Legislation Introduction Thread

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Fusion Ballot Reform Act

1. Any declared candidate for any office in the Republic of Atlasia may opt to appear on the ballot line for all recognized parties offering the candidate an official endorsement.
2. Official endorsements by parties must be certified by the party giving the endorsement.
3. The SoFA must be notified of the endorsement at least 48 hours in advance of the election by the declared candidate receiving a cross-endorsement.
4. A party shall at its discretion have the right to prohibit any candidate from running on its official ballot line. This is to be accomplished by informing the SoFA of this intention at least 48 hours in advance of the election.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Break the Chains Act

1. Companies or individuals which possess 2 to 3 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 1% on their annual profits.

2. Companies or individuals which possess 4 to 9 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 4% on their annual profits.

3. Companies or individuals which possess 10 or more retail outlets or stores shall be assessed a differential tax of 7% on their annual profits.

4. Funds collected from these taxes shall be deposited in what will be established as a Small Business Protection Fund.

5. Companies or individuals which possess only 1 retail outlet shall be eligible to apply for a credit to be paid from this Fund.

6. Based on the total number of businesses which apply each year, credits issued to each business should be an equal share of the total fund, except that no business may receive a credit equivalent to more than 100% of its total annual tax burden.

7. The Fund may not be used for any other purpose, unless specifically allocated by future laws.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Ludlow Amendment

Except in the event of an invasion of the Republic of Atlasia or attack upon its citizens residing therein, the authority of the Senate to declare war shall not become effective until confirmed by a majority of all votes cast thereon in a nationwide referendum. The Senate, when it deems a national crisis to exist, may by concurrent resolution refer the question of war or peace to the citizens of the Regions, the question to be voted on being, 'Shall Atlasia declare war on ________?' The Senate may otherwise by law provide for the enforcement of this section.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Equality in Healthcare Act

1. The Federal Territories Universal Health Care Act is hereby repealed.

2. All federal territories and Nyman are hereby placed under the coverage of the Atlasian National Healthcare Act.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well it's still not perfect but I am sick of staring at it in Works, so here it is.

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I am not to attached in anyway to a certain portion and I expect it to be amended.

[Bacon King]

I introduce these following five bills, which I should note all go to the floor immediately since there's nothing behind them in the queue and there are empty spaces on the floor for all of them.

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[Bacon King]

With another spot open on the floor, I suppose I'll go ahead and sponsor yet another piece of the President's agenda, if only to keep things on a quick pace.

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[Bacon King]

Another empty spot on the floor, another bill from the Executive's agenda, another waiver of the Anti-Clogging rules...

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[bgwah]

This is kind of wordy but I've wanted to propose something like this for a while, so here it goes:



Major Legislation Clarification Bill

1) Whereas major pieces of legislation have been amended numerous times, often leading to difficulty interpreting current statute on the Wiki. The current Wiki policy of adding each amendment as a new page makes it unnecessarily difficult to figure out which articles and clauses have been removed and which have been added.
2) With use of authority from the Wiki Authority Act, the Senate hereby decides that major pieces of legislation shall have their main pages updated with all current  amendments. A new page titled the name of the legislation followed by "(original)" shall be created to provide a location for the original, unaltered legislation. All amendments shall retain their own pages and pages shall continue to be added for new amendments.
3) Major pieces of legislation shall be defined as the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act and the Consolidated Electoral Reform Act, as well as this piece of legislation if it is passed by the Senate.

[Bacon King]

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[Bacon King]

Immigration Reform Act of 2010:
1) Immigration from the following countries is hereby banned:
-Afghanistan
-Albania
-Algeria
-Azerbaijan
-Bahrain
-Bangladesh
-Brunei
-Burkina Faso
-Chad
-Comoros
-Djibouti
-Egypt
-Guinea
-Indonesia
-Iran
-Iraq
-Jordan
-Kazakhstan
-Kuwait
-Kyrgyzstan
-Lebanon
-Libya
-Malaysia
-Maldives
-Mali
-Mauritania
-Morocco
-Niger
-Nigeria
-Oman
-Pakistan
-Qatar
-Saudi Arabia
-Senegal
-Sierra Leone
-Somalia
-Sudan
-Syria
-Tajikistan
-The Gambia
-Tunisia
-Turkey
-Turkmenistan
-United Arab Emirates
-Uzbekistan
-Yemen
2) Immigrants from these countries who are already legally in the Republic of Atlasia shall not be affected by this legislation.

I'm removing this bill from the queue as frivolous.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

I officially challenge the PPT's removal of the Immigration Reform Bill of 2010.

X Senator Bgwah

As a matter of principle, I believe all proposed legislation should have the right to be openly and fairly debated.

X Senator Libertas

[Bacon King]

Just a note, bgwah has until 3 PM forum time on the 22nd to get a a third Senator to concur for my motion to be overruled.

For now, though, putting this bill up again with the intention of amending it:

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[#CriminalizeSobriety]

I officially challenge the PPT's removal of the Immigration Reform Bill of 2010.

X Senator Bgwah

As a matter of principle, I believe all proposed legislation should have the right to be openly and fairly debated.

X Senator Libertas

X Dallasfan65

[Bacon King]

Well, alright. My action has been overruled. Bgwah's Immigration Reform Bill of 2010 is the next bill in the Senate queue.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Safe Scallops and Clean Clams Act

1. All imported and harvested seafood will be subject to a thorough inspection to prevent tainted fish from reaching the markets.
2. Any port not following these regulations shall be subject to a $250,000 fine per violation - these penalties shall be used to help fund further inspections.
3. Duties for inspection shall be delegated to the DoIA.
4. An additional $5 million shall be appropriated towards the DoIA to fund these inspections.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Break the Chains Act (Take 2)

1. Companies or individuals which possess 15-39 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 0.25% on their annual profits.

2. Companies or individuals which possess 40-85 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 0.5% on their annual profits.

3. Companies or individuals which possess 86-175 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 1.0% on their annual profits.

4. Companies or individuals which possess 176-300 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 1.5% on their annual profits.

5. Companies or individuals which possess 301-450 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 2.0% on their annual profits.

6. Companies or individuals which possess 451-999 retail outlets or stores, inclusive, shall be assessed a differential tax of 2.5% on their annual profits.

7. Companies or individuals which possess 1000 or more retail outlets or stores shall be assessed a differential tax of 3.0% on their annual profits.

7. Funds collected from these taxes shall be appropriated to the Atlasian Small Business Administration for expansion of current SBA programs for offering and/or guaranteeing small business loans to existing and new small businesses, unless and only if otherwise allocated by subsequent legislation.

[Bacon King]

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[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Sublimation Act

1. If a party decides to dissolve (as outlined by each party’s by-laws), that party will cease to exist on the Introduction to Atlasia 2.0 Thread.
2. Upon a resolution to dissolve, the Chairman of said party shall notify the Registrar General that the political party in question has dissolved.
3. Remaining members of the political party in question will be re-registered as “Independent.”

[Fritz]

Sublimation Act

1. If a party decides to dissolve (as outlined by each party’s by-laws), that party will cease to exist on the Introduction to Atlasia 2.0 Thread.
2. Upon a resolution to dissolve, the Chairman of said party shall notify the RG that the political party in question has dissolved.
3. Remaining members of the political party in question will be re-registered as “Independent.”

Please use my proper office title in legislation: Registrar General.  Thanks.   

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I got three separate bills here.

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsored for the President

[Badger]

Atlasian Day of Happiness Act.

January 13th shall henceforth be a national holiday in Atlasia commemorating when one Alexander Hamilton, a former poster lifeless even for by internet standards and presumably, due to lack of time, a virgin, was permanently banned in shame for sockpuppeting, trolling, plus countless other deplorable and downright shady actions.

Said day shall be hereby declared an Atlasian Day of Happiness and celebrated with appropriate festivities and levity, but also acknowledging the constant threat of sockpuppets in Atlasia today and declaring our everlasting vigilance against such counterfeits with the solemn oath: "Never Again!"

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Fix Our Roads! Act

Section I:

1. The Atlasian Government recognizes the infrastructure of the nation is in poor condition, especially many parts of the East Coast artery fondly known as I-95.

2. The Atlasian Government recognizes that the job market is still in need of well paying jobs to put people back to work, and a useful way to create demand in the labor markets.  

Section II:

1. In order to improve both markets, $30 billion will be allocated to fixing and repaving 100,000 miles of roads and interstate highway systems nationwide, many of them built decades ago.  

2. This project will last for the duration of 3 years with the money allocated in payments of $15 billion in 2010, $7.5 billion in 2011, and $7.5 billion in 2012 in order balance the have as little impact on the deficit as possible.    

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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