1st Lincoln General Court Legislative Introduction Thread

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Use this thread to introduce legislation into the queue of the Lincoln General Court.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Sponsoring this:

Amendment to the Lincoln Downballot Elections Act

1. The Lincoln Downballot Elections Act shall be amended as follows

2. This shall take effect immediately after being signed by the Governor

Lincoln Downballot Elections Act

I. Elections

1. Gubernatorial elections and elections for state legislature shall occur every six months. The mayoral elections for New York City and Chicago shall also occur every six months. Gubernatorial elections will not occur at the exact same time in every state.

II. Composition

1. Each of these states shall have a bicameral legislature
2. House and Senate districts are not required to be nested unless stated otherwise, also each House and Senate seat must have equal population to other House and Senate seats
3. The number of legislators per state shall be as follows:
i.Wisconsin: 33 members of the State Senate and 99 members of the State House of Representatives
ii. Illinois: 59 members of the State Senate and 118 members of the State House of Representatives
              a. 2 voting districts for the House must be nested into each Senate district
iii. Michigan: 38 members of the State Senate and 110 members of the State House of Representatives
iv. Indiana: 50 members of the State Senate and 100 members of the State House of Representatives
v. Ohio: 33 members of the State Senate and 99 members of the State House of Representatives
            a. 3 voting districts for House must be nested into each Senate seat
vi. Pennsylvania: 50 members of the State Senate and 203 members of the State House of Representatives
vii. New Jersey: 40 members of the State Senate and 80 members of the General Assembly
            a. Each Senate district shall elect two representatives, in other words House and Senate districts have the exact same lines
viii. New York: 63 members of the State Senate and 150 members of the State House of Representatives
             a. nesting not required, however nesting districts is preferred, if possible
ix. Connecticut: 36 members of the State Senate and 151 members of the State House of Representatives
x. Rhode Island: 38 members of the State Senate and 75 members of the State House of Representatives
xi. Massachusetts: 40 members of the State Senate and 160 members of the State House of Representatives
xii. Vermont: 30 members of the State Senate and 150 members of the State House of Representatives
xiii. New Hampshire: 24 members of the State Senate and 400 members of the State House of Representatives
             a.  Districts in the New Hampshire House of Representatives shall vary, from electing one member to electing eleven members.
xix. Maine: 35 members of the State Senate and 151 members of the State House of Representatives
             a. three additional non-voting seats in the House of Representatives must be set aside for members of the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and the Houlton Band of Maliseets.
xx. Virgin Islands: 15 members of the upper house of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands and 25 members of the lower house
xxi. All elections for State Senate shall be conducted by ranked choice voting. All elections for House of Representatives, except in New Jersey shall be conducted by ranked choice voting
xxii. Elections for the General Assembly in New Jersey shall occur based on a first-past-the-post voting system.
xxiii. 29 members of the Vermont House of Representatives shall elect 2 members per district and shall be considered multi-member districts.
4. All states shall have their “default” systems for electing the lower houses of their legislature as elections by instant runoff voting for single-member district constituencies; excepting New Jersey, whose default system shall be the election of two members in each upper house district by two separate instant runoff elections. Each state may additionally choose to adopt one of the following alternative systems:
i. Proportional list representation with no districts
ii. Mixed-Member Proportional system
iii. Elections to multi-member districts via Single Transferable Vote; each district electing 3 or more members.
States that choose to adopt such a system shall adjust their districts and nesting requirements accordingly. Such adoption may be simulated by the GM, including adoption by a state prior to the passage of this bill.
5. All upper houses of state legislatures must be elected by Instant Runoff Vote in single-member districts.
6. States shall have the option to switch to a parliamentary system, mirroring Lincoln’s own system; in such a system the Governor’s role would become more procedural and facilitators while the head of government would be selected by the governor and required to command confidence of a majority of the lower house. Adoption of such a system may be simulated by the GM, including adoption by a state prior to the passage of this bill.
7. 6. All gubertorial elections shall take place using States shall shall have the option to select the voting systems shown in the subsections below an instant-runoff voting/ranked-choice voting system..
6a. Instant-runoff voting/Ranked-choice voting
6b. Two-round system/Runoff voting
6c. Approval voting
6d. Borda count
6e. Condorcet method
6f. Exhaustive ballot
6g. Score voting
6h. First-past-the-post voting


8. 7. All mayoral elections shall take place using Cities shall shall have the option to select the voting systems shown in the subsections below an instant-runoff voting/ranked-choice voting system..
7a. Instant-runoff voting/Ranked-choice voting
7b. Two-round system/Runoff voting
7c. Approval voting
7d. Borda count
7e. Condorcet method
7f. Exhaustive ballot
7g. Score voting
7h. First-past-the-post voting


III. Redistricting


1. Redistricting shall consist of a commission of leaders from each party in the state legislature, as well as 5 citizens.
2. The commission must create a map that prioritizes one of these two goals: maximizing the competitiveness of districts or drawing districts proportional to partisanship
3. In areas where there is a high minority population, and it is possible to draw a seat where the voting age population of a minority coalition is greater than 50%, or where the voting age population of a specific minority group that seat must be drawn by the commission.
3a. Minority groups shall be defined as American Indian, Asians, Hispanics, and African-Americans.
4. In areas where it is possible to draw a seat as described in Section 3, Clause 1, but with a minority coalition or individual minority group population of above 40% of the voting age population, it is recommended that the commission draw that seat
5. For the purposes, of this act, the seats in Section 3 shall be known as Voting Rights Act seat (if it is a majority of a single minority) or a Minority Coalition seat (if they seat is formed by a majority of multiple minority groups)
6. For the purposes, of this act, the seats in Section 4 shall be known as Opportunity Seats
7. Redistricting shall occur every year two years on this calendar (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027, etc.) as well as when necessitated by an election system change.

IV. Implementation

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

For the first session of the General Court.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

On behalf of the Governor:

The Consolidated Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act, Title I, Sections 2 and 3, shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Flag

The official Flag of Lincoln shall be depicted with —
(1) a field of forest green with 14 white five pointed stars arranged in a circle on the right side
(2) a white fielded canton in the top left corner
(3) a silhouette of an evergreen tree, signifying liberty, in the center of the canton

Visual Reference:

Section 3. Great Seal

The Great Seal of Lincoln shall feature —
(1) a forest green circle
(2) a ring of white five pointed stars within the circle
(3) a blank pencil drawing of Abraham Lincoln facing forward in the center-right area of the circle
(4) The Latin phrase "Veritas non potentia legem facit" written in white on the lower left side, within and not touching any stars
(5) The phrase "Great Seal of the North" written in white in the lower center, above and not touching any stars

Visual Reference:

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

On behalf of S019:

Amendment to the FF Act (L.C. 10.14)

Title 9, Section 4 of the Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act is amended as follows:

(a) In general. —

A “Gun License” shall be required to purchase, sell, or possess a gun in Lincoln.

(b) License types. —

There shall be the following categories of gun licenses —
(1) Class A, for rifles and shotguns; and
(2) Class B, for Class A weapons and handguns.

(c) Renewal. —

An individual shall be required to renew their Gun License every 3 years.

(d) Suspension. —

An individual's Gun License may be temporarily or permanently suspended by the court as a result of a criminal conviction relating to the violation of this Act, a violation of another gun law, the use of a gun in a crime, a crime involving bodily harm, or domestic violence.

(e) Requirements. —

An individual shall apply at a at a drivers license facility to get or renew a Gun License, where they shall —
(1) undergo a universal comprehensive background check;
(2) not have been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution by a court pass a mental health test issued by a psychologist, if they have a history of mental health issues.
(3) show proof of passing a gun training and safety course at a drivers license facility or on a drivers license facility website; and
(4) pass a gun safety exam at such drivers license facility.

(f) Driver's licenses facility. —

The Bureau of Firearm Safety and Licensing shall provide to drivers license facilities the necessary courses for gun training and safety, accessible both —
(1) at the drivers license facility; and
(2) online.

(g) Waiting period. —

An individual shall not receive a gun license for the first time no sooner than one week (168 hours) after applying for one.

(h) Failure to comply. —

An individual that shall violate Subsection (a) may face the following penalties at the discretion of the court —
(1) a fine not exceeding $100,000; or
(2) a term of imprisonment of no more than 10 consecutive years.

Title 9, Section 6 of the Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act is amended as follows:

(a) In general. —

No individual shall purchase, sell, or possess
(1) bump stocks;
(2) suppressors;
(3) magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and
(4) assault weapons, defined as semi-automatic rifles, semi-automatic handguns, and semi-automatic shotguns.
(5) folding or collapsible stocks
(6) bayonet lugs
(7) threaded barrels
(8) grenade launchers
(9) barrel shrouds

(b) Penalties. —

An individual that purchases or sells, or possesses one or more of the devices in Subsection (a) may face the following penalties at the discretion of the court —
(1) a fine not exceeding $100,000; or
(2) a term of imprisonment of no more than 10 consecutive years.

Title 9, Section 8 of the Consolidate Laws of Lincoln Omnibus Act is amended as follows:

Any individual who is convicted of a crime involving the use of a gun any gun related offense, including any gun related crimes may have any guns or gun accessories in the individual’s possession permanently confiscated by Lincoln at the discretion of the court.

[S019]

Would appreciate if someone could sponsor these:

L.C. 10.16 Repeal

1. This bill shall be cited as the L.C. 10.16 Repeal
2. L.C. 10.16 is hereby repealed in its entirety
3. This bill shall take effect one week after being signed by the Governor

[S019]

1. Title 6, Section 7 of the Consolidated Omnibus Laws of Lincoln Act is hereby amended as follows:

Section 7. Abortion services

(a) In general. —

A licensed or certified health care practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may perform an abortion when, according to the practitioner's reasonable and professional judgement that —
(1) the patient is within twenty-eight twenty weeks from the commencement of pregnancy;
(2) there is an absence of fetal viability; or
(3)(2) the abortion is necessary to protect the patient's life or physical
health.

(b) The Punishment for performing or facilitating an abortion outside of the circumstances prescribed in (a) shall be a prison sentence of at least 6 months, but no more than 3 years, for the doctor, nurse, or other medical practitioner(s) performing or facilitating the illegal abortion. However, nothing within this section shall be construed to allow any punishment of the woman receiving the illegal abortion, nor shall this section permit punishment of anyone employed by the abortion facility as a receptionist, technical assistant, janitor, or any similar position provided they are not present in the room where the abortion is occurring while it is occurring.

2. In the event of an unsuccessful abortion or attempted abortion that results in the live birth of the fetus, defined as the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of that fetus, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion, the medical practitioners of the abortion facility shall:

1) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.

2) Immediately Transport and admit such child to a hospital, except in a case where it is indisputably clear that the abortion facility can provide equivalent care to that provided in a hospital, or where the abortion facility is a hospital.

3) Punishment for violating 1) and/or 2) shall be a prison sentence of at least six months, but not more than five years.

4) 3) Nothing within this legislation shall be construed to allow punishment of the woman on whom the unsuccessful abortion or attempted abortion was performed.

5) The woman receiving the unsuccessful abortion or attempted abortion shall be able to bring a civil suit against any health care practitioners who violate 1) or 2).

6) Nothing within this legislation shall prevent prosecution under Lincoln or Federal Law for Murder, in the case of an overt act by a medical practitioner to intentionally kill the child. This clause shall not imply that accidental medical malpractice is legally equivalent to Murder.



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

[S019]

Amendment to the End of Affirmative Action Again Act

1. L.C. 6:15 is repealed, effective immediately
2. L.C 2:18 is reinstated, with the following provisions:

End of Public Affirmative Action in Lincoln

I. Any Publicly funded college or university in the region of Lincoln is hereby banned from using race as the sole factor in admissions.
II. Failure to abide by this law shall result a fine not exceeding $2500 $2.50 for any individuals involved in racial discrimination in college admissions or $1,000 $10 universities involved in racial discrimination in college admissions.
III: A publicly funded university shall be defined as one where at least 20% 90% of funding for the university comes from the government.
IV. Private Universities shall not be affected by this law.
3. No part of this law shall be considered severable from any other part
4. No part of this legislation may be used to deny adequate representation to minority groups
5. This law shall take effect beginning in the 2022-23 school year
6. All college admissions officials shall be required to undergo racial bias training which shall last for a period of 2 months, at the end of this training they shall take a racial bias test requiring a score of at least 80% in order to pass. Those who fail to attain 80% on this test shall be given one (1) opportunity to retake the test within thirty (30) days. Failure to complete the test with a score of at least 80% within this time frame shall result in administrative leave and possible dismissal, to be determined by the University.

[Crane]

1. Title 6, Section 7 of the Consolidated Omnibus Laws of Lincoln Act is hereby amended as follows:

Section 7. Abortion services

(a) In general. —

A licensed or certified health care practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may perform an abortion when, according to the practitioner's reasonable and professional judgement that —
(1) the patient is within twenty-eight twenty weeks from the commencement of pregnancy;
(2) there is an absence of fetal viability; or
(3)(2) the abortion is necessary to protect the patient's life or physical
health.

(b) The Punishment for performing or facilitating an abortion outside of the circumstances prescribed in (a) shall be a prison sentence of at least 6 months, but no more than 3 years, for the doctor, nurse, or other medical practitioner(s) performing or facilitating the illegal abortion. However, nothing within this section shall be construed to allow any punishment of the woman receiving the illegal abortion, nor shall this section permit punishment of anyone employed by the abortion facility as a receptionist, technical assistant, janitor, or any similar position provided they are not present in the room where the abortion is occurring while it is occurring.

2. In the event of an unsuccessful abortion or attempted abortion that results in the live birth of the fetus, defined as the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of that fetus, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion, the medical practitioners of the abortion facility shall:

1) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.

2) Immediately Transport and admit such child to a hospital, except in a case where it is indisputably clear that the abortion facility can provide equivalent care to that provided in a hospital, or where the abortion facility is a hospital.

3) Punishment for violating 1) and/or 2) shall be a prison sentence of at least six months, but not more than five years.

4) 3) Nothing within this legislation shall be construed to allow punishment of the woman on whom the unsuccessful abortion or attempted abortion was performed.

5) The woman receiving the unsuccessful abortion or attempted abortion shall be able to bring a civil suit against any health care practitioners who violate 1) or 2).

6) Nothing within this legislation shall prevent prosecution under Lincoln or Federal Law for Murder, in the case of an overt act by a medical practitioner to intentionally kill the child. This clause shall not imply that accidental medical malpractice is legally equivalent to Murder.



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

I will sponsor

[Crane]

Amendment to the End of Affirmative Action Again Act

1. L.C. 6:15 is repealed, effective immediately
2. L.C 2:18 is reinstated, with the following provisions:

End of Public Affirmative Action in Lincoln

I. Any Publicly funded college or university in the region of Lincoln is hereby banned from using race as the sole factor in admissions.
II. Failure to abide by this law shall result a fine not exceeding $2500 $2.50 for any individuals involved in racial discrimination in college admissions or $1,000 $10 universities involved in racial discrimination in college admissions.
III: A publicly funded university shall be defined as one where at least 20% 90% of funding for the university comes from the government.
IV. Private Universities shall not be affected by this law.
3. No part of this law shall be considered severable from any other part
4. No part of this legislation may be used to deny adequate representation to minority groups
5. This law shall take effect beginning in the 2022-23 school year
6. All college admissions officials shall be required to undergo racial bias training which shall last for a period of 2 months, at the end of this training they shall take a racial bias test requiring a score of at least 80% in order to pass. Those who fail to attain 80% on this test shall be given one (1) opportunity to retake the test within thirty (30) days. Failure to complete the test with a score of at least 80% within this time frame shall result in administrative leave and possible dismissal, to be determined by the University.

I will sponsor

[JoeInator]

Would appreciate if someone could sponsor these:

L.C. 10.16 Repeal

1. This bill shall be cited as the L.C. 10.16 Repeal
2. L.C. 10.16 is hereby repealed in its entirety
3. This bill shall take effect one week after being signed by the Governor

I will sponsor.

[Leinad]

the

Way Excess Amounts of Loot, To Hell!

Act

1. The Wealth Threshold Figure (WTF) shall be defined as a level of net worth exceeded by 0.1% of the population of Lincoln.
2. All Lincoln citizens whose net worth exceeds the WTF will pay a 3.1% tax on their assets exceeding the WTF.

[Leinad]

the

Bettering Lincoln And Nurturing Knowledge

Act

1. In honor of the initiation of the Northern Regional Committee in 2016, May 27 will be renamed "Lincoln Historical Appreciation Day."
2. Time Capsule:
    a. On Lincoln Historical Appreciation Day, we will make a time capsule using an online program that allows for people to submit their entries to a form. Every citizen of Lincoln will be encouraged to participate, and in one (1) years time--or at whatever subsequent date we remember this is a thing--the region of Lincoln will open the time capsule and publicly share the entries to the capsule.
    b. The official introduction message to participants shall be: "Entries to the time capsule can include predictions of the future, your thoughts on Atlasia and Lincoln today, or heck, whatever you think is fun to share with Lincoln of the future! We're pretty fun here, we even said 'heck' on an official document and are doing that weird thing where organizations pretend to sound like they're loose and off-the-cuff! "
3. The first Sunday after May 27 will be the start of Mideastern Heritage Week, where a thread will be created to reminisce about the old Mideastern region, which included five (5) of our current states. This will last, as weeks do, seven (7) days.
4. The first Sunday after the end of Mideastern Heritage Week will be the start of Northeastern Heritage Week, where a thread will be created to reminisce about the old Mideastern region, which included nice (9) of our current states. This will, again, last an unsurprising seven (7) days.

I still think it's funny to make this, and it's not a terrible idea, even if I doubt it'll be followed through very often in the future.

[AGA]

Peconic Act

Section 1
a. A referendum shall be held in the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold, New York concurrently with the August gubernatorial election.
b. Voters shall vote on the question: “Should the five easternmost towns in Suffolk County secede from the county to form Peconic County?”
c. Voters may vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions shall not count as votes.
c. Section 2 of this bill shall only apply if at least 55% of votes are “yes.”

Section 2
a. The towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold, New York shall secede from Suffolk County to form Peconic County by the end of 2024.
b. Implementation shall primarily be managed by New York state officials.
c. The county seat of Peconic County shall be Riverhead, New York.
d. The county seat of Suffolk County shall be moved to Hauppauge, New York.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

NPC Recall Elections Act

1. Individual States may choose to establish a recall elections system for their mayors, governor, legislature, or judges.
2. Individual States will not be allowed to recall elected or appointed officials that represent their entire region or subregion.
3. The GM shall have the freedom to simulate the adoption of recall systems, including the adoption of one before this Act.
4. States may select between the following for their recall election system:
   a. California Style Two-Question Recall Election
   b. Simple Retain/Do Not Retain Question, with a separate new election/appointment under the state's standard rules for such office.
   c. Instant-runoff voting/Ranked-choice voting
   d. Two-round system/Runoff voting
   e. Borda count
   f.  Condorcet method
   g. Exhaustive ballot
   h. Score voting

5. This legislation shall take effect on July 1, 2021, or when signed, whichever is later.

[AGA]

Duplex Act

Section 1

This legislation shall apply to every city in Lincoln with a population exceeding 50,000 per the most recent available census at the time of writing.

Section 2

a. Each city shall report a number to the Department of Health and Human Services within one month
    of the signing of this legislation
        i. Such number shall be the number of acres within that city’s limits that are zoned exclusively
        for single-family housing on May 28, 2021 and shall be referred to as the Single-Family Cap
        (STC)

Section 3

a. The number of acres zoned exclusively for single-family housing in any city shall never exceed that
    city’s SFC starting two months after the signing of this legislation.
b. At the start of 2023, each city’s SFC shall be reduced by 15%.
c. At the start of 2025, each city’s SFC shall be reduced by 15%.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Locking as the final business period has commenced. A new thread for the next session will be created at an appropriate time.