Alright, Sen. R2D2, here's a very rough draft.

The Empowerment and Protection of Students Act
To strip federal funding from schools that do not comply with mandates regarding Minority and special needs students. Based on the "Protecting our Students Act" passed in the Southern region.

1. Federal and Regional funding for schools that do not comply with mandates regarding students belonging to a minority group, being composed of race, gender, or religious difference, is hereby revoked.

2. Mandates regarding students belonging to a minority group, being composed of race, gender, or religious difference" shall be defined as mandates, legislative or otherwise, made by the Lincoln Regional government that orders schools to protect the interests and rights of students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender. This also applies to racial minorities, including African Atlasians, Latinos, Native Atlasians, or any other legally recognized non-Caucasian race. Finally, this also applies to belonging to Religious minorities, such as Islam, Judaism, Atheism, Buddhism, Hinduism, or another legally recognized non-Christian or Christian denominational faith.

3. Schools that would violate these propositions that would increase the wellbeing for minority students as outlined in Section 2, whether by denying access to a bathroom according to gender identity, time to pray in accordance with a student's religious beliefs, dietary or medical accommodations in accordance with a student's religious or health needs, or any other religious, medical, or cultural standard, shall be subject to revocation of any federal funding they receive.

4. Accommodations for students shall not extend into unrealistic demands, which may include accommodations not outlined in this act, or any other federal or regional mandate. Accommodations may not be made that give students outlined in Section 2 unfair advantages over other students.

5. Schools that have their federal funding stripped due to a perceived violation outlined in this act may appeal the decision and will be given one hundred eighty (180) days or six (6) months to provide evidence that they are complying with this act. In the event that they are able to prove that they are complying with this act, their funding shall be restored.

6. This act will take effect immediately upon passage.

This will need much debate, and presumably a sponsor.

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Actually a decent idea that should be expanded on. If nobody else wants to do it, I'll start a draft.

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Actually a decent idea that should be expanded on. If nobody else wants to do it, I'll start a draft.

How are you going along with this?

Submitted a draft in the thread you made, but it needs some debate.

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Amendment to the Lincoln Constitution- creation of the office of Lincoln Election Administrator. As I'm not a sitting Assembly member this will need a sponsor.

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An interesting idea, I’ll sponsor.

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I'm finally back.

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L8.10.1: Reform of the Office of Lieutenant Governor and Expansion of Assembly
*Recommended to be passed after L.8.9.1*

1.) Upon expiration of their current term, the Governor shall not appoint a Lieutenant Governor, instead, a Lieutenant Governor will be elected along side Assembly candidates.
2.) Upon passage of this bill, the Assembly will be expanded to a total of four seats, one for the incumbent  Lieutenant Governor and three traditional legislator seats. This additional seat may only be held by the Lieutenant Governor.
3.) The Lieutenant Governor, while in the Assembly, will have the power to create legislation, as well as debate aspects of the bill and vote on the bill. The Lieutenant Governor would also be able to assume duties of Speaker of the Assembly if nominated by other Assembly members or the Speaker's seat is vacated.
4.) If the seat of Lieutenant Governor is vacated, a special election will be held. In the Assembly, an appointee by the Goversufficey sufice until a new Lieutenant Governor is sworn in.
5.) Upon passage of L.8.9.1, (Constitutional Amendment Establishing Lincoln Election Administrator), the Lieutenant Governor shall not administrate any elections, and the duty will be passed on to the incumbent Lincoln Election Administrator. The Lieutenant Governor shall be prohibited from being appointed to this position.

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You can't reach consensus without a debate. Line 3 would never even come into effect, since the consensus called for in Line 2 cannot be reached without the very debate that Line 2 prohibits. So this is essentially legalizing abortion on demand and making it impossible to consider any abortion legislation down the road, except perhaps under UC, and even then I could see a court ruling that a UC request counts as prohibited debate under line 2. This bill needs to be redrafted if it is to receive my serious consideration.

Let me clarify, as it seems like you don’t get it. I want to stop all the confusion around the bills by repealing them. Then we stop all debate on current bills, and we all publicly draft a bill that would insight the best interests of the citizens of our region.

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You can't reach consensus without a debate. Line 3 would never even come into effect, since the consensus called for in Line 2 cannot be reached without the very debate that Line 2 prohibits. So this is essentially legalizing abortion on demand and making it impossible to consider any abortion legislation down the road, except perhaps under UC, and even then I could see a court ruling that a UC request counts as prohibited debate under line 2. This bill needs to be redrafted if it is to receive my serious consideration.

Let me clarify, as it seems like you don’t get it. I want to stop all the confusion around the bills by repealing them. Then we stop all debate on current bills, and we all publicly draft a bill that would insight the best interests of the citizens of our region.

Well, as currently drafted, there are two destructive ways I could see this bill being interpreted by a court:

1. Extreme Application of "All Current Debate" - in this case, the court classifies debate as anything that is or could conceivably be going on behind the scenes as well as what's publicly available on the boards. This is not likely, but cannot be ruled out, and would make it (near) impossible to legislate, legalizing abortion on demand for good.

2. True Application of "Clear Consensus" - in this case, the court rules that this new abortion bill must be unanimously passed by the assembly to be rendered valid. I don't think there's any bill we could write that would receive unanimous support, so again, this would legalize abortion on demand for good.

It would be better to simply repeal one of the bills and move on. Given the extraordinary circumstances surrounding this situation, I would be willing to vote to repeal the 12 week ban (leaving in place only the 20 week ban) if that would be preferred by the administration.

If we must compromise like this, that would be preferable.

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Lincoln Assembly Act

Lincoln Anti-Lobbying Act

I - Definition: This bill is written as to prevent regional legislators and officials from being influenced by or going into the business of lobbying. This will have no affect on nationally elected politicians.

II - Transparency: All meetings with lobbyists must be recorded by the assembly and will take place in an open area under supervision of multiple lawyers to prevent possible corruption. These lawyers must be independent and provided by an outside source.

III - Restrictions on meeting with lobbyists in office: Elected or appointed officials, including Governor, Cabinet Officials, and Assembly members must be approved by an independent commission to meet with lobbyists.

IV- Citizen’s clause: There will be no restriction on meetings with people not associated with a lobbying firm.

This needs a sponsor, as well as some revision, so I hope this assembly will be able to amend this.