Southern Legislation Introduction Thread

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

SUCK IT SAN FRANCISCO ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the City of San Francisco has passed laws barring the expenditure of public funds on travel to and business with every single State and business in the South because we don’t like to kill babies; and

Whereas, this is dumb decision by San Francisco; and

Whereas, the Southern Region does not wish its residents to accidentally step on homeless poop or AIDS needles;

Now therefore, the Southern Region does hereby adopt this act to protect the public health, safety, welfare, and morals of His flock.


 

TITLE II: PUBLICLY-FUNDED TRAVEL

1. The Southern Regional government, and any State or locality therein shall not require any of its employees or officers to travel to the City of San Francisco, California; or approve a request for publicly-funded travel to the City of San Francisco, California.

2. This title shall not apply to travel that is: (a) necessary for the enforcement of any Regional, State, or local law; (b) necessary for the defense of any legal claim against the Southern Region or any State or locality therein; (c) required by law; (d) required to meet contractual obligations incurred by the Southern Region or any State or locality thereon; or (e) necessary for the protection of public health, welfare, morals, or safety.

3. For purposes of this act “travel" does not include landing in the City of San Francisco by plane to make a connecting flight to a destination outside that state, or traversing the City of San Francisco by automobile, train, bus, or otherwise, to reach a destination outside that City.

TITLE III: PUBLICLY-FUNDED CONTRACTS

1. The Southern Regional government, and any State or locality therein shall not enter into any Contract with a Contractor that has its headquarters in the City of San Francisco, California or where any or all of the work on the Contract will be performed in the City of San Francisco, California.

2. This provision shall not apply to Contracts in the following circumstances: (a) The needed services under the applicable Contract are available only from one; or (b) the Contract is necessary to respond to an emergency which endangers the public health or safety and no other complaint entity is capable of responding to the emergency is immediately available to perform the required services; or there are no qualified responsive bidders or prospective vendors that are compliant and the Contract is for a service, project, or property that is essential to the public,· or (4) the public interest warrants the granting of a waiver due to adverse impact on services or a substantial adverse financial impact; or (5) the services to be purchased are available under a bulk purchasing arrangement with a federal, regional, State, or local governmental entity or a group purchasing organization.

TITLE IV: EXPIRATION AND ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect 15 days after passage, however this act shall not be applied retroactively.

2. This act shall automatically expire when the City of San Francisco, California first repeals its own laws restricting public travel and public contracts with the Southern Region and any State, locality, or business therein.

I'd definitely ask Lumine for clarification before you boldly assume that Atlasian San Francisco is also participating in its real life counterpart's boycott.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SUCK IT SAN FRANCISCO ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the City of San Francisco has passed laws barring the expenditure of public funds on travel to and business with every single State and business in the South because we don’t like to kill babies; and

Whereas, this is dumb decision by San Francisco; and

Whereas, the Southern Region does not wish its residents to accidentally step on homeless poop or AIDS needles;

Now therefore, the Southern Region does hereby adopt this act to protect the public health, safety, welfare, and morals of His flock.


 

TITLE II: PUBLICLY-FUNDED TRAVEL

1. The Southern Regional government, and any State or locality therein shall not require any of its employees or officers to travel to the City of San Francisco, California; or approve a request for publicly-funded travel to the City of San Francisco, California.

2. This title shall not apply to travel that is: (a) necessary for the enforcement of any Regional, State, or local law; (b) necessary for the defense of any legal claim against the Southern Region or any State or locality therein; (c) required by law; (d) required to meet contractual obligations incurred by the Southern Region or any State or locality thereon; or (e) necessary for the protection of public health, welfare, morals, or safety.

3. For purposes of this act “travel" does not include landing in the City of San Francisco by plane to make a connecting flight to a destination outside that state, or traversing the City of San Francisco by automobile, train, bus, or otherwise, to reach a destination outside that City.

TITLE III: PUBLICLY-FUNDED CONTRACTS

1. The Southern Regional government, and any State or locality therein shall not enter into any Contract with a Contractor that has its headquarters in the City of San Francisco, California or where any or all of the work on the Contract will be performed in the City of San Francisco, California.

2. This provision shall not apply to Contracts in the following circumstances: (a) The needed services under the applicable Contract are available only from one; or (b) the Contract is necessary to respond to an emergency which endangers the public health or safety and no other complaint entity is capable of responding to the emergency is immediately available to perform the required services; or there are no qualified responsive bidders or prospective vendors that are compliant and the Contract is for a service, project, or property that is essential to the public,· or (4) the public interest warrants the granting of a waiver due to adverse impact on services or a substantial adverse financial impact; or (5) the services to be purchased are available under a bulk purchasing arrangement with a federal, regional, State, or local governmental entity or a group purchasing organization.

TITLE IV: EXPIRATION AND ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect 15 days after passage, however this act shall not be applied retroactively.

2. This act shall automatically expire when the City of San Francisco, California first repeals its own laws restricting public travel and public contracts with the Southern Region and any State, locality, or business therein.

I'd definitely ask Lumine for clarification before you boldly assume that Atlasian San Francisco is also participating in its real life counterpart's boycott.

Lol. I dont know if we have 8 months to wait. Based on the criteria, its (SF) policy boycotts any state that restricts "pre-viability abortions" which we do regionwide. My understanding from when I was GM is that GM can determine something from real life didnt happen, but absent such determination the presumption is that it did. The abortion boycott was adopted in 2019. As u see, we are ofcourse happy to let our counterboycott expire once they backdown, so if it turns out that there is no SF boycott our proposed law wont have any effect.

[Mr. Reactionary]

WORKERS SHOULD WORK ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

1. A "non-compete agreement" is defined as a clause in which an employee agrees with an employer not to enter into or start a similar profession or trade, or to engage in the same or similar profession for a competitor of the employer in order to avoid unfair competition with the employer.

2. A "customer non-solicitation agreement" is defined as a clause in which an employee agrees with an employer not to contact or solicit current or former customers of the employer upon leaving a job in an attempt to convince the current or former customers to engage in business with the employee for the same or similar product or professional services provided by the employer.

3. An "employee non-solicitation agreement" is defined as a clause in which an employee agrees with an employer not to contact or solicit current employees of the employer or former employees of the employer subject to a valid non-compete agreement upon leaving a job in an attempt to convince the current or former employees to work for or with the employee in the same or similar job, trade, or profession provided by the employer.

4. For purposes of this act, a prohibited non-compete agreement, customer non-solicitation agreement, or employee non-solicitation agreement shall not include:

a. a confidentiality clause;

b. a clause protecting a company’s trade secrets, non-public customer lists, or inventions;

c. a non-compete agreement,  customer non-solicitation agreement, or employee non-solicitation agreement entered into in connection with the acquisition or sale of an ownership interest in a business;

d. a clause requiring advance notice of termination during which the employee remains employed and receives compensation.

e. a non-compete agreement, customer non-solicitation agreement, or employee non-solicitation agreement  entered into in connection with a contract for non-replicable personal services such as visual and performance arts or personal services specific to the reputation, name, identity, or likeness of an individual.

TITLE II: PROHIBITED AGREEMENTS

1. A non-compete agreement,  customer non-solicitation agreement, or employee non-solicitation agreement shall be unenforceable unless:

a. the employer can prove a legitimate business interest based on the totality of fscts and circumstances that the agreement will protect;

b. the agreement lasts for no longer two (2) years;

c. the agreement is only applicable within the Southern Region;

d. the agreement is limited to the same or similar job, profession, or trade for which the employee is being employed;

e. the employee was given at least fourteen (14) days to review the agreement prior to accepting;

f. the employer is required to pay adequate financial compensation to the employee for the duration of the agreement equivalent to at least half of his gross wages or salary for the corresponding period; and

g. the employee was not terminated, laid off, or furloughed for a reason other than misconduct.

2. A non-compete agreement shall be unenforceable against an hourly employee or a salaried employee making less than $75,000 per year in earnings (including any commissions or bonuses).

3. A customer non-solicitation agreement and employee non-solicitation agreement shall be uneforceable against an hourly employee or a salaried employee making less than $60,000 per year in earnings  (including any commissions or bonuses).

TITLE III: ENFORCEMENT AND ENACTMENT

1.  When practicable, a court with proper jurisdiction may modify, reform, or sever provisions of an unenforceable non-compete or non-solicitation agreement under this act rather than holding them unenforceable.

2. No court shall permit the enforcement of an unenforceable non-compete or non-solicitation agreement under this act by specific performance or negative injunction. A negative injunction shall only be a remedy for enforcing an agreement exempt under Title I(4) of this act.

3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

4. Any existing agreements that do not comply with this act shall remain enforceable for either the remaining term of the agreement, or one (1) year, whichever occurs soonest.

[Mr. Reactionary]

PROMOTING HOLY MEALS ACT

Title I: Accommodation Policies and Enactment

1. Any person imprisoned in the Southern Region has the right to freedom of conscience and to freely exercise their religion. Accordingly, the following accommodations shall be offered to such imprisoned person, provided such accommodation is economically feasible, is based on a sincerely-held religious belief and does not demonstrably jeopardize the health or safety of prisoners or prison staff or facilitate actual crime. The actual abuse of an accommodation identified in this act may result in the limitation or suspension of such accommodation for the individual abuser provided such limitatiom or suspension does not amount to cruelly requiring a prisoner to violate a tenant of his faith as retaliation or punishment. Such suspension, denial based on particularized health or safety necessities, or reasonable heightened security screenings to ensure that an accommodation under this act is not being abused shall not be deemed a violation of a prisoner’s religious freedom.

2. Unless otherwise indicated herein, this act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

Title II: kosher, halal, and other religious diets

1. Any person imprisoned in the Southern Region who has a sincerely held religious belief imposing dietary restrictions on such person shall be allowed to make such belief and restrictions known upon his imprisonment at any jail, prison, or correctional facility in the Southern Region.

2. To the maximum extent possible, any jail, prison, or correctional facility in the Southern Region shall seek to accomodate dietary restrictions made known under this act. Such accomodation may be accomplished by preparing such meals itself using existing resources subject to Regional law on kosher and halal labeling, by accepting donations of money or prepared meals provided by religious or charitable organizations approved of by the prisoner requesting the accomodation, by partially-financing such meals through the sale of supplemental foods and other items to prisoners, or by preparing adequate vegan meals which shall be deemed to conform to kosher, halal, and other religious dietary restrictions.

3. No prisoner shall be forced to eat any food item. The purposeful and willful refusal by a prisoner to eat safe food offered to him to which he is not religiously opposed resulting in malnutrition shall not be considered neglect or cruel or unusual punishment.

4. It shall be a class 3 misdemeanor to adulterate the food of a prisoner for the purpose of causing the prisoner to unknowingly or unwillingly violate his religious dietary restrictions.

Title III: College meal plans

1. Any public college or university in the Southern Region that requires students living on campus to purchase a meal plan shall offer kosher, halal, and vegan options at each meal time. For purposes of this provision, vegan shall be considered to be kosher and halal.

[Mr. Reactionary]

DON'T SWAT TIM POOL ACT

1. Whoever, with the intent to cause an emergency response by any law enforcement agency, in the absence of circumstances requiring such a response, whether by telecommunications system or otherwise knowingly communicates or transmits false or misleading information indicating that conduct has taken, is taking, or will take place that may reasonably be believed to constitute a violation of any criminal law, or endanger public health or safety, shall:

A. if an emergency response results, be fined no more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;

B. if serious bodily injury results, be fined no more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than 12 years, or both;

C. if death results, be fined no more than $100,000 or imprisoned for any number of years or for life, or both; and

D. in any other case, be fined under this title no more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

2. Whoever, with the intent to cause an emergency response by any law enforcement agency, in the absence of circumstances requiring such a response, whether by telecommunications system or otherwise knowingly communicates or transmits false or misleading information indicating that conduct has taken, is taking, or will take place that may reasonably be believed to constitute a violation of any criminal law, or endanger public health or safety, shall be liable in a civil action to any party incurring expenses incident to any emergency response to that conduct, for those expenses and for restitution to the victim.

3. A court, in imposing a sentence on a defendant convicted of an offense under this act, shall order the defendant to reimburse any party for expenses for an emergency response necessitated by such offense. A person ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with each other person, if any, who is ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection for the same expenses.

4. An order of reimbursement under this subsection shall, for the purposes of enforcement, be treated as a civil judgment.

5. The term "emergency response" means any action taken by law enforcement personnel to immediately respond to an event that threatens or may reasonably be believed to threaten public health or safety.

6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

PROMOTING HOLY ORGAN DONORS ACT

1. An employer in the Southern Region with more than fifteen (15) employees must provide paid leaves of absence to employee(s) who are about to undergo medical procedure to donate bone marrow and/or an organ (partial or complete) to another person.

2. The length of the paid leave of absence may be decided by the employee undergoing the procedure, but may not exceed 48 hours, unless agreed upon by both the employer, as well as their employee in question.

3. The employer may require official verification an employee seeking organ or bone marrow donation by a physician regarding the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee.

4. If there is a medical determination that the employee does not qualify as a bone marrow or organ donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited.

5. An employer must provide unpaid leaves of absence to employee(s) who are about to undergo medical procedure to donate bone marrow and/or an organ (partial or complete) to another person.

6. The length of the unpaid leave of absence may be decided by the employee undergoing the procedure, but may not exceed 8 weeks, unless agreed upon by both the employer, as well as their employee in question.

7. An employer is not permitted to retaliate or sanction against an employee for requesting leave, whether paid or unpaid. “Retaliation” includes, but is not limited to, demotion, discipline, firing, salary reduction, job/shift reassignment, or any other negative job action.

8. No person seeking an organ donation may be prohibited from declining an otherwise-compatible donated organ that he is religiously opposed to accepting. Such refusal shall not result in the forfeiture of his priority of receiving an organ donation when a compatible donation to which he is not religiously opposed becomes available.

9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

FREEDOM DAY ACT

1. In celebration of the end of slavery in the Southern Region, the 19th of June of every year is hereby proclaimed to be Freedom Day. Freedom Day shall be a Regional holiday. This provision shall take effect immediately.

2. Any school instruction or instruction materials in the Southern Region that reference "Black History Month" shall be corrected to "Black History and Future Month". This provisiom shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

JUNK SCIENCE ISN'T EVIDENCE ACT

1. A person unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of their liberty in thr Southern Region, under any pretense, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment or restraint.

2. A writ of habeas corpus may be prosecuted for, but not limited to, the following reasons:

A. False evidence that is substantially material or probative on the issue of guilt or punishment was introduced against a person at a hearing or trial relating to the person’s incarceration.

B. False physical evidence, believed by a person to be factual, probative, or material on the issue of guilt, which was known by the person at the time of entering a plea of guilty, which was a material factor directly related to the plea of guilty by the person.

C. New evidence exists that is credible, material, presented without substantial delay, and of such decisive force and value that it would have more likely than not changed the outcome at trial.

D. Expert opinion testimony, including the expert’s conclusion or the facts upon which their opinion is based, that was material or probative on the issue of guilt or punishment, regardless of whether it was offered by the prosecution or defense, was introduced and a reasonable dispute within the relevant scientific community as to the validity of the methods, theories, research, or studies upon which the expert based their opinion has developed or further developed after the person’s trial.

3. Any allegation that the prosecution knew or should have known of the false nature of the evidence referred to in herein is immaterial to the prosecution of a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to this act.

4. This section does not limit the grounds for which a writ of habeas corpus may be prosecuted or preclude the use of any other remedies available by law.

5. For purposes of this act:

A. “false evidence” includes opinions of experts that have either been repudiated by the expert who originally provided the opinion at a hearing or trial or that have been undermined by scientific research, including scientific research that existed at the time the expert’s testimony was given or later scientific research or technological advances. The results of a polygraph test shall be considered false evidence.

B. “new evidence” means evidence that has been discovered after trial, that could not have been discovered prior to trial by the exercise of due diligence, and is admissible and not merely cumulative, corroborative, collateral, or impeaching.

6. This act does not create additional liabilities, beyond those already recognized, for an expert who repudiates the original opinion provided at a hearing or trial or whose opinion has been undermined by scientific research, technological advancements, or because of a reasonable dispute within the expert’s relevant scientific community as to the validity of the methods, theories, research, or studies upon which the expert based their opinion.

7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

BAD PARENTING ACT

1. The residual parental rights of a parent in the Southern Region shall be terminated by a proper court if the court finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that it is in the best interests of the child and that the parent has been convicted of an offense under the laws of the Southern Region or a substantially similar law of any other State, Region, Atlasia, or any foreign jurisdiction that constitutes:

A. murder or voluntary manslaughter, or a felony attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any such offense, and the victim of the offense was the child of the parent over whom parental rights would be terminated; or

B. Rape, statutory rape, incest, bestiality, ghoulish sex, or any other sex crime requiring registration on a Sex Offender Registry.

2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022

[Mr. Reactionary]

NO WOKE QUESTIONAIRES ACT

1. The Southern Discriminatory Training Ban Act shall be amended as follows:

SOUTHERN DISCRIMINATORY TRAINING BAN ACT

Section I. Title

i. This bill may be known as the Southern Discriminatory Training Ban Act.

Section II. Substance

i. Any Southern regional, state, or local agency, or any entity receiving regional government funding, may not use diversity training or employee questionaires which promote racist concepts during training such as but not limited to that an “individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously” and that “any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex.”

ii. Section II-i shall apply to any businesses and corporations that hold contracts to provide goods or services to the Southern regional government. Any contract that remains in affect with a business that does not comply with this Act when it goes into effect will be terminated.

iii. This Act shall also apply to any educational institution including student applicants seeking admission to a school or program which receives funding from any regional, state, or local government.

Section III. Enforcement

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iv. Any diversity administrator hired by a department of the Southern government or state or local department has a salary cap equivalent to the annual average NPC state legislative human resources administrator salary.

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2. The banning discriminatory discriminatory hiring act shall be amended as follows:

Banning Discriminatory Hiring Act

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Section II. Enforcement

i. This act applies to any corporate entity that conducts business in the Southern Region or is incorporated in the Southern Region

ii. Any corporate entity that conducts business in the Southern Region or is incorporated in the Southern region may not use race, ethnicity, religion, income, sex, gender, or political ideology as a factor in hiring, tenure, or promotion. No such entity shall require or inquire of any applicants or employees about commitments to or affirmations of the dismantling of oppressive systems, promotion of social equity, or advancement of diversity. This Act shall also apply to any educational institution, including student applicants seeking admission to a school or program, which receives funding from any regional, state, or local government.

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3. This act shall take effect on April 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

RESOLUTION RELATED TO JAMBALAYA

1. Recognizing that jambalaya is a great southern food that deserves the South's formal recognition, the Government of the South declares that the date of February 25th, 2023 shall be designated Jambalaya day to facilitate the holding of jambalaya festivals. All Southerners are encouraged to eat jambalaya on this day as a show of Southern unity and regional pride.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

ACCIDENTAL DUPLICATION REPEAL ACT

Whereas, it is important that laws passed pursuant to the Southern Constitution be written in a manner that is easily understandable. Non-contradictory, actually contain operative language, clear legal duties, and the exercise of only those powers belonging to the Southern Chamber, and;

Whereas, over the last few years several laws and purported laws were passed despite obvious defects in the wording and duplication of existing laws, thus resulting in a broken code with contradictory wordings of the same policies and legal nullities held out as law, and;

Whereas, it is the duty of the Southern Chamber to repeal defective laws to avoid unnecessary confusion;

Now, therefore, the Southern Region hereby declares the following:

1. The Certificate of Need Repeal Act is hereby repealed.

2. The Southern Property Usage Act is hereby repealed.

3. The Effective Highway Evacuation Act is hereby repealed.

4. The Uniform Corporate Law Act is hereby repealed.

5. The Humane treatment of shelter animals act is hereby repealed.

6. Section 5 of the Black Mirror Act is hereby repealed.

7. The Elimination of Income Tax Act of 2016 is hereby repealed.

8. The Choose Life Act is hereby repealed.

9. The Commemoration of Tennessee Heroes Act is hereby repealed.

[Mr. Reactionary]

COMMON LAW CAN BE AMENDED BY LEGISLATION ACT

Whereas, a majority of the Atlasian Supreme Court has declared any U.S. Supreme Court case decided prior to 2016 to be "common law" of no binding nature; and

Whereas, "common law" is judicially created law that only exists when such law is not prohibited by legislative action; and

Whereas, it is a centuries old principle of law that "common law" can be amended or voided at will by legislative action; and

Whereas, the Southern Region is well within its rights to make clear which "common law" it recognizes and which it rejects, as the Southern Region retains its sovereign legislative powers;

Now, therefore, the Southern Region does hereby ordain and resolve the following:

1. To the maximum extent permissible by law, any common law established by the following cases is hereby declared to be superseded, overturned, incorrect, invalid, and null and void when raised in a Southern Court or to a federal court interpreting or deciding the constitutionality of any Southern law:

Federal power over intraregional activity
- McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819)
- TX v. White, 74 U.S. 700, (1869)
- De Lima v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 1 (1901)
- Goetze v. U.S., 182 U.S. 221 (1901)
- Dooley v. U.S., 182 U.S. 222 (1901)
- Armstrong v. U.S., 182 U.S. 243 (1901)
- Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901)
-Huus v. New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co., 182 U.S. 392 (1901)
- Dooley v. U.S., 183 U.S. 151 (1901)
- 14 Diamond Rings v. U.S. 183 U.S. 176 (1901)
- HI v. Mankichi, 190 U.S. 197 (1903)
- Gonzales v. Williams, 192 U.S. 1 (1904)
- Kepner v. U.S., 195 U.S. 100 (1904)
- Dorr v. U.S., 195 U.S. 138 (1904)
- Mendozana v. U.S. 195 U.S. 158 (1904)
- Rasmussen v. U.S., 197 U.S. 516 (1905)
- Trono v. U.S., 199 U.S. 521 (1905)
- Grafton v. U.S., 206 U.S. 333 (1907)
- Kent v. Porto Rico, 207 U.S. 113 (1907)
- Kopel v. Bingham, 211 U.S. 468 (1909)
- Dowdell v. U.S., 221 U.S. 325 (1911)
- Ochoa v. Hernández, 230 U.S. 139 (1913)
- Ocampo v. U.S., 234 U.S. 91 (1914)
- J. W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. U.S., 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
- Wickard v Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
- Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
- Marquette Nat. Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp., 439 U.S. 299 (1978)
- Colautti v. Franklin, 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
- Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
- Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
- Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
- U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
- Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005)

Individual Rights Generally
- Calder v. Bull, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 386 (1798)
- Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)
- Slaughterhouse, 83 U.S. 36 (1873)
- Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
- Jacobson v. MA, 197 U.S. 11 (1905)
- Buck v Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927)
- Korematsu v. US, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)
- Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
- Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
- Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
- Moore v. East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
- Regents of UC v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
- Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
- Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
- Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
- Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
- Grutter v. Bolinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003)

Speech, religion, and guns
- U.S. v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939)
-  Railway Employees' Dept. v. Hanson, 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
- Roth v. U.S., 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
- One, Inc. v. Olesen, 355 U.S. 371 (1958)
- International Association of Machinists v. Street, 367 U.S. 740 (1961)
- Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
- Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
- Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
- Memoirs v. MA, 383 U.S. 413 (1966)
- Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 US 97 (1968)
- Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
- Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
- Stone v. Graham, 449 US 39 (1980)
- Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
- Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 US 578 (1987)
- Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
- U.S. v. Kokinda, 497 U.S. 720 (1990)
- Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1991)
- Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
- Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000)
- Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234 (2002)
- Ashcroft v. ACLU, 535 U.S. 564 (2002)
- johanns v. livestock marketing ass'n, 544 U.S. 550 (2005)

Property and Criminal
- Hurtado v. CA, 110 U.S. 516 (1884)
- Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
- Miranda v. AZ, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
- Apodaca v. OR, 406 U.S. 404 (1972)
- Furman v. GA, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)
- Coker v. GA, 433 U.S. 584 (1977)
- Smith v. U.S., 508 U.S. 223 (1993)
- N.O.W. v. . Scheidler, 510 U.S. 249 (1994)
- Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
- Kennedy v. LA, 554 U.S. 407 (2008)

2. No public funds, whether from the Southern Regional government or any State or locality therein may be expended to defend, carry out, or implement any common law established by a case listed herein, nor shall any local, State, Regional, or federal employee enforce or seek to enforce any common law established by a case listed herein.

3. This act shall be severable to the maximum extent permissible by law.

4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SWIM WITH THE DOLPHINS ACT

1. The Preserve our Marine Life Act shall be amended as follows:

Preserve our Marine Life Act

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8. All commercial operations that operate to observe marine life their native habitat are directed to maintain no more than a no wake speed when knowingly operating within 500 feet of a cetacean, and may not pursue, encircle, or come in between the members of a pod, make unnecessary sudden turns, make excessive noise, or approach such animals at an angle by which they would be taken by surprise. These operations also may not allow swimming with these cetaceans or coerce cetaceans into bow-riding. Violators shall be fined up to $25,000 per offense.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

RESOLUTION CONCERNING CAT SHOWS

Be it resolved, by the Southern Chamber of Delegates, that:

1. The Southern Region hereby condemns, rebukes, and censures the International Cat Federation (FIFe) for its foolish, mean-spirited, and bigoted decision to exclude Russian cat breeds from its animal exhibition shows.

2. The Southern Region hereby commends, praises, and supports the International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) for refusing to play politics and not excluding adordable cats from animal exhibition shows merely because of their breed.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SOUTHERN CHAMBER 100 LAW EXTRAVAGANZA ACT

1. The Southern Regional government shall purchase 700,000 troy ounces of silver bullion and commission the minting of 700,000 non legal tender, silver, 1 troy oz commemorative tokens, to be sold to the public at $40 per token. Each Delegate elected or appointed to the 25th Session of the Southern Chamber of Delegates shall be represented by an individual design, which shall be struck on 100,000 tokens per delegate.

2. Each token shall include on the obverse, "Southern Region 2022", "100 LAWS", and the Official Southern Motto Emeritus as well as a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of the current official Southern Flag.

3. The reverse of each token shall have the Official Southern Motto, as well as the name, home State, and a sculpting of the following Delegates:

A. Missouri - Speaker Reagente

B. Virgina - Deputy Reactionary

C. Virginia - Deputy Fhtagn

D. Texas - TimTurner

E. Texas - Ulmer Fudd

F. Texas - TPH

G. Alabama - Octosteel

4. The governor shall have final approval over all designs, with the exception that the portrait area be left blank on the Octosteel tokens since he missed every single vote.

5. All proceeds from the sale of these tokens shall be deposited in the general treasury.

6. This act shall tale effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

NO COMPANY TOWNS ACT

1. No private company, corporation, LLC, or other business entity shall be permitted to exercise municipal or governmental functions over any real property owned by such entity.

2. Florida's Reedy Creek Improvement Act is hereby repealed.

3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

PREVENTING POLICE PENETRATION ACT

1. No sex act between a police or law enforcement officer and a person in police custody shall be considered consensual in the Southern Region.

2. No undercover police or law enforcement officer may engage in sex acts with a prostitute as part of an investigation.

3. No blood drawn from an unconscious person shall be usable as evidence to incriminate such person, unless the collection of that blood be pursuant to a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

4. Thus act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

HOLIDAYS ARE HOLY DAYS ACT

1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer, or an employee or agent thereof, to impose upon a person as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment, including opportunities for promotion, advancement, or transfers, any terms or conditions that would require such person to violate or forego a practice of his or her religion, including but not limited to the observation of any particular day or days or any portion thereof as a sabbath or other holy day in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion, unless, after engaging in a bona fide effort, the employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate the employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.

2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022

[Mr. Reactionary]

FRIENDSHIP ACT

Whereas, friendship between Regions is important; and

Whereas, the Southern Region has long had a friendly relationship with its neighbor to the north, Lincoln; and

Whereas, Lincoln did not invade the South this year and stood in solidarity with the South against tyrannical, Putin-esque losers;

Now therefore, the Southern Region hereby ordains the following:

1. In coordination with government of Kentucky, a bronze cast copy shall be made of Adolph A. Weinman's 1909 statue of Abraham Lincoln, currently located in Frankfort.

2. The base of the new copy shall be inscribed with the following: "To our friends in Lincoln, the South extends this token of affection".

3. The new copy shall be gifted by the Southern Governor to the Government of Lincoln.

4. The Southern Regional government shall purchase 20,000 troy ounces of silver bullion and commission the minting of 20,000 non legal tender, silver, 1 troy oz commemorative tokens, to be sold to the public at $35 per token. Each token shall include on the obverse, "Southern Region 2022", the Official Southern Motto Emeritus, and a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of a dove aloft in flight carrying am olive branch in its beak. Each token shall include on the reverse, "South - Lincoln, True Friends" as well as a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln shaking hands. All proceeds from the sale of these tokens shall be used to offset any costs incurred under this Act, with any balance going to the general fund.

5. This act shall take effect immediately. Funding for the bronze casting and presentation ceremony are hereby appropriated immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

BODY MUTILATION IS NOT HEALTHCARE ACT

Whereas, doctors have an ethical duty to do no harm and refrain from unnecessarily mutilating healthy patients; and

Whereas, the Southern Region is tasked with protecting the public health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people in the Southern Region;

Now be it enacted that Southern Region hereby ordains the following:

1. It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person in the Southern Region to perform the following cosmetic surgeries, procedures, and body modifications on an otherwise healthy patient:

A. Artificial horn implants or grafts, whether above or beneath the skin;

B. Tongue splitting;

C. Nose removal;

D. Ear reshaping; and

E. Microchip implanting.

2. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this law shall have his license to practice medicine suspended for five (5) years.

3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

NO PUBLIC FUNDING OF LIARS ACT

1. No Regional, State, or local public funds in the Southern Region shall be expended to fund the operations or activities of the Southern Poverty Law Center (hereinafter "Lie Center").

2. No Regional, State, or local law enforcement shall rely upon any publication by the Lie Center in the course of an investigation.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

PROSTITUTION IS A SIN ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

  
1. Adult Entertainer means a person who engages in any of the following professions, acts, or performances, for money or other valuable thing or consideration, regardless of if the person receives any money or other valuable thing or consideration on a particular instance:

   A. Producing, filming, directing, designing, editing, printing, distributing, selling, or acting in an obscene, pornographic, or otherwise sexualized film, video, photograph, magazine, or periodical.

   B. Producing, filming, directing, designing, editing, printing, distributing, selling, or acting in a film, video, photograph, magazine, or periodical featuring nudity or a state of undress or display of body parts with the intent of appealing to prurient interests.

   C. Producing, filming, directing, choreographing, distributing, selling, or engaging in a dance or other performance involving nudity or the sexualized stripping or removing of clothing with the intent of appealing to prurient interests.

   D. Producing, filming, directing, choreographing, distributing, selling, or engaging in any task, including but not limited to providing massages, waitressing, or bartending while in a state of nudity or undress with the intent of appealing to prurient interests.

   E. Producing, filming, directing, choreographing, distributing, selling, or engaging in a dance, song, or other performance involving nudity, partial nudity, sexualized dancing, sexualized statements, or other similar adult content, including but not limited to burlesque, cabaret, and drag.

   F. Selling or distributing any sexual toy or object with the intent of appealing to prurient interests.

   G. Owning or operating a place where adult entertainment is conducted.

2. Brothel means any location, facility, place, or room wherein prostitution is practiced. For purposes of this act, a massage parlor, bar, or theater that merely permits nudity or toplessness shall not constitute a brothel and no Regional, State, or local law enforcement in the Southern Region shall raid such place to enforce this act, except upon particularized evidence of an actual criminal violation.

3. Facilitating sex trafficking means:

   A. Facilitating, arranging, providing or paying for the transportation of a person with the intent of inducing the person to engage in prostitution in violation of this act or to enter any place in which prostitution is practiced, encouraged, or allowed for the purpose of sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of this act;

   B. Selling travel services that facilitate the travel of another person with the knowledge that the other person is traveling for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with a person who has been induced to engage in sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of this act;

   C. Traveling with the intent of engaging in sexual conduct with a person who has been induced to engage in sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of this act, with the knowledge that such a person has been induced to engage in such sexual conduct or prostitution;

   D. Placing another in the charge or custody of a third person with the intent that the other person engage in prostitution or who compels the other person to reside with him or her or with any third person for purposes of prostitution, or who compels another person to reside in a brothel;

   E. Asking or receiving any compensation, gratuity, or reward, or promise thereof, for or on account of placing in a brothel or elsewhere a person for the purpose of causing that person to cohabit with someone who is not the person’s spouse;

   F. Giving, offering, or promising any compensation, gratuity or reward, to procure a person to engage in any act of prostitution in any brothel, or elsewhere, against the person’s will; or

   G. Decoying, enticing, procuring, or in any manner inducing a person to become a prostitute or to become an inmate of a brothel, for purposes of prostitution, or for purposes of employment, or for any purpose whatever, when that person does not know that the house is a brothel; or

4. Pimp means a person who knowingly accepts, receives, levies, or appropriates any money or other valuable thing, without consideration, from the proceeds of any prostitute, or who lives with or accepts any earnings of a prostitute, or entices or solicits a person to go to a brothel to engage in sexual conduct with a prostitute.

5. Prostitute means a person who for a fee, monetary consideration or other thing of value engages in sexual acts for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person. For purposes of this act, the mere possession of condoms or other contraceptives shall not constitute evidence of being a prostitute.

6. Prostitution means engaging in sexual acts with another person in return for a fee, monetary consideration, or other thing of value. For purposes of this act, the consensual, non-penetrative touching or fondling of a licensed adult entertainer or a customer thereof shall not constitute prostitution.

TITLE II: PROSTITUTION CRIMES

1. It is hereby unlawful to facilitate sex trafficking. The crime of facilitating sex trafficking shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than ten (10) years and a fine of no more than $25,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of facilitating sex trafficking shall be required to pay restitution, register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

2. It is hereby unlawful to act or engage as a pimp. The crime of acting or engaging as a pimp shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than ten (10) years and a fine of no more than $25,000.00 where physical force or the threat thereof is involved or for no more than five (5) years and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 where no physical force or threats thereof are involved, in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of being a pimp shall be required to pay restitution, register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

3. It is hereby unlawful to engage in prostitution or solicitation therefor, except in a licensed brothel subject to all laws and regulations thereon. The crime of unlawfully engaging in or soliciting prostitution shall be classified as a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $5,000.00, in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. A person convicted of unlawfully engaging in or soliciting prostitution on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. If any State operates a diversion program authorized by the Lee-Jackson-Davis Criminal Reform Act, in lieu of arrest, a law enforcement officer shall issue a citation and summons along with information that the prostitute or customer may be eligible for assignment to a pre-prosecution diversion program. If, at any time before the trial of a prostitute charged with a violation of this paragraph, the prosecuting attorney has reason to believe that the prostitute is a victim of sex trafficking, the prosecuting attorney shall dismiss the charge. If, at any time before the trial of a minor prostitute charged with a violation of this paragraph, the minor prostitute agrees to cooperate with the prosecution of another crime prohibited by this act, the prosecuting attorney shall dismiss the charge. Any person who is arrested or cited for a violation of this paragraph must submit to a test to detect exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as any other sexually-transmissible disease (STD) that may be tested for. Such test must be paid for by the violator and the results of such test must be transmitted to the violator within thirty (30) days. 

4. It is hereby unlawful to solicit for prostitution a law enforcement officer who is posing as a minor or a person who is assisting law enforcement by posing as a minor, provided such purported minor-status is known to the person so soliciting. The crime of soliciting a purported minor shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than ten (10) years and a fine of no more than $25,000.00, in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of soliciting a purported minor shall be required to register as a sex offender and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

5. It is hereby unlawful to engage in or solicit prostitution while knowingly being infected with HIV or an STD. A person who works as a prostitute, or who solicits a prostitute, whether or not in a licensed brothel, after testing positive in a test for exposure to HIV or an STD and receiving notice of that fact is guilty of a felony and shall be punished imprisonment for no more than ten (10) years and a fine of no more than $25,000.00, in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of engaging in or soliciting prostitution while knowingly being infected with HIV or and STD shall be required to pay restitution, register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. The results of a positive test must be transmitted to any person with whom the violator has had sexual contact with during the likely period of infection within thirty (30) days of being known. 

6. It is hereby unlawful to:

   A. Own, operate, or advertise an unlicensed brothel;

   B. Let or rent any house, room, vehicle, or structure to any person, for any length of time whatever, to be kept or used for the purposes of prostitution; or

   C. Own, lease, operate, control, or manage any business or private property while knowing that illegal prostitution is more likely than not being conducted at the business or upon such private property and failing to take reasonable steps to abate such illegal prostitution within thirty (30) days after the date on which the person knows the circumstances set forth. Reasonable steps to abate such illegal prostitution include filing a report of such illegal prostitution with a law enforcement agency, allowing a law enforcement agency to conduct surveillance or an unrestricted undercover operation, promoting ongoing education about such illegal prostitution for employees, or using any other available legal means to abate such illegal prostitution.

The crime of owning or operating an unlicensed brothel shall be classified as a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $5,000.00, in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. A person convicted of owning or operating an unlicensed brothel on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture of the unlicensed brothel, be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

7. It is hereby unlawful to act as or engage as an adult entertainer without a license. The crime of acting as an unlicensed adult entertainer shall be classified as a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $5,000.00, in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. A person convicted of acting as an unlicensed adult entertainer on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

TITLE III: BROTHELS AND LEGAL PROSTITUTION

1. The Regional government shall license prostitutes as well as brothels, wherein prostitution by licensed prostitutes may be legally practiced, subject to the following requirements:

   A. Any State or local government that so chooses, may legally opt-out of allowing brothels. No license shall be issued to a brothel located in a jurisdiction that has opted out of allowing brothels.

   B. Licenses for individual prostitutes as well as for brothels, shall last one (1) year and then expire. License applications must be submitted annually, accompanied by a processing fee of $500.00.

   C. No brothel license shall be issued to any brothel located within 1,000 yards of a residential neighborhood, school, daycare, library, or church or other place of religious worship.

   D. All licensed brothels must submit to biannual inspections by local or State health and building code officials.

   E. All licensed brothels must maintain a registry of every prostitute working withing the brothel each day as well as the identity of any customer of the brothel with whom the prostitute has sexual contact with.

   F. All licensed prostitutes must submit to weekly testing for HIV and other STDs, paid for by the brothel at which they are working. The positive results of any such test shall be promptly reported to the prostitute and to the Regional licensing authority. The results of a positive test must be transmitted to any person with whom the prostitute has had sexual contact with during the likely period of infection within thirty (30) days of being known. If it is discovered that a prostitute has not strictly complied with HIV and other STD testing required by this act, and such prostitute infects a customer with HIV or another STD, then such customer shall be entitled to sue for damages in civil court. 

   G. All licensed prostitutes must require the use of condoms during any act of prostitution involving penile penetration or emission.

   H. All licensed prostitutes are prohibited from engaging in prostitution with a minor present or advertising prostitution to a minor.

   I. All licensed prostitutes and all licensed brothels are subject to an annual tax of 15% on all earnings.

TITLE IV: ADULT ENTERTAINERS

1. The Regional government shall license adult entertainers, subject to the following requirements:

   A. Licenses for adult entertainers shall last one (1) year and then expire. License applications must be submitted annually, accompanied by a processing fee of $500.00.

   B. No licensed adult entertainer shall be permitted to engage in such activity in a public place within 1,000 yards of a residential neighborhood, school, daycare, library, or church or other place of religious worship. For purposes of this paragraph, private residences and places that prohibit the admission of minors shall not constitute a public place.

   C. All licensed adult entertainers are prohibited from engaging in adult entertainment with a minor present or advertising adult entertainment to a minor.

   D. All licensed adult entertainers are subject to an annual tax of 15% on all earnings.

TITLE V: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect six (6) months from the date of passage.

[Mr. Reactionary]

NO VOYEURISTIC CREEPS ACT

TITLE I: VOYEURISM AND PEEPING

1. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any person to enter upon the property of another and secretly or furtively peep, spy, or attempt to peep or spy into or through a window, door, closet, or other aperture of any building, structure, vehicle, or other enclosure of any nature occupied or intended for occupancy as a dwelling, whether or not such building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure is permanently situated or transportable and whether or not such occupancy is permanent or temporary, or to do the same, without just cause, upon property owned by him and leased or rented to another under circumstances that would violate the occupant's reasonable expectation of privacy. A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any person to use a peephole or other aperture to secretly or furtively peep, spy, or attempt to peep or spy into a restroom, dressing room, locker room, hotel room, motel room, tanning bed, tanning booth, bedroom, or other location or enclosure for the purpose of viewing any nonconsenting person who is totally nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress exposing the genitals, pubic area, buttocks or breast and the circumstances are such that the person would otherwise have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Peephole means any hole, crack or other similar opening through which a person can see. A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

3. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for any person to promote voyeurism in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of promoting voyeurism shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. A person has committed the crime promoting indecent exposure when he knowingly:

   A. produces, distributes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in an act prohibited by this title;

   B. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in conduct as prohibited by this title; or

   C. permits conduct prohibited by this title on any premises under his ownership or control.

4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a lawful criminal investigation or a correctional official or local, State, or regional jail official conducting surveillance for security purposes or during an investigation of alleged misconduct involving an incarcerated person.

TITLE II: UNSOLICITED NUDES

1. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, to use a computer, computer network, or other electronic communication device to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act. A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. Such act shall also be considered a civil trespass and the violator shall be liable to the recipient of the intimate image for actual damages or $500.00, whichever is greater, in addition to reasonable attorney fees and costs. The court may also enjoin and restrain the defendant from committing such further acts.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any adult person to knowingly transmit an intimate image by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of another adult person when such other person has not consented to the use of his computer or electronic communication device for the receipt of such material or has expressly forbidden the receipt of such material. A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. Such act shall also be considered a civil trespass and the violator shall be liable to the recipient of the intimate image for actual damages or $500.00, whichever is greater, in addition to reasonable attorney fees and costs. The court may also enjoin and restrain the defendant from committing such further acts. Intimate image means a photograph, film, video, recording, digital picture, or other visual reproduction of an adult person who is in a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals.

3. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any minor person to knowingly transmit an intimate image by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of another person when such other person has not consented to the use of his computer or electronic communication device for the receipt of such material or has expressly forbidden the receipt of such material. A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. The court may also enjoin and restrain the defendant from committing such further acts. Intimate image of a minor means a photograph, film, video, recording, digital picture, or other visual reproduction of a minor person who is in a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals. No minor who commits such act shall be charged with the manufacture or distribution of child pornography, provided the intimate image of a minor in question is of the violator, nor shall any minor who commits such act be charged as an adult.

4. It shall be a felony punishable by not more than five (5) years imprisonment and a fine of not more than $25,000.00 for any adult person to knowingly transmit an intimate image by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of a minor. A person convicted of such crime shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. Such act shall also be considered a civil trespass and the violator shall be liable to the recipient of the intimate image for actual damages or $500.00, whichever is greater, in addition to reasonable attorney fees and costs. The court may also enjoin and restrain the defendant from committing such further acts. Intimate image means a photograph, film, video, recording, digital picture, or other visual reproduction of an adult person who is in a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals.

5. The provisions of this title shall not apply to any Internet service provider, mobile data provider, or operator of an online or mobile application, to the extent that such entity is transmitting, routing, or providing connections for electronic communications initiated by or at the direction of another or to any service that transmits an intimate image, including an on-demand, subscription, or advertising-supported service, or to a healthcare provider that transmits an intimate image for a legitimate medical purpose, or to any transmission of commercial electronic mail.

TITLE III: FLASHING AND PUBLIC INDECENCY

1. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any person who, while in any public place where others are present, intending that he be seen by others, intentionally and obscenely engages in actual or explicitly simulated acts of masturbation in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. A person convicted of such crime on two (2) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for any person to intentionally make an obscene or sexual display or exhibition, or the exposure of his or her person or the genitals thereof, in any public place or procures another to so expose himself in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. A person convicted of such crime on two (2) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this title for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present, or for urinating or defecating in a public place or place where others are present, provided the person takes reasonable steps to conceal his or her genitals. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this title merely for being nude or engaging in an obscene or sexual act in or at a private residence when such nudity or act is only visible to the public through a window, door, or fence, or for being nude of engaging in an obscene or sexual act while in a tent made of opaque material or inside an enclosed vehicle or hatchback, however sexual acts occurring behind a partition known as a gloryhole that is located in a place other than a private residence shall be prohibited. No female who exposes her nipples shall be convicted under this title unless a male would similarly be punished for exposing his nipples. For purposes of this title, an obscene or sexual display shall include but not be limited to the public exhibition of real or simulated sexual activity, sexual kinks and fetishes, sexuality, sadomasochistic abuse, and adult spanking or flaggellation. For purposes of this title, private residences and places that prohibit the admission of minors shall not constitute a public place except in public restrooms. For purposes of this title sexuality shall not include references to marriage or families.

3. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for any person to promote indecent exposure in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of promoting indecent exposure shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. A person has committed the crime promoting indecent exposure when he knowingly:

   A. produces, distributes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in an act prohibited by this title;

   B. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in conduct as prohibited by this title; or

   C. permits conduct prohibited by this title on any premises under his ownership or control.

TITLE IV: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

OBSCENE AS TO MINORS ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

1. Material means:

   A. A book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, printed advertising or other printed or written material;

   B. A motion picture, video, photograph, picture, drawing, statue, sculpture, or other visual representation or image; or

   C. A transcription, recording, or live or recorded message.

2. Minor means any person under the age of 19 years, but as applied to the showing of a motion picture excludes any person employed on the premises where the motion picture is shown.

3. Nudity means:

   A. The showing of the human breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion of the areola and nipple, unless in a State or locality that has chosen to allow the public display of nipples;

   B. The showing of the human genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof; or

   C. The depiction of the human male genitals in a discernible turgid state whether or not covered.
 
4. Obscene as to minors means that quality of any description or representation, whether constituting all or a part of the material considered, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual content, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse which predominantly appeals to the prurient interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and is without serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

5. Sado-masochistic abuse means real or simulated:

   A. Flagellation, abuse, rape, or torture practiced by or upon a person whether or not clad in undergarments, a mask, or bizarre costume; or

   B. The condition of being fettered, bound, enslaved, captured, or otherwise physically restrained.

6. Sexual conduct means real or purported acts of masturbation, sexual activity, or sexualized physical contact with a person’s unclothed genitals, pubic area, or breasts and nipples.

7. Sexual content means graphic descriptions of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sexual kinks or fetishes, sexual orientation, or sexuality.

8. Sexual excitement means the condition of human male or female genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

TITLE II: PROHIBITIONS

1. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for any person to knowingly:

   A. Distribute or cause to be distributed to a minor material that is obscene as to minors, unless the person is the parent or guardian of the minor;

   B. Exhibit for distribution to an adult in such a manner or location as to allow a minor to view or to have access to examine material that is obscene as to minors, unless the person is the parent or guardian of the minor;

   C. Sell to a minor an admission ticket or pass for or otherwise admits a minor for monetary consideration to any presentation of material that is obscene to minors, unless the minor is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian;

   D. Misrepresent that he or she is the parent or guardian of a minor for the purpose of distributing to the minor material that is obscene as to minors or obtain admission of the minor to any presentation of material that is obscene as to minors;

   E. Misrepresent his or her age as 19 or over for the purpose of obtaining material that is obscene as to minors or admission to any presentation of material that is obscene as to minors;

   F. Sell or rent materials which contain material that is obscene as to minors on the premises of a business establishment open to minors, unless the person creates an area within the establishment for the placement of the materials and any material that advertises the sale or rental of the materials which prevents minors from observing the materials or any material that advertises the sale or rental of the motion pictures and is labeled, in a prominent and conspicuous location, “Adults Only”, or is located behind the sales counter in an obstructed or semi-obstructed display that conceals any material that is obscene as to minors; or

A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

2. The prohibitions listed above shall not apply to a university, community college, museum, or library which is operated by or which is under the direct control of a governmental entity of this Region or an employee or independent contractor of such institution, if the employee or independent contractor is acting within the scope of his or her employment or contractual relationship.

3. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for any teacher, school employee or volunteer, daycare employee of volunteer, or other adult to knowingly, in a public or private daycare, Headstart or afterschool tutorial program, pre-school, kindergarten, elementary, middle, or junior high school, to:

   A. Distribute or cause to be distributed to a minor material that would be obscene as to minors but for serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, when such material depicts real or purported sexual conduct, sexual content, or sado-masochistic abuse; or

   B. Distribute or cause to be distributed to a minor material that would be obscene as to minors but for serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, when such material describes real or purported sexual conduct, sexual content, or sado-masochistic abuse involving a minor younger than fourteen (14).

A person convicted of such crime on three (3) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

4. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 for any teacher, school employee or volunteer, daycare employee of volunteer, or other adult to knowingly, in a public or private daycare, Headstart or afterschool tutorial program, kindergarten, elementary, middle, or junior high school, to distribute or cause to be distributed to a minor a motion picture than has been rated “R” or “NC-17” by the Motion Picture Association of Atlasia (MPAA) unless such person has obtained written permission from the minor’s parent or guardian.

5. Any public computer terminal accessible by minors that is operated by or under the direct control of a governmental entity of this Region, including but not limited to terminals in universities, community colleges, museums, or libraries shall be required to install internet browsing filters to screen out material that is obscene as to minors. The failure to install such filters shall result in the disqualification of the governmental entity from receiving Regional funds.

TITLE III: AGE OF CONSENT

1. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than ten (10) years and a fine of no more than $50,000.00 for any adult to engage in sexual acts with a minor more than two (2) years his or her junior in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. If the minor victim is younger than thirteen (13) it shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than twelve (12) years no more than fifty (50) years and a fine of $50,000.00. Any person convicted of sex with a minor shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. For purposes of this provision, it shall be a permissible affirmative defense that the accused met the minor in a location only accessible by adults, including a bar, nightclub, or brothel, as well as that the minor enticed the accused by lying about his or her age and the accused had no reason based on the totality of the circumstances to suspect that the minor was lying.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for a minor to lie about his or her age with the intent to entice am adult into engaging in statutory rape. A person convicted of such crime on two (2) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling

3. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for any adult to, with lascivious intent, kiss a minor under the age of sixteen (16) on the mouth while knowingly and intentionally penetrating the mouth of such minor with his or her tongue. A person convicted of such crime on two (2) separate occasions within a five (5) year period shall be required to register as a sex offender, and shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling

TITLE IV: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.