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« Reply #400 on: August 06, 2022, 02:25:10 PM »
« edited: December 15, 2022, 02:06:54 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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KANSAS RECONSTRUCTION ACT

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1. $2 Billion from the Kansas Reconstruction Trust Fund is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to repair, rebuild, and reconstruct any public property damaged or destroyed during the invasion of Kansas, cover the costs and losses incurred by the Southern Region and the State of Kansas resulting from the invasion, and settle all legal claims by persons in the Southern Region who were harmed or damaged by the invasion.

The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $400 Million for the repair and replacement of roads and other public infrastructure damaged during the invasion.

B. $450 Million to compensate private property owners for damages and losses resulting from the invasion.

C. $600 Million to compensate heirs for wrongful deaths resulting from the invasion.

D. $450 Million to compensate the State of Kansas for lost revenue, reputational harm, and other economic damages resulting from the invasion.

E. $10 Million to construct road signs at every border crossing between Kansas and the Commonwealth of Fremont reminding persons crossing such border that Kansas is a Southern State.

F. $90 Million to compensate the Southern Region for any expenses incurred resulting from the invasion.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #401 on: August 06, 2022, 02:25:37 PM »
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KANSAS INVASION SETTLEMENT ACT

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1. The Southern Region hereby accepts the proposed settlement offer from the government of Atlasia of $2 Billion payable to compensate the Southern Region, the State of Kansas, and all other Southern residents for all civil damages resulting from the unlawful 2022 invasion of Kansas. Upon receipt of the full settlement amoumt, the Southern Region shall forever release any claims it has against the government of Atlasia for all civil damages resulting from the unlawful 2022 invasion of Kansas. All settlement funds shall be deposited in the Kansas Reconstruction Trust Fund and shall be subject to audit by the Atlasian government.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #402 on: August 06, 2022, 05:07:38 PM »

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NO RACIST SCIENCE BOOKS ACT

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1. The Banning Racist Curriculum Act shall be amended as follows:

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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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11. Pseudoscientific racial theories that promote any of the above concepts, including but not limited to eugenics, frenetics, Melanin calcification theory, the Yakubb theory of race, the mark of Cain theory of race, the Curse of Ham theory of race, the mud people theory of race, the cursed angels theory of race, the theory of racial genotype dominance, the one drop theory of racial purity, the three (3) races theory, the Nuremburg laws, the theory of human biodiversity as a determining factor of intelligence, the bell curve theory of race as a determining factor of intelligence, the birth canal theory of race as a determining factor of intelligence, and any racist evolutionary theory that posits that non-human primates evolved into dark-skinned Africans who then evolved into light-skinned Europeans.

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2. For purposes of Southern law, no person shall be determined to be disabled solely due to left-handedness, nor shall such left-handedness be considered a protected class under the Southern constitution.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #403 on: August 06, 2022, 05:21:16 PM »
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GREENLAND NEW DEAL ACT

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TITLE I: CONTINGENT EFFECT

1. This act shall be contingent upon the entering into an international agreement between the Republic of Atlasia and Denmark for the acquistion of Greenland as a Southern State.

2. This act shall take effect immediately upon the occurence of the contingency identified above.

TITLE II: EXPENDITURES AND TRUST FUNDS

1. $15 Billion is hereby transferred from the Rainy Day Fund for the purpose of assisting in the purchase of Greenland from Denmark.

2. There is hereby created the Greenland Development Trust Fund (GDTF).

A. The fund shall be used for the support and development of infrastructure and environmental protection projects including but not limited to transportation infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, wilderness and wildlife conservation, and environmental remediation not eligible for federal funds under CERCLA. This goal shall be achieved through public and private collaboration.

B. The Trust Fund will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it. Gifts, contributions, grants, devises, and bequests, whether personal or real property, and the income therefrom, accepted by the Trust Fund, shall be deemed to be gifts to the Regional government, which shall be exempt from all taxes, and shall be regarded as the property of the Southern Region for the purposes of all tax laws.

C. $3 Billion is hereby transferred from the Rainy Day Fund into the GDTF.

3. There is hereby created the Greenland People's Trust Fund (GPTF).

A. The fund shall be used for the benefit of the people of Greenland, and each person living in Greenland at the time of accession into the Southern Region shall have a vested property ownership interest in an equal share of the initial $4.5 Billion endowment. Any such person shall be entitled to withdraw up to their full share at any time. Any amounts not withdrawn from the GPTF shall be invested and the proportionate share of the return on investment shall vest in the owners of such share, for the perpetuity of the fund.

B. The Trust Fund will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it. Gifts, contributions, grants, devises, and bequests, whether personal or real property, and the income therefrom, accepted by the Trust Fund, shall be deemed to be gifts to the Regional government, which shall be exempt from all taxes, and shall be regarded as the property of the Southern Region for the purposes of all tax laws.

C. $4.5 Billion is hereby transferred from the Rainy Day Fund into the GPTF.

4. There is hereby created the Greenland Subsidy Trust Fund (GSTF).

A. The fund shall be used to compensate the State government of Greenland for governmental expenses. The State government of Greenland may withdraw up to $500 Million from the GSTF annually.

B. The Trust Fund will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it. Gifts, contributions, grants, devises, and bequests, whether personal or real property, and the income therefrom, accepted by the Trust Fund, shall be deemed to be gifts to the Regional government, which shall be exempt from all taxes, and shall be regarded as the property of the Southern Region for the purposes of all tax laws.

C. $2.5 Billion is hereby transferred from the Rainy Day Fund into the GSTF to pre-fund the first five (5) years of subsidies.

5. The people of Greenland shall be entitled to periodically conduct popular referenda on the applicability of Southern Regional laws to the State, the results of which shall be binding if ratified by a subsequent Regional law.
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« Reply #404 on: August 07, 2022, 07:34:18 PM »
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SWAMPBUSTER ACT

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1. The public employees of any Regional, State, or local government shall not be deemed to have a property interest in their tenure in office. All public employment shall be at will, subject to law regarding anti-retaliation protections and for-cause protection for select jobs involving the public health and safety.

2. All Regional, State, and local government employees shall be required to participate in the Social Security program.

3. No grievance process permitted by law for Regional, State, or local government employees shall include more than three (3) non-judicial steps.

4. Beginning January 1, 2024, no new multi-family housing may permitted,  constructed, or substantially modified in the Virginia Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudon, Prince William, and Stafford or in the Virginia Cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, or Manassas Park.

5. No Regional, State, or local government in the South shall be permitted to recognize or collectively bargain with any labor union, trade guild, exclusive bargaining unit, or other collectivized labor organization or to enter into any project labor agreement.

6. This act shall take effect five (5) days from the date of passage.
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« Reply #405 on: August 08, 2022, 05:53:22 AM »
« Edited: January 27, 2023, 08:37:03 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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VOTING PROTECTION ACT

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1. The Southern Election Act shall be amended as follows:

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TITLE I: REGIONAL VOTING

1. Any votes by people who have not been registered in the South for 168 hours at the start of the election will be invalid.

2. All ballots must be cast in-person in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread. No voter may deliver his or her ballot early or by mail, email, PM, off-site drop box, or other means. Ballots shall only be valid if posted in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread during the election period.

3. No ballot may be delivered to the Voting Booth Thread by a proxy or ballot harvester.

4. It shall be a misdemeanor to offer a bribe or thing of value in exchange for a vote. For purposes of this paragraph, a thing of value includes but is not limited to a bottle of water, however a thing of value shall not include a public promise to support a specific policy, appoint a certain person, or mutually support or vote for a specific candidate.

5. Any person who posts an oath of office required under the Southern Constitution in the Swearing In Of New Officeholders Thread for an office to which he is not entitled, is hereby guilty of a felony. Upon a successful prosecution for this crime, the court shall require the guilty person to post a public retraction and admission that he is not entitled to the office to which he made the oath.

TITLE II: STATE AND LOCAL VOTING

1. Any votes cast by NPCs in State and local elections who have not been registered in the respective State or locality for at least forty-five (45) days prior to the start of the election shall be invalid.

2. Voting by NPCs in State and local elections shall be limited to adult citizens who are not imprisoned or subject to an uncompleted parole plan and who have not been adjudicated as mentally incompetant by a lawful court. All voter rolls shall be regularly updated to remove dead or ineligible voters within seven (7) days of notification thereof.

3. All ballots cast by NPCs in State and local elections must be cast in-person at an appropriate Voting Site in the precinct where the voter is registered. No voter may, without a documented excuse, cast his or her ballot early, nor shall any such voter cast his or her ballot by mail, email, PM, off-site drop box, drive-thru, or by other means. Any ballots cast in violation of this provision shall be invalid.

4. No ballot may be delivered cast by a proxy or ballot harvester, nor may any tax-exempt religious body or organization transport voters to a polling location.

5. Prior to receiving a ballot, each NPC voter shall present a valid, unexpired, government-issued photo ID to an election worker who shall confirm the identity of the voter. The voter shall then sign a register attesting under penalty of perjury that such voter is the identified voter and that such voter is eligible to vote in the election and at the precinct involved. Upon suspicion of fraud a signature match may be performed during an audit.

6. No third party shall selectively contact NPC voters regarding the curing of any ballot.

7. No State or local government, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof may prohibit pollwatchers from observing the fair conduct of an election.

8. At the conclusion of an election, all ballots shall be immediately counted and the count shall not cease until the count concludes.

9. It shall be a misdemeanor to offer a bribe or thing of value in any State or local exchange for a vote. For purposes of this paragraph, a thing of value includes but is not limited to a bottle of water, however a thing of value shall not include a public promise to support a specific policy, appoint a certain person, or mutually support or vote for a specific candidate.

10. No person shall be entitled by way of election to any of the following public offices in the Southern Region:

A. Judge, Magistrate, Recorder of Deeds, Clerk of Court, Sheriff, or any other judiciary officer;

B. Prosecutor, public defender, Attorney General, Solicitor General, or any other legal officer;

C. Secretary of State, Election Commissioner, or other election officer;

D. Adjutant General or other military officer;

E. Treasurer, Tax Commissioner, Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor, Examiner, Comptroller, Controller, or other financial officer;

F. Superintendant of Public Schools, Public Education, Public Instruction, or other education officer other than school boards and public college and university boards; or

G. Public Service Commissioner, Public Utilities Commissioner, Industrial Commissioner, Corporation Commissioner, Agricultural Commissioner or Director, Labor Commissioner, Insurance Commissioner, Natural Resources Commissioner, Transportation Commissioner, Rail Road Commissioner, Land Commissioner, Mine Inspector, Coroner, Dogcatcher, or other regulatory officer.

All such positions shall be appointed by the legislative body of the relevent State or locality for a fixed term, and shall be subject to dismissal by such body, or by the Southern Governor for high crimes or misdemeanors, corruption, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or as otherwise allowed by law.

11. All elections shall be decided by first past the post, winner take all, no runoffs.


2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #406 on: August 08, 2022, 05:53:57 AM »
« Edited: January 25, 2023, 05:17:23 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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NO MORE CRIME TIME ACT

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1. The Southern Chamber may by statute require and adjust minimum funding requirements and contributions for any local police force to ensure such police force has adequate resources to serve their communities. Such requirements and contributions must be met by the locality affected. Any State in the Southern Region may set higher minimum funding requirements and contributions for its localities than the Regional minimum.

2. No locality in the Southern Region may empower any civilian review board to make binding decisions related to law enforcement investigations; and any such civilian review board shall be considered a government agency for purposes of freedom of information requests.

3. No person shall be eligible to serve on a locally created civilian review board for law enforcement investigations in the Southern Region if he or she has a conflict of interest or is unable to review such investigations in a fair, neutral, and objective manner.

4. No locality in the Southern Region may determine membership on a civilian review board of law enforcement investigations on the basis of any classification protected under the Southern Constitution.

5. Arrest intake photos or mugshots shall be considered a public document subject to freedom of information requests.

6. No State or local prosecutor in the Southern Region may, under the guise of prosecutorial discretion, nullify or refuse to prosecute all violations of any crime or any class of crimes, or to intentionally nullify or refuse to prosecute all violations of any crime or any class of crimes committed by persons on the basis of any classification protected under the Southern Constitution. Any State or local prosecutor who violates this act shall be subject to removal by the Southern Governor or by a 3/5 vote of the Southern Chamber on the grounds of malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of office.

7. No attorney licensed to practice in the Southern Region shall be required to pay dues to the Atlasian Bar Association as a condition of his or her license to practice law.

8. No bar association or lawyers guild, or constituent body or association thereof, in the South cloaked with quasi-governmental powers shall be permitted to lobby or donate to any candidate, officeholder, or political party.

9. The Safer Crowd Control Act is hereby repealed.

10. Any person arrested for a crime based on actual evidence who is discovered to be an unlawful immigrant shall be denied bail pending trial and shall be reported to Atlasian authorities.

11. Nothing in Southern law shall be interpreted as prohibiting the governor, any State governor, any local mayor or executive, or any agent thereof from transporting or funding or facilitating the transportation of any illegal immigrant into another Region, provided the illegal immigrant consents in writing.

12. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Southern Region to import, sell, give, or dispense the drug tianeptine, or any derivative or analog thereof, to any person without a valid prescription from a duly licensed medical practitioner.

13. In any court in the Southern Region, the presiding judge shall be responsible for determining the courtroom rules for walkout music used by lawyers when beginning a trial, provided that any decision to allow walkout music shall permit equal time to each party participating in the trial.

14. No person imprisoned in the Southern Region shall be charged a fee to use any telephone or electronic communication service when such use is to communicate with legal counsel or potential legal counsel.

15. The Rules of Evidence shall be amended to include the following exemption to the rule against admitting hearsay evidence:

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Out of court statements made by any minor who is otherwise not competent to testify under oath may be permitted in criminal cases involving sexual offenses or other crimes of violence against the minor to supplement other admissible evidence.

16. The Banning Dystopian Police Robot Bombs Act is hereby amended as follows:

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7. It shall be unlawful for any federal law enforcement officer or employee or law enforcement agency receiving federal funds to operate or otherwise order the use of a robot for the purpose of general law enforcement activities, including but not limited to the ticketing or arresting of a suspect or the use or discharge of a firearm.

8. For purposes of this act, a robot equipped with a firearm or explosive device shall be considered a prima facia violation thereof.

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1. The Ban Ban Act shall be amended by adding the following:

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... hh. Minors intentionally releasing, discarding, or causing to be released or discarded outdoors any balloon made of a nonbiodegradable or nonphotodegradable material or any material that requires more than five minutes' contact with air or water to degrade, including but not limited to helium balloons and water balloons.  ...


18. The Bingo Freedom Act shall be amended as follows:

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1. There shall be no restrictions on how often a Southern citizen can play bingo.

2. As used in this act, Bingo means a specific game of chance played with individual cards having randomly numbered squares ranging from 1 to 75, government-approved electronic devices that display facsimiles of bingo cards and are used for the purpose of marking and monitoring players' cards as numbers are called, or government-approved cards in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers on such cards conforming to a predetermined pattern of numbers selected at random.

19. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #407 on: August 10, 2022, 07:19:48 AM »
« Edited: February 03, 2023, 05:24:38 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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JOBLESS ASSISTANCE ACT

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1. As used in this act Vagrants means:

A. All persons who shall return to a locality after gaving been legally expelled pursuant to thus act;

B. All persons who not having the wherewithal to maintain themselves and their families, live idly and without employment, and refuse to work for the usual and common wages given to other laborers in like work in the locality;

C. Persons wandering and strolling in idleness, who are able to work and have no property to support them;

D. Persons leading an idle, immoral, or profligate life, who have no property to support them, and who are able to work and do not;

E. All able-bodied persons found begging for a living, or who quit their homes and leave their spouses and children without the means of subsistence;

F. All persons who come from any place from without a locality and shall be found loitering and residing in the locality, and shall follow no labor, trade, occupation, or business and have no visible means of subsistence, and can give no reasonable account of themselves or their business;

G. All persons having a fixed abode who have no visible property to support them, and who live through stealing or by trading or bartering stolen property;

H. All persons who are able to work and do not work, but hire out their minor children and live upon their wages;

I. All persons who are neither citizens nor lawfully present aliens.

J. All persons who do not have visible income lawfully acquired and who consort with idlers, gamblers, prostitutes, adult entertainers, bootleggers, drug dealers, or persons having the reputation of any of the above named.

2. Any locality in the Southern Region may reasonably regulate, control, and prohibit vagrants within their boundaries, provided however that no violation of any such regulation, control, or prohibition shall be punishible as a felony.

3. If any locality in the Southern Region regulates, controls, or prohibits vagrants within their boundaries, such locality must operate, contract with, or coordinate with a job location service, employment office, hiring hall, or other service that identifies potential jobs and employers in the area and potential workers for such jobs, and connects, coordinates, or facilitates the potential employment of such workers, employers, and jobs. Any person actively participating in such job location service, employment office, hiring hall, or other service shall be evaluated to determine if the person is also eligible for any other federal, Regional, or State welfare program or benefit. If the evaluation determines that such person is eligible for other programs or benefits, the job location service, employment office, hiring hall, or other service shall offer to assist the person in applying for such program or benefits. If after thirty (30) days of notification the person is still participating in the vagrancy diversion program, has not applied for such program or benefit, and has not expressly refused to participate in the program or benefit, then the job location service, employment office, hiring hall, or other service shall, to the best of its abilities, apply for the program or benefit on the person's behalf.

4. No court in the Southern Region shall convict any person for violating a vagrancy law under this act, unless such person refuses to participate in offered job location services or accept reasonable job offers.

5. For purposes of this act, social security benefits shall constitute visible income.

6. For purposes of this act a person actively enrolled as a student or participant at any public school, college, university, vocational school, in the militia, or in a trade or apprenticeship program shall not constitute a vagrant.

7. For purposes of this act, a determination that a person is eligible for disability benefits provided by law shall constitute a finding that such person is not able-bodied.

8. Any locality choosing to impose criminal penalties for violating a local vagrancy law may not prescribe a punishment of imprisonment exceeding ninety (90) days nor a fine exceeding $1,000.00. In any criminal enforcement action against a person for violating a local vagrancy law, both parties may agree that in lieu of imprisonment or fine, the person shall agree to move his or her residence outside of the jurisdiction of the locality and not voluntarily return to the locality to live unless such person is no longer a vagrant.

9. The Southern Governor, when he deems concentrations of vagrants harmful to the public health and safety, may declare an emergency and take all necessary lawful actions required to abate the harm.

10. This act shall take effect five (5) days from the date of passage.
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« Reply #408 on: August 10, 2022, 07:25:21 AM »
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BASED BOB TAFT ACT

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1. No labor union, trade guild, exclusive bargaining unit, or other collectivized labor organization operating in the Southern Region shall engage in any jurisdictional strike, wildcat strike, solidarity or political strike, secondary boycott, or secondary or mass picketing.

2. No employer in the Southern Region shall permit, require, or negotiate any closed shop or union shop agreement, nor shall any such employer require his or her employees to join or pay money to any labor union, trade guild, exclusive bargaining unit, or other collectivized labor organization.

3. No labor union, trade guild, exclusive bargaining unit, or other collectivized labor organization operating in the Southern Region shall directly donate to any political candidate or party.

4. Any officer in any labor union, trade guild, exclusive bargaining unit, or other collectivized labor organization operating in the Southern Region shall, within thirty (30) days of obtaining such office, sign and submit an affidavit to the Attorney General attesting that such officer is not and will not actively engage in any activities to violently overthrow the government of the Southern Region or any State or locality therein, or to violently wrest or remove any State or locality therein from the Southern Region.

5. If, in his or her judgment, an impending or current strike imperils the Regional health or safety, the Southern Governor may seek and obtain a legal injunction from the Southern Supreme Court justice enjoining the strike. The Southern Chamber may overturn such determination by a 2/3rds vote of the Delegates.

6. This act shall take effect five (5) days after the date of passage.
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« Reply #409 on: August 10, 2022, 04:54:39 PM »
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PRISONER SECOND CHANCE ACT

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TITLE I: PRISON WORKERS

1. Any prison in the Southern Region may operate a prison worker program to utilize the voluntary labor of prisoners for productive ends. Such program shall be open to any willing, able-bodied prisoner not determined to be a flight or safety risk. Participating prisoners may be assigned or authorized to perform any job permitted by this act. Prisoners who participate in such program shall be compensated at a pre-determined rate up to the minimum wage.

2. Any person actively participating in a prison work program may be employed to perform basic tasks necessary to the operation of the prison such as maintenace and upkeep, laundry services, and food preparation and distribution.

3. Any person actively participating in a prison work program may be employed to serve on a work crew performing basic maintenace and upkeep upon the streets, sidewalks, sewers, parks, buildings, or other public grounds and works of a governmental entity.

4. Any person actively participating in a prison work program may be employed to work on an on-site prison farm or an on-site quarry.

5. Any person actively participating in a prison work program may be employed to serve in the militia.

6. Any person actively participating in a prison work program may be employed to perform basic manufacturing services on behalf of a governmental entity such as vehicle license plates, pauper's coffins, or office furniture.

7. The prison worker program shall operate, or contract or coordinate with providers of job training and skill courses that train potential workers in skills and trades necessary or advantageous to finding stable employment. Such job training and skill courses shall prioritize jobs facing a critical shortage of workers as determined by the governor; provided that such priorities shall include the construction trades, commercial vehicle operation and repair, aviation piloting and repair, computer programming and repair, and the manufacture or repair of critical infrastructure and critical supplies.

8. Any person actively participating in a prison work program shall be required to enroll and participate in the organized militia for the duration of his or her participation in such program, unless granted a waiver by the Governor.


TITLE II: PRISONER REHABILLITATION

1. Any person in the Southern Region completing a term of imprisonment exceeding one (1) year in length shall be required to participate in a prisoner reentry program for no less than two (2) years upon release or for the duration of any parole or probation period, whichever is longer. Such program shall be designed to reduce recidivism and promote successful reentry by former prisoners into society. Failure to successfully complete the prisoner reentry program may result in a parole or probation violation and shall be reported to any court as character evidence at sentencing in the event that a former prisoner is convicted of a new crime within five (5) years of being released from a term of imprisonment exceeding one (1) year.

2. $1 Billion from the Pay-Go Trust Fund is hereby appropriated to carry out this title.

3. Any person actively participating in a prisoner reentry program shall be required to participate in an appropriate treatment program that includes counseling on criminality and recidivism.

4. Any person actively participating in a prisoner reentry program shall be required to attend an appropriate course on civic education to promote good citizenship, Regional patriotism, and successful reentry into society.

5. The prisoner reentry program shall operate, or contract or coordinate with providers of job training and skill courses that train potential workers in skills and trades necessary or advantageous to finding stable employment. Such job training and skill courses shall prioritize jobs facing a critical shortage of workers as determined by the governor; provided that such priorities shall include the construction trades, commercial vehicle operation and repair, aviation piloting and repair, computer programming and repair, and the manufacture or repair of critical infrastructure and critical supplies.

6. The prisoner reentry program shall operate, contract with, or coordinate with  job location services, employment offices, hiring halls, and other service that identify potential jobs and employers in the area and potential workers for such jobs, and connects, coordinates, or facilitates the potential employment of such workers, employers, and jobs.

7. The prisoner reentry program shall operate or contract or coordinate with providers of behavioral and mental health counseling services that are necessary to successfully reintegrate former prisoners into society.

8. Any person actively participating in a prisoner reentry program shall be evaluated to determine if the person is also eligible for any other federal, Regional, or State welfare program or benefit. If the evaluation determines that such person is eligible for other programs or benefits, the reentry program shall offer to assist the person in applying for such program or benefits. If after thirty (30) days of notification the person is still participating in the reentry program, has not applied for such program or benefit, and has not expressly refused to participate in the program or benefit, then the reentry program shall, to the best of its abilities, apply for the program or benefit on the person's behalf.

9. Any person actively participating in a prisoner reentry program shall be required to enroll and participate in the organized militia for the duration of his or her participation in such program, unless granted a waiver by the Governor.


TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect five (5) days after the date of passage.
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« Reply #410 on: August 12, 2022, 06:48:21 AM »
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HELP WITH BILLS RESOLUTION

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1. The Attorney General shall be empowered to assist the Chamber of Delegates with floor management activities, including but not limited to posting pending bills on the Chamber floor

2. This shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #411 on: August 12, 2022, 04:04:43 PM »
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URBAN MANAGEMENT ACT

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TITLE I: CAPITAL CITIES

1. The capital city or city hosting the seat of government of any State in the Southern Region shall be organized into a jurisdictional district directly administered by the legislature of such State.

2. Any State legislature may delegate its governing powers to a local government chartered by such legislature, however the manner of local government administration and organization, including but not limited to the number of and manner of choosing officers, conducting of elections for such officers, the powers exercised by such officers, and any other lawmaking function shall be subject to the ultimate authority of the State legislature, pursuant to law.

3. No State shall delegate any power pursuant to this act to remove any public monument, or to prohibit the carrying of firearms on or in any public property or facility, other than a school, courthouse, or airport.

4. This act shall not apply to the City of Nashville which shall be subject to the ultimate authority of the Southern Chamber, pursuant to law. Accordingly the Nashville Metro Council shall be reduced from 40 members to 20 members, and the Metro Nashville Airport Authority and Nashville Sports Authority shall be directly appointed by the Tennessee legislature.

5. The Council of the State of Nyman shall not be permitted to delegate its powers to a subordinate local government.

6. The capital city of Georgia shall be relocated to Milledgeville.

7. The capital city of Oklahoma shall be relocated to Fort Gibson.

8. The capital city of Kansas shall be relocated to Lecompton.


TITLE II: OTHER CITIES

1. The charter, organizing documents, and territorial boundaries and jurisdiction of any City with a population exceeding 500,000 that is organized separately from a County shall, at the pleasure of the Southern Region, be subject to the exclusive management and control of the Chamber of Delegates.

2. If, in his judgment, the Governor determines that any such City is being poorly managed or administered in a way that is harmful to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people therein, the Governor may submit written notice to the Chamber of Delegates that he intends to directly administer such City. Upon receipt of such notice, the Governor shall be empowered to directly administer such City for a period of up to ninety (90) days, unless such notice is overturned by a two-thirds vote of the Chamber of Delegates. If, after ninety (90) days the Governor again determines that such City is being poorly managed or administered in a way that is harmful to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people therein, the Governor may repeat the process laid out herein.


TITLE III: NAME CHANGES

1. The following Southern Counties shall be renamed:

A. Alabama

- Mobile County shall be renamed Semmes County

- Montgomery County shall be renamed Davis County


B. Arkansas

- Grant County shall be renamed Rose County

- Nevada County shall be renamed Davis County

- Van Buren County shall be renamed Cash County


C. Delaware

- Kent County shall be renamed Washington County

- New Castle County shall be renamed Lee County

- Sussex County shall be renamed Dixie County


D. Florida

- Indian River County shall be renamed Kirby-Smith County

- Miami-Dade County shall be renamed Sanchez County

- Orange County shall be renamed Benjamin County

- Volusia County shall be renamed Washington County


E. Georgia

- Lincoln County shall be renamed Ben Lincoln County

- Union County shall be renamed Dixie County


F. Kansas

- Brown County shall be renamed Brooks County

- Butler County shall be renamed Beauregard County

- Grant County shall be renamed Lee County

- Greeley County shall be renamed Freeman County

- Lincoln County shall be renamed Davis County

- Meade County shall be renamed Longstreet County

- Scott County shall be renamed Johnston County

- Seward County shall be renamed Benjamin County

- Sheridan County shall be renamed Stuart County

- Sherman County shall be renamed Gordon County


G. Kentucky

- Grant County shall be renamed Watterman County

- Lincoln County shall be renamed Davis County

- Meade County shall be renamed Washington County

- Ohio County shall be renamed Virginia County

- Scott County shall be renamed Maury County


H. Louisiana

- Avoyelles Parish shall be renamed Nicholls Parish

- Grant Parish shall be renamed Lee Parish

- Orleans Parish shall be renamed John Paul Parish

- Union Parish shall be renamed Dixie Parish


I. Maryland

- Baltimore County shall be renamed Lee County

- Prince George's County shall be renamed Churchill County

- Queen Anne's County shall be renamed Poe County


J. Mississippi

- Issaquena County shall be renamed Faulkner County

- Lincoln County shall be renamed Ben Lincoln County

- Oktibbeha County shall be renamed Santander County

- Tishomingo County shall be renamed Elvis County

- Union County shall be renamed Dixie County


K. Missouri

- Butler County shall be renamed York County

- Lincoln County shall be renamed Davis County

- Saint Charles County shall be renamed Quantrill County

- Saint Francois County shall be renamed Price County

- Saint Louis County shall be renamed Lee County


L. North Carolina

- Caswell County shall be re named to Bragg County

- Union County shall be renamed Dixie County


M. Oklahoma

- Cleveland County shall be renamed to Dixie County

- Garfield County shall be renamed to Will Rogers County

- Grant County shall be renamed to Davis County

- Oklahoma County shall be renamed to Lee County

- Pittsburg County shall be renamed to Washington County

- Tulsa County shall be renamed to Watie County


N. Puerto Rico

- Adjuntas shall be renamed Attached County

- Aguada shall be renamed Watery County

- Aguadilla shall be renamed Little Watery County

- Aguas Buenas shall be renamed Good Water County

- Aibonito shall be renamed Wheeler County

- Añasco shall be renamed Fitzhugh County

- Arecibo shall be renamed Fhtagn County

- Arroyo shall be renamed Creek County

- Barceloneta shall be renamed Maury County

- Barranquitas shall hereby be renamed Little Ditch County

- Bayamón shall hereby be renamed Davis County

- Cabo Rojo shall hereby be renamed Red Cape County

- Caguas shall hereby be renamed Washington County

- Camuy shall be renamed Morgan County

- Canóvanas shall be renamed Marion County

Carolina shall hereby be renamed Carolina County

- Cataño shall hereby be renamed Jefferson County

- Cayey shall be renamed Clark County

- Ceiba shall be renamed Henry County

- Ciales shall be renamed Houston County

- Cidra shall hereby be renamed Fruit County

- Coamo shall be renamed Boone County

- Comerío shall hereby be renamed Columbus County

- Corozal shall hereby be renamed Palm County

- Culebra shall hereby be renamed Snake County

- Dorado shall hereby be renamed Gilded County

- Fajardo shall hereby be renamed Beech Tree County

- Florida shall hereby be renamed Florida County

- Guánica shall hereby be renamed Polk County

- Guayama shall hereby by renamed Lee County

- Guayanilla shall hereby be renamed Jackson County

- Guaynabo shall be renamed Crockett County

- Gurabo shall hereby be renamed Madison County

- Hatillo shall hereby be renamed Bundles County

- Hormigueros shall hereby be renamed Anthill County

- Humacao shall be renamed Tyler County

- Isabela shall hereby be renamed Monroe County

- Jayuya shall be renamed Austin County

- Juana Díaz shall be renamed Travis County

- Juncos shall be renamed Reedy County

- Lajas shall be renamed Slab County

- Lares shall be renamed Hearth County

- Las Marías shall be renamed The Marys' County

- Las Piedras shall be renamed The Stone County

- Loíza shall be renamed King County

- Luquillo shall be renamed Semmes County

- Manatí shall be renamed Manatee County

- Maricao shall hereby be renamed Polk County

- Maunabo shall be renamed Phoenix County

- Mayagüez shall be renamed Atlanta County

- Moca shall be renamed Coffee County

- Morovis shall be renamed Parks County

- Naguabo shall be renamed Beauregard County

- Naranjito shall be renamed Carver County

- Orocovis shall be renamed Byrd County

- Patillas shall be renamed Booker County

- Peñuelas shall be renamed Bowie County

- Ponce shall be renamed Ponce de Leon County

- Quebradillas shall be renamed Walker County

- Rincón shall be renamed Taylor County

- Río Grande shall be renamed Big River County

- Sabana Grande shall be renamed Big Sheet County

- Salinas shall be renamed Clemente County

- San Germán shall be renamed Eisenhower County

- San Juan shall be renamed Dixie County

- San Lorenzo shall be renamed Patton County

- San Sebastián shall be renamed Thomas County

- Santa Isabel shall be renamed Charest County

- Toa Alta shall be renamed Upper River County

- Toa Baja shall be renamed Lower River County

- Trujillo Alto shall be renamed Hampton County

- Utuado shall be renamed Clay County

- Vega Alta shall be renamed Upper Meadow County

- Vega Baja shall be renamed Lower Meadow County

- Vieques shall be renamed Alabama County

- Villalba shall be renamed Sunrise Village County

- Yabucoa shall be renamed Virginia County

- Yauco shall be renamed Texas County


O. South Carolina

- Charleston County shall be renamed Washington County


P. Tennessee

- Davidson County shall be renamed Charest County

- Unicoi County shall be renamed Lee County


Q. Texas

- Atacosa County shall be renamed Assahola County

- Bexar County shall be renamed Bayhar County

- Colorado County shall be renamed Dowling County

- El Paso County shall be renamed The Passage County

- Sherman County shall be renamed Young Texan County

- Witchita County shall be renamed Dixie County


R. Virginia

- Buckingham County shall be renamed to Tobacco County

- Caroline County shall be renamed to Maguire County

- Charles City County shall be renamed to Lyon Tyler County

- Chesterfield County shall be remamed to South Dixie County

- Essex County shall be renamed to Fitzhugh County

- Fairfax County shall be renamed to Robert E. Lee County

- Hanover County shall be renamed to Mosby County

- Henrico County shall be renamed to North Dixie County

- Isle of Wight County shall be renamed to John Smith County

- James City County shall be renamed to Ewell County

- King and Queen County shall be renamed Cromwell County

- King George County shall be renamed to Beauregard County

- King William County shall be renamed Early County

- Lee County shall be renamed to Cornette County

- Loudon County shall be renamed to Jeff Davis County

- Middlesex County shall be renamed to Maury County

- New Kent County shall be renamed to Ashby County

- Northampton County shall be renamed to Hunley County

- Northumberland County shall be renamed to Byrd County

- Prince Edward County shall be renamed to Johnston County

- Prince George County shall be renamed to Hill County

- Prince William County shall be renamed to Stonewall Jackson County

- Richmond County shall be renamed to Marr County

- Southampton County shall be renamed to Wade Hampton County

- Stafford County shall be renamed to Stuart County

- Sussex County shall be renamed to Pendleton County


S. West Virginia

- Grant County shall be renamed Lee County

- Kanawha County shall be renamed Boyd County

- Lincoln County shall be renamed Ben Lincoln County

- Ohio County shall be renamed McKenna County

- Wyoming County shall be renamed Nixon County


2. The following Southern Cities shall be renamed:

A. The City of Alexandria, Virginia is hereby renamed the City of Ashby

B. The City of Charlottesville, Virginia is hereby renamed the City of Jeffersonville

C. The City of Colonial Heights, Virginia is hereby renamed the City of Imperial Heights

D. The City of Fairfax, Virginia is hereby renamed the City of Marr

E. The City of Norfolk, Virginia is hereby renamed the City of Maury

F. The City of Richmond, Virginia is hereby renamed the City of Dixie

G. The City of Sheridan, Arkansas is hereby renamed the City of Dixie

H. The City of Suffolk, Virginia is hereby remamed the City of Mahone

I. The City of Union City, Tennessee is hereby renamed the City of Dixietown

J. The City of Union City, Texas is hereby renamed the City of Dixietown

K. The City of El Paso, Texas is hereby renamed the City of The Passage

L. The City of San Antonio, Texas is hereby renamed the City of St. Anthony

M. The City of San Juan, Puerto Rico shall be renamed the City of St. John

N. The City of Irving, Texas shall be renamed the City of Lurker.

3. To the maximum extent practicable, the State of Puerto Rico shall be referred to as the State of Rich Port.


TITLE IV: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect five (5) days from the date of passage.

2. $100 Million from the Pay-Go Fund shall be made available to assist local governments replace the names contained herein.
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« Reply #412 on: August 13, 2022, 02:12:38 PM »
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TITLE I: INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS

1. As used in this act:

A. Defendant means the individual person against whom involuntary commitment proceedings are initiated or sought.

B. Sanitorium means any facility that houses resident patients in its custody who have been involuntarily committed, voluntarily committed, or committed pursuant to an emergency protective order.

2. Whenever it is determined by clear and convincing evidence that a person in the Southern Region presents a serious risk to the health or safety of himself or herself or to another, and that such risk is caused by a mental or behavioral disorder or a lack of ordinary mental capacity, such person may be involuntarily committed pursuant to this act.

3. When evaluating if a defendant is a risk to himself or herself the following may be considered:

A. Whether or not the defendant attempted suicide;

B. Whether or not the defendant engaged in physical self-harm;

C. Whether or not the defendant is suffering from physical addiction to a drug or narcotic;

D. Whether or not the defendant is suffering from hallucinations or delusions, including but not limited to delusions that the defendant is in a category of being identified in Title V of the Transhumanism Is Dystopian Act, delusions of possessing neopronouns, or delusions prohibited by the S.P.L.I.T. Act.

E. Whether or not the defendant has the mental, emotional, and behavioral capacity to take care of his or her daily needs such as nutrition, health, hygiene, housing, or subsistence; and

F. If a lack of capacity is found, whether or not the defendant has an independent support structure to take care of his or her daily needs such as nutrition, health, hygiene, housing, or subsistence.

4. When evaluating if a defendant is a risk to himself or herself the following may be considered:

A. Whether or not the defendant committed or attempted to commit a violent crime as defined by law;

B. Whether or not the defendant threatened or intentionally caused harm to another person;

C. Whether or not the defendant committed or attempted to commit a crime for which the ordered attendance of an appropriate treatment program or psychiatric or psychological counseling is a required punishment; and

D. Whether or not the defendant was ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or psychiatric or psychological counseling and such program or counseling was determined to be ineffective.

5. No defendant may be involuntarily committed merely for his or her constitutionally protected religious beliefs and exercise, his or her opinions or votes on any political matter, his or her opinions on the War of Northern Agression and its causes and consequences, or his or her diagnosis with attention deficit disorder.

6. Pending an involuntary commitment proceeding under this act, a judge may issue an emergency protective order permitting the temporary detention of the person for no more than seven (7) days, if it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is an imminent threat to the health or safety of himself or herself or another, and that such emergency protective order is required to prevent such threat due to a mental or behavioral disorder or a lack of ordinary mental capacity possessed by the defendant.

7. This act shall take effect five (5) days from the date of passage.


TITLE II: DUE PROCESS

1. No defendant shall be sentenced by a court to involuntary commitment without adequate due process of law.

2. In any judicial proceeding where involuntary commitment is sought, the defendant shall be entitled to no less than five (5) days advance, written notice of any scheduled hearings in the matter. No court may exclude a defendant from any scheduled hearing, nor enter an order sentencing a defendant to involuntary commitment in absentia.

3. Prior to any judicial hearing in which involuntary commitment may be ordered, the judge shall make a preliminary determination of immediate capacity. If upon the preponderance of preliminary evidence the judge determines that there is a likely risk of the defendant failing to understand the nature of the proceedings, the court shall appoint a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) to protect the interests of the defendant throughout the legal proceedings.

4. In any judicial proceeding where involuntary commitment is sought, the defendant shall be entitled to the assistance of legal counsel. If the defendant cannot afford his or her own legal counsel the court shall appoint such counsel to represent the defendant. Legal counsel appointed for a defendant may be a GAL previously appointed to the same defendant.

5. In any judicial proceeding where involuntary commitment is sought, the defendant shall be entitled to receive any evidence to be used against him or her no less than five (5) days advance of any hearing in which such evidence will be used, and shall be entitled to offer evidence, including but not limited to expert testimony and medical evaluations, of his or her capacity and his or her lack of need for involuntary commitment.

6. In any judicial proceeding where a sentence of involuntary commitment is ordered by the court, the commitment order shall include a date certain of the  length of the commitment, such date not to exceed ten (10) years in length. If, upon the expiration of the commitment period it is believed that the defendant should remain committed, a new judicial proceeding shall be initiated.

7. In any judicial proceeding where a sentence of involuntary commitment is ordered by the court, the commitment order shall enumerate those constititional rights to which the defendant is to be deprived for the duration of the commitment period along with an explanation of why such rights need to be deprived.

8. Upon a sentence of involuntary commitment ordered by the court, the defendant may appeal such order for cause within thirty (30) days of sentencing.

9. Any defendant sentenced to a term of involuntary commitment shall be entitled to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus at any time during the duration of the commitment period to offer new evidence of his or her capacity and his or her lack of need for involuntary commitment, provided that no such writ shall be prosecuted more frequently than once every 180 days.

10. Any defendant sentenced to a term of involuntary commitment shall be reevaluated at least once per year during the term of commitment to determine if the defendant continues to need involuntary commitment.

11. Upon the release of a defendant from a term of involuntary commitment, those constititional rights to which the defendant was deprived during the duration of the commitment period shall be restored, absent a finding of need by the court by clear and convincing evidence that such rights pose a clear risk to the defendant or others. If a court does make such finding the court shall issue an explanation of why such rights need to be deprived.


TITLE III: SANITORIUMS

1. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall perform any lobotomy on any resident patient in its custody.

2. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall perform any electroshock therapy on any resident patient in its custody. The therapeutic use of electrical stimulation devices for corrective behavioral therapy, including but not limited to the graduated electronic decelerator and the self-injurious behavior inhibiting system is hereby prohibited in the South.

3. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall perform any sterilization procedure on any resident patient in its custody.

4. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall perform any experimental medical procedure on or prescribe any experimental medication to any resident patient in its custody, without the consent of a family member given guardianship over the patient or if none, a GAL appointed to represent the best interests of the patient.

5. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall forcibly feed or medicate any resident patient in its custody, without the consent of a family member given guardianship over the patient or if none, a GAL appointed to represent the best interests of the patient.

6. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall prohibit any resident patient in its custody from receiving visitors, phone calls, or mail during normal operating hours.

7. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall unreasonably use any physical restraints on any resident patient in its custody.

8. No sanitorium in the Southern Region shall vote or attempt to vote in any election on behalf any resident patient in its custody.
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« Reply #413 on: August 13, 2022, 05:06:24 PM »
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BUDGETARY RECONCILIATION ACT


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1. The following budgetary transfers are hereby authorized immediately:

A. $2 Billion from the Atlasian government shall be deposited into the Kansas Reconstruction Trust Fund.

B. $2 Billion deposited into the Kansas Reconstruction Trust Fund during the 2022 Southern Budget Act shall be transfered to the Civil Dense Trust Fund.

C. $5 Million from the existing Kansas Reconstruction Trust Fund balance shall be transfered to the General Fund to cover administrative costs of administering the Kansas Reconstruction Act

D. $3 Million from the Food Security Trust Fund shall be transfered to the Civil Dense Trust Fund.

E. $25 Million from the Environmental Protection Trust Fund shall be transfered to the Civil Dense Trust Fund.

F. $100 Million from the Outdoor Entertainment Trust Fund shall be transfered to the Civil Dense Trust Fund.

G. $3.427 Billion from the Pay-Go Trust Fund shall be transfered to the Civil Dense Trust Fund.

H. $6 Million from the Public Healthcare Trust Fund shall be transferred to the Civil Defense Trust Fund.

I. $2.01 Billion from the Disaster Relief Trust Fund shall be transfered to the Civil Dense Trust Fund.

J. $3 Billion from the Disaster Relief Trust Fund shall be transfered to the Rainy Day Fund.

K. $40 Million from the Rainy Day Fund is hereby appropriated to purchase full title to the Coles Hill Mining Site in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

2. The GARRISON Act is hereby repealed.

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« Reply #414 on: August 13, 2022, 05:21:36 PM »
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WORKFORCE STABILIZATION ACT

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1. Article II, Sec. 3, Cl. 1 of the Constitution of Atlasia guarantees to the Regions and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in the Constitution and reserves to the Southern Region and people of the South certain powers as they were understood at the time that Constitution was ratified. The guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the Southern Region and people of the South and the government of Atlasia.

2. Article III, Sec. 3 of the Constitution of Atlasia only gives the federal government to regulate foreign trade and inter-regional commerce.

3. The government of Atlasia is a government of limited powers. Only those powers expressly granted to the government of Atlasia by the Constitution of Atlasia may be exercised by the government of Atlasia.

4. The regulation of intraregional or intrastate commerce, including local employment contracts as affected by intrastate business, is vested in the Regions under the Atlasian Constitution and is specifically retained by the Southern Region.

5. In light of the above findings, employment contract regulation in the Southern Region for all purposes of regulating business activity performed in the Southern Region when the contracts or products of such business activities are held, maintained, or retained within the borders of the Southern Region, is the principal responsibility of the the Southern Region, and any federal law or regulation over such intraregional or intrastate activity and are hereby declared to be null, void, and of no effect within the Southern Region to the extent it is contradicted herein. No local, State, or Regional money or resources shall be expended in the enforcement of such federal nullities, nor shall any local, State, Regional, or Atlasian employees or agents enforce, or attempt to enforce such federal nullities within the Southern Region.

6. For purposes of this act, any such federal law as described above and as determined by the Governor is hereby declared to be included in the subject matter of section 5 of this act, unless 3/5 of the Southern Chamber passes a resolution rescinding such determination.

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

8. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #415 on: August 13, 2022, 06:38:32 PM »
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1. The Bullmoose Act shall be amended as follows:

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2. The officers, agents, and employees of any financial investment company or fund that manages finances for persons in the Southern Region hereby possess a fiduciary duty to make investment decisions as a reasonably prudent investor would for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the investments. Accordingly no such officer, agent, or employee shall make investment decisions on behalf of the company or fund based off ESG factors, personal political viewpoints, or personal bias nor shall any such officer, agent, or employee make a public statement on behalf of the company or fund supporting or opposing a public policy that does not directly affect the corporation. Any beneficiary shall be entitled to iniate a beneficiary derivative class action lawsuit against any officer, agent, or employee violating this paragraph to seek damages and legal costs. The Southern Region and any State or local government therein shall transfer any financial assets it has deposited or invested with a financial investment company or fund that violates this provision within six (6) months of such violation. Withdrawn funds shall then be deposited with an appropriate investment fund. Such fund may include investments in the stock of any officially chartered Southern Company. Any financial investment company or fund that manages finances for persons in the Southern Region shall be prohibited from casting proxy votes on behalf of beneficiaries when such company or fund owns more than 1% of a particular company’s voting securities. In such case the individual passive investors shall be responsible for casting votes.

3. The officers, agents, and employees of any shareholder proxy voting firm or company that advises on corporate shareholder proxy voting for persons in the Southern Region hereby possess a fiduciary duty to make business decisions as a reasonably prudent investor would for the benefit of the contracted shareholders. Accordingly no such officer, agent, or employee shall cast or recommend any proxy vote or make business decisions on behalf of the firm or company based off ESG factors, personal political viewpoints, or personal bias nor shall any such officer, agent, or employee make a public statement on behalf of the firm or company supporting or opposing a public policy that does not directly affect the contracted shareholders. Any shareholder contracted with such firm or company shall be entitled to iniate a shareholder derivative class action lawsuit against any officer, agent, or employee violating this paragraph to seek damages and legal costs. [/B]

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9. It shall be considered an illegal antitrust violation for any foreign country or any investment firm or financial management service, other than a financial institution, to own or hold an ownership stake exceeding 10% in more than 10,000 residential rental properties or in more than 50,000 acres of commercial farmland. The Attorney General may prosecute such violations which shall be punishable by a fine of $10,000.00 per day. A court of competent jurisdiction shall also order any appropriate equitable relief, including but not limited to the divestment of residential rental properties or commercial farmland exceeding the cap.

2. This act shall take effect February 15, 2023.
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« Reply #416 on: August 13, 2022, 06:52:27 PM »
« Edited: February 15, 2023, 08:18:07 AM by Mr. Reactionary »

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SOUTHERN CODE COMMISSION ACT

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1. The Southern Region hereby establishes the Southern Code Commission, which shall be tasked with the following duties:

A. Reviewing, organizing, and compiling all Southern laws based on subject matter.

B. Identifying grammatical errors and areas of duplication, overlap, or conflict with Southern law.

C. Drafting and recommending comprehensive code compilations for readoption based on subject matter similar to previous endeavors by the Region of Lincoln.

D. Making recommendations to increase the accessibility of the Southern Code.

E. Updating the Wiki as needed.

2. The Commission shall be appointed by the Governor and shall consist of at least one (1) member of the Chamber of Delegates, at least one (1) member of the Southern Region's federal Senate delegation, the Southern Attorney General, and two (2) Southern voters. A majority of commission members must have Wiki editing privileges.

3. Beginning five (5) days from the date this law is enacted, it shall be unlawful for any Southern delegate or other Southern official to utilize any robot, algorithim, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, to write any legislation, regulations, executive orders, storylines, or other legally binding content.

4. The failure of any delegate or other officer to affirmatively declare a bill, regulation, order, story, or other content as having been written or partially written by any robot, algorithim, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, shall be a crime punishable by a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for no less than ten (10) days and no more than one (1) year per bill, regulation, order, story, or other content. Lying about whether or not a bill, regulation, order, story, or other content as having been written or partially written by any robot, algorithim, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, shall be considered perjury, and shall be punishable by expulsion, a fine of $10,000, and imprisonment for no less than ten (10) days and no more than one (1) year per lie.

5. To assist the Commission the following duplicative, obsolete, or otherwise unnecessary acts and resolutions are hereby repealed:

- The School Methods Act is hereby repealed.

- The Inmate Resources Act is hereby repealed.

- The Gubernatorial Appointments Act is hereby repealed.

- The Amendment to the Gubernatorial Appointments Act is hereby repealed.

- The Appointment Regulation Act is hereby repealed.

- The Amendment to the Appointment Regulation Act is hereby repealed.

- The Raccoon Resistance Act is hereby repealed.

- The School Bullying Prevention Act is hereby repealed.

- The Teaching Incentives Act is hereby repealed.

- The Protecting Children from Poison in Specific and Arbitrarily Chosen Circumstances Act is hereby repealed.

- The 2019 Resolution relating to the State of Florida is hereby repealed.

- The Regional Statutory PAYASYOUGO Act is hereby repealed.

- The Kobe Bryant Southern Basketball Scholarship Act is hereby repealed.

- The Community Empowerment Act is hereby repealed.

- The Protecting Our History Act is hereby repealed.

- The Improved Public Transit Act is hereby repealed.

- The Justice in Policing Act is hereby repealed.

- The Nicotine Discount Prohibition Act is hereby repealed.

- The Southern Small Business Administration Act is hereby repealed.

- The Financial Education Act is hereby repealed.

- The Bring Sports Back Act is hereby repealed.

- The Local Voting System Reform Act is hereby repealed.

- The State and Local Government Special Extension Act is hereby repealed.

- The Christmas Cheer Act is hereby repealed.

- The Southern Recycling Act is hereby repealed.

- The 2021 Resolution Condemning the Virginia Governor's Statements is hereby repealed.

- The Amendment to the Department of Infrastructure and Environment Act is hereby repealed.

- The In-State Tuition Protection Act is hereby repealed.

- The TMTH FAPoSE Act is hereby repealed.

- The Department of Infrastructure and Environment Act is hereby repealed.

- The Southern Infrastructure Survey Act is hereby repealed.

- The Southern Infrastructure Act is hereby repealed.

- The 2019 Resolution to Recognize World Language Week is hereby repealed.

- The Survey Examining Election Safety Act is hereby repealed.

- The Recall Act is hereby repealed.

- The Todd Beamer Day Act is hereby repealed.

- The No Inappropriate Cell Phone Use in Motor Vehicles Act is hereby repealed.

- The Development of Foreign Language Programs in Schools Act is hereby repealed.

- The Parks and Recreation Bill of 2017 is hereby repealed.

- The Rough Bulldog Act is hereby repealed.

- The New Holidays Act is hereby repealed.

- The Southern Workfare Act of 2016 is hereby repealed.

- The Legislative Naming Act is hereby repealed.

- The Privacy Is A Good Thing Act is hereby repealed.

- The Student Rights Regarding Search And Seizure Act of 2018 is hereby repealed.

- The Regional Animal Act is hereby repealed.

- The Keeping Our Schools Safe from the Surveillance State Act is hereby repealed.

- The Coronavirus Budgetary Considerations Act is hereby repealed.

- The Southern COVID-19 Vaccination Act is hereby repealed.

6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #417 on: August 15, 2022, 07:12:20 AM »
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STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS ACT

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TITLE I: NPC ELECTION CALENDAR

1. All at-large NPC State Executive offices shall be for a term of one (1) year, to be conducted in March of each year.

2. All NPC State Legislative offices shall be for a term of one (1) year, to be conducted in March of each year.

3. All NPC local elected bodies and offices shall be for a term of one (1) year, to be conducted in March of each year.

4. Within forty-five (45) days of the adoption of maps under this act, elections shall be conducted for a partial term lasting until March 2024.


TITLE II: STATE ELECTION BOUNDARIES

1. At least once every five (5) years the Southern Chamber shall adopt maps of the approved State legislative districts for each State in the Southern Region.

2. Each district shall be closely equal in size based on the population of all voting age citizens in each district.

3. For purposes of calculating population, prisoners shall be counted as living at the place of imprisonment.


TITLE III: LOCAL ELECTION BOUNDARIES

1. At least once every five (5) years each State in the Southern Region shall adopt maps of the approved local wards, districts, or precincts for each locality therein.

2. Each ward, district, or precinct shall be closely equal in size based on the population of all voting age citizens in each district.

3. For purposes of calculating population, prisoners shall be counted as living at the place of imprisonment.

4. The Southern Chamber may override or determine any map adopted pursuant to this title.


TITLE IV: NPC ELECTION RESULTS FORMULA

1. The results of NPC elections shall be determined by the Attorney General according to the following formula:

A. In-game Party Registration of the State involved shall be 15% of the total outcome, unless no player shall be registered in the State in which case the weight of this factor shall be subsumed by subsection B below.

B. In-game Party Registration of the Southern Region shall be 10% of the total outcome

C. The average of the partisan vote of the last three (3) regularly conducted elections in the Southern Region shall be 40% of the total outcome

D. The partisan vote within each district of the last regularly conducted real life Presidential election shall be 25% of the total outcome, with votes for the Republicans counting as Southern National and Federalists votes in a 2:1, votes for the Democrats counting as Peace Party votes, and votes for third parties and independents couting as votes for unaffiliated candidates.

E. All other relevant factors, including estimated turnout and eligibility shall be 10% of the total outcome


TITLE V: APPEALS AND ENACTMENT

1. Any appeal arising under this act shall be exclusively appealable to the Southern Supreme Court Justice.

2. Unless otherwise specified herein, this act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #418 on: August 18, 2022, 07:07:00 AM »
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HELEN LOVEJOY MEMORIAL ACT

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1. As used in this act, lawful obscenity means any fully or partially obscene material, obscene performance, or material or performance which is obscene as to minors, as defined by Regional law, where applicable, which is protected by the Atlasian Constitution.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person, including but not limited to entities to publish or broadcast any lawful obscenity over the internet into the South, unless the root domain identifier of the website hosting the lawful obscenity terminates with .xxx.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person to publish or broadcast any lawful obscenity over the internet into the South, unless such person verifies the age of any person seeking to view or access the lawful obscenity prior to such lawful obscenity being viewable by such person. Verification must include the submission by any person seeking to view or access the lawful obscenity of the identification or customer number of a valid government-issued ID that includes such person's age or the identification or customer number of a valid credit card or debit card that includes such person's age.

4. No person verifying the age of a person seeking to view or access lawful obscenity pursuant to this act shall retain any record or information identifying the name of such other person beyond thirty (30) days. Any such record or information may only be shared prior to disposition with law enforcement pursuant to a valid warrant.

5. It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or mail any lawful obscenity in or into the South through any parcel transportation or parcel delivery service unless such lawful obscenity is concealed from public view.

6. Any computer, smart phone, tablet, or similar device that can access the internet and is owned, leased, or funded by the Southern government, including but not limited to work devices, devices provided to members of the milita, devices accessible to prisoners, and devices provided to colleges, schools, libraries, and museums shall be required to contain software that automatically blocks websites with a root domain address terminating with .xxx. This provision shall not apply to devices used by law enforcement pursuant to an investigation.

7. Any computer, smart phone, tablet, or similar device that can access the internet and is owned or leased by a contractor of the Regional government for the purpose of fulfilling a Regional contract shall be required to contain software that automatically blocks websites with a root domain address terminating with .xxx.

8. No Regional, State, or local public funds may be expended for the purpose of or in furtherance of the sale, distribution, conducting, broadcasting, or displaying of lawful obscenity, including but not limited to in any military exchange, prison store, college, school, library, or museum.

9. No public correctional facility, college, school, library, or museum that receives Regional, State, or local public funds shall sell, distribute, conduct, broadcast, or display lawful obscenity unless minors are prohibited from viewing or accessing such lawful obscenity. Verification must include the presentation by any person seeking to view or access the lawful obscenity of a valid government-issued ID that includes such person's age thereon.

10. No obscenity or pornography involving a live male actor shall be produced, manufactured, or filmed in the Southern Region unless such actor wears a condom during any sexual penetration with his penis.

11. No obscenity or pornography involving a live actor shall be produced, manufactured, or filmed in the Southern Region unless each such actor is tested for HIV and other STDs no more than seven (7) days prior to any sexual actvity so produced, manufactured, or filmed.

12. No adult person in the South shall transport a minor in interregional or foreign commerce for the purpose of obtaining an abortion prohibited by Southern law.

13. It shall be unlawful and a felony for any person in the South to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, possess with the intent to distribute, publish, sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict persons engaged in activity:

A. Prohibited by the Coercion Is Not Consent Act;

B. Prohibited by the Eradicating Prison Rape Act;

C. Prohibited by the Preventing Police Penetration Act;

D. Prohibited by the Prostitution Is A Sin Act;

E. Prohibited by the Malevolent Magic Is A Sin Act;

F. Prohibited by the Beware The Creeper Act;

G. Involving a sex toy prohibited by the Common Sense Fun Control Act;

H. Involving an adult lasciviously kissing a child under the age of thirteen (13) on the mouth while knowingly and intentionally penetrating the mouth of such child with his or her tongue;

I. Involving a sexually explicit phone call featuring the voice of an actual child;

J. Taking place in a prohibited bath house room or partition prohibited by the Monkeypox Prevention Act; or

K. Prohibited by this act.

A violation of this provision shall be punishable by imprisonment for no less than one (1) year and no more than three (3) years and a fine of $10,000. Any person convicted of a violation of this act 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.

14. The Protect Our Children From Tattoos Act shall be amended as follows:

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4. It shall be unlawful for any person in the South to pierce the genitals, perenium, or nipples of another person.

15. It shall be unlawful for any person operating a business or website in the Southern Region that expressly provides for or facilitates the matching, pairing, or communication between persons seeking romantic or sexual partners to permit any minor to register with such business or website.

16. No public school receiving Regional, State, or local public funds that incorporates dance into its curriculmn shall include instruction in twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusting, or paired dancing that incorporates sexual or lascivious contact with the genitals or buttocks of any dancer.

17. The Lee-Jackson-Davis Criminal Reform Act shall be amended as follows:

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8. The mere operation of or employment by a massage parlor or bar that permits nudity shall not constitute evidence or probable cause of prostitution. No State or locality in the Southern Region shall raid a massage parlor or bar that permits nudity for prostitution violations except on particularized evidence. Nothing in this provision shall be interpreted as allowing or permitting any massage therapist to sexually stimulate any person in exchange for financial or other valuable consideration.

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18. The Nature Calls Act is hereby repealed as duplicative.

19. No school board member or school principal, teacher, counselor, or other employee shall change the name of a student enrolled in a public school division on any education record relating to such student unless the member or employee receives a change of name order for such student that was issued by a court in accordance with law.

20. The Monkeypox Prevention Act is hereby amended as follows:

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2. This act shall take effect immediately and unless otherwise specified herein, shall expire 455 days after the date of enactment.

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21.The Obscene Sex Toy Prohibition Act shall be amended as follows:

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viii. An obscene candle that is shaped like a phallus;

ix. A fursuit or costume designed to make a human appear as a non-human animal, whether anthropomorphized or not, that based on marketing or design permits the wearer to engage in obscene, lewd, or sexualized acts while wearing such fursuit or costume.

22. No Regional, State, or local public funds shall be expended to fund sex education for minors if such education incorporates the display of or instructional use of a buttplug, dildo, or other sex toy into its curiculumn.

23. It shall be unlawful for any school, daycare, tutoring, or camp teacher, counselor, faculty, or instructor to incorporate the display of or instructional use of a buttplug, dildo, or other sex toy or of any chest binder, genital packer prosthesis including STPs, or genital gaff into any education curiculumn, instruction, or counseling given to minors. A violation shall be punished as a violation of the Common Sense Fun Control Act.

24. Each school in the Southern Region shall adopt a dress code for students, faculty, and guests on school property that at minimum prohibits the wearing of animal costumes or parts of costumes, including ears, tails, gloves, or collars during the school day other than costumes worn as part of Spirit weeks, pep rallies, or theater productions.

25. Any person required by law to register with the animal abuse registry shall, for the duration of his or her time on such registry, be prohibited from purchasing, renting, or possessing: any Animal Crossing video game or similar video games in which the player controls an anthropomorphized animal character; the Last of Us Part II video game; any animal costumes or parts of costumes, including ears, tails, gloves, or collars; or any sex toy.

26. In order to stimulate an appreciation for art and a greater understanding of art, the following films shall be shown in all Southern public schools as part of the curriculm of the following grades along with time for class discussion after:

Grade 4
- The Littlest Rebel

Grade 7
- 1776
- The Alamo

Grade 8
- Red Dawn
- The Longest Day

Grade 9
- The Prince of Egypt
- Ben Hur

Grade 10
- Cromwell
- Dr Zhivago

Grade 11
- The Patriot
- The Alamo
- Gone with the Wind

Grade 12
- The Passion of the Christ
- The Outlaw Josey Wales

27. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no Southern school board, public elementary or secondary school, including any joint or regional school, or employee or agent of such school board or school, including any division superintendent or school principal, shall withhold from any pupil or the pupil's parent any information that is transmitted solely to such school board, school, employee, or agent and that relates to any recognition, award, or postsecondary scholarship eligibility earned by the student, including any such recognition, award, or eligibility earned as the result of the student's achievement on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examination, or may affect the student's admission to an institution of higher education. All such information shall be transmitted to the pupil and the pupil's parent as soon as practicable after receipt of the information.

28. When determining which text books to adopt in public schools, prior to submitting the list for parental voting, each School shall ensure that such books substantially comply with the guidance provided by Mildred Lewis Rutherford's pamphlet "A Measuring Rod to Test Text Books in Schools, Colleges, and Libraries."

29. Every school and college in the Southern Region shall prohibit students from using artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, when completing graded work and assignments.

30. Every school and college in the Southern Region that offers music courses shall require its band to play the Regional Anthem. Such Anthem shall be performed prior to any school or college sports game, match, or competition occuring within the South. Such Anthem shall also be performed prior to any professional sports game, match, or competition occuring within the South. Intentional failure to do so shall be a felony.

31. When any person has had a judgment entered against him or her, in any region where liability, in whole or in part, is based on a law protecting the murder of unborn children that is prohibited under the laws of this region, such person may recover damages from any party that brought or sought to enforce the action leading to that judgment. Recoverable damages shall include damages created by the action that led to that judgment, and expenses and attorney's fees spent in defending the action that resulted in the judgement's entry.

32. No judge or court justice may issue a subpoena requested by a commissioner appointed according to the laws of any other region or government when that other region or government refuses to comply with valid subpoenas issued pursuant to Southern law.

33. The Common Sense Fun Control Act shall be amended as follows:

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Concealed carry means the carrying of a buttplug inside the anal cavity or the wearing of a chest binder, genital packer prosthesis including STPs, or genital gaff. For purposes of this act anal beads shall not constitute a buttplug.

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Open carry means the wearing or carrying of a dildo or other sex toy in a public place in a wholly or partially visible or observable manner. For purposes of this definition, the wearing of an obscene sex toy or unnaturally large novelty breasts shall constitute open carry. For purposes of this definition carnival games incorporating sex toys, including but not limited to dildo ring toss shall constitute open carry.

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34. The practices of footbinding, chestbinding, female genital mutilation, and male genital mutilation are hereby designated arcane practices.

35. It is the position of the Southern Region that TalkElections Forum create a megathread in USGD for LGBT Policy topics.

36. Unless otherwise specified herein or by law, a violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by disgorgement of any profits, imprisonment for no more than 4 years, and a fine of $40,000 per violation. Any record or information collected, retained, or disclosed in violation of this act shall be subject to forfeiture and disposition.

37. A person whose privacy was unlawfully violated pursuant to this act may maintain a civil action to recover actual damages, punitive damages of up to $10,000, reasonable legal costs, and any equitable relief necessary to enforce this act.

38. This act shall take effect five (5) days after the date of passage.
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« Reply #419 on: August 18, 2022, 07:20:51 AM »
« Edited: February 03, 2023, 05:27:28 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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STOP PROMOTING RACISM ACT

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1. No collective bargaining agreement or employment contract entered into in the Southern Region shall be permitted to prioritize layoffs, promotions, hirings, firings, severance agreements, or any other bargaining term based upon any protected class status enumerated in the Southern Constitution.

2. Any existing agreement or contract that violates this act is hereby declared to be against the public policy of the Southern Region and is null and void.

3. The SNOWFLAKE Act Shall be amended as follows:

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4.) No public College shall consider the race or religion of any student when determining dormitory assignments; nor shall any public college conduct, sponsor, or permit any club or organization whose membership or activities are segregated on the basis of race, including but not limited to film screenings.
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4. No Regional, State, or local public funds shall be expended to acquire, teach, promote, or administer the Advanced Placement African American Studies course, test, or instructional materials produced by College Board.

5. No person in the Southern Region shall be prosecuted for damaging, defacing, or vandalizing public property or for any hate crime, merely for leaving a skid mark or tire mark on a street, crosswalk, or any paint or chalk on the surface thereof.

6. To protect the public safety, neither the Southern Regional government, nor any State or local government therein shall be permitted to paint or allow any other person to paint any phrase, message, or symbol on any public street, sidewalk, or crosswalk, other than phrases, messages, or symbols related to controlling and directing traffic or identifying places. Nothing in this provision shall apply to the use of chalk.

7. It is the position of the Southern Region that the public streets, sidewalks, and crosswalks should not be used for the painting of political messages.

8. This act shall take effect five (5) days after the date of passage.
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« Reply #420 on: August 18, 2022, 12:01:57 PM »

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COURTROOM ANTICS ACT

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1. In any court in the Southern Region, the presiding judge shall be responsible for determining the courtroom rules for walkout music used by lawyers when beginning a trial, provided that any decision to allow walkout music shall permit equal time to each party participating in the trial.

2. No person imprisoned in the Southern Region shall be charged a fee to use any telephone or electronic communication service when such use is to communicate with legal counsel or potential legal counsel.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

I co-sign as a sponsor of this legislation.
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« Reply #421 on: September 18, 2022, 04:48:03 PM »

No action on many of these bills yet...
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« Reply #422 on: November 19, 2022, 06:17:01 AM »
« Edited: February 06, 2023, 05:19:30 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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PUBLIC SAFETY IS IMPORTANT ACT

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1. No new landfills in the Southern Region shall be sited within one half mile upgradient of any existing private well.

2. Title I of the It's An Emergency Act shall be amended by adding the following:

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7. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted as modifying or overturning any portion of the Southern Disaster Relief Fund Act.

3. In the event of a declared emergency, the Governor shall be empowered to temporarily conscript the following property for use by the Region in order to assist in emergency efforts such as search and rescue, evacuations, transportation of emergency supplies or first responders, or other duties as deemed necessary by the Governor.

A. Airports, heliports and spaceports, landing strips, hangars, radar stations, aircraft and spacecraft manufacturing and repair facilities, aircraft and spacecraft fuel, parts, and equipment, and aircraft and spacecraft;

B. Seaports, docks, wharves, lighthouses, LNG Terminals, aquatic vessel manufacturing and repair facilities, aquatic vessel fuel, parts, and equipment, and aquatic vessels;

C. Truckyards and bus depots, truck and bus manufacturing and repair facilities, truck and bus fuel, parts, and equipment, and trucks and buses;

D. Railyards and train stations, train and rail manufacturing and repair facilities, train fuel, parts, and equipment, and trains;

E. Hospitals, pharmacies, drug, medical device, and hygiene supplies manufacturing facilities, ambulance manufacturing and repair facilities, ambulance fuel, parts, and equipment, and ambulances;

F. Gas stations, fuel extraction, processing, transportation, distribution, or storage facilities, manufacturing and repair facilities for equipment used in fuel extraction, processing, transpirtation, distribution, or storage, parts and equipment used in fuel extraction, processing, transportation, distribution, or storage, and fuel;

G. Water treatment facilities, water storage facilities, water pumping stations, manufacturing and repair facilities for equipment used in the treatment, storage, transportation, or distribution of water, parts and equipment used in water treatment, storage, transportation, or distribution, and treated water;

H. Energy generation facilities, manufacturing and repair facilities for equipment used in the generation of energy, parts and equipment used in the generation of energy, and generated electricity;

I. Radio propagation towers, data storage facilities, facilities and equipment referenced in the Critical Infrastructure Act, manufacturing and repair facilities for equipment used in radio propagation or activities referenced in the Critical Infrastructure Act, parts and equipment used for radio propagation or activities referenced in the Critical Infrastructure Act, and radios, servers, transformers, and telecommunications transmission equipment;

J. Manufacturing and repair facilities for snowplows and tractors, fuel, parts, and equipment for snowplows and tractors, and snowplows and tractors;

K. Semiconductor chip manufacturing and repair facilities, parts and equipment used to manufacture or repair semiconductor chips, and semiconductor chips;

L. Homeless shelters;

M. Hazardous waste sites, landfills, superfund sites, and other waste disposal sites and decommissioning sites at which there is a dangerous risk of environmental contamination;

N. State and local government buildings and other property; and

O. Such other property as may be required to prevent imminent peril when the public health and safety is in jeopardy.

Any such conscripted property shall be catelogued and a receipt given to the oener to ensure the payment of just compensation upon the cessation of the emergency.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #423 on: December 03, 2022, 08:05:24 AM »
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SAVE THE ANIMALS ACT

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1. The Animal Welfare Act shall be amended as follows:

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1. Violating any provision in this act shall be a Class 1 Misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year, a fine of no more than $10,000.00, and disgorgement of any profits. Any person convicted of a violation of this act shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling and shall be placed upon the Southern Animal Abuser Registry.

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19. It shall be unlawful to bite the head off of a live chicken, bat, rat, or other animal, or to finance, produce, film, advertise, or conduct a geek show where such activity occurs.

20. It shall be unlawful to kill any species of seal, pinniped, or manatee by clubbing or inflicting blunt force trauma upon such animal, or to finance, produce, film, advertise, or conduct an event where such activity occurs.

2. The Stopping Animal Sexual Abuse Act shall be amended as follows:

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(f) For purposes of this act sexual contact with an animal shall include but not be limited to the insertion of a rodent, fish, or other animal into a human rectum or vagina, regardless of if the animal so inserted is living.

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3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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« Reply #424 on: December 04, 2022, 02:03:59 PM »
« Edited: February 11, 2023, 07:06:38 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

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OMNIBUS PRIVACY ACT

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TITLE I: HOME APPLIANCES

1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Southern Region to violate the privacy of another by using or permitting any digitally interoperable appliance to collect data on any person in a private home or dwelling in violation of this act,  nor shall any such data obtained from such appliance, be sold or transferred to another.

A. Televisions shall not be permitted to measure ambient room temperatures to determine the location or number of persons within a home or dwelling.

B. Video game consoles and personal computers shall not be permitted to compile or track the location data of any person, or to remotely change any person's power settings.

C. Robot vacuum cleaners shall not be permitted to transmit data on the schematics or layout of any home or dwelling to anyone but the consumer.

D. Coffee makers shall not be permitted to transmit data on the programmed time coffee is to be made to anyone but the consumer.

E. Refridgerators and freezers shall not be permitted to transmit data on the contents therein to anyone but the consumer.

F. Garbage disposals shall not be permitted to transmit data on the contents therein to anyone but the consumer.

G. Toilets shall not be permitted to transmit data on the contents therein or the frequency of use to anyone but the consumer.

H. Lighting fixtures and bulbs shall not be permitted to transmit data on the schematics or layout of any home or dwelling, the frequency or time of use of such fixture or bulb, or the preferred wattage or color of a bulb to anyone but the consumer.

I. Thermostats and utility meters shall not be permitted to transmit data on the schematics or layout of any home or dwelling or the frequency or time of use of electricity, water, or HVAC, to anyone but the consumer, unless the consumer affirmatively opts in to a smart metering agreement with a utility provider.

J. Showers, bathtubs, and hot water heaters shall not be permitted to transmit data on the schematics or layout of any home or dwelling, the frequency or time of use of water, or the preferred water temperature of a consumer, to anyone but the consumer.


TITLE II: FIREARMS

1. No public funds may be expended for the purpose of or in furtherance of creating a registry of firearms or firearm owners, whether Regional, State, local, or private.

2. No parcel transportation or parcel delivery service operating in the South shall require FFL holders to create separate shipping accounts for lawful firearms, firearm parts, or firearm accessories, nor shall any such delivery service separate, flag, or retain any customer record or information identifying a customer as an FFL holder beyond thirty (30) days. Any such record or information may only be shared prior to disposition with law enforcement pursuant to a valid warrant.

3. No person or entity providing banking, credit, debit or other financial services, payment processing services, currency conversion services, utility or common carrier services, or hotel services in the South or to a resident of the South shall separate, flag, or retain any customer record or information identifying a customer as an FFL holder, a firearms owner, a firearms purchaser beyond thirty (30) days, whether by a registry, a UPC Code number, or otherwise. Any such record or information may only be shared prior to disposition with law enforcement pursuant to a valid warrant.

4. No record or information revealing the identity of the holder of a firearm ownership or carry license issued pursuant to Regional law shall be subject to disclosure under the Regional, State, and local open records requirements thereof. Nothing in this section shall prohibit disclosure to a law enforcement officer pursuant to an investigation or to any party required by a valid subpoena.

5. No police record or information revealing the identity of any person as a firearm owner shall be subject to disclosure under the Regional, State, and local open records requirements thereof. Nothing in this section shall prohibit disclosure to a law enforcement officer pursuant to an investigation or to any party required by a valid subpoena.


TITLE III: GROCERY DATA

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by selling food, beverages, or other groceries at retail to customers, to sell or share customer purchase data unless such data is entirely anonymized or masked to protect the identity of the customer or if presented with a valid warrant.


TITLE IV: VEHICLES

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South commerce by renting bicycles, scooters, or skateboards to customers, to sell or share location data acquired from such bicycles, scooters, or skateboards, unless such data is entirely anonymized or masked to protect the identity of the customer or if presented with a valid warrant.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South commerce by selling motor vehicles to customers, to sell or share location data acquired from such cars, regardless of if such data is entirely anonymized or masked.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by selling motor vehicles to customers, to utilize software to lock, inhibit, or restrict the full use or performance of such vehicle by the customer after the time of sale, or require such customer to pay a fee or subscription to access the full use or performance of such vehicle.

4. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by selling motor vehicles to customers, to utilize software to prohibit or prevent the vehicle from exceeding a posted speed limit.

5. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by selling motor vehicles to customers, to utilize software to imprison a person in such vehicle.

6. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by selling motor vehicles to customers, to utilize software to take control of or countermand the intended destination of such vehicle.


TITLE V: AIRBNB

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in Atlasian commerce by marketing and facilitating the short-term rental of residential property to customers, to sell or share location data, customer time, date, or place data, or communications with or from a customer or a property owner to any foreign government or third party unless presented with a valid warrant.


TITLE VI: INTEROPERABLE DEVICES

1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the South to violate the privacy of another by using or permitting any software or hardware which is used to provide wireless internet service to customers or members of the public as a courtesy and without compensation (hereinafter "Wi-Fi Provider") to collect data on any person in violation of this act,  nor shall any such data obtained from such Wi-Fi Provider, be sold or transferred to another.

2. Wi-Fi Providers shall not be permitted to compile or track the location data of any person or device that connects to its wireless internet.

3. Wi-Fi Providers shall not be permitted to transmit data on the time or frequency of when a person or device is connected to its wireless internet to anyone but the consumer.

4. Wi-Fi Providers shall not be permitted to log or compile data about the identity of any device that connects to its Wi-Fi upon connection thereto.

5. It shall be unlawful for any person in the South to violate the privacy of another by using or permitting any digitally interoperable bluetooth device to collect data on any person in violation of this act,  nor shall any such data obtained from such device, be sold or transferred to another.

6. Bluetooth devices shall not be permitted to compile or track the location data of any person.

7. Bluetooth devices shall not be permitted to transmit data on the schematics or layout of any home or dwelling to anyone but the consumer.

8. Bluetooth devices shall not be permitted to transmit data on the time or frequency of when the device is being operated to anyone but the consumer.

9. Bluetooth devices shall not be permitted to log or compile data about the identity of any interoperable device upon connection thereto. Storing a saved password to connect shall not constitute a violation of this provision.


TITLE VII: WEB FILTERS

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by operating a social media platform, online dating service, or other internet communication platform to violate the privacy of any person by capturing the biometric data, inluding but not limited to the facial features, of any user of such platform through any augmented reality filter. Augmented reality filter means any software program that generates a three dimensional overlay that artificially enhances or changes a user’s appearance or adds accessories to such user's appearance.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the officers, employees, or agents thereof, who operates in the South by operating an online dating service to permit any minor to create an account on its dating platform.


TITLE VIII: SPOOFING

1. As used in this title:

A. Caller identification information means data that identifies the identity of the caller or the caller's telephone number to the recipient of a telephone call or to the recipient's telephone network.

B. False caller identification information means data that misrepresents the identity of the caller or the caller's telephone number to the recipient of a telephone call or to the recipient's telephone network.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than six (6) months and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 for any person who, with the intent to defraud, intimidate, or harass, causes a telephone to ring and engages in conduct that results in the display of false caller identification information on the called party's telephone.

3. This act shall not apply to:

A. The blocking of caller identification information;

B. Any law-enforcement agencies or any law-enforcement officer while he is engaged in the performance of his official duties;

C. Any telecommunications, broadband, or Voice-over-Internet protocol (VOIP) service provider that is acting in its capacity as an intermediary for the transmission of telephone service between the caller and the recipient, providing or configuring a service or service feature as requested by a customer, acting in a manner that is authorized or required by law, or engaging in other conduct that is a necessary incident to the provision of service.


TITLE IX: SURVEILLANCE

1. The use of drones (unmanned aircraft) by law enforcement, at the State and federal level, for uses outside of search and rescue are to be banned in the South.

2. Schools may not install cameras in classrooms, school counselor offices, bathrooms, locker rooms, or any other designated changing or privacy area. Cameras may only be installed in common areas, which include, but are not limited to hallways, auditoriums, the main office, entrances and exits of the building, gymnasiums, and the cafeteria. Surveillance cameras may be installed in outdoor common areas such as playgrounds, parking lots, athletic fields, and at exits and entrances to the schools.

3. All traffic cameras are hereby banned in the Southern Region. Traffic camera means a camera which may be mounted beside or over a road or installed in an enforcement vehicle to detect motoring offenses, including speeding, vehicles going through a red traffic light, vehicles going through a toll booth without paying, or unauthorized use of a bus, carpool, or express lane.


TITLE X: ENFORCEMENT

1. A violation of this act, unless otherwise specified herein or by law shall be a misdemeanor punishable by disgorgement of any profits, imprisonment for no more than one (1) year, and a fine of $10,000.00 per individual person whose privacy was violated. Any data collected in violation of this paragraph shall be subject to forfeiture and disposition.

2. A person whose privacy was unlawfully violated pursuant to this paragraph may maintain a civil action to recover actual damages, punitive damages of up to $10,000, reasonable legal costs, and any equitable relief necessary to enforce this act.

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