Southern Legislation Introduction Thread

[Mr. Reactionary]

NO-TELL MOTELS ACT

1. No person in the Southern Region who owns, operates, or manages any hotel, motel, inn, or hostel, shall rent or make available for rent the same room more than once between the hours of 8:00 PM and 8:00 AM.

2. No person in the Southern Region who owns, operates, or manages any hotel, motel, inn, or hostel, shall rent or make available for rent any room by the hour.

3. Any hotel, motel, inn, or hostel in the Southern Region shall maintain a registry of its room rentals. Such registry shall be completed using indelible ink and contain at minimum, the name of the customer renting a room, the room number rented, check-in time, and check-out time. Records compiled under such registry shall be maintained for a period of no less than five (5) years after which time the records may be destroyed.

4. The owner, operator, or manager of any hotel, motel, inn, or hostel in the Southern Region shall make its registry available to law enforcement upon presentation of a search warrant.

5. A violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year, a fine if no more than $10,000.00, and disgorgement of any profits.

6. This act shall take effect 120 days after the date of passage.

[Mr. Reactionary]

DISNEY CENSORSHIP RESOLUTION

1. It is the position that the following movies, art, and other intellectual properties owned by Disney are not racist, sexist, bigoted, or otherwise problematic to modern society:

Film

A. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)

B. Fantasia (1940)

C. Dumbo (1941)

D. Saludos Amigos (1943)

E. The Three Cabelleros (1945)

F. The Song of the South (1946)

G. Peter Pan (1953)

H. The Lady and the Tramp (1955)

I. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

J. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

K. The Jungle Book (1967)

L. The Aristiocats (1970)

M. Robin Hood (1973)

N. The Rescuers (1977)

O. Splash (1984)

P. The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Q. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

R. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

S. The Little Mermaid (1989)

T. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

U. Aladdin (1992)

V. The Lion King (1994)

W. Pocahontas (1995)

X. The Hunchback of Note Dame (1996)

Y. Mulan (1998)

Z. Boba Fett's starship Slave I

Television and Shorts

A. Santa's Workshop (1932)

B. Three Little Pigs (1933)

C. Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)

D. Commando Duck (1944)

E. Davy Crockett (1954 - 1955)

F. The Muppet Show (1976 - 1981)

G. Last Horizons (1990)

H. Flying Dupes (1992)

I. The Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

J. The Simpsons character Dr. Julius Hibbert

K. The Simpsons character Lou the Cop

L. The Simpsons character Carl Carlson

M. The Simpsons character Bumblebee Man

N. The Simpsons character Judge Roy Snyder

O. The Family Guy character Cleveland Brown

Theme Parks

A. Splash Mountain

B. The Great Jungle Cruise

C. Trader Sam's Gift Shop

D. Ding Dong Wall

E. The recorded message of Walt Disney preceding fireworks presentations.


2. The Southern Region hereby condemns any proposed censorship or trigger warnings pertaining to the above listed intellectual properties from their original presentations.

3. The Southern Region hereby posthumously congratulates James Baskett for his groundbreaking 1948 Academy Award for performing the song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah".

4. It is the position of the Southern Region that should the holder of the copyright of any intellectual property listed herein claim to permanently halt and prohibit the redistribution of any copyrighted movie, short, or cartoon, or any scene or character therefrom, such copyright shall be null and void and the movie, short, cartoon, or the scene or character therefrom shall be a part of the public domain.

5. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

THE SOUTH STANDS WITH SANCHEZ RESOLUTION

1. It is the position of the Southern Region that former Atlas poster and Southern citizen Chairman Sanchez should be unbanned from the Talk Elections Forum and be permitted to return to posting and participating in Atlasia again.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

PROMOTING HOLY SCHOOL SPORTS ACT

1. No school or school system shall fire, demote, reassign, fail to promote, or otherwise retaliate against any employee for personally praying or engaging in a personal religious observance or expression during school activities, when such prayer, observance, or expression is not within his or her duties as an employee and no students are compelled to participate.

2. No school or school system shall discipline, bench, or otherwise retaliate against any student for personally praying or engaging in a personal religious observance or expression during school activities, when such prayer, observance, or expression is not officially endorsed by the school or school system and no other students are compelled to participate.

3. For purposes of this act, prayer, observance, or expression during the postgame period of any school sporting event or competition shall not be considered to be within the scope of an employee's duties or an official endorsement of any student activity.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

S.P.L.I.T. ACT

1. This act shall be know as the Stop Promoting Lunacy In Treatment Act or S.P.L.I.T. Act.

2. For purposes of Southern law, an individual diagnosed with or suffering from multiple personality disorder shall constitute a single, indivual person regardless of how many personas or identities such person many have or claim to have.

3. No person diagnosed with or suffering from multiple personality disorder may raise such disorder as a defense to traveling in a High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) without a passenger.

4. No person diagnosed with or suffering from multiple personality disorder may apply for or collect any public benefit or tax deduction or exemption in the name of any alternate persona or identity.

5. No person diagnosed with or suffering from multiple personality disorder may apply for or receive any government license or document in the name of any alternate persona or identity.

6. It is the position of the Southern Region that affirming as real or valid any delusion or alternate persona or identity of a person diagnosed with or suffering from multiple personality disorder is harmful to such person's mental health.

7. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SOUTHERN POETRY ACT

1. The month of September of every year is hereby declared to be Southern Poetry Month. During Southern Poetry Month, all public schools shall encourage and promote the importance of poetry and Southern poets to students. Such schools may fulfill this task either through focused curriculumn, designated reading time in class, or events or activities involving the reading of poetry by Southern poets. A particular focus shall include the works of Sidney Lanier, Langston Hughes, Paul Hayne, James Randall, Abram Ryan.

2. $10 million from the Education Trust Fund is hereby appropriated for the purpose of acquiring, printing if necessary, and distributing poetry books to public schools to facilitate Southern Poetry Month.

3. $25,000.00 from the Public Monument Art Trust Fund (PMATF) is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the monument to Abram Ryan (1949) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

4. $25,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the fountain dedicated to Abram Ryan (1932) in Houston, Texas.

5. $25,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the statue of Abram Ryan (1913) in Mobile, Alabama.

6. $1,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the historic marker dedicated to Abram Ryan in Norfolk, Virginia.

7. $25,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the fountain dedicated to Abram Ryan (1932) in Houston, Texas.

8. $25,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the monument dedicated to Sidney Lanier (1941) at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

9. $25,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the monument dedicated to Sidney Lanier (1914) in Atlanta, Georgia.

10. $25,000.00 from the PMATF is hereby authorized and appropriated to clean and repair the monument and historic marker dedicated to Sidney Lanier (1932 and 1956 respectively) in Brunswick, Georgia, and to retrieve a live cutting Lanier's Oak to be grafted and grown into a descendant oak tree on the Southern Capitol grounds.

11. Any project receiving funds from the PMATF pursuant to this act shall be subject to all requirements required under the Monumentally Important Act.

12. It is the position of the Southern Region that the Sidney Lanier High School Poets have a wonderful mascot.

13. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

COMPELLED SPEECH LIMITATION ACT

1. No public employer, employer receiving public funds, or employer employing ten (10) or more employees in the Southern Region may fire, demote, reassign, fail to promote, or otherwise retaliate against any employee based upon such employee's failure or refusal to identify, provide, offer, display, transmit, or communicate a preferred pronoun or pronouns. This shall include but not be limited to documents, nametags, name plates, email signatures, and verbal communications. Any employee wrongfully retaliated against under this law may maintain a civil lawsuit seeking treble damages and any necessary equitable relief including but not limited to reinstatement, backpay, injunction, and reasonable legal costs.

2. No daycare, school, college, or university in the Southern Region may system shall discipline or otherwise retaliate against any student for such student's failure or refusal to identify, provide, offer, display, transmit, or communicate a preferred pronoun or pronouns. This shall include but not be limited to documents, nametags, email signatures, and verbal communications. Any student wrongfully retaliated against under this law may maintain a civil lawsuit seeking any necessary equitable relief including but not limited to injunction, and reasonable legal costs.

3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

GRINCHES GET OUT ACT

Whereas, the U.S. Supreme Court in Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984), held that it is not an unconstitutional establishment of religion for a government body to celebrate holidays through the display of traditional ornaments and decorations; and

Whereas, the passive representation of religion including a crèche is not a purposeful or surreptitious effort to express some kind of subtle governmental advocacy of a particular religious view; and

Whereas, the Constitution affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any; and

Whereas, traditional holiday ornaments and decorations, including but not limited to crèches, trees, wreaths, mennorahs, candy canes, crucifixes, depictions of Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, eggs, candles, lights, and dreidels have a legitimate secular purpose within a larger holiday display to celebrate the season and the origins of Christmas or Easter which has long been a part of Western culture.

Now, therefore be it enacted by the Southern Region the following:

1. Nothing in Southern law shall be interpreted or construed to prohibit or limit the Regional government, or any State or local government therein from funding or displaing traditional holiday ornaments and decorations to celebrate holidays.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SOYBOY GREEN ACT

1. The Transhumanism Is Dystopian Act shall be amended as follows:

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8. knowingly sell, advertise for sale, import for sale, prepare, serve, eat, or consume any human bone, flesh, appendage, skin, organ, blood, or adrenochrome. For purposes of this provision animal meat purposefully infused or injected with human DNA shall be considered human flesh;

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2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I WILL NOT EAT THEM IN A POD ACT

1. The Reject The Great Reset Act shall be amended as follows:

1. All commercial food products to be sold in the Southern Region that intentionally contain insects, arachnids, or worms shall be so labeled at the time of processing and packaging. The label must include, at a minimum, the name of the person or organization preparing the food product, the genus, species, and common name of the insects, arachnids, and worms contained therein, and a statement that the product is "fake bug meat". All labels must be affixed to portions or packages prior to release from the wholesaler’s premises. The seller of a food product labeled as pursuant to this paragraph shall not remove the label of any food until the sale or use of the product. A violation of this paragraph shall be classified as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $1,000 and imprisonment for no more than ninety (90) days. No regional, State, or local public funds shall be expended to purchase a product labeled under this paragraph.

It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $10,000.00 and disgorgement of profits for any person in the Southern Region to sell, manufacture for sale, import for sale, or advertise for sale, any food product intended for human consumption that intentionally contains insects, worms, centipedes, millipedes, or land-based arachnids.

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2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

CELEBRATING DIVERSE SOUTHERN FOLKTALES ACT

Whereas, Southern author Joel Chandler Harris popularized creative writings that preserved the oral storytelling tradition of black Southerners and made these folk tales available for all Southerners to enjoy; and

Whereas, sharing diverse and creative art forms is good for building a shared culture amongst all peoples in the South; and

Whereas, the works shared by Joel Chandler Harris are timeless classics worthy of praise and have been since 1881;

Now, therefore be it enacted by the Southern Region:

1. The first week of each December in the Southern Region is hereby declared Uncle Remus week. During Uncle Remus Week, all public schools shall encourage and promote the importance of the works of Joel Chandler Harris to students. Such schools may fulfill this task either through focused curriculumn, designated reading time in class, or events or activities involving the reading of the works of Joel Chandler Harris. A particular focus shall be placed on the Uncle Remus tales.

2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

STUDENT EXPRESSION ACT

1. No article of clothing worn by a student or pin, sticker, or decal displayed by a student upon a private vehicle, lunch box, backpack, purse, lanyard or school supplies shall be considered a substantial disruption pursuant to Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969) merely for depicting the Atlasian Flag or any previous versions of the Atlasian Flag, any former flag of the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, or Israel,  any current or former flag of any Region of Atlasia, the current or former flag of any State in Atlasia, the current or former flag of any locality or territory in Atlasia, the current or former flag of any military branch or unit of Atlasia, the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, or any Region or State therein, or the POW/MIA flag.

2. Any student wrongfully disciplined or retaliated against pursuant to this law may maintain a civil lawsuit seeking any necessary equitable relief and reasonable legal costs.

3. It is the intent of this act to overturn the decision in West v. Derby Unified School District, 206 F.3d 1358 (10th Cir. 2000).

4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

TIGER KING ACT

1. As used in this act:

A. Public zoo means a park, institution, or other place in which living animals are kept, housed, cared for, and exhibited to the public. This shall not include any property used in connection with agriculture or scientic research.

B. Wildcat Rescue means an organization that keeps, houses, cares for, or exhibits to the public listed endangered species of the animal family felidae.

 2. No public zoo or wildcat rescue in the Southern Region shall keep or house any animal in a cage or pen unless such cage or pen provides adequate space for the animal to stand upright, lie down fully, stretch, or walk at least ten (10) paces in any direction from the center of the cage or pen.

3. No public zoo or wildcat rescue in the Southern Region shall pay or compensate any employee, contractor, agent, or volunteer with expired meat or meat that was unfit for sale for human consumption when acquired by the zoo.

4. If any volunteer at a public zoo or wildcat rescue in the Southern Region volunteers more than twenty (20) hours in a one (1) week period, such volunteer shall be classified as an employee for all relevant employment laws.

5. No public zoo or wildcat rescue shall euthanize any listed endangered species in its care, custody, or control, except to prevent prolonged suffering from an injury or illness from which the animal is unlikely to recover. This shall not affect the right to self-defense or defense of others.

6. No person shall transport any animal of the animal family felidae for a commercial purpose in the Southern Region if the animal is aged less than six (6) months and is a listed endangered species. For purposes of this provision, selling photographs of a customer with such an animal or renting the animal for a designated play time shall constitute a commercial purpose. For purposes of this provision, the general exhibition of such an animal in a public zoo shall not be considered a commercial purpose if such public zoo has the capacity to keep, house, care for, or exhibit to the public such animal for the entire span of such animal's natural life.

7. The Southern Region hereby authorizes the Attorney General to investigate the August 18, 1997 disappearance of Don Lewis.

8. A violation of any provision of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year, a fine of no more than $25,000.00, and disgorgement of any profits.

9. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

BE COOL ABOUT FIRE SAFETY ACT

1. Any person in the Southern Region who stores more than fifty (50) motor vehicle tires upon a single property shall notify in writing the local fire department thereof within thirty (30) days of the beginning of such storage. The local fire department may impose reasonable storage restrictions including but not limited to managing eggress, limiting unnecessary combustion risks or structural failures near the tires, and the installation of smoke detectors, fire alarms, and fire suppression systems when necessary.

2. No person in the Southern Region shall store more than ten (10) motor vehicle tires within any commercial storage unit.

3. Any person in the Southern Region who contracts to perform thermal pest control services in a building or structure shall notify in writing the local fire department thereof at least five (5) days prior to the conducting of such services. The local fire department may impose reasonable safety restrictions including but not limited to managing eggress, limiting unnecessary combustion risks or structural failures, and the temporary disabling of smoke detectors, fire alarms, and fire suppression systems when necessary.

4. Any person in the Southern Region who plans, organizes, or conducts the release of unmanned paper lanterns containing an open flame shall notify in writing the local fire department thereof at least five (5) days prior to the conducting of such release. The local fire department may impose reasonable safety restrictions to limit unnecessary combustion risks or when necessary for the public safety, prohibit such release.

5. A violation of any provision of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $10,000.00.

6. This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of passage.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SPORTS MASCOTS RESOLUTION

1. It is the position that the following sports team names and mascots in the Southern Region are not racist, sexist, bigoted, or otherwise problematic to modern society:

Professional Sports Teams

A. Atlanta Braves

B. Richmond Braves

C. Gwinette Braves

D. Macon Braves

E. Rome Braves

F. Danville Braves

G. Nyman Redskins

H. Kansas City Chiefs

College Sports Teams and Mascots

A. George Washington University Colonials

B. College of William & Mary Tribe

C. Emory & Henry College Wasps

D. Patrick Henry Community College Patriots

E. Washington & Lee University Generals

F. Christopher Newport University Captains

G. University of North Carolina Tar Heels

H. Wake Forest University Demon Deacons

I. Florida State University Seminoles

J. University of Mississippi Rebels

K. Louisiana State University Tigers

L. Nicholls State University Colonels

School Sports Teams and Mascots

Any public primary or secondary school:

A. Chiefs

B. Indians

C. Braves

D. Natives

E. Warriors

F. Redskins

G. Savages

H. Cherokees

I. Seminoles

J. Vikings

K. Pirates

L. Generals

M. Colonels

N. Commanders

O. Patriots

P. Colonials

Q. Confederates

R. Rebels

S. Raiders

T. Knights

U. Fighting Leemen

V. Poets

W. Maroons

X. Wasps

Y. Bullets


2. No school, college, university, or professional sports team in the Southern Region that receives public funding shall be permitted to change the nickname or mascot of its sports team or teams from a nickname or mascot identified above.

A. Any school, college, university, or professional sports team that changes the nickname or mascot of its sports team or teams from a nickname or mascot identified above shall be ineligible to receive public funding for no less than ten (10) years unless such change is reversed.

B. Any school, college, university, or professional sports team that has changed the nickname or mascot of its sports team or teams from a nickname or mascot identified above within the twenty (20) years prior to this act shall reverse such change within one (1) year of the passage of this act. The failure to reverse such change shall result in the school, college, university, or professional sports team being ineligible to receive public funding for no less than ten (10) years subsequent to the passage of this act unless such change is reversed.

3. No school, college, university, or professional sports team in the Southern Region that receives public funding shall prohibit the playing of the Atlasian or Southern Anthems, any designated culturally significant Southern Song, or the Eyes of Texas Are Upon You. A violation of this provision shall result in the school, college, university, or professional sports team being ineligible to receive public funding for no less than five (5) years subsequent to the passage of this act unless such prohibition is reversed.

4. No school, college, university, or professional sports team in the Southern Region that receives public funding shall prohibit fans in attendance at any sportimg event from waving or displaying the Atlasian Flag or any previous versions of the Atlasian Flag, any former flag of the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, or Israel,  any current or former flag of any Region of Atlasia, the current or former flag of any State in Atlasia, the current or former flag of any locality or territory in Atlasia, the current or former flag of any military branch or unit of Atlasia, the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, or any Region or State therein, or the POW/MIA flag. A violation of this provision shall result in the school, college, university, or professional sports team being ineligible to receive public funding for no less than five (5) years subsequent to the passage of this act unless such prohibition is reversed.

5. For purposes of this act the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) shall constitute a professional sports team.

6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLARIFICATION ACT

1. As used in this act:

A. Experimental treatment means the prescription or administration of any drug identified in the Osteoporosis Eradication Act or the Mental Health Funding Act or any surgery or procedure prohibited by the Major Minor Surgery Act, the Buck V. Bell Was Bad Act, or the Body Mutilation Is Not Healthcare Act.

B. The term experimental treatment does not include:

i. an experimental treatment that is performed on an individual with respect to whom a physician has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that the individual does not have normal brain chemical, steroid, or hormone production or action, for a healthy individual of the same age and sex;

ii. the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused or exacerbated by the performance of an experimental treatment without regard to whether the experimental treatment was performed in accordance with law or whether the experimental treatment is covered by the private right of action herein;

iii. any experimental treatment undertaken because the individual suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of major bodily function unless the experimental treatment is performed; or

iv. any experimental treatment consisting solely of the prescription or administration of adderall or any other FDA-approved drug for the treatment of severe attention deficit disorders.

2. A medical practitioner who performs an experimental treatment on an individual who is less than nineteen (19) years of age shall be liable to the individual if injured (including any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms) by such experimental treatment, related treatment, or the aftereffects of the experimental treatment.

3. An individual covered by section (2) above who receives an experimental treatment from a medical practitioner (or a representative, including a legal guardian, on behalf of such individual) may, not later than the day that is thirty (30) years after the date on which the individual turns nineteen (19) years of age, bring a civil action against such medical practitioner in a court of competent jurisdiction for:

A. declaratory or injunctive relief;

B. compensatory damages;

C. punitive damages; and

D. attorney’s fees and costs.

4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

BALLOT ASSISTANCE ACT

1. To assist voters in identifying and understanding the contents of Southern Regional election ballots, the following rules shall apply to sample ballots at the top of any Southern election voting thread:

A. All sample ballots shall be printed in both Southron English and English.

B. In all regularly scheduled elections in which there are no referenda, Constitutional amendments, recall elections, or other ballot measures, nor any special election to fill a vacancy, the official flag of the Southern Region shall adorn the top of the sample ballot.

C.  In any election in which there is one (1) or more referenda, Constitutional amendments, recall elections, or other ballot measures, or in any special election to fill a vacancy, the former flag of the Southern Region shall adorn the top of the sample ballot.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

CAMP NOMOWOKO ACT

1. The No C.R.A.P. In Schools Act shall be amended as follows:

A.

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1. The parent of any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the Southern Region commercial daycamp or overnight camp offered to minors has the right to obtain and review any educational, program, and activity material and curriculum utilized in any camp class, or course in which the student or minor is enrolled.

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i. No teacher, administrator, or other employee in any State agency, school district, open-enrollment charter school, commercial daycamp or overnight camp offered to minors or public school administration in the Southern Region shall require, or make part of a course the following concepts:
    
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1. Each public elementary and secondary school in the Southern Region and each commercial daycamp or overnight camp offered to minors shall:

A. Notify the parent of any student or minor whose teacher or counselor reasonably expects to provide instructional material that includes sexually explicit content. Such notification shall (i) directly identify the specific instructional material and sexually explicit content contained in such material and (ii) set forth the parent's options under this Title;

B. Permit the parent of any student or minor to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content upon request; and

C. Provide, as an alternative to instructional material and related academic or camp activities that include sexually explicit content, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic or camp activities to any student or minor whose parent so requests.

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2. No nudist camp for juveniles shall be permitted to operate im the Southern Region. Nudist camp for juveniles means a hotel, summer camp, or campground that is attended by openly nude juveniles whose parent or legal guardian is not also registered for and present with the juvenile at the same camp.

3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

S.T.D. ACT

1. This law shall be known as the Stop Transmissible Diseases Act or the S.T.D. Act.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than 90 days and a fine of no more than $5,000.00 for any person to litter, discard, or dispose of a used syringe, hypodermic needle, condom, tampon, or sanitary pad on a public road, street, sidewalk, alley, or other right-of-way, in a public park, playground, library, school, or other government office or facility, into a stream, river, or watercourse, or on any private property not owned by such person.

3. If a person is convicted of a violation of this act on three (3) or more occasions within a five (5) year period, such conviction shall be punishable by imprisonment for no less than 60 days and no more than one (1) year and a fine of no less than $5,000.00 and no more than $10,000.00.

4. For purposes of this act, discarding or disposing of a used syringe, hypodermic needle, condom, tampon, or sanitary pad in a trashcan or waste bin shall not be considered a violation of this act.

5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

ETHICAL AUCTIONEERS ACT

1. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $10,000.00 and disgorgement of profits for any person in the Southern Region conducting an auction of real or personal property to employ or use at such sale any by-bidder, capper, or booster, or for the auctioneer at such sale to accept or pretend to accept any false, misleading, or fictitious bid for any article offered for sale, but every such sale must be bona fide.

2. Any auctioneer convicted of a violation of this act shall be prohibited from being used to auction property on behalf of any government entity for no less than one (1) year from the date of conviction.

3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

[Mr. Reactionary]

INFLUENCER FAIR SHARE ACT

1. For purposes of Regional tax law, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

2. This act shall take effect at the beginning of the next tax year.

[Mr. Reactionary]

MORE GIFT SHOP REVENUES ACT

1. No gift shop or visitor's center in the Southern Region that is owned, operated, or receives funding from any Regional, State, or local government shall be prohibited from selling or offering for sale the Atlasian Flag or any previous versions of the Atlasian Flag, any former flag of the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, or Israel, any current or former flag of any Region of Atlasia, the current or former flag of any State in Atlasia, the current or former flag of any locality or territory in Atlasia, the current or former flag of any military branch or unit of Atlasia, the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, or any Region or State therein, or the POW/MIA flag, or any product or merchandise depicting or containing a flag enumerated above.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SHUT UP, SOVEREIGNS ACT

1. In any lawsuit filed in any court in the Southern Region, the capitalization or lack of capitalization of any named party in the style or caption of the lawsuit shall not be construed as a defect to such filing, nor shall the capitalization of any named party be construed as applying to any trust, strawman account, corporation, or other entity other than the named party as though the named party was identified without capitalization. The principle of idem sonans shall apply to any named party to a lawsuit filed in any court in the Southern Region, including but not limited to mistakes of capitalization or punctuation, the color of any ink used, and misspellings.

2. No court in the Southern Region shall consider any argument that operating a non-commercial motor vehicle on a public road, street, or right-of-way is merely traveling rather than driving, or that such traveling is exempt from generally applicable laws pertaining to the operation of a non-commercial motor vehicle on a public road, street, or right-of-way.

3. No privately-issued unbacked commercial instrument purporting to be a Government Obligation’s Remittance Coupon or an Equitable Remittance Coupon shall be an acceptable form of a payment in any judgment awarded by a court in the Southern Region.

4. It is the position of the Southern Region that there is no treaty with Morocco exempting African Atlasians from the general law.

5. It is the position of the Southern Region that there is no secret Jewish bankruptcy in 1933 binding the government of Atlasia, or any Region, State, or locality therein.

 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

SOUTHERN CHAMBER 300 LAWS EXTRAVAGANZA ACT

1. The Southern Regional government shall purchase 9,000 troy ounces of platinum bullion and commission the minting of 9,000 non legal tender, platinum, 1 troy oz commemorative tokens, to be sold to the public at $1,250 per token. Each Delegate elected or appointed to the 25th, 26th, or 27th Session of the Southern Chamber of Delegates shall be represented by an individual design, which shall be struck on 1,000 tokens per delegate.

2. Each token shall include on the obverse, "Southern Region 2022", "300 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

H. Florida - Spark

I. Louisiana - RFayette

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 take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

PUBLIC CONTRACT VENDORS REFORM ACT

1. It is the position that the following product names or mascots therefor are not racist, sexist, bigoted, or otherwise problematic to modern society:

A. Aunt Jemima (Aunt Jemima)

B. Mrs. Butterworth (Mrs. Butterworth's)

C. Uncle Ben (Uncle Ben's)

D. Chef Rastus (Cream of Wheat)

E. Miss Chiquita (Chiquita Banana)

F. Eskimo (Eskimo Pie)

G. Indian Girl (Land O Lakes)

H. Tropic-Ana (Tropicana)

I. Frito Bandito (Fritos)

J. Indian (Mutual of Omaha)

K. Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee

L. Red Man (Red Man Chewing Tobacco)

M. Sambo's Restaurant

N. Big Boy (Big Boy Burgers)

O. Indian (American Spirits)

P. Indian (Callumet Baking Powder)

Q. Tophat Man (Darlie Toothpaste)

R. Light and Lovely (Unilever brand)

S. Dixie (Georgia-Pacific brand)

T. Ms. Green (M&Ms)

U. Blanquita (Limpido Bleach)

2. The Southern Region hereby condemns any proposed censorship, redesigns, or retirements, or renamings pertaining to the above listed product names and mascots.

3. No Regional, State, or local public funds shall be expended to acquire or provide any product identified above if such product or its mascot is renamed, redesigned, or retired, or has been renamed, redesigned, or retired in the last five (5) years.

4. No Regional, State, or local public funds shall be expended to acquire or provide any any other product manufactured or sold by the parent company of any product identified above if such product or its mascot is renamed, redesigned, or retired, or has been renamed, redesigned, or retired in the last five (5) years, and subsidiaries of such company for no less than ten (10) years unless such change is reversed.

5. The Southern Region hereby posthumously congratulates Nancy Green, the original spokeswoman for Aunt Jemima, for her courageous and entrepreneurial spirit and importance to fostering racial harmony and love and spresding Southern culture. $50,000.00 is hereby authorized and appropriated to design and construct a monument for
to be located at her gravesite. Such monument shall include a bronze relief of Nancy Green of a design to be approved of by the Governor.

6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.