11th Lincoln General Court Legislation Introduction Thread

[ZMUN M441]

THE FF ACT OF 2023

Section I — Title

This resolution may be cited as the FF Act of 2023.

Section II — The FF Act of 2023

1. Title IX, Section IV of the Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act is amended as follows:

(a) In general. —

A “Gun License” shall be required to purchase, sell, or possess a gun in Lincoln.

(b) License types. —

There shall be the following categories of gun licenses —
(1) Class A, for rifles and shotguns; and
(2) Class B, for Class A weapons and handguns.

(c) Renewal. —

An individual shall be required to renew their Gun License every 10 years.

(d) Suspension. —

An individual's Gun License may be temporarily or permanently suspended by the court as a result of a criminal conviction relating to the violation of this Act, a violation of another gun law, the use of a gun in a crime, a crime involving bodily harm, or domestic violence.

(e) Requirements. —

An individual shall apply at a at a drivers license facility to get or renew a Gun License, where they shall —
(1) undergo a universal comprehensive background check;
(2) not have been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution by a court
(3)(2) show proof of passing a gun training and safety course at a drivers license facility or on a drivers license facility website; and
(4)(3) pass a gun safety exam at such drivers license facility.

(f) Driver's licenses facility. —

The Bureau of Firearm Safety and Licensing shall provide to drivers license facilities the necessary courses for gun training and safety, accessible both —
(1) at the drivers license facility; and
(2) online.

(g) Waiting period. —

An individual shall not receive a gun license for the first time no sooner than one week (168 hours) after applying for one.

(h) Failure to comply. —

An individual that shall violate Subsection (a) may face the following penalties at the discretion of the court —
(1) a fine not exceeding $100,000; or
(2) a term of imprisonment of no more than 10 consecutive years.

2. Title IX, Section VI of the Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act is amended as follows:

(a) In general. —

No individual shall purchase, sell, or possess
(1) bump stocks; and
(2) magazines that hold more than 1030 rounds of ammunition; and
(3) semi-automatic assault weapons or, defined as semi-automatic rifles and semi-automatic shotguns.

(b) Penalties. —

An individual that purchases or sells, or possesses one or more of the devices in Subsection (a) may face the following penalties at the discretion of the court —
(1) a fine not exceeding $100,000; or
(2) a term of imprisonment of no more than 10 consecutive years.

3. This act shall take effect on March 1, 2023.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Proposal

1. The following act shall require passage of a referendum in Lincoln.

No Unjust Taxation Act

to eliminate or lower unfair taxation on products

Section I: Sales Tax

1. LGC 10.30: Comprehensive Sales Tax Act is hereby repealed in its entirety.
2. L.C. 6.18: Ishan’s Nicotine Tax Act will remain repealed.
3. L 10.25.4: Soft Drug Legalization and Taxation Act will remain repealed.

Section II: Lower Vice Tax

1. An excise tax is imposed and assessed upon the sale of the following products at the corresponding rate.

a. Tobacco and Nicotine Substances: 15%
b. Alcohol: 10%
c. Cannabis: 10%
d. Other Non-Medicinal or Recreational Drugs: 10%

Section III: Tax Cap

1. To avoid over-taxation on the products outlined in Section II-1a through II-1d, the above tax rates will be complementary with the federal budget, thus creating a tax cap that -
a. if federal tax rates are higher than the Lincoln tax rate, the Lincoln rate shall not be applied.
b. if federal tax rates are enacted, repealed, or adjusted, the Lincoln rate shall be adjusted accordingly.

Section IV: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately upon signing by the Governor.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Lincoln Energy Independence Commission Act

Section A. This bill will be known as the Lincoln Energy Independence Commission Act
Section B. This bill will form a commission appointed by the governor who will determine the path that Lincoln should take regarding energy independence. The panel will have until January 1, 2024 to propose an action plan to bring Lincoln to full energy independence by January 1, 2030.
Section C. Implementation: This bill will take place effective immediately

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Lincoln Public Schools Protection Act

to protect schools from loss of funding

Section I: Objectives

1. The Lincoln Department of Education must always ensure -

a. Lincoln public school districts receive adequate funding for all academic programs containing active and enrolled students.
b. Lincoln public school budgets do not depreciate or decrease insofar as the regional budget allows.
c. All communities throughout the region have access to public schooling systems.
d. Public schoolteachers, counselors, professors, and officials employed in the Region of Lincoln adhere to the Lincoln Curriculum pursuant to Title 13, Section 11 of L.C. 6.21 Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act, LGC 4.9: Bilingual Education Act, LGC 5.3: Lincoln Dreadnought Literature Recognition Act, and LGC 11.1: Bilingual Lincoln Children Act.
e. Educators adhering to regional guidelines be allowed to introduce new or reconditioned lesson plans, teaching methods, processes, strategies, and concepts, per the approval of the respective school board, district superintendent, and/or Department of Education official.

Section II: Protecting Education

1. Lincoln public school districts shall not have their funding revoked, depreciated, rescinded, or otherwise reduced as a penalty or punishment.

2. Public schoolteachers, counselors, professors, and officials employed in the Region of Lincoln shall not be reprimanded, threatened, or penalized by their respective school districts for utilizing teaching methods or concepts pre-approved for their respective curricula.

3. Whereas federal funding is revoked, depreciated, or otherwise rescinded from Lincoln public schools, the Lincoln Department of Education shall seek to reimburse the funds necessary for continued operation and maintenance.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately upon signing by the Governor.

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Repeal of LGC 9.16: Discriminatory Training Ban

to permit the use of diversity training and reduce racial prejudice and discrimination

Section I: Repeal

1. LGC 9.16: Discriminatory Training Ban is hereby repealed.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately upon signing by the Governor.

[ZMUN M441]

THE MAJOR-FOCUSED UNIVERSITY ACT

Section I — Title

This resolution may be cited as the Major-Focused University Act.

Section II — Major-Focused Universities

1. All public universities in Lincoln shall abolish 'general education' requirements, and replace them with a set of required classes for each major; these required classes are to be relevant to the major in question.

2. Universities will be given three months to fully abide by this act; if they do not abide by this reform within 90 days of this act's passing, they shall have their funding cut to 50% until they do so.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

[ZMUN M441]

THE GREAT INDOORS ACT

Section I — Title

This resolution may be cited as the Great Indoors Act.

Section II — Reforming Our State And Regional Parks

1. All state parks systems within Lincoln shall be expanded, so that at least one third (33.3333...%) of sites within them are 'indoors' — including, but not limited to, museums, historic landmarks, and notable examples of architecture.

2. A regional 'Great Indoors System' of 'Great Indoors sites' shall be created, and the following sites added to it:

• Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine;
• Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine;
• Portland Observatory, Portland, Maine;
• Victoria Mansion, Portland, Maine;
• Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine;
• American Independence Museum, Exeter, New Hampshire;
• Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire;
• Zimmerman and Kalil Houses, Manchester, New Hampshire;
• Fort Stark, New Castle, New Hampshire;
• USS Albacore Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
• Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, Vermont;
• Rokeby, Ferrisburgh, Vermont;
• Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont;
• St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, Vermont;
• American Precision Museum, Windsor, Vermont;
• Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts;
• Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
• MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
• Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Milton, Massachusetts;
• Springfield Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts;
• General Nathanael Greene Homestead, Coventry, Rhode Island;
• Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island;
• Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island;
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island;
• Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island;
• Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury, Connecticut;
• Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut;
• Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut;
• Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut;
• New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut;
• Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, New York;
• Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York;
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York;
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York;
• Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, New York;
• Walt Whitman House, Camden, New Jersey;
• Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey;
• Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey;
• T. Thomas Fortune House, Red Bank, New Jersey;
• Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, New Jersey;
• Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania;
• Bost Building, Homestead, Pennsylvania;
• Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
• Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
• American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio;
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio;
• Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Dayton, Ohio;
• Wright Cycle Company Complex, Dayton, Ohio;
• Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Chippewa County, Michigan;
• Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Dearborn, Michigan;
• Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan;
• Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
• Highland Park Ford Plant, Highland Park, Michigan;
• Miller House, Columbus, Indiana;
• Levi Coffin House, Fountain City, Indiana;
• Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana;
• Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Indianapolis, Indiana;
• Lanier Mansion, Madison, Indiana;
• Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois;
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois;
• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois;
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois;
• L. R. Ingersoll Physics Museum, Madison, Wisconsin;
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Reproductive Health Reform Act

to protect the right of women to access safe and legal abortion services

Section I: Repeal

1. L.C. 10.11: Lincoln Pain-Capable Abortion Prohibition and Born Alive Survivor Protection Act Ban is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

2. L.C. 6.21: Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act, Title 6, Section 7 shall be amended as follows:

Section 7. Abortion services

(a) In general. —

A licensed or certified health care practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may perform an abortion when, according to the practitioner's reasonable and professional judgement that —
(1) the patient is within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy; or
(2) there is an absence of fetal viability; or
(2) (3) the abortion is necessary to protect the patient's life or physical health.

(b) Protections. —

When any person has had a judgment entered against them, in any region where liability, in whole or in part, is based on the provision for reproductive health care services that are permitted under the laws of this region, such person may recover damages from any party that brought or sought to enforce the action leading to that judgment.

(1) Recoverable damages shall include:
(i)Damages created by the action that led to that judgment.
(ii)Expenses and attorney's fees spent in defending the action that resulted in the judgement's entry.

(2) Medical records and communications related to reproductive health may not be released without written consent of the patient or patient's legal representative.
(i)This shall not be construed to impede the sharing of medical records as permitted by regional or federal law.

(3) No judge or court justice may issue a subpoena requested by a commissioner appointed according to the laws of any other region or government when that subpoena related to reproductive health care services that are permitted under the laws of this region.

(4) No judge may issue a summons in a case where prosecution is pending, or where a grand jury investigation has commenced, for a criminal violation involving reproductive health care services that are permitted under the laws of this region.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect 60 days following signing by the Governor.

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Educational Film Act

to promote motion-pictures as valuable teaching materials in public schools

Section I: The Art of Cinema

1. Recognizing the artistic and cultural impact of the cinema on world culture, the Lincoln Department of Education shall seek to ensure high school students enrolled in any available curricula have access to relevant visual materials.

a. All film chosen shall be at the discretion of the instructor, provided -
i. The film is to be utilized as a visual teaching method in conjunction with the respective curriculum.
ii. Approval is received from the respective school board, district superintendent, and/or principal.
iii. Written permission is granted from either a student's parent or legal guardian for all mature-rated film.

2. The Lincoln Department of Education shall create a commission to explore -

a. Funding opportunities for public high schools to engage in Section 1.
b. Humanities grants and subsidies for university film studies.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately upon signing by the Governor.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Schoolyear Reform Act

Section I. This bill will be known as the Schoolyear Reform Act

Section II. Addition of lower grades
This bil will allow for the implentation of universal daycare and preschool. Daycares will operate on a 24/7 drop in/off basis while preschools will operate with the below schedule.

Section II. Scheduling:
School days will be offered in 3 shifts  chosen by the parents of children.
A traditional schedule (Typically 8-2 PM)
A night schedule catered to parents who work the night shift or teenagers who focus better at night in which the school day starts 2 hours after school lets out (Typically 4-10 PM)
An overnight schedule for parents who work overnights and cannot afford any babysitters 2 hours after the night school gets out (Typically 12-6 AM)


School operations will shift from a nominal August/September to May/June timeframe to all schools in Lincoln starting the first Monday in March and getting out in December. This is because technological advances has made the need for Summer vacations obsolete and encourages families to go to warmer weather during the Winter. As a result of the additional shifts, those in half day preschool/kindergarten will be allowed to spend part of their day/night in daycare until their parents pick them up.

There will be 3 vacation periods during this timeframe
Vacation I: Week of 4th of July
Vacation II: Week of Labor Day
Vacation III: Week of Thanksgiving

Section III. Employment
Traditional scheduling will be prioritized for older (defined as school workers over the age of 40), although any employee can request to work any shift with shifts available depending on availability.

After/before school care will take place in between school shifts

Section IV: Food
Traditional shift will be given standard breakfast/lunch
Night shift students will be given dinner.
Overnight shift will be given breakfast.

Low income students regardless of shift will be provided with take home meals for any meals that will not be eaten at school.
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Section V: Scheduling
Schools will operate on a Monday/Friday schedule with the 12-6 shift starting on Monday's and the 4-10 shift finishing on Friday'

Section VI: Air conditioning
Schools will be required to have properly operating

Section  VII: Child care
Periods of before/after school care will be provided during the times schools are not in session at the Elementary School level.

Section IX: Implementation
This law will take place on a phase in basis beginning with Preschoolers in March of 2024 finishing with all grades during the 2038-2039 time period. Those currently in Preschool (age 4) will have the option to remain in daycare from August/September-March 2024 until the new plan is implemented.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Lincoln Solar Act

Section A. This bill will be known as the Lincoln Solar Act

Section B. Implantation
Currently vacant land will be surveyed for the clearing and construction of solar panels in order to transition Lincoln to complete solar for use of electricity.

Section C. Bill
This law will take place effective immediately

[Vice President Christian Man]

Education Reform Act
Section A. This section will be known as the Education Reform Act

Section B. Implementation
The following will be added in addition to LGC 11.52 Major-Focused University Act. The purpose of this bill is to acquaint students with courses that are more relevant to their major. Similar to LGC 11.52, a student should not be required to take algebra if they are studying to be an artist.

A. Starting in Jr. High/Middle School, students will be allowed to focus in the following concentration areas:
Business
General (Traditional)
Hard Science
Humanities
Languages
Musical Arts
Special Education--See note below
Social Science
Technology
Vocational Track (At a separate school)

Programs will be offered within each town's public school. except for the vocational track which will take place either in existing vocational schools or as part of a new campus. Schools who lack adequate funding for certain programs will be given appropriate funding.


B.

I. High School students will be allowed to major in a college type major programs operating on a college type schedule. Each county will operate a school for each of the concentrations equaling a total of 8 schools within the county. Students may choose what courses to take, although similar to college they will have to stick to their major in order to graduate on time.
II. General/traditional/undecided students may take courses at multiple different schools and if LGC 11.56 passes, then middle/high school students can take courses at any time as long as they have parental consent.

III. Students entering High School may change their major but may need to take additional courses depending on the major they choose.

IV. Each school will have to designate resource rooms based off of interests if applicable and/or population. Students with disabilities cannot be discriminated from programs as a result of disability but the major designation are for those who require additional supports which cannot be met in a general education classroom. Students who require a combination of special education and general education courses can graduate with a High School degree with a degree of their choice.

Section III. This bill will  begin on a phase-in basis for entering Middle School/Jr. High and Sr. High students beginning during the 2025-2026 class period with all students participating
during the 2028-2029 school year. The curriculum must be approved by December 31, 2023. The planning of new buildings must be approved by June 30, 2024 and construction of the new buildings must be completed with a deadline of June 30, 2025.

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A RESOLUTION

To Defend the Republic

Section I: Resolution

1. The Government of Lincoln shall declare -

a. We condemn any and all orders, motions, votes, and legislation to dissolve, destabilize, or dis-unify the Republic of Atlasia.
b. We oppose any and all orders, motions, votes, and legislation to withdraw, defect, or breakaway from the Republic of Atlasia.
c. We disapprove of any and all orders, motions, votes, and legislation to grant any region special governing statuses or autonomous powers.

2. The Government of Lincoln upholds -

a. The Republic of Atlasia is a perpetual and indestructible Union.
b. The Union of the Regions, and of the States, is vital and unbreakable.

[Vice President Christian Man]

The Community Policing Act

Section A. This bill will be noted as The Community Policing Act
Section B. Implementation:
This bill would require every police officer to live in the cities/towns  they represent for at least 6 months before becoming a cop. Current cops with no disciplinary record will be exempt.
Section C. This bill will take effect effective immediately