Legislation Introduction Thread

[tmthforu94]

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[tmthforu94]

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[Fritz]

Repeal the HAEV Act

The High Authority for Ethics in Voting Act is hereby repealed.


EDIT: I forgot about JBrase vs. Atlasia.  Introduction of this bill should be delayed until after the court has ruled in that case.

[Fritz]

Repeal the HAEV Act

The High Authority for Ethics in Voting Act is hereby repealed.


EDIT: I forgot about JBrase vs. Atlasia.  Introduction of this bill should be delayed until after the court has ruled in that case.

The Court having ruled, this is now submitted.

[Fritz]

Repeal the HAEV Act

The High Authority for Ethics in Voting Act is hereby repealed.







Ahem.  What is the holdup in this being opened on the Senate floor?  Bacon King, I sent you a PM yesterday about this.

[Badger]

The You Can't Beat a DUI by Ducking the Breath Test Bill.

Federal Highway funding to a region shall be cut by 10% if the following provisions are not included in regional law within 45 days of the effective date of this act.

1) After lawful arrest for DUI and proper request by a peace officer pursuant to regional law for chemical testing of the arrestee's breath, blood or urine, refusal by the arrestee to submit to chemical testing as requested is punishable by law.

2) The degree of offense and minimum and maximum penalties for violation of section 1 ("regional refusal statute") above shall be equivalent to penalties for violation of the region's DUI Statute.

3) To the extent that the degree of offense and minimum and maximum penalties are determined by the defendant's number of prior convictions, prior convictions of the regional refusal statute including these provisions and/or the region's DUI Statute are considered "prior convictions" for enhancing penalties for both the regional refusal statute and the regional DUI Statute.

4) Prosecution or conviction under the regional refusal statute does not preclude prosecution or conviction under the regional DUI Statute arising out of a single incident, but sentence may not be imposed for both offenses out of any one single incident.

[bgwah]

I would like to introduce this... I will explain in more detail once it is brought up for debate. Sorry if it seems a bit wordy at the moment.


Third Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act

Section 1, Clause 3 of the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act is amended as follows:

3. Voter fraud, defined as the creation of identities other than ones primary identity in Atlasia and subsequently entering this identity into the tally of registered.

i. If a citizen no longer has access to their previous forum account and wishes to register and/or vote with a new forum account in Atlasia, then they shall be allowed to do so legally only if they make it clear in the registration thread who they are and which forum account they previously registered under so that the SoFA may appropriately update the registration without having any duplicate accounts on the voter roll.

a. This shall exclude those who have had their previous account banned from the Atlas Forum.


The following text is added to Section 3 of the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act as Clause 7:

7. Impersonation of another member of the Atlas Forum and then attempting to alter the impersonated member's status of registration within the Republic of Atlasia.
i. This includes but is not limited to attempting to register a member of the Atlas Forum who is not currently registered in Atlasia, or changing the registration of a member who is currently registered in Atlasia.

[Hans-im-Glück]

Green Power Bill:

All energy companies must pay for the electricity of private households and small producers, when it made by wind power, solar cells, biogas, biomass, geothermal and hydropower, 10 years 90% of the average electricity price who required of them.

A small producer is a producer with only a total revenue of less than $150000.

[Barnes]

Can I get one of you to introduce this for me?

The Death Penalty Abolition Amendment

Section One: Capital Punishment, as a federal conviction, is hereby outlawed in the Republic of Atlasia.

Section Two: After the adoption of this Amendment, the President pro tempore of the Senate shall transmit this Amendment to the governors of the respective regions of Atlasia, so that they might consider a review of their existing capital punishment laws.

Section Three: When a case that has the conviction of capital punishment is appealed to the Atlasian Supreme Court, Section One of this Amendment may be wavered at the discretion of the court.


(Had to edit Sec. 2 )

[tmthforu94]

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[bgwah]

De-registration of Banned Members Bill
1) Any citizen who is banned from the U.S. Election Atlas forums shall immediately be de-registered and removed from the voter rolls in Atlasia. A forum moderator must confirm the banishment.
2) Any citizen who is banned and de-registered shall be barred from re-registering in Atlasia.
3) Should the forum administrator restore a banned account, or publicly give permission to a banned member to return under a new account, then re-registration will be allowed.

[bgwah]

Wiki Authority Bill

Section 1
1) The Senate shall have the power to set guidelines and standards for the Atlasia Wiki. This includes but is not limited to determination of proper table formats, colors, and main page configuration.
2) The Attorney General's present role regarding the Wiki is not affected by this legislation. The same applies to any regional office designated to maintain their region's Wiki.

Section 2
1) Clause 8 is added to Section 1 of the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act: "Knowingly violating and/or disregarding Senate-imposed Atlasia Wiki guidelines and standards."
2) Section 2, Clause 1 of the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act is amended to read "For offenses described in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 of Section 1:"

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Introduced on behalf of the Renaissance Caucus and Peter.

BK, do you think we can ram this through by the Friday?

Edit: Withdrawn

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The next session has begun correct?

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Introduced for JBrase.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Atlasia Clean Energy Act of 2010

Section I: FL 20.1 (Carbon Tax Act) is hereby repealed

Section II
1)   A cap and trade system is hereby established, which delegates to the government the responsibility of setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted nationally in the country of Atlasia.
2)   The cap will be set between the periods of 2011 to 2050, allowing regulated entities to hold rights to emit greenhouse gases.
3)   The initial cap will be set at 2005 emission levels.
4)   The cap must be reduced over time, at the digression of the President, in order to reduce total carbon emissions emitted by industry into our atmosphere. 
5)   After allowances are initially distributed based on cause III in Section II, a set number of entities will be free to buy and sell.
6)   From 2011 to 2013, the legislation will allocate 85% of allowances to industry for free, auctioning only the remainder.
7)   The amount of emissions emitted nationally must either hold or be reduced over time at the digression of the President.
8)   Emissions must be reduced to 17-percent of 2005 levels by 2020.
9)   Emissions must be reduced to 80-percent of 2005 levels by 2050.

Section III
1)   Electric utilities must meet 20% of their electricity demand through renewable energy resources and energy efficiency by 2020.
2)   Subsidies will be provided for new clean energy technologies and energy efficiency, including renewable energy, carbon capture and sequestration, electric and other advanced technology vehicles, and basic scientific research and development.
3)   Consumers will be protected from energy price increases over 25-percent from current levels. 

Section IV
1)   Electricity providers who supply over 4 million MWh to citizens are required to produce 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources (wind, solar, geothermal) by 2025.
2)   Companies will be required to pay a fee if they do not meet this standard by 2025.
3)   The corporate tax rate will be cut 3.5% from current levels beginning in 2011 and running until 2025 to encourage industry to invest in clean technology.

Section V
1)   Any company that is 15% below its allotted carbon emissions cap will receive an additional 3.5% cut on their corporate taxes in addition to the cut outlined in clause III of Section IV.
2)   The aim of clause I of Section V is to provide incentives to reduce carbon emissions beyond the status quo to better our environment.

[Badger]

THE BUDGET PROCESS RENEWAL COMMITTEE ACT

Be it hereby resolved that the government of Atlasia intends to resume enacting a formal budget process. To that effect the following shall be enacted:

1) The creation of a Budget Process Committee, to be constituted of two members of the Executive Branch appointed by the President, two members of the Senate appointed by vote of that body, and chaired by the GM.

2) Said committee will begin meeting no more than ten days after enactment of this legislation, and shall prepare a report recommending the procedure and frequency of the government's budget process, and present same to the Senate, no later then thirty days after passage of this legislation, for due consideration and further action by this body.

3. The final reported recommendation must be supported by a majority of the Committee. The rules and procedures for governing the Committee's debate and votes shall be determined by the Chair, though any procedural rule may be modified or repealed by motion and majority vote of the Committee.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Intoduced for JBrase and PiT

[k-onmmunist]

Atlasian Corn Syrup Act

1. A 15% tax will be levied on the production of high fructose corn syrup

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Return to the Basics of Eating Act of 2010

Section I

1. The Atlasia Government recognizes that high fructose corn syrup is harmful to the human body in accordance with a study conducted by Princeton University, categorizing it as an unnatural entity. (1)
2. The Atlasia Government recognizes that high fructose corn syrup causes the following:
a.Increased triglyceride levels.
b. Fails not stimulate insulin like real sugar. This means that, unlike regular cane sugar, HFCS does not enable your brain to tell your body that you are full.
c. HFCS does not turn off the chemical Gherin - which tells you that you are hungry – causing you to feel hungry even after you're full.
d. HFCS skips the normal metabolic function of glycolysis, thereby increasing fat cell production.

Section II

1. After one year from the passing of this legislation, the sale of foodstuffs containing high fructose corn syrup within the territory of Atlasia is hereby prohibited.
2. Both the federal and regional governments shall have the power to enforce this legislation.


1.   http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/index.xml?section=topstories

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Proposed 29th Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment to the Second Constitution is hereby repealed, changing Article V, Section 2, Clause 6 of the Constitution back to its original language.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Intra Regional Mobility Amendment

1. Article V, Section 2, Clause 7 is hereby amended to read: "Persons may only change their State of registration to that of a State in a different Region, as defined by statute, once every 180 days. Persons may only change their State of registration to that of a State within the same Region, as defined by statute, once every 24 hours."

[Purple State]

Intra Regional Mobility Amendment

1. Article V, Section 2, Clause 7 is hereby amended to read: "Persons may only change their State of registration to that of a State in a different Region, as defined by statute, once every 180 days. Persons may only change their State of registration to that of a State within the same Region, as defined by statute, once every 24 hours."

Or you can just vote for me: https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Third_Atlasian_Constitution_Draft#Section_2:_Voter_Registration_and_Voting_Rules (see clause 6)

[Badger]

Combat HIV/AIDS Act of 2010

Whereas:
 
Annually, Hepatitis C treatment costs $25,000 to $30,000 per person.
 
HIV treatment was estimated to cost about $20000 per person per year.
 
And whereas
 
The cost to prevent one HIV infection through a syringe and needle exchange program has been calculated at $4,000 to $12,000.

BE IT HEREBY ENACTED THAT: Atlasia shall appropriate $40 million to implement a functioning syringe and needle exchange program targeting areas with rates of injected drug use that exceed the national average. Implementation of said program and targeting of areas of use shal be implimented by the Department of the Interior.

[k-onmmunist]

Nationalisation of the Petroleum Industry Act

Recognising the failure of the petroleum industry in it's duties of supplying oil at affordable prices

And recognising that there is a need for petroleum to be organised as a social service rather than for profit, and that there is a need for all profits to be divested in further increasing efficiency.

BE IT HEREBY ENACTED THAT: All oil and petroleum companies will be hereby taken into public ownership as the Atlaspetrol Corporation and shall be run as a subsidary of the Department of the Interior on behalf on the people of Atlasia.