Associate Justice PiT
PiT (The Physicist)
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« on: March 11, 2017, 02:40:01 AM » |
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« edited: March 11, 2017, 02:42:42 AM by Senator PiT, PPT »
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New Senate Rules Resolution:
Definitions:
1.) Legislation is defined as any Bill, Amendment, or Resolution to a current Act, Procedural Resolution, or Constitutional Amendment.
2.) In all past, present and future instances of the terms, a Bill is defined as a piece of legislation that is awaiting or is presently in debate on the Senate floor. An Act is defined as a Bill that has achieved passage into Law.
3.) The Dean of the Senate is defined as the serving Senator, who is not the President pro Tempore, with the longest continuous service in the Representative in his or her present stint of service. For the purposes of this clause, continuous service begins at the moment of swearing-in in the first term of the stint of service. The Senate may, by a two-thirds majority vote on an ordinary resolution, pass the title, powers and responsibilities of the Dean of the Senate, to the next longest serving Senate (not having been removed from the position by the Senate previously), for any reason whatsoever.
4.) A quorum is defined as the minimum number of members of the Senate that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid, which is defined as a majority of the sitting Senate.
Article 1 : Officers of the Senate
1) The Vice President shall be the President of the Congress
a.) The President of the Congress shall keep a ‘Congressional Noticeboard’, where the PPT shall update this board with recent events on their respective chamber’s legislation.
b.) The President of the Congress shall also track the activity of legislation of both chambers, by posting an ‘Activity Tracker’ detailing the Congressional slots, Rejected and Passed Legislation, along with the current Congressional queue.
2. The most senior Senator (seniority shall be determined by length of continuous service) who isn't on Leave of Absence, or the Senator chosen by the most senior Senator, shall convene Senate to elect a President pro tempore on the first day of each legislative session and when the office of President pro Tempore is vacant. The Senate shall elect a President Pro Tempore from among its members by majority consent with the Vice President being the tiebreaker. The most senior Senator, who isn't on Leave of Absence, or the Senator chosen by the most senior Senator shall retain the powers and prerogatives as President pro Tempore until the election of the President pro Tempore.
3.) The PPT, after taking his oath of office, must appoint a successor should he or she fall inactive. This successor shall be named the Deputy PPT, and will retain all of the powers of the PPT, if the PPT falls inactive for over 120 hours or is on an LOA.
4.) The President Pro Tempore shall retain the powers and prerogatives as the President of the Congress under the following circumstances:
-A publicly announced absence by the President of the Congress from the Atlas Forum.
- If the President of the Congress has been inactive from the Atlas Forum for seven consecutive days.
- During any period of time when no person is presently holding the office of President of the Congress
-The President of the Congress should be absent by reason of exercising responsibility as Acting President under the Constitution.
-A publicly announced conferral of such powers by the President of the Congress.
Article 2 : Introducing Legislation
1. The President Pro Tempore shall keep a thread on the Fantasy Government board for introducing legislation. This thread shall be known as the Senate Legislation Introduction Thread. Sitting Senators may post in this thread. The President pro Tempore shall also keep a separate thread listing all sponsored legislation in the Legislation Introduction Thread.
2.) If the PPT determines that a piece of legislation is functionally impractical, frivolous, or is directly unconstitutional, he may, in a public post on the Legislation Introduction thread, remove said legislation from the Senate floor. The sponsoring Senator of the legislation shall have seventy-two (72) hours to challenge this action in a public post, and with the concurrence of one-third (1/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative (excluding the PPT), may override the actions of the PPT. (Nasolation clause)
3.) 15 threads about legislation may be open for voting and debate simultaneously.
a) The first 10 open threads shall be open to all legislations initially regarding bills, resolutions or constitutional amendments. If the sponsor already has two or more pieces legislation on the House floor, legislation from Senators who do not shall take priority until all such other legislation is completed. The PPT shall be the president officer for these open threads.
b) The eleventh open thread shall be reserved for bills submitted by civilians in the Public Consultation and Legislation Submission thread. The PPT shall be the president officer for this open thread.
c) The twelfth, the thirteenth, and the fourteenth open threads shall be reserved for legislation that previously passed the Senate. The President of Congress shall be the presiding officer for these open threads.
d) The fifteenth open thread shall be reserved for legislation related to national emergencies declared by the President of Atlasia. The PPT shall introduce legislation to this thread as directed by the President, but only when the President has declared a state of national emergency.
4.) A legislation is no longer on the Senate Floor when it has been tabled, rejected, or passed by the members of the Senate.
5.) If at any time the original sponsor vacates his office as Senator, all legislation introduced in the Legislation Introduction Thread shall, within a week of the next session, be declared withdrawn by the PPT by public post, if no Senator sponsors the legislation. If a piece of legislation has been introduced on the Senate floor, any office-holding Senator may assume sponsorship.
6.) Co-sponsors of legislation under consideration shall have no power to withdraw legislation nor contest withdrawal of legislation by the original sponsor. Any office-holding Senator may assume sponsorship of the legislation within 72 hours after the original sponsor has motioned to withdraw. Once a motion to assume sponsorship has been filed by a Senator, Senators shall have 24 hours to object to this motion. If any Senator objects, the PPT shall open a vote on the motion lasting until a majority has voted for or against the motion, but not more than 72 hours. If the motion is rejected, the bill shall be removed from the floor.
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