Office of Southern Governor LouisvilleThunder

[Pedocon Theory is not a theory]

pack it up "governor" loserville thunder! you lost fair and square!

[West_Midlander]

"Governor" Donerail "won" with the best voter turnout and in the most "legitimate" election since Liberia in 1927.



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[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Long live the Federalist Chamber Supermajority and the Federalist reign over the Governorship!

[WD]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

[West_Midlander]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

I personally like President Scott but leftist shenanigans in the South and their attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government is a great incentive to vote straight-ticket conservative forevermore. I effectively voted Peace in the last Senate election and I abstained in the last presidential election but these are the people I am empowering if I vote for a left-wing candidate...?

These are the people who I am telling, "good job, keep it up," by giving them by vote? No, thanks!

[WD]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

I personally like President Scott but leftist shenanigans in the South and their attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government is a great incentive to vote straight-ticket conservative forevermore. I effectively voted Peace in the last Senate election and I abstained in the last presidential election but these are the people I am empowering if I vote for a left-wing candidate...?

These are the people who I am telling, "good job, keep it up," by giving them by vote? No, thanks!

This government was “elected” by fraud.

[West_Midlander]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

I personally like President Scott but leftist shenanigans in the South and their attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government is a great incentive to vote straight-ticket conservative forevermore. I effectively voted Peace in the last Senate election and I abstained in the last presidential election but these are the people I am empowering if I vote for a left-wing candidate...?

These are the people who I am telling, "good job, keep it up," by giving them by vote? No, thanks!

This government was “elected” by fraud.

Lol.

[S019]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

I personally like President Scott but leftist shenanigans in the South and their attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government is a great incentive to vote straight-ticket conservative forevermore. I effectively voted Peace in the last Senate election and I abstained in the last presidential election but these are the people I am empowering if I vote for a left-wing candidate...?

These are the people who I am telling, "good job, keep it up," by giving them by vote? No, thanks!

It is very clear that you lack a sarcasm detector.

[West_Midlander]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

I personally like President Scott but leftist shenanigans in the South and their attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government is a great incentive to vote straight-ticket conservative forevermore. I effectively voted Peace in the last Senate election and I abstained in the last presidential election but these are the people I am empowering if I vote for a left-wing candidate...?

These are the people who I am telling, "good job, keep it up," by giving them by vote? No, thanks!

It is very clear that you lack a sarcasm detector.

You've now twice called the kettle black.

[S019]

Governor, when will you be giving your farewell address?

I personally like President Scott but leftist shenanigans in the South and their attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government is a great incentive to vote straight-ticket conservative forevermore. I effectively voted Peace in the last Senate election and I abstained in the last presidential election but these are the people I am empowering if I vote for a left-wing candidate...?

These are the people who I am telling, "good job, keep it up," by giving them by vote? No, thanks!

It is very clear that you lack a sarcasm detector.

You've now twice called the kettle black.

Wow, what an original comeback, how will I ever recover?

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #11
The names listed below are to be known as Enemies of the South for engaging in seditious activities against the lawful government led by Governor LouisvilleThunder of the South

Donerail
BOOBS
CalamityBlue
Western Democrat
Ishan
0regon Sxmp D0g
Scott
Harry S Truman
Dwarven Dragon
TheShadowyAbyss
Utah Neolib
Crane
S019
Solid4096

[S019]

Executive Order #11
The names listed below are to be known as Enemies of the South for engaging in seditious activities against the lawful government led by Governor LouisvilleThunder of the South

Donerail
BOOBS
CalamityBlue
Western Democrat
Ishan
0regon Sxmp D0g
Scott
Harry S Truman
Dwarven Dragon
TheShadowyAbyss
Utah Neolib
Crane
S019
Solid4096

[Mr. Reactionary]

Executive Order #11
The names listed below are to be known as Enemies of the South for engaging in seditious activities against the lawful government led by Governor LouisvilleThunder of the South

Donerail
BOOBS
CalamityBlue
Western Democrat
Ishan
0regon Sxmp D0g
Scott
Harry S Truman
Dwarven Dragon
TheShadowyAbyss
Utah Neolib
Crane
S019
Solid4096

Why are you posting pictures of your backyard?

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #12
Executive Order #7 from the LouisvilleThunder administration is reversed. The line "Scott" from Executive Order #11 from the LouisvilleThunder administration is removed.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #13
Sections 1-7 of the Southern Heartbeat Act shall continue to be enforced in full ONLY by members of the Southern national guard under the command of the Governor. The private citizen enforcement mechanism shall cease to be recognized.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

GREEN BOOK ACT

All of those buildings in the Southern Region that contained any hotel, guest house, service station, drug store, tavern, barbershop, or restaurant that was listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book published by Victor Hugo Green and that still exist are hereby declared to be historic southern landmarks.

 

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

GOOD MEDICAL PROCEDURES ACT

TITLE I: LASER EYE SURGERY

1. Any optometrist in the Southern Region who has received a certification to perform laser surgery from a State Board of Optometry to perform certain types of laser surgery of the eye shall be permitted to perform such laser surgery without obtaining an occupational license as an ophthalmologist.

2. Any State Board of Optometry in the Southern Region who oversees the licensing of optometrists shall issue a certification to perform laser surgery to any optometrist who submits evidence satisfactory to the respective Board that he:

A. is certified by the Board to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Code requirements and

B. has satisfactorily completed such didactic and clinical training programs provided by an accredited school or college of optometry that includes training in the use of lasers for the medically appropriate and recognized treatment of the human eye as the respective Board may require.

3. This title shall take effect six (6) months after passage.

TITLE II: ORGAN DONATIONS

1. No insurance policy sold in the Southern Region may discriminate against living persons who have donated an organ.

2. No person in the Southern Region shall be denied the right to donate and organ or to receive an organ donation or to be included on a waiting list to receive an organ donation based on their vaccination status or tobacco use or cannabis use.

3. This title shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

PRO LIFE SAFE HAVEN ACT

TITLE I: BABY DONATIONS

1. Any parent delivering or personnel of a hospital, church, emergency medical services agency, or locality receiving a child younger than ninety (90) days old in a newborn safety device as described herein, shall be immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for injury or other damage to the child unless such injury or other damage is the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct by such personnel.

2. Any hospital, church, emergency medical services agency, or locality that voluntarily installs a newborn safety device for the reception of children shall ensure that:
 
A. the device is located inside the hospital or emergency medical services agency in an area that is conspicuous and visible to employees or personnel,
B. the device is staffed 24 hours a day by a health care provider or emergency medical services personnel,
C. the device is climate controlled and serves as a safe sleep environment for an infant,
D. the device is equipped with a dual alarm system that sounds 60 seconds after a child is placed in the device and automatically places a call to 911 if the alarm is not deactivated within 60 seconds from within the hospital or emergency medical services agency,
E. the dual alarm system is visually checked at least two (2) times per day and tested at least one (1) time per week to ensure the alarm system is in working order,
F. the device automatically locks when a child is placed in the device, and
G. the device is identifiable by appropriate signage that shall include written and pictorial operational instructions.

3. This title shall take effect 60 days after passage.

TITLE II: MURDER CONTRACTS

1. Any surrogacy contract provision requiring an abortion or selective reduction is against the public policy of the Southern Region and is void and unenforceable. This title shall take effect immediately and apply both retrospectively and prospectively.

TITLE III: WHEN A BABY IS A BABY

1. The following terms shall be defined as such as used in this Title:
A. "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac.
B. "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period.
C. "Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy.
D. "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this region, including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine.
E. "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition that: begins with fertilization;
occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring; and is calculated from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period.
F.  "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care, and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning, and skill would employ in like circumstances, and includes employing the appropriate means of detecting the heartbeat based on the estimated gestational age of the unborn child and the condition of the woman and her pregnancy.
G.  "Unborn child" means a viable human fetus or embryo in any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.

2. The legislature finds, according to contemporary medical research, that:
A. protecting the health and safety of unborn children and pregnant mothers in the Southern Region is undeniably a compelling state interest and the power to do so is reserved to the Southern Region
B. fetal heartbeat has become a key medical predictor that an unborn child will reach live birth;
C. cardiac activity begins at a biologically identifiable moment in time, normally when the fetal heart is formed in the gestational sac;
D. The South has compelling interests from the outset of a woman's pregnancy in protecting the health of the woman and the life of the unborn child and there is no less restrictive means of achieving this compelling interest; and
E. To make an informed choice about whether to continue her pregnancy, the pregnant woman has a compelling interest in knowing the likelihood of her unborn child surviving to full-term birth based on the presence of cardiac activity and there is no less restrictive means of achieving this compelling interest.

3. A physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child or failed to perform a test to detect a fetal heartbeat. A physician does not violate this section if the physician performed a test for a fetal heartbeat as required herein.

4. Prior to performing an abortion, a physician shall use standard medical practice to determine if there is a fetal heartbeat. A physician making a determination shall record in the pregnant woman's medical record:
A. The estimated gestational age of the unborn child;
B. The method used to estimate the gestational age; and
C.  The test used for detecting a fetal heartbeat, including the date, time, and results of the test.

5. Paragraphs 3 and 4 do not apply if a physician believes a medical emergency exists that threatens the life of the pregnant woman. A physician who performs or induces an abortion under such circumstances shall make written notations in the pregnant woman's medical record of:
A. the physician's belief that a medical emergency necessitated the abortion; and
B. the medical condition of the pregnant woman that prevented compliance with these paragraphs.

6. Any medical records required under this title shall be maintained by the physician for no less than five (5) years.

7. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting or preventing a pregnant woman from freely traveling to another Region to obtain an abortion prohibited under this Title, nor from utilizing travel expense funds made available under the Reproductive Health Expansion Act for such purpose. Given that there is a compelling interest in protecting the lives, health, and safety of unborn children and pregnant mothers in the South, and given that there is an exception in this Title to protect the life of pregnant women, and given that pregnant women are entitled to travel expenses under federal law to obtain an abortion prohibited herein, and given that there is no less restrictive means of protecting the compelling interests identified herein, it is the position of the Southern Region that this Title complies with any strict scrutiny requirement the Atlasian Supreme Court may mistakenly think applies to such act.

8. Any provision or title herein found to be unconstitutional by a court of proper jurisdiction shall be severable from the remainder of this act to the maximum extent permissible by law.

9. The Southern Heartbeat Act is hereby repealed.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

CARS ARE GOOD ACT

1. Neither the Southern Region nor any State or locality therein shall prohibit motor vehicle engines from being modified for racing, to operate off of a diesel fuel source, or to receive injections of nitrous oxide, nor shall the Southern Region nor any State or locality therein prohibit the commercial sale, transportation, manufacture, or possession of conversion kits necessary for such modifications, or of nitrous oxide.

2. Neither the Southern Region nor any State or locality therein shall require motor vehicles that operate on public roadways to receive a safety inspection in order to operate on public roadways more than once every three (3) years.

3. Any automobile manufacturer selling automobiles within in the Southern Region shall be required to sell all service materials and diagnostics for repairing the automobiles to independent mechanics and other end-use consumers. Service materials and diagnostics shall include physical parts, specialty tools, and electronic information necessary to allow an automobile to function as designed and intended at the time of sale but shall not include trade secrets. Manufacturers shall be permitted to charge a reasonable price for physical parts and tools but shall not be permitted to charge more than $10.00 for electronic information that is already available on the internet.

4. Any person who steals the catalytic converter off of any motor vehicle in the Southern Region shall be guilty of a felony regardless of the value or replacement cost of the catalytic converter being stolen.

5. This act shall take effect within thirty (30) days of passage.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #14

In light of the resignation of Spark498, Tea Party Hater of Texas is appointed to serve out the remaining term for the the Southern regional senate seat until March 4, 2022.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I'd like to congratulate Tea Party Hater on his appointment.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

USURY IS A SIN ACT

TITLE I: PREDATORY MONEY LENDERS

1. No person, entity, financial institution, credit union, or other commercial enterprise shall be permitted to charge upon any money loaned an annual interest rate in excess of 12% of the value of the amount of money loaned, regardless of any State laws to the contrary. This shall apply to any category of loan, whether to a consumer or business, whether from an individual, pawnbroker, payday lender, credit card company, credit union, bank, financial institution, or other commercial enterprise, and whether or not the loan has been collateralized with real, personal, or intangible property. Any State laws in the Southern Region permitting higher interest rates is hereby superseded.

2. The default interest rate for any money loaned within the Southern Region, when not otherwise specified by contract, shall be 6%. This shall apply to any category of loan, whether to a consumer or business, whether from an individual, pawnbroker, payday lender, credit union, bank, financial institution, or other commercial enterprise, and whether or not the loan has been collateralized with real, personal, or intangible property. Any State laws in the Southern Region permitting higher default interest rates is hereby superseded.

3. The default judgment interest rate for any money owed within the Southern Region as determined by a valid court case, when not otherwise specified by contract, shall be 10%. This shall apply to any category of debt, whether to a consumer or business, whether from an individual, pawnbroker, payday lender, credit union, bank, financial institution, or other commercial enterprise, and whether or not the loan has been collateralized with real, personal, or intangible property. Any State laws in the Southern Region permitting higher judgment interest rates is hereby superseded.

4. When negotiating an interest rate by contract, interest on all monetary loans shall be determined based on the value of the amount loaned and shall not be dependent upon any floating interest rate set by the Federal Reserve or other Atlasian entity.

5. It is the position of the Southern Region that any person, entity, financial institution, credit union, or other commercial enterprise loaning money within the boundaries of the Southern Region are subject to this act, regardless of a physical situs upon an Indian reservation or ownership interest by an Indian Tribe.

6. This act shall take effect within thirty (30) days of passage.

TITLE II: TRUMAN SAYS FIGHT THE BANKS

Whereas, the region of Fremont passed the Plain Packaging Act which directly contradicts, violates, and nullifies a lawful statute of the government of Atlasia, and;

Whereas, the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, was drafted and carried into execution by the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, and;

Whereas, despite the obvious conflict of interest the Atlasian Attorney General has opined that the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, supersedes contradictory Atlasian statutory law regardless of the Supremacy Clause of the Atlasian Constitution on the grounds that we “demonstrate … genuine attachment to the principle of regional rights. If … not, we shall know that all this talk of federalism is a humbug and merely a flimsy disguise for their putative devotion to the monied interest. We call on all the friends of labor to stand firm against the combination of the communists and fascists in their war on regionalism. This war we must and shall win for the liberty of all Atlasians under the constitution.”, and;

Whereas, the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, has determined that regional nullification of an Atlasian statute is appropriate when regional rights and the liberty of the people are threatened, that failure to engage in such regional nullification benefits communists and fascists, and that the Atlasian Department of Justice would not enforce a nullified Atlasian law;

Now, therefore, we the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region, under the principles of comity and regional equality, do hereby ordain and resolve the following:

1. That it is position of the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region that Section 85 of the National Banking Act (NBA) 12 USC §85, an Atlasian statute violates regional rights and the liberty of the people.

2. That accordingly, Section 85 of the NBA is hereby nullified within the legal jurisdiction of the Southern Region. No local, State, or Regional money or resources shall be expended in the enforcement of this statute, nor shall any local, State, Regional, or Atlasian employees or agents enforce, or attempt to enforce, this statute within the Southern Region.

3. That any provision herein found to be unconstitutional by a court of proper jurisdiction shall be severable from the remainder of this act.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 3-1-1 and awaits Governor action

LABOR & JUDICIAL REFORM ACT OF 2019 AMENDMENTS ACT

1. The Labor and Judicial Reform Act of 2019 shall be amended as such:

TITLE I. JUDICIAL

1. The minimum felony threshold for theft is hereby increased set at to $700.

2. Unless voluntarily delayed by the defendant or required by a provision of law, criminal trials must begin within 120 180 days after charges have been filed.

3. Users of Illegal Drugs, or those who overdose on legal drugs, who were NOT engaged in selling such items, who seek treatment or otherwise report the overdoses for/of themselves or others, will not be charged on the basis of their use alone, provided that they cooperate with related investigations.

TITLE II: LABOR

1. Public employees shall not be fired, disciplined, or warned on the basis that they engaged in breastfeeding. Employers or Supervisors found in violation of this may be, as appropriate, fined not more than $1,000, and forced to reinstate the employee, or imprisoned for not more than one year.

2. Public EMT and Fire employees are hereby allowed to carry guns when on duty. Regional employees are hereby allowed to carry guns when on duty, provided they are otherwise legally permitted to do so.

3. Attorney Fees are hereby allowed for wage theft cases, provided such fees do not impose a cost of greater than $400 to either party.

4. Employee requests for paystubs need not be in writing, employers shall recognize requests sent by email or other methods that still allow a record of the request to exist.

5. Meetings of Public Sector Unions must be open to the public, unless existing law requires otherwise, and shall be noticed on the website of the Union or the Employer at least 72 hours in advance.

6. No Regional, State, or local government employer shall be permitted to withhold funds from any paycheck for the purpose of transferring such funds to a union nor shall any Regional, State, or local government employer be permitted to share personal identifying information about any employee, including but not limited to phone numbers and addresses with any union. No public employee shall be compensated by any Regional, State, or local government for any time or resources spent in the furtherance of union activities. If a union's activities infringe upon an employer's time and resources, the union must compensate the employer at a fair market value rate. For purposes of this act union's activities shall consist of activities that are performed by a union or members or representatives thereof that relate to advocating the interests of member employees in wages, benefits, terms, and conditions of employment, or the enforcement, fulfilment, or advancement of the union's purposes, obligations, external relations, or internal policies and procedures.

2. This act shall take effect within 30 days of passage.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CHICK-FIL-A

Whereas Chick-Fil-A is a proud southern business providing an important and delicious way to maintain proper nutrition, and;

Whereas Chick-Fil-A is culturally associated with Southern Region, and serves as an excellent symbol of Southern love, hospitality, and charm, and;

Whereas Chick-Fil-A has donated lots of money to worthwhile charities and organizations, cares deeply about its employees, and is an exemplary corporate citizen;

Now therefore, the month of June 2022 shall be proclaimed Chick-Fil-A Pride Month. It shall be the official policy of the Southern Region to encourage all Atlasians to eat at Chick-Fil-A at least once during Chick-Fil-A Pride Month.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits Governor action

NO BARNEY FIFES ACT

1. No sheriff, police force, or police department shall be permitted to establish a formal or informal quota that requires a law enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

2. No sheriff, police force, or police department shall execute a search or arrest warrant unless a copy of such warrant is provided to the person being searched or arrested.

3. No sheriff, police force, police department, or employee thereof shall falsify a document for the purposes of coercing a suspect during an interrogation.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.