The Atlasia National Parks Act

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Section One

• Atlasia shall set up a senatorial commission to investigate the creation of several national parks within Atlasia.
• National Parks shall be created with the consent of the several Regions.
• A National Park shall be considered a natural wonder or site of historical signifigance (i.e. battlefield, historical home/birthplace).

Section Two - Protections

• Any area deemed a Natural Wonder or Historical Site shall be protected from all construction, development or any other act which would destroy the integrity of the site.
• Any construction to sites to improve them (i.e. Parking lots, visitor centers, etc) shall be done upon the approval of the senate.
• Any homes, businesses or private properties currently on areas deemed to be national parks shall be purchased by the Atlasian government at fair market value.

Section Three - Declaring a Park

• Intentions for a park may be declared by the President simply by requesting the senate to investigate and vote on the matter.
• Senators may petition for the creation of a park to the senate.
• Citizens may start a petition for a national park to be voted on by the senate.

Section Four - Voting for a Park

• Creation of a park will require a simple majority of the senate to pass.

Section Five - Enforcement

This Act will take effect immediately upon passage of the Act and may be repealed at any time.


I urge my fellow senators to give a fair look at this Act and I would hope we can all agree that Atlasias past is also its future.

[Peter]

I comment only to point out that Section 5 is completely superfluous as that is already the way that the Constitution says things are done.

[YRABNNRM]

States you're quickly becomming one of my favorite senators

[Redefeatbush04]

I urge my congressmen to vote IN FAVOR of this bill.

I urge statesrights to change the word *and* to *a*, in the first section, which is I'm sure what he intended anyway

[Sam Spade]

I support this bill and urge my senators to vote in favor of it.

[Siege40]

More quality leislation from States. Press on Senator.

Siege

[The Dowager Mod]

"any other act which would destroy the integrity of the site."
Too easy for Exxon to show up and say that oil rig doesn't hurt the integrity.

[StevenNick]

I favor this bill.  Don't really have much more to say about it.

[7,052,770]

Great bill.  I can't imagine why anyone would oppose it.

[True Democrat]

I am in favor of this bill.  My only problem is Section Two, Clause 2.  If every construction in a park must be approved by the Senate, it will clog Senate business.  The Senate should appoint an officer, or preferably a committee, to oversee park construction.

[Akno21]

Who exactly would decide what the National Parks are? Would the Governor's place it on the regional ballot?

[Platypus]

Section One

• Atlasia shall set up a senatorial commission to investigate the creation of several national parks within Atlasia.
• National Parks shall be created with the consent of the several Regions.

Not just the region/s the park is in?

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MORE work for the senate? I would suggest this'd be something for Governors to determine.

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What would the avenue for appeal be, and what about cases when existing houses are deemed allowed by governors/the senate?

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Again, governors-and maybe then voted on by residents of the regions it affects

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Too much work for the senate. Either gubernatorial approval, or by voters of the regions.

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Sorry for tearing it apart, considering i'm not a senator, but I thought it necessary