Southern Legislation Introduction Thread

[Mr. Reactionary]

SOUTHERN MEMORIAL MONTH ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, our Region, our rights, and our lives have been selflessly protected through the blood of our valiant veterans, many of whom sacrificed their own lives so that we might be free; and

Whereas, the Southern Region has been a major contributor to the armed forces from the American Revolution through the Second Korean War; and

Whereas, to reduce the honor of the ultimate sacrifice of our sons and daughters down to a single day is offensive;

Now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to solemnize and honor veterans of the Southern Region who died or were wounded in combat.

TITLE II: SOUTHERN MEMORIAL MONTH

1. January of every year is hereby proclaimed to be Southern Memorial Month.

2. During Southern Memorial Month all Regional properties required by law to display the current official flag of the Southern Region shall likewise display any historical official flag of the Southern Region as well as a POW/MIA flag. Residents of the Southern Region, are likewise encouraged to display the POW/MIA Flag as well as the current and any historical official flags of the Southern Region during Southern Memorial Month as a show of dignity and respect to our fallen Southerners, civic unity, and Southern pride.

3. The Southern Regional government shall purchase 250,000 troy ounces of silver bullion and commission the minting of 250,000 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" as well as a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of Southern soldiers from any historic era engaged in glorious combat. Each token shall include on the reverse, the Official Southern Motto Emeritus as well as a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of Southern soldiers from any historic era engaged in glorious combat. All proceeds from the sale of these tokens shall be dedicated to a fund for the purchase of any flags necessary to fulfill the provisions if this Act.

4. This Act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES LICENSE PLATES ACT

1. No State in the Southern Region that requires motor vehicles that operate on a public road to display State-issued license plates shall enforce any such requirement upon motor vehicles own by the Southern Region.

2. Any motor vehicle owned by the Southern Region shall be equipped with a license plate issued by the Regional government. Such license plate shall be of standard size and make to license plates issued by the States. Regional license plates shall be designed to mimic the design of the Regional flag, with the left half consisting of a red St. Andrew’s cross upon a white background to the point of the center and the right half consisting of a blue St. Andrew’s cross upon a red background to the point of the center. The Regional Motto Emeritus shall be displayed in black across the bottom portion of the license plate. The license plate code to be assigned to each license plate shall consist of seven (7) alphanumeric values to best identify the vehicle and shall be colored a bright reflective yellow.

3. Upon request related to an accident, traffic infraction, or crime involving a Regional vehicle, the Regional government shall share information about such vehicles with local and State law enforcement.

4. Any motor vehicle owned by the Southern Region shall display the Regional Motto on each side.

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

[Mr. Reactionary]

OUR KANSAS ACT

Whereas, under the Atlasian Constitution, the State of Kansas is listed as part of the Southern Region; and

Whereas, under the Southern Constitution, the State of Kansas is listed as part of the Southern Region; and

Whereas, Kansas is an integral component of the Southern Region with our greatest affections;

Now therefore be it ordained and resolved by the Southern Region the following:

1. Kansas is a Southern State.

2. Any attempts to invade, terrorize, or annex the State of Kansas, whether by Jayhawk invaders, foreign powers, or greedy Regional governments shall be considered an act of war.

3. In the event that any such attempts are made to invade, terrorize, or annex the State of Kansas, the Southern Governor is hereby authorized to mobilize and deploy the Southern National Guard or the unorganized militia to protect the State of Kansas and the territorial integrity of the Southern Region.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

GUN RIGHTS DAY ACT

1. The 19th of April of every year is hereby proclaimed to be Gun Rights Day.

2. On Gun Rights Day all Regional properties required by law to display the current official flag of the Southern Region shall likewise display the Gonzales flag. Residents of the Southern Region, are likewise encouraged to display the Gonzales flag on Gun Rights Day as a show of patriotism, civic unity, and Southern pride. Residents of the Southern Region are further encouraged to safely participate in shooting sports and activities on Gun Rights Day.

3. The Southern Regional government shall purchase 250,000 troy ounces of silver bullion and commission the minting of 250,000 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" as well as a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of Revolutionary-era militia bearing arms. Each token shall include on the reverse, the Official Southern Motto Emeritus as well as a sculpting to be approved by the governor, of the defenders at the Battle of Gonzales bearing arms. All proceeds from the sale of these tokens shall be dedicated to a fund for the purchase of any flags necessary to fulfill the provisions if this Act.

4. This Act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

AGE OF MAJORITY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the age of majority in the Southern Region is nineteen (19) and has been for several years; and

Whereas, occasionally legislators forget this fact when writing bills; and

Whereas, it is important to have a consistent age of majority across all Southern laws:

Now therefore, the Southern Region does hereby adopt this act to correct earlier misstatements about the age of majority.

TITLE II: CORRECTIONS

1. The Family Opportunity Fund Act shall be amended as follows:

FAMILY OPPORTUNITY FUND ACT

Section 1 (Title & Definitions)
i. The title of this act shall be, the “Family Opportunity Fund."
ii. The "beginning of each month" is the 1st
iii. "Child" is defined as a person aged 17 18 or younger.
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2. The Supporting Southern Families Act shall be amended as follows:

SUPPORTING SOUTHERN FAMILIES ACT

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Section II. Definitions

i. “Household” shall refer to the primary residence occupied by at least one parent or legal guardian of any child or children of 17 18 years of age or younger.
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3. The Vaccination Lottery Act shall be amended as follows:

VACCINATION LOTTERY ACT

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Section II. Eligibility

i. Atlasians who have established residency in the Southern Region are eligible to benefit from the lottery system.
ii. The minimum age of eligible recipients is 18 19 years.
iii. Only upon administration of a second vaccination dosage can the willing member become a participant.

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4. The Bessell-NeverAgain Transgender Rights Act of 2017 shall be amended as follows:

BESSELL-NEVERAGAIN TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ACT OF 2017

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Section 4 (Age and Parental/Guardian Consent)

i. At or over age 18 19, any person may request a change to their gender identity.

ii. For individuals under the age of 18, who desire a identity change, without one or both legal guardians approval, a guardian ad litem will be assigned to help come to a consensus opinion between them.
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5. The Youth Curfew Abolition Act shall be amended as follows:

YOUTH CURFEW ABOLITION ACT

Be it enacted:

Section 1: Definition

1. "Youth curfew law" shall be defined as a law or ordinance established by a regional, state, or local government which prohibits or restricts persons of a certain age (usually under age 18 19) from being outside in public during a certain time of day (usually at night or during school hours), assuming that a state of emergency is not in place.
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6. The Lawyers Without School Act shall be amended as follows:

LAWYERS WITHOUT SCHOOL ACT

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Section II – Options

     Any citizen of the South, over the age of 18 19, who has obtained a high school, is eligible to take the bar exam if they have completed the following requirements
1.   Graduated from an accredited law school in Atlasia
2.   Completes a Law Office Apprenticeship Program in the South
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7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

FIGHTING BIG BANKS REDUCES GAS PRICES ACT

1. The Boycott Boycott Act shall be amended as follows:

BOYCOTT BOYCOTT ACT

1: This bill shall be known as the Boycott Boycott Act

2: “Boycott” is hereby defined as refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel or a company, because the company a.) conducts business with Israel, b.) engages in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel-based energy, c.) does not commit or pledge to meet environmental standards beyond applicable law, d.) engages in the transportation, sale, or manufacturing of firearms, or e.) Conducts business with another company listed under a.) – d.) herein; but does not include an action taken for bona fide business or economic reasons or a boycott that is specifically required by federal or Regional law.

3: Any government in the Southern Region shall reserve the right to terminate any contract where a contractor falsely represented their participation in a boycott of Israel as defined herein.

4: All future contract bids shall include these regulations in the bid solicitation.

5: This act shall take effect sixty (60) days from the passage of this law. The Southern Region shall transfer any financial assets it has deposited or invested with a financial institution participating in a boycott as defined herein by January 1, 2023. The Southern Regional Government shall keep a publicly accessible list of all companies participating in a boycott as defined herein.

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

[Mr. Reactionary]

PROMOTING HOLY AIRPORTS ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

"Adverse action" means any action taken by a governmental entity to: withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise deny any grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, loan, scholarship, license, registration, accreditation, employment, or other similar status from or to a person; withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise deny any benefit provided under a benefit program from or to a person; alter in any way the tax treatment of, cause any tax, penalty, or payment assessment against, or deny, delay, or revoke a tax exemption of a person; disallow a tax deduction for any charitable contribution made to or by a person; deny admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational program or institution to a person; or withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise deny access to a property, educational institution, speech forum, or charitable fund-raising campaign from or to a person.            

 "Benefit program" means any program administered or funded by a governmental entity or federal agency that provides assistance in the form of payments, grants, loans, or loan guarantees.             

 "Governmental entity" includes but is not limited to the Regional government and any department or agency thereof, any State or local government in the Southern Region and departments, agencies, and subdivisions thereof, any contractor or subcontractor of a governmental entity acting within the scope of the contract, and any airport or airport authority recieving public funds or financing from a governmental entity.                

TITLE II: NON-DISCRIMINATION

1. Notwithstanding any other law, a governmental entity may not take any adverse action against any person based wholly or partly on a person's belief or action in accordance with the person's sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction, including beliefs or convictions regarding marriage.        

2. A person may assert an actual or threatened violation of this act as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain: compensatory damages; injunctive relief; declaratory relief; and any other appropriate relief, including reasonable attorney's fees. 

3. Notwithstanding any other law, a person may commence an action under this section and relief may be granted regardless of whether the person has sought or exhausted available administrative

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

[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 a 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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

CONFUCIUS SAY: "GTFO" ACT

1. In this act, the term “Confucius Institute” means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

2. An institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution (an “institution”) shall not be eligible to receive any Regional funds unless the institution ensures that any contract or agreement between the institution and a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that:

A. protect academic freedom at the institution;

B. prohibit the application of any foreign law on any campus of the institution;

C. grant full managerial authority of the Confucius Institute to the institution, including full control over what is being taught, the activities carried out, the research grants that are made, and who is employed at the Confucius Institute; and

D. prohibit discrimination against religious persons, including but not limited to Christians, Muslims, and Falun Gong.

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

[Mr. Reactionary]

DON'T DRIVE LIKE A JACKASS ACT

1. It is hereby prohibited to operate a motor vehicle on an active public highway, road, or street in the Southern Region if such motor vehicle has been modified or realigned with a raised front bumper five (5) or more inches higher than the rear bumper, also called the “Carolina Squat".

2. A violation of this act shall be a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $200. A second violation of this act within five (5) years shall be a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $500. A third or subsequent violation of this act within five (5) years shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor.

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

[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.