8th Lincoln General Court Introduction Thread

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Let's see all your great bills! Go!

8 slots this session.

[AGA]

Have we really not had a single bill introduced this session? I guess I'll start. Credit goes to fhtagn for writing this bill for the South.

BAN DECLAWING ACT

1. No person, licensed professional or otherwise, shall perform a partial or complete onychectomy (declawing), phalangectomy, or tendonectomy procedure by any means on a cat in Lincoln, except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose.

2. For the purposes of this act, the term "therapeutic purpose" means the necessity to address the medical condition of the animal, such as an existing or recurring illness, infection, disease, injury, or abnormal condition in the claw that compromises the animal's health. The term “therapeutic purpose” does not include cosmetic or aesthetic reasons or reasons of convenience in keeping or handling the animal.

3. This act shall take effect immediately

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Have we really not had a single bill introduced this session? I guess I'll start. Credit goes to fhtagn for writing this bill for the South.

BAN DECLAWING ACT

1. No person, licensed professional or otherwise, shall perform a partial or complete onychectomy (declawing), phalangectomy, or tendonectomy procedure by any means on a cat in Lincoln, except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose.

2. For the purposes of this act, the term "therapeutic purpose" means the necessity to address the medical condition of the animal, such as an existing or recurring illness, infection, disease, injury, or abnormal condition in the claw that compromises the animal's health. The term “therapeutic purpose” does not include cosmetic or aesthetic reasons or reasons of convenience in keeping or handling the animal.

3. This act shall take effect immediately

I'll sponsor

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

REGIONAL HARMONY ACT

Section 1. Title.

This legislation may be cited as the Regional Harmony Act.

Section 2. Publicly-funded Travel

1. Neither the government of Lincoln, nor any State or locality therein, shall prohibit publicly-funded travel to any other Region, State, or locality within the Republic of Atlasia, unless otherwise authorized or required by Regional law.

2. Neither the government of Lincoln, nor any State or locality therein, shall prohibit publicly-funded contracts with any contractor solely because the contractor has its headquarters in or performs work in any other Region, State, or locality within the Republic of Atlasia, unless otherwise authorized or required by Regional law.

3. All contradictory State and local laws are hereby expressly repealed, including but not limited to all such restrictions imposed by the States of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.

4. This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the date of passage.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Stop Gun Trafficking Act

SEC. 1. PROHIBITION ON STRAW PURCHASES OF FIREARMS; PROHIBITION ON GUN TRAFFICKING.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person (other than a licensee in full compliance with the FF Act, as amended, also known as LGC 5.2), in or otherwise affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce, to knowingly purchase or acquire, or attempt to purchase or acquire, a firearm for the possession of a third party.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person (other than a licensee in full compliance with the FF Act, as amended, also known as LGC 5.2), in or otherwise affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce, to hire, solicit, command, induce, or otherwise endeavor to persuade another person to purchase, or attempt to purchase, any firearm for the purpose of obtaining the firearm for the person or selling or transferring the firearm to a third party.

(c) The Attorney General of Lincoln if one exists, or an NPC working under the office of the governor, shall ensure that the firearm transaction record form required to be completed in connection with a firearm transaction includes a statement outlining the penalties that may be imposed for violating the two sections above.

(d) This section shall not apply to any firearm, if the purchaser or person acquiring the firearm has no reason to believe that the recipient of the firearm will use or intends to use the firearm in a crime or is prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms under State, Regional, or Federal law and the firearm—

(1) is purchased or acquired by any person, or that any person attempts to purchase or acquire, as a bona fide gift between family members; or

(2) is purchased or acquired by an agent of a lawful business, or that an agent of a lawful business attempts to purchase or acquire, for the purpose of transferring to another agent of the business, for lawful use in the business; or

(3) if the purchaser or person acquiring the firearm transfers the firearm to a victim of
domestic violence for their protection, or transfers it away from a potential victim of suicide for their protection

SEC. 2. PENALTIES.

(a) Whoever knowingly violates section 1 shall face a fine of no more than $100,000, be imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.


SEC. 3 COMBATING THE SOUTHERN GUN TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN.

(a) The government of Lincoln shall allocate a fund of $7 Billion to law enforcement along the Southern-Lincoln Border to aid in preventing gun trafficking over this border. Lincoln shall enforce the full penalties of section 1 against any violation found, regardless of if the perpetrator is a Lincoln Citizen, a Southern Citizen, or neither.

(b) Such law enforcement agencies also may use any available funds from related efforts for the purposes of (a).

(c) Law enforcement along the Lincoln-Fremont Border may also use any available related funds to enforce the full penalties of section 1 against any violation found, regardless of if the perpetrator is a Lincoln Citizen, a Fremont Citizen, or neither, however there shall be no dedicated fund due to Fremont's strong record of gun control.

(d) It is the Sense of the Lincoln Goverment that the South is a region with far too few gun control measures, where mass shootings are plentiful and gun trafficking across the Southern-Lincoln Border is encouraged.

Inspired by Title II of HR 7910 of the 117th Congress, and the amendment offered at Markup by Mr. Massie.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Prank Calling is a Sin Act

The Government of Lincoln, recognizing that:

- Prank Calling and similar acts are condemned in Proverbs 26:18-19
- Numerous Lincolnites are harassed every night by malicious companies and actors, often attempting to sell non-existent products, steal people's identities, delay services, or continuously interrupt peaceful family evenings.
- These actors have sometimes managed to infiltrate normal-looking area codes, leading people to answer dangerous calls they might ordinarily ignore.

hereby declares the following:

1. Any person who, with or without intent to communicate but with intent to annoy or defraud any other person, causes any telephone or digital pager, not his or her own, located in the Lincoln Region to ring or to otherwise signal, and any person who permits or condones the use of any telephone under his control for such purpose, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00. A second or subsequent conviction under this provision is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, if such prior conviction occurred before the date of the offense charged.

2. Any person who, with or without intent to converse, but with intent to annoy, harass, hinder, or delay emergency personnel in the performance of their duties as such, causes a telephone in the Lincoln Region to ring, which is owned or leased for the purpose of receiving emergency calls by a public or private entity providing fire, police, or emergency medical services, and any person who knowingly permits the use of a telephone under his control for such purpose, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than sixty (60) days and a fine of not more than $5,000.00. A second or subsequent conviction under this provision is punishable by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days and not more than two years, and a fine of not less than $2,000.00 and not more than $10,000.00 if such prior conviction occurred before the date of the offense charged.

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

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Budget Skeleton:

IN THE LINCOLN COUNCIL

A RESOLUTION

Establishing the budget for the Lincoln Government lasting from October 2022 until September 2023

Resolved by the Lincoln Council convened,

Expenditures

Health - $329.4867 bn + $1.49bn (L.C. 6.03) + 180 bn (L.C. 6.17) +2.377187 bn (L.C. 10.5) =  $513.353887 bn

Pensions - $107.53200 bn + $0bn (LC 11.11) = $107.53200 bn

Education - $108.3457 bn + $ 35.63bn (LC5.05, LC6.01, L 12.9, L 13.06) + $246.58645 Billion (LGC 2.5) + $4.25 Million (LGC 4.9) + $90 Million (LGC 4.10) = 390.65640 Billion

Defence - $0.103bn + $0.03bn (L 11.22) + $2.5125 bn (L.C. 5.13) = $2.6455 bn

Transport - $55.8054 bn + $0.48bn (L 15.6) + $313.4737258 B (L.C. 9.14) + $850 Million (LGC 4.13) + $2 Billion (LGC 5.0) = $372.609126 bn

Welfare - $62.7579 bn + $0.22bn (L 11.4.2, L 14.9) = $62.9779 bn

General Govt - $20.8781bn + -$0.11bn (L513, L 15.9) = $20.7681 bn

Debt Interest - N/A

Protection - $24.5449 bn + $4.86bn (L 6.4.3, L 7.3.1, L 10.16.5) + 400 Million (LGC 4.16) = $29.8049 bn

Other - 32.2739071738 bn (inc. L 14.9) + $0.98bn (LC 1.13) + 3 mil (LC 8.2) +50 mil (L.C. 5.8) +20 mil (L.C. 4.2) + 252 mil (L.C. 5.15) + 250 mil (L.C. 9.8) - 5 bn (2021-22 over appropriation I just noticed while writing this) = 28.8289071738 bn

Grants - Public Transit (LC 8.5): $29.79172 B

Abortion Restriction Enforcement - $23.175 Million (L.C. 10.11)
Except for use in Abortions, legally performed, in cases of rape, incest, or life of the mother, the Lincoln Government shall not accept any federal money designed to fund the performance of abortions. Nor shall it re-direct other federal funds, or use its own funds, to fund the performance of abortions, except in the three cases just noted. This shall not be construed to deny the citizenry the right to obtain and provide abortions legal under L.C. 10.11, it merely mostly prohibits the use of federal or regional government funds in doing so.

Gun Restriction Enforcement - $141.1145217 Million (L.C. 10.14) + $300 Million (Supplemental funding to assist in enforcement of LGC 5.2, LGC 8.3, LGC 8.8) = $441.1145217 Million

Farming Support - $1.442 Million (L.C. 9.17)

Electric Vehicle Subsidies - $7.5 Billion (LGC 4.7)

Police Transparency - $100 Millon (LGC 4.8)

Video Game Looting Restriction - $10 Billion (LGC 6.10, LGC 6.11)

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TOTAL EXPENDITURES - $1577.0341717 B

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RESERVES & PROPOSED TAXES

SECTION I - Reserves and Mid-Year Tax Changes

A. Previous Reserves: $1.2730469671 trn

B. Tourist Tax Repeal (LGC 4.12) - Loss of $0.10375440233 bn

C. Carbon Tax Increase (LGC 4.12) - Gain of $4.33704761892 bn

D. Corporate Tax Change (LGC 4.11):

Old Rates (Oct/Nov 2021):

0.0%  $0 - $99,999 ($0 B) * .36 = $0
5%   $100,000 - $499,999 ($0.27 B) * .36 = .0972 B
8%   $500,000 - $999,999 ($0.256 B)* .36 = .09216 B
10%  $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 ($1.00 B) * .36 = .36 B
14% $5,000,000 - $9,999,999 ($0.952 B)*.36 = .34272 B
15%  $10,000,000 - $24,999,999 ($1.94 B) * .36 = .6984 B
19%  $25,000,000 - $49,999,999 ($2.305 B) * .36 = .8298 B
23%  $50,000,000 - $99,999,999 ($3.404 B)* .36 = 1.22544 B
26%  $100,000,000 - $249,999,999 ($6.639 B)* .36 = 2.39004 B
30%  $250,000,000 - $499,999,999 ($8.9 B)* .36 = 3.204 B
32%  $500,000,000 - $2,499,999,999 ($44.902 B) *.36 = 16.16472 B
36%  $2,500,000,000 + ($340.56 B) *.36 = 122.6016 B
Total Corporate Tax with Lincoln Population Multiplier = ($148.00608 B) * (2/12) = 24.66768 bn raised in Oct. - Nov. 2021

New Rates:

0%  $0 - $99,999 ($0 B) * .36 = $0 bn
7%   $100,000 - $4,999,999 ($1.37057142857 B) * .36 = $0.49340571428 bn
15% $5,000,000 - $49,999,999 ($3.77973684211 B) * .36 = $1.36070526316 bn
23%  $50,000,000 - $249,999,999 ($9.27696154 B) * .36 = $3.3397061544 bn
27%  $250,000,000 - $1,500,000,000 ($26.95303125 B) * .36 = $9.70309125 bn
31%  $1,500,000,000 - 5,499,999,999 (approx. $70 B) * .36 = $25.2 bn
36%  $5,500,000,000+ (approx. $320.56 B) * .36 = $115.4016 bn

Total Corporate Tax with Lincoln Population Multiplier = ($155.498508382 bn) * (10/12) = 129.582090318 bn raised in Dec. 2021 - Sep. 2022

Expected as of October 2021 = $148.00608 bn
Actual = $154.249770318 bn

Result - Gain of $6.243690318 bn

E. Income Tax Change (LGC 4.11):

Old Rates:

0% $0- $49,999 0 B
5%   $50,000 - $99,999  18.33125 B
15% $100,000 - $249,999 85.7347812955 B
22%  $250,000 -$489,999 20.1666641379 B
36%   $490,000 - $999,999 70.11771 B
45%   $1,000,000 +  63.10915385 B

Rates remain the same for married couples filing jointly, but brackets are doubled.

INCOME TAX TOTAL REVENUE: 257.459559283 B * (2/12) = 42.9099265472 bn raised in Oct.-Nov. 2021

New Rates:

0.0%    $0 - $89,999 0 B
8%  $90,000 - $249,999 51.5912166909 B
20%  $250,000 -$489,999 18.3333310345 B
30%   $490,000 - $999,999 58.431425 B
45%   $1,000,000 + 63.10915385 B

Rates remain the same for married couples filing jointly, but brackets are doubled.

INCOME TAX TOTAL REVENUE: $191.465126575 B * (10/12) = 159.554272146 bn raised in Dec. 2021 - Sep. 2022

Expected:  $257.459559283 B
Actual: $202.464198693 B

Result: Loss of $54.99536059 B

F. Estate Tax Reinstatement (LGC 4.11):

0%  $0 - $19,999,999 ($0 B)
10%  $20,000,000 - $39,999,999 ($0.74146666666 B)
15%  $40,000,000 - $99,999,999 (approx. $3.2868 B)
20%  $100,000,000+ (approx. $6.49 B)

Total Estate Tax with Lincoln Population Multiplier (.29) = ($3.05029733334 B) * (10/12) =

GAIN of 2.54191444445 B


G. New Reserve Amount: 1.2310705 trn


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SECTION II - 2022-23 Taxes


Income tax
0.0%    $0 - $89,999 0 B
8%  $90,000 - $249,999 51.5912166909 B
20%  $250,000 -$489,999 18.3333310345 B
30%   $490,000 - $999,999 58.431425 B
45%   $1,000,000 + 63.10915385 B

Rates remain the same for married couples filing jointly, but brackets are doubled.

INCOME TAX TOTAL REVENUE: $191.465126575 B * 1.03 = 197.209080372 B

Alcohol Tax
12% ($6.84 B * 1.03 = 7.0452 B)

Tobacco Tax
35% (L.C. 6.18) ($9.975 B * 1.03 = 10.27425 B)

Cannabis Tax
12% ($2.49 B) + $1.25bn (L10.25.4) = $3.74 B * 1.03 = $3.8522 B

Wealth Tax -  3%

Total Wealth Tax with Lincoln Population Multiplier = $39.31 Billion * 1.03 = $40.4893 B

Property tax
5%   $1,000,000 +

Total with Multiplier: $1500 bn * 1.03 = $1545 bn

Estate tax
0%  $0 - $19,999,999 ($0 B)
10%  $20,000,000 - $39,999,999 ($0.74146666666 B)
15%  $40,000,000 - $99,999,999 (approx. $3.2868 B)
20%  $100,000,000+ (approx. $6.49 B)

Total Estate Tax with Lincoln Population Multiplier (.29) = ($3.05029733334 B) * 1.03 = $3.14180625334 bn

Corporate Tax
0%  $0 - $99,999 ($0 B) * .36 = $0 bn
7%   $100,000 - $4,999,999 ($1.37057142857 B) * .36 = $0.49340571428 bn
15% $5,000,000 - $49,999,999 ($3.77973684211 B) * .36 = $1.36070526316 bn
23%  $50,000,000 - $249,999,999 ($9.27696154 B) * .36 = $3.3397061544 bn
27%  $250,000,000 - $1,500,000,000 ($26.95303125 B) * .36 = $9.70309125 bn
31%  $1,500,000,000 - 5,499,999,999 (approx. $70 B) * .36 = $25.2 bn
36%  $5,500,000,000+ (approx. $320.56 B) * .36 = $115.4016 bn

Total Corporate Tax with Lincoln Population Multiplier = ($155.498508382*1.03 = 160.163464 bn)

Carbon Tax (LC 2.20)
$41 per metric ton of CO2: $53.3456857 + 1.03 = 54.946056271 bn

Fines (L.C. 6.19): 0.0988656 B * 1.03 = 0.101831568 bn

Cap and Trade (LGC 4.7): $10.23 Billion

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TOTAL REVENUES - $2032.45318846 bn
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PROJECTED 2022-23 SURPLUS - $455.41901676 bn

PROJECTED CUMULATIVE SURPLUS - $1.68648951676 trn

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Proxy Voting SOAP Amendment
In Section 3: Legislative Debates and Voting, add the following clause:

L. There is no right under this document for a deputy to vote on a question for which a vote has not yet been formally opened by the presiding officer. Nor is there a right for a deputy to designate another to act as their proxy, or for any deputy to cast a vote on behalf of another deputy. Such actions shall not be recongized as valid by the presiding officer or be permitted to effect any outcome or decision made by the General Court.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ERADICATION ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

1. The following definitions apply to this act.

A. "Child pornography" means sexually explicit visual material which utilizes or has as a subject an identifiable minor. An identifiable minor is a person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified; or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting or modifying the visual depiction; and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature; or when the subject is presented or marketed as a minor; or in the case of a sculpture or sex doll, is designed to appear as a minor.

Nothing herein shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the identifiable minor. For the purposes of this section it may be inferred by text, title, marketing, communication, or appearance that a person who is depicted as or presents the appearance of being less than twenty (20) years of age in sexually explicit visual material is less than twenty (20) years of age.

B. "Sexually explicit visual material" means a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, sex doll, motion picture film, digital image, including such material stored in a computer's temporary Internet cache, or similar visual representation which depicts unlawful sexual acts, a lewd exhibition of nudity, or sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse, or a book, magazine or pamphlet which contains such a visual representation. An undeveloped photograph or similar visual material may be sexually explicit material notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make its sexually explicit content apparent.

C. "Use a communications system" means making personal contact or direct contact through any agent or agency, any print medium, the Atlasian mail, any common carrier or communication common carrier, any electronic communications system, the Internet, or any telecommunications, wire, computer network, or radio communications system.

D. “Grooming video or materials" means a cartoon, animation, image, or series of images depicting a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, object sexual penetration or other sexual acts.

E. Merely taking pictures of oneself shall not be considered a violation of this act if there is no communication to other persons that violates this act.

TITLE II: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

1. Production of child pornography shall be a felony punishable as determined within this act. A person shall be guilty of production of child pornography if he:

A. Accosts, entices, or solicits a person less than twenty (20) years of age with intent to induce or force such person to perform in or be a subject of child pornography; or

B. Produces or makes or attempts or prepares to produce or make child pornography; or

C. Who knowingly takes part in or participates in the filming, photographing, or other production of child pornography by any means; or

D. Knowingly finances or attempts or prepares to finance child pornography.
- For purposes of this provision, knowingly finances includes but is not limited to processing or facilitating payments by any bank, credit card company, or payment processor to any business, company, or website that hosts child pornography if such bank, credit card company, or payment processor has been informed of such hosting by the Attorney General of Atlasia, the Lincoln Region, or any State in Atlasia, by any court in Atlasia, by any law enforcement officer pursuant to an investigation, or by a sworn affidavit by any person that is easily or readily verifiable.

2. Any person who produces child pornography, when the subject of the child pornography is a child less than fifteen (15) years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) years nor more than thirty (30) years and a $25,000 fine. However, if the person is at least seven (7) years older than the subject of the child pornography the person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than fifteen (15) years nor more than forty (40) years and a $50,000 fine.

3. Any person who produces child pornography, when the subject of the child pornography is a person at least fifteen (15) but less than twenty (20) years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine. However, if the person is at least seven (7) years older than the subject of the child pornography the person shall be punished by term of imprisonment of not less than seven (7) years nor more than thirty (30) years and a $15,000 fine.

4. Any person who knowingly possesses or solicits child pornography is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years and a $10,000 fine.

5. Any person who knowingly reproduces by any means including but not limited to by computer, sells, gives away, distributes, electronically transmits, displays, purchases, or possesses with intent to sell, give away, distribute, transmit, or display child pornography, or commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to send, submit, transfer or provide to him any child pornography in order to gain entry into a group, association, or assembly of persons engaged in trading or sharing child pornography shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine. Any person who intentionally operates an Internet website for the purpose of facilitating the payment for access to child pornography is guilty of a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than seven (7) years nor more than thirty (30) years.

6. All child pornography shall be subject to lawful seizure and forfeiture.

7. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such material that is possessed for a bona fide medical, scientific, governmental, law-enforcement, or judicial purpose by a physician, psychologist, scientist, attorney, government employee, judge, or clerk and such person possesses such material in the course of conducting his professional duties as such.

TITLE III: PEDOPHILLIC SOLICITATION

1. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine, for any person older than eighteen (18) years of age to use a communications system, including but not limited to computers or computer networks or bulletin boards, or any other electronic means for the purposes of procuring or promoting the use of a minor for any activity in violation of law, or for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent, any person he knows or has reason to believe is a minor younger than nineteen (19) years of age to knowingly and intentionally:

A. Expose his sexual or genital parts to any minor or propose that any such minor expose his sexual or genital parts to such person;

B. Propose that any such minor feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts or the sexual or genital parts of such person or propose that such person feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of any such minor;

C. Propose to such minor the performance of a sexual act; or

D. Entice, allure, persuade, or invite any such minor to enter any vehicle, room, house, or other place, for any purposes set forth in this title.

2. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine any person nineteen (19) years of age or older who displays child pornography or a grooming video or materials to a minor under nineteen (19) years of age with the intent to entice, solicit, or encourage the minor to engage in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another, or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, or any sexual act.

TITLE IV: TREATMENT AND ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

2. Any person convicted of crime enumerated in 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.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

1-800-THIS-IS-A-SIN-ACT

1. No licensed adult entertainer may enter into a fee sharing agreement with a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) for the purpose of routing bulk phone calls through an LEC to pump traffic.

2. Any telecommunications provider in the Lincoln Region that contracts with a licensed adult entertainer, licensed prostitute, or licensed brothel for the provision of telephone, fax, or pager service related to the provision of prostitution adult entertainment shall assign such phone, fax, or pager number with the prefratory area code 666. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 per call, fax, or page for any telecommunications provider to transfer, connect, or facilitate any phone call, fax, or page from a licensed adult entertainer or licensed prostitite related to the provision of adult entertainment or prostitution without including the prefratory area code 666.

3. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 per call, fax, or page for any licensed adult entertainer or licensed prostitute to make any phone call, fax, or page related to the provision of adult entertainment or prostitution from a telephone, fax, or pager number that does not contain prefratory area code 666. Three (3) convictions of this provision in a five (5) year period shall result in the revocation of the adult entertainment license or prostitution license.

4. This act shall take effect sixty (60) days after the date of passage.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Inspired by Titles III and IV of HR 7910, the Protecting our Kids Act

Stop Ghost Guns and Store Guns Safely Act
TITLE I—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS

1. The term ‘manufacturing firearms’ shall include assembling a functional firearm or molding, machining, or 3D printing a frame or receiver, and shall not include making or fitting special barrels, stocks, stabilizing braces, or trigger mechanisms to firearms.

2. The term ‘ghost gun’—

(A) means a firearm, including a frame or receiver, that lacks a unique serial number engraved or cast on the frame or receiver by a licensed manufacturer or importer in accordance with this chapter; and

(B) does not include—

“(i) a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable;

“(ii) a firearm that, not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, has been identified by means of a unique serial number, assigned by a State or regional agency, engraved or cast on the receiver or frame of the firearm in accordance with State or regional law;

“(iii) a firearm manufactured or imported before December 16, 1968; or

“(iv) a firearm identified as provided for under section 5842 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

3. The term ‘fire control component’—

(A) means a component necessary for the firearm to initiate or complete the firing sequence; and

(B) includes a hammer, bolt or breechblock, cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, and slide rails.

4. The term ‘frame or receiver’—

(i) means a part of a weapon that provides or is intended to provide the housing or structure to hold or integrate 1 or more fire control components, even if pins or other attachments are required to connect those components to the housing or structure;

(ii) includes a frame or receiver, blank, casting, or machined body, that requires modification, including machining, drilling, filing or molding, to be used as part of a functional firearm, and which is designed and intended to be used in the assembly of a functional firearm, unless the piece of material has had—

(I) its size or external shape altered solely to facilitate transportation or storage; or

(II) solely its chemical composition altered.

5. If a weapon with more than 1 part that provides the housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate 1 or more fire control or essential components, each such part shall be considered a frame or receiver, unless the Attorney General has provided otherwise by regulation or other formal determination with respect to the specific make and model of weapon on or before January 1, 2023.”.

6. (A) Except as provided in Subparagraph (B) , it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, or receive a ghost gun in or affecting interstate, interregion, intrastate, intraregion, or foreign commerce.

(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to—

(i) the manufacture and sale of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer if the licensed manufacturer complies with LGC 5.2 and LGC 8.3 .

(ii) the offer to sell, sale, or transfer of a firearm to, or purchase or receipt of a firearm by, a licensed manufacturer or importer before the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this subsection; or

(iii) transactions between licensed manufacturers and importers on any date.

7. It shall be unlawful for a person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to engrave or cast a serial number on a firearm in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce unless specifically authorized by the Government of Lincoln.

8. Beginning on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to knowingly possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce.

9. Beginning on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce with the intent to sell or transfer the ghost gun with or without further manufacturing or to manufacture a firearm with the ghost gun.

10. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer to sell, or transfer, in or affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce , to any person other than a licensed manufacturer a machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms.

11. (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer to possess, purchase, or receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms.

(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a person who is engaged in the business of selling manufacturing equipment to a licensed manufacturer who possesses a machine with the intent to sell or transfer the machine to a licensed manufacturer.'

12. (A) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Attorney General shall prescribe regulations for engraving a unique serial number onto a ghost gun.

(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) shall—

(i) allow an owner of a firearm described in subparagraph (A) to have a unique serial number engraved on the firearm by a licensed manufacturer or importer; and

(ii) require that a serial number be engraved on the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient to identify the firearm and the licensed manufacturer or importer that put the serial number on the firearm.

(C) The regulations authorized under this paragraph shall expire on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph.

13. A person who violates this Title shall:

(1) in the case of the first violation by the person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both; or

(2) in the case of any subsequent violation by the person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

TITLE II—SAFE STORAGE

1. Except as provided in clause 2, it shall be unlawful for a person to store or keep any firearm on the premises of a residence under the control of the person if the person knows, or reasonably should know, that—

(I) a minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the minor; or

(II) a resident of the residence is ineligible to possess a firearm under Federal, Regional, State, or local law. "Resident" shall not be construed to include a temporary guest of the residence.

2. Clause 1 shall not apply if:

(I) the person—

(aa) keeps the firearm—

(AA) secure using a secure gun storage or safety device; or

(BB) in a location which a reasonable person would believe to be secure; or

(bb) carries the firearm on his or her person or within such close proximity thereto that the person can retrieve and use the firearm as readily as if the person carried the firearm on his or her person; or

(II) another individual unlawfully enters the premises under the control of the person and thereby gains access to the firearm

2-a. PENALTY.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subclause, any person who violates clause 2 shall be fined $500 per violation.

(ii) FORFEITURE OF IMPROPERLY STORED FIREARM.—Any firearm stored in violation of clause 2 may be subject to seizure and forfeiture under applicable state or regional law.

(iii) MINOR DEFINED.—In clause 2, the term ‘minor’ means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age.

3. Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Lincoln Government shall establish voluntary best practices relating to safe firearm storage solely for the purpose of public education.

4. The Lincoln Government shall give not less than ninety days public notice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity for hearing, before establishing such best practices.

5. In establishing the best practices, the Lincoln Government shall outline such best practices for preventing firearm loss, theft, and other unauthorized access for the following locations:

(i) Businesses.

(ii) Vehicles.

(iii) Private homes.

(iv) Off-site storage facilities.

(v) Any other location it desires to cover

6. Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall publish, in print and on a public website, the best practices created and shall review such best practices and update them not less than annually.

7. Beginning on January 1, 2025, licensed manufacturers and licensed importers that serialize not less than 250 firearms annually shall provide a clear and conspicuous written notice with each manufactured or imported handgun, rifle, or shotgun that—

(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on or within any packaging of, each handgun, rifle, or shotgun; and

(2) states ‘SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES’ followed by the address of the public website established above.

8. The Lincoln Government may award grants to States and Indian Tribes for the development, implementation, and evaluation of Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Programs. Government Officials shall have discretion, within the bounds of existing law, to design an application process for such grants. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2033, to remain available until expended.

9. Funds awarded under Section 8 shall be allocated as follows:

(1) Not less than 75 percent of the funds received by a grantee shall be used to create or to provide resources for Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Programs in the jurisdiction.

(2) Not more than 25 percent of the funds received by a grantee may be made available to nonprofit organizations to partner with units of local government to purchase and distribute safe firearm storage devices.

10. Definitions: For this Title:

(1) The term ‘safe firearm storage device’ means a device that is—

(A) designed and marketed for the principal purpose of denying unauthorized access to, or rendering inoperable, a firearm or ammunition; and

(B) secured by a combination lock, key lock, or lock based on biometric information which, once locked, is incapable of being opened without the combination, key, or biometric information, respectively.

(2) The term ‘Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Program’ means a program—

(A) carried out by a unit of state or local government or an Indian tribe; and

(B) solely for the purpose of acquiring and distributing safe firearm storage devices to the public.

Title III - Effective Date

1. Where not otherwise stated, this legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2023.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Legislation Submission for this session is closed.