Northeast Assembly Proposed Leigslation Thread

[Antonio the Sixth]

Fair Distribution of Public Money Act

1. Following provisions shall apply to any private enterprise that receives a public monetary help from the Northeast Region after this law will become effective.
2. Any enterprise in this situation shall not fire any employee for economical reasons.
3. Any enterprise in this situation shall distribute less than 10% of its added value to its shareholders by year.
4. In case when an enterprise does not respect provisions of articles 2) and 3), it shall be fined of an amount equal to the total amount that it received from the Northeast Region.

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FYI - The Lt. Governor hasn't opened this thread for legislation in the next Assembly yet.  Doing so would seem kind of pointless until someone rules on whether we will have 6 or 8 elected members.

Northeast Assembly Members should consider sponsoring proposed Constitutional Amendments before ordinary legislation first so that they get on the agenda sooner rather than later.

We'll do. But eve if we manage to pass the Amendment, it can not act retroactively.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Seats number Amendment

1. Article V Section vii) of the New Northeast Constitution is amended as follows :
2. The number of Reps to be elected corresponds to the integer of the number [(V/5)+0.5], with V being the number of northeast citizens who actually vote to elect said Reps. The number of Reps shall be comprised between 2 and 10 notwithstanding what precedes.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Fair Distribution of Public Money Act

1. Following provisions shall apply to any private enterprise that receives a public monetary help from the Northeast Region after this law will become effective.
2. Any enterprise in this situation shall not fire any employee for economical reasons.
3. Any enterprise in this situation shall distribute less than 10% of its added value to its shareholders by year.
4. In case when an enterprise does not respect provisions of articles 2) and 3), it shall be fined of an amount equal to the total amount of money that this enterprise received from the Northeast Region.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Northeast initiative for ethics in voting

Whereas :
- The action of asking people that absolutely don't take part in Atlasian politics to vote for one candidate in order to serve one person's political interest is a clear threat for democracy.
- Recent events permitted to put on light how common said practices have become.
- Northeast Region is particularly concerned by said practices.
- The absence of specific legislation on this domain at the federal level is the main cause of said practices.

The Northeast Legislative Assembly states that :
- Zombie voting is not welcome in the Northeast Region, and shall be fought by every legal mean.
- Every elected official of the Northeast Region shall be exemplary on this domain, for example resigning from his/her office if he/she considers that his/her election was due to zombie voters.
- The Northeast Region officially urges the Senate to pass a law that will restrict voting rights to people who really take part in Atlasia outside voting booths.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Reasonable Amending Procedure Amendment

1. Article VII of the New Northeast Constitution is hereby repealed. Its content shall be replaced by the following.
2. This constitution may be changed, altered, modified or amended if all of the following methods are met:
i) An affirmative vote of two thirds of voting (either in the affirmative or in the negative) members Legislative Assembly of the Northeast Region.
ii) An affirmative vote of majority of all members of the Legislative Assembly, voting, abstaining and absent members combined.
iii) Approval of the Governor in the form of his consent.
3. Any Citizen of the Northeast Region shall be allowed to create a petition to repeal a Constitutional Amendment that previously passed. If three Northeast Citizens sign this petition, a polling booth shall be created by the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region at 12:00:00am Eastern Standard Time of the Friday following the petition's creation. The voters shall vote "aye" if they favor repealing or "nay" if they oppose it. If more than one third of the voters votes "aye", the Amendment shall be repealed. The same Amendment shall not be put on vote by this procedure more than once in 180 days.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Northeast Gun Safety Act

1. Selling firearms to any person below the age of 18 is illegal
2. Salespersons are required to check customer idenity before transaction
3. Selling firearms to convicted felons is illegal
4. Selling firearms to persons with confirmed serious mental ilness is illegal
5. Every school in the Northeast Region is required to provide a compulsory coursed for every student below the age of 15 about dangers of using the firearms, as well as about providing a basic medical help to gunshot victims in every 3 months.



Reintroducing it in the case when it wasn't valid anymore.

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New laws that passed ? I can do it withing a couple of days.

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Random interjection: Something needs to be done about the NE wiki pages. Now. It's urgent.

Look at This, isn't it perfection ?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Random interjection: Something needs to be done about the NE wiki pages. Now. It's urgent.

Look at This, isn't it perfection ?

That is great

Perhaps we need to put an info about authors and sponsors and status of bills

Don't forget my role in Speaker and Sex Ed acts

I must do all myself !

[Antonio the Sixth]

Amendment to SOAP



1. Section 3 is amended to include Clause (i).
2. The text of Clause (i) reads as follows: "An assembly vote can not be closed until a majority of Representatives have voted, regardless of time constraints."

No. You can't paralyze the legislative work because people are too lazy/busy to come and vote.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The Marokai Blows Act

1. Marokai Blue is not allowed to enter, for any reason, the Northeast Region.
2. If, for any reason, provision 1 is broken, Marokai Blue shall be sentenced to no less than a 6 month voting ban in the Northeast region and no less than a one year ban on holding office in the Northeast region.
3. The sentencing will be produced by the Northeast Chief Judicial Officer.
4. If Marokai Blue currently resides in the Northeast at the time of passing, his voting rights shall be instantly revoked.

LOL This trollish "law" probably violates the Bill of rights.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The New Northeast Minimum Wage Act

1. The Northeast Minimum Wage Act is hereby repealed.
2. The Northeast minimum wage shall be equivalent to the current Federal minimum wage.
3. The Northeast minimum wage shall increase and decrease concurrent to the Federal minimum wage.

Anti-Discrimination Act

1. The Northeast Government pledges to uphold the rights of all citizens regardless of race, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability status.
2. The Northeast Government will hereby refuse government contracts to any company or organization which is found to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability status.
3. The Northeast Government, in hiring, and in representation, shall not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability status.


Reintroducing these two bills since Hamilton is likely to be expelled.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Amendment to Section 2, Clause (d) of SOAP

(d) Any Representative may make a motion to suspend section 2(b) of this Standing Order to place more than one piece of legislation on the Northeast Assembly floor at any given time. The motion shall be effective following 24 hours, unless there is an objection, upon which the motion shall immediately be put to a vote on the Northeast Assembly floor. Such vote shall be open for 24 hours. If the motion passes by a vote of the majority of all Representatives (with abstentions and absences counted as nay votes), the Lt. Governor shall place such additional pieces of proposed legislation on the Northeast Assembly floor immediately at the end of the voting period.

You really like introducing bills to make the debate more complicated and less clear.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Amendment to Section 2, Clause (d) of SOAP

(d) Any Representative may make a motion to suspend section 2(b) of this Standing Order to place more than one piece of legislation on the Northeast Assembly floor at any given time. The motion shall be effective following 24 hours, unless there is an objection, upon which the motion shall immediately be put to a vote on the Northeast Assembly floor. Such vote shall be open for 24 hours. If the motion passes by a vote of the majority of all Representatives (with abstentions and absences counted as nay votes), the Lt. Governor shall place such additional pieces of proposed legislation on the Northeast Assembly floor immediately at the end of the voting period.

You really like introducing bills to make the debate more complicated and less clear.

This makes it easier to have two bills on the floor, that way debate can move along faster. Otherwise, we will never get through legislation in the queue.

Some reps already have difficulties to follow the debate and understand what's up with only one bill...

[Antonio the Sixth]

Northeast Economic Recovery Stimulus Act

The 100 billion dollars received by the Northeast Region from the Federal Government of Atlasia in accordance to Section 4 a) of the 2009 Atlasian Relief and Recovery Act shall be employed as follows.

Section 1 : Regional Fund for Economic Recovery

1. The Regional Fund for Economic Recovery (RFER) is hereby established.
2. The RFER shall receive $20 billion dollars for its functioning.
3. The RFER shall have the authority to provide loans to any business expressly asking for which is in a situation close to bankruptcy. Said loans shall be considered as a monetary help coming from the Northeast Region.
4. The RFER shall be free to negotiate interest rates with businesses.
5. The RFER shall be effective at January 1st, 2010, and shall be dismissed at December 31st, 2014, unless the Northeast Legislative Assembly provides otherwise by a majority vote.

Section 2 : Help to green jobs

1. The Northeast Region shall invest $5 billions in renewable energy.
2. Businesses in the economic sector of renewable energy shall receive a monetary help from the Northeast Region, whose total amount shall be $5 billions. The amount of money received shall be proportional to the number of employees of each business.

Section 3 : Help to the lower classes

1. $10 billions shall serve to establish the Economic Recovery Allocation (ERA). The ERA shall be granted to any household of the first and second tax brackets, as defined by the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Its amount shall be the same for any household.
2. $10 billions shall be dealt at December 31, 2010, between every business having employed at least 10 individuals who had been unemployed for more than one year after January 1, 2010.

Section 4 : Budget severity

The remaining $50 billions shall be integrated to the budget of the Northeast Region and used for normal functioning expenses.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Amendments to the SOAP for a faster legislative work

1. Section 3, subsection (a) of the SOAP is hereby amended to read : All proposed legislation shall be open for debate for no less than fourty-eight (48) hours after the Lt. Governor places it on the Northeast Assembly floor. The Lt. Governor shall have the authority to extend the debating period upon ask of any Representative. No extension of the debate period shall exceed 48 hours, and no shortening shall exceed 24 hours.
2. Section 3, subsection (f) of the SOAP is hereby amended to read : A final vote on the proposed legislation shall take place after the Lt. Governor certifies the vote on any proposed amendments (or, if there are no such amendments, at the end of the debate period). Such votes shall be open for twenty-four (24) hours, or until an absolute majority of all Representative has voted in favor of said legislation, if earlier. A piece of proposed legislation shall pass if a majority of Representatives vote in favor of it (with abstentions and absences not counted as votes).
3. Section 3, subsection (h) of the SOAP is hereby repealed.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Vacancy filling Act

In accordance to Article V, section ix) of the New Northeast Constitution, vacancies in the Legislative Assembly shall be filled in the following manner :

1. In the case when a vacancy in the Northeast Legislative Assembly is the result of the voluntary resignation of a Northeast Representative, said Representative shall appoint a Northeast Citizen to replace him in the Assembly.
2. In the case when a vacancy in the Northeast Legislative Assembly has another reason that what is mentioned in section 1, the Governor of the Northeast Region shall appoint a Northeast Citizen to fill said vacancy.
3. In the case mentioned in Section 1, if the resigning Northeast Representative doesn't appoint anybody to replace him within a week following his resignation, the Governor of the Northeast Region shall appoint a Northeast Citizen to fill said vacancy.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Northeast Anti-discrimination Act

1. The Northeast Government pledges to uphold the rights of all citizens regardless of race, gender, gender identity, size, socioeconomic status, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability status.
2. The Northeast Government will hereby refuse government contracts to any company or organization which is found to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, gender identity, size, socioeconomic status, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability status.
3. The Northeast Government, in hiring, and in representation, shall not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, gender identity, size, socioeconomic status, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability status.

Co-sponsored with Rep. Dr. Cynic, from an original bill of Rep. Hamilton.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Economic Dismissal Regulation Act

1. Following provisions shall apply to any business of more than 100 employees in the Northeast Region whose trimestrial earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization are positive.
2. Said businesses shall not fire any employee for economic reasons during the trimester following the announce of the results that lead to the qualification of said business in the category specified by Section 1.
3. Any employee fired for economic reasons notwithstanding what provided by Section 2 shall have the right to bring suit against the business that fired him.
4. Any business found guilty of non-respecting what provided by Section 2 shall pay to the fired employee compensatory damages equivalent to his annual salary.

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"The Northeast condemns the callous decision of the Pacific to close its border with the Southeast. To show solidarity with the Southeast, all goods entering or exiting the Northeast from the Pacific are illegal, and shall be confiscated if found. This act will be in effect until the Pacific either re-opens its borders with the Southeast, or accepts the "Suck it Pacific Act 2010."

This is extremely retarded.

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Practical Labor Policy Act

The Northeast government shall release itself from all union contracts effective immediately.

The Northeast region shall not allow public employees to form unions, seeing these as a violation of the free market and a threat to sustainable fiscal policy in the region.

The Northeast region shall review existing public employee benefits and pensions and make the appropriate changes upon further consideration, to be completed no later than 31 August 2010.

Next step ? Reestablishing slavery.