HB 21-15: Game Engine Reconstruction Act (Final Vote)

[Pericles]

AN ACT
to invest and establish the Game Engine

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of Atlasia, in Congress assembled:

Section 1: Title & definitions
i. The title of this Act shall be, the “General Investiture Potestas Facere (Reconstruction of the Game Engine) of 2019.” It may be cited as the “General Investiture” or as the “Game Engine Reconstruction Act.”
ii. As it appears in this legislation, “non-playable entity” shall refer to all parties, including but not limited to foreign governments and non-state actors, minor agencies, state and municipal officers, and public interest groups, which may be presumed to exist within the context of Atlasia, the functions of which are not performed by any person registered with the Census Bureau.

Section 2: Separation of powers
i. All powers and prerogatives which shall by grant of Congress in the game engine reside, shall be divided among the several officers of the same, that is between the game moderator and the comptroller general.

Section 3: Game Moderator
i. The president shall appoint the game moderator with the advice and consent of the Senate.
ii. The game moderator shall have power, except where limited elsewhere by this legislation:
(a) to simulate the effect of domestic and foreign legislation of the government of Atlasia and of the several regions;
(b) to simulate the actions of non-playable entities;
(c) to simulate domestic and global events;
(d) to be the final arbiter in all questions of the reality of events which occur during their tenure;
(e) to be the final arbiter on the reality of the status quo with respect domestic and global conditions.
iii. The word of a game moderator, once spoken, is Canon, and may not be revoked by their successor.
iv. The game moderator may be removed from office according to the same provisions set in place for the impeachment of executive officers.
v. The game moderator may not hold any other elected or appointed office in either the Federal or Regional Governments.

Section 4: Comptroller General
i. The president shall appoint the comptroller general with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the president.
ii. The comptroller general shall have power:
(a) to project the cost of legislation passed by Congress or by the several regions, and the amount of revenue raised by such taxes as they may levy;
(b) to publish unemployment numbers and other economic statistics for the nation and the several regions;
(c) to report the state of the national and global economy.
iv. The comptroller general may not hold any other elected or appointed office in either the Federal or Regional Governments.

Section 5: Repeal of old legislation
i. All previous Acts of Congress as they relate to the structure, powers, and officers of the game engine are hereby repealed.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

House of Representatives

Sponsor:
House Designation: HB 21-15

[Pericles]

This needs a sponsor.

[Blair]

willing to sponsor

[Pericles]

24 hours to object to Blair to sponsoring this.

I hope we don't see any childish obstructionism over this and we can get this done pretty quickly.

[fhtagn]

Contrary to what Peri thinks, no one is obligated to foolishly rush through stuff just because one party wants it done.

[Former President tack50]

Contrary to what Peri thinks, no one is obligated to foolishly rush through stuff just because one party wants it done.
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Obstruction for the sake of obstruction is not a good thing in general though

[fhtagn]

Contrary to what Peri thinks, no one is obligated to foolishly rush through stuff just because one party wants it done.
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Obstruction for the sake of obstruction is not a good thing in general though

It's been proven that the majority has a very flawed view of what is or isn't obstruction.

[Pericles]

Contrary to what Peri thinks, no one is obligated to foolishly rush through stuff just because one party wants it done.
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Obstruction for the sake of obstruction is not a good thing in general though

It's been proven that the majority has a very flawed view of what is or isn't obstruction.

Only in your imaginary world has any such thing been proven. In the real world you're clearly determined to grind legislative productivity to a halt and obstruct Congress simply because you can't stand that we won the last few elections and not you.

[Pericles]

Anyway Blair is recognized as the sponsor and is invited to speak on this bill.

[fhtagn]

Contrary to what Peri thinks, no one is obligated to foolishly rush through stuff just because one party wants it done.
[/quote

Obstruction for the sake of obstruction is not a good thing in general though

It's been proven that the majority has a very flawed view of what is or isn't obstruction.

Only in your imaginary world has any such thing been proven. In the real world you're clearly determined to grind legislative productivity to a halt and obstruct Congress simply because you can't stand that we won the last few elections and not you.

Only one side slowed productivity and intentionally hurt Congress because their reps don't participate and write bills. I certainly didn't side with that. You have even admitted the Labor Party's reps don't debate or write bills and argued that they don't need to.

[YE]

Thanks you two for reminding me why I didn’t run for re-election.

[thumb21]

As a former deputy game moderator, this bill and Truman's advocacy for it was music to my ears. This reform is absolutely needed.

[RC]

I'm probably behind this bill, but I'd much rather prioritize getting a GM in the first place first.

[Sirius_]

I'm probably behind this bill, but I'd much rather prioritize getting a GM in the first place first.

If we’re splitting the position, I believe it would be simpler to do this first. What does the old GM become?

[thumb21]

Motion for a final vote.

We need to get moving on this so we can get a new GM.

[fhtagn]

Objecting to the final vote motion.

There's no reason to rush through something y'all took your sweet time coming up with.

[thumb21]

Objecting to the final vote motion.

There's no reason to rush through something y'all took your sweet time coming up with.

The bill has been on the floor for 5 days and was brought to the senate floor a month ago, people have had plenty of time to scrutinise the bill and explain their issues and nobody has, except from RC whose issue seems to be more when we pass it rather than the content of the bill.

[Blair]

This is a set of reforms I've actually supported back in 2016 & I fully support creating two separate rolls as I know in the past a single GM has found it hard to generate both complex funding formulas & also generate stories; even with a team of deputies this has proved difficult.

[Pericles]

Representatives have 72 hours to vote on whether or not to end debate on this bill.

[fhtagn]

Nay

[Blair]

Aye

[thumb21]

Aye

[JGibson]

AYE

[Elcaspar]

Aye

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Great idea! Aye