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Lincoln Defensive Counter Act

Section I: Preamble

Recently, the South has begun to unfairly attract Yankee businesses unanimously. This is an unfair travesty of one region thinking it can do whatever it wishes. This is an attack on not just the ethics and precedent of the Federal government or the other two regions, but the citizens of Atlasia of a whole. To combat this, I ask the committee to —preferably in a United and Unanimous Front — to move with speed with a counter

Section II: Recouping lost profits

1. To regain any lost revenue, the Region of Lincoln shall
    a. Disestablish Business taxes for businesses leaving the South and settling in Lincoln for seven   
        years, then a tax rate of just 30% of the current Lincoln corporate tax for ten years
           I. Further incentives activated from the Southern government will be met by a 15% positive difference
    b. Property belonging to any of the current instigators of S.19.2-21: Southern Investment Act or
        any future pro-Southern theft in the Lincoln region will be appropriated without compensation.
          I. To be eligible, one must approve of such acts or actions
    c. A 5% Tariff rate shall be applied to all goods from the Southern Region

Section III: Legal action from all angles

1. The Region of Lincoln shall sue the government of the South for the repeal of S.19.2-21: Southern Investment Act for unfair treatment
2. The government of Lincoln shall seek penalties on the ringleaders of this amendment for treason and sedition against Atlasia

Section IV: Further pressures

1. The distribution, production, and ownership of any Southern memorabilia is hereby illegal
     a. Southern memorabilia is defined as
         I. Any iteration of the flags of the South
         II. Trinkets that glorify the South in any way
         III. Inter-regional memorabilia commemorating Southern sub-units
               1. Does not apply to Indigenous and/or African-American symbology
      b. Punishment will
          I. range from a $5,000–15,000 fine
          II. 10 years in prison without parole
2. The instigators are
     a.barred from entering Lincoln for the remainder of this crisis
     
3. The National Guard will be impacted for the time of this crisis by
    a. Being mobilized on the Southern-Lincoln border
    b. Being allocated a 40% increase in current funding
    c. Firing any employees deemed a security risk to Lincoln by the exhibition of Southern support
 4. The Home Front will be energized with a
     a. Increase in Lincoln spending on the arts with regards to our contribution to the 1861-5 civil war of 20%
     b. Clear communication with the press
5. All treaties signed with the South by the Lincoln government still active are hereby nullified.
Section V: Enactment policies

1. This act takes effect ten days from the enactment of the S.19.2-21: Southern Investment Act
    a. Will expire or not he enacted if S.19.2-21: Southern Investment Act and any other
         act against the rest of the country is repealed

I understand the drive behind this legislation, but it just goes way too far. We should definitely look toward bringing about a fair solution to this problem that ensures there's no bad blood between regions.

This amendment will be left inactive if the South stops their own aggravations against Lincoln.

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Public Space Reclamation Act

Section I: Homeless Liberation

1. The Region of Lincoln shall ensure fair housing to the homeless by the establishment of the Department of Landless People (D.P.L.)
    a. The budget for the department shall be 3% of the annual Lincoln budget
    b. The department shall ensure that the needs of the Homeless are ensured
        I. 35% of the budget shall be designated for nutritional needs of the homeless
        II. 40% of the budget shall be taking care of housing concerns
             1. The creation of public homeless shelters (40%)
             2. Sanitation and inspection control (60%)
             3. In no way, when faced with crowded conditions and need of supply, shall the government of Lincoln pay for rent
       c. In crowded conditions among a lack of supply, homeless and landless people shall be sent to vacant private housing
            I. Taking up 10% of each building unit
            II. Kicking out renters for room is deemed a breach of protocol
                1. Punishable by a $5,000 fine
        d. The D.L.P. shall be run as a rotating collective
             1. In which each collective body is split based on ZIP codes
             2. The head chair shall be decided on a Raffle
             3. Picked chairs from each individual Zip Cope shall be placed on the bottom of the list
             4. Each branch shall include at least 50% currently homeless people
2. The Region of Lincoln shall allocate 35% of its Luxury Tax to pay for the establishment of subsidized
    housing for the landless people of Lincoln
3. Any vagrancy or squatting laws in Lincoln are hereby abolished
4. Anti-homeless architecture is hereby deemed illegal in Lincoln
   a. Such as
        I. Spikes on public property clearly in reach of a possible sleeping area
        II. Middle handles on benches or other flat space on public property

Section II: Establishments of Party Towns
1. The Region of Lincoln shall issue permits for festivities, carnivals, raves, and other fun activities on 25% of currently vacant lots not owned by the public or private sources
      a. These “Party Towns” shall abide by all regulations established on official areas of the public
           I. Sanitation laws, zoning, etc.
      b. The tickets and pricing available will be fully subsidized by the government
      c. Third party businesses will be able to operate on the lots
           I. Must employ no more than thirty people
           II. Pricing will be negotiated beforehand with the government
           III. Half of the private businesses shall be run by Carnies and street performers that are given permits
            IV. Music venues shall be ran accordingly with those selected by a team in the Atlasian Public Radio.
        d. The Party Towns shall be run every three years
        e. The Party Towns shall only occur on the poorest 8% of statistical areas
Section III: initiation

1. This act takes effect on June 28^th, 2024

What an awful bill.
Also  atlas autolog out lol.

3% of Lincolns budget for around 200k homeless means 100k+ spent per homeless person. Absurd.

Also lol at Property owners property being temporarily confiscated by the government for the crime of having it empty. I fail to see how this isn't worse than civil asset forfeiture .I would never want to give a home I own to a meth head or mentally ill person without a significant premium/security deposit due to the likelihood of a house value drop.


Why is squatting legalized? You don't have a right to use another's property although I wouldn't mind this being decriminalized for pure land use such as a forest or a empty lot.

Mostly fine with the anti homeless architecture ban provided private individuals can still scare away homeless people.
Also its one thing to subsidize one's needs but now we have to subsidize their parties.

Confiscate people's houses for being empty, but dont even think of suggesting borrowing empty legislative slots if the bill author doesnt have the right letter next to their name.

My main purpose of this amendment was to gage how the atmosphere would be like and to begin crafting a more passable bill in debate. I would be open to any and all suggestions when we get there.

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Regarding the Lincoln Defensive Counter Act, I have to say it is a blatantly unconstitutional piece of legislation.

While I do think interregional commerce has to be fair and that the Southern bill is a bad bill and possibly unconstitutional, that one is 100% unconstitutional.

Section II.1.c is blatantly unconstitutional as it directly contradicts the federal constitution.

Also that bill goes way too far and there are some arguably unenforceable provisions like the one requiring a lawsuit (unless Pyro appoints a minister of justice or sues himself on behalf of Lincoln)

Once introduced onto the floor, I would be willing to cut the unconstitutional and exaggerated provisions. Again, my main purpose of this Amendment was to protect the region of Lincoln and get the point across, of which it seems some progress is being made.

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For various reasons, I have pulled down the Lincoln Defensive Counter Act and Public Space Reclamation Act. The first bill is no longer necessary now that the causing legislation is deemed unconstitutional. With the leading drive of that bill rendered mute, and intraregional dialogue present, I felt no need to press on with it. On the second act, the comments of its unfeasibility held true in several regards, mostly on the leadership selection and budget allocations. Due to the spoken popularity of some key aspects present, after some needed trimming, there was enough left to craft a more appropriate legislation.