Pacific Legislature Official Thread

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ANWR Petroleum Drilling Prohibition Bill: Aye
Selective Education Funding Bill: Aye

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Voting has concluded.
ANWR Petroleum Drilling Prohibition Bill passes, 6-0.
Selective Education Funding Bill passes, 4-1-1.

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Voting is now open on the following legislation, and will close in exactly one week.

Bill to Repeal the Accuracy in Balloting Act

The "Accuracy in Balloting Act" is hereby repealed.


Please vote aye, nay or abstain.

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Bill to Repeal the Accuracy in Balloting Act: Nay

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Voting has concluded.  With 5 votes in favor and 5 votes against, the Bill to Repeal the Accuracy in Balloting Act has failed.

Voting is now open on the following proposal, and closes in exactly one week.

Constitutional Convention Petition

The Pacific Region formally petitions the President of Atlasia to call a Constitutional Convention for the purposes of consolidation of the constitution and/or legislative reboot of the game.


Please vote aye, nay or abstain.

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2010 Minimum Wage Increase Bill
1. The minimum wage shall be raised by $1.25, to $8.75, effective two months after the passage of this act.

Safety Net Bill
1. Present federal welfare laws requiring that "Atlasians receiving public assistance will be allotted a three year maximum" with some listed exceptions will be supplemented by the Pacific Welfare Office upon the conclusion of any resident's eligibility for the federal program.

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The constitutional convention petition passes 5-0.  x Ebowed


Voting is now open on the following proposals and closes in exactly one week.

2010 Minimum Wage Increase Bill
1. The minimum wage shall be raised by $1.25, to $8.75, effective two months after the passage of this act.

Safety Net Bill
1. Present federal welfare laws requiring that "Atlasians receiving public assistance will be allotted a three year maximum" with some listed exceptions will be supplemented by the Pacific Welfare Office upon the conclusion of any resident's eligibility for the federal program.


Please vote aye, nay or abstain.

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2010 Minimum Wage Increase Bill:  Aye
Safety Net Bill:  Aye

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2010 Minimum Wage Increase Bill passes 5-0.
Safety Net Bill passes 5-0.  x Ebowed

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I vote for myself.

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Pacific Hiring Incentives Act:  Aye

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Aye

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Nay

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Aye

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How about replacing section 3 with an $0.25 increase in the gasoline tax?

And while I appreciate the humorous writing that permeates the proposal, the insinuation that other subjects are less intellectually challenging or worthwhile is not a sentiment I wish to place into Pacific statute.

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I like the modified bill.

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Educational Incentives - Aye
Aaron Burr Day - Nay

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No, that completely alters the intent of the original law, which is the author's hope, obviously.

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No, that completely alters the intent of the original law, which is the author's hope, obviously.

I wasn't here for the original vote, so what was the original intent?

To remove the tax exemption that churches are provided with in the United States.  This proposal restores the tax exemption.

I just wonder if Jbrase's wording covers the LDS' efforts on behalf of Prop 8 in California.  Clearly under any reasonable interpretation they would lose their status, but the real life IRS appears uninterested so far.

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Nay

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The proposal leads me to question whether we are in the position to be providing such massive tax cuts to churches without considering the impact it would have on the budget.  Where is the revenue to replace it going to come from?

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There are periodic tax increases and decreases according to the budget outlines provided by the GM so as to maintain close to a balanced budget, if nothing else, so there is some basis to assume that the spending authorized throughout Pacific law is not as outrageous as you may like.  Given that the Pacific's unique tax structure places special emphasis on some items, such as religious institutions, that other regions do not, it allows us not to tax other items.  I am just wondering if you think along the same lines, or if you would prefer to begin gutting programs, starting with those which you find most ideologically repugnant.

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Pacific Freedom of Association Bill

1. No person shall be denied the right to discriminate against another person in employment or in the provision of public services, including accommodations, whether on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status outlined in statute or otherwise.
2. This law explicitly may not be interpreted to allow 'affirmative action' programs, which will remain illegal.

Pacific Protection of the Public Safety Bill

1. All statute limiting the power of the government and law enforcement to apprehend those who have consumed or are in possession of cannabis, whether for recreational, medical, or any other purpose, shall be repealed.
2. Any person found to be in possession of any amount of cannabis shall be required to serve a minimum of six months in prison, with a sentence not to exceed one-hundred years.
3. Any person found to be selling, distributing, or cultivating cannabis shall be required to serve a minimum of five years in prison, with a sentence not to exceed death.

We should also look at banning abortion, as a way of addressing the disparity between incarcerated men and women.

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I thank the Justice for his observations.  In lieu of quadrupling the prison rolls, I will work on legislation to abolish socialized schools to help save this fair region some hard earned cash.

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Ban of Automatic Weapons Act

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