Legislation Introduction Thread

[bgwah]

Atlasian Currency Act
    1) The one dollar bill and quarter shall feature a photo of President Nym.
    2) The five dollar bill and penny shall feature a photo of President Bgwah.
    3) The ten dollar bill shall feature a photo of President Ebowed.
    4) The twenty dollar bill shall feature a photo of President Keystone Phil.
    5) The fifty dollar bill shall feature a photo of Peter Bell.
    6) The one-hundred dollar shall feature a photo of President Lief.
    7) The nickel shall feature a photo of President tmthforu94.
    8.) The dime shall feature a photo of President PBrunsel.
    9) The half-dollar coin shall feature a photo of President ColinWixted.
    10) The dollar coin shall feature a photo of Lewis Trondheim.

[bgwah]

Bovine Protection Act
1) The production of veal shall be illegal as of January 1, 2012.
2) Producers found in violation shall be fined up to $1,000,000 per incident. If they are unable to pay the fine, they shall be shut down.
3) It shall be illegal to import veal into Atlasia as of January 1, 2012.
4) Any restaurant found selling veal products on or after January 1, 2012 shall be fined up to $1,000,000. If they are unable to pay the fine, they will be shut down immediately.

[bgwah]

Bovine Protection Act
1) The production of veal shall be illegal as of January 1, 2012.
2) Producers found in violation shall be fined up to $1,000,000 per incident. If they are unable to pay the fine, they shall be shut down.
3) It shall be illegal to import veal into Atlasia as of January 1, 2012.
4) Any restaurant found selling veal products on or after January 1, 2012 shall be fined up to $1,000,000. If they are unable to pay the fine, they will be shut down immediately.

Why didn't you just make an omnibus "animal protection act"?

Because they don't all pass (see: Feline Protection Act). An omnibus bill would be much more likely to fail. And an Animal Protection Act already exists, but it's anti-animal. I didn't vote for it.

[bgwah]

Another Simultaneous Elections Amendment

1) Article I, Section 4, Clause 3 shall be amended to read as follows:
"Regular elections to the Senate shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the Thursday preceding the penultimate Friday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the penultimate Friday itself, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning, except in the month of December. Regular elections to the Senate in the month of December shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the Thursday preceding the second Friday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the second Friday itself, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning."
2) Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 shall be amended to read as follows:
Presidential elections shall be held in the months of February, June and October. Elections shall begin between 0000 Eastern Standard Time on the Thursday preceding the penultimate Friday of the election month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the penultimate Friday itself, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.

[bgwah]

Atlasian Duels Act
1) Should there be a mutual agreement, any two Atlasians may engage in a duel.
2) Duels shall take place in Starcraft II, in a randomly-chosen ladder map.
3) A replay of the game must be saved and shared with others to confirm the duel happened and who won and who lost.
4) Whoever loses the duel shall be removed as a registered voter and prohibited from re-registering for a period of one year.

[bgwah]

Fifth Amendment to the Proportional Representation Act

Section 1: Concession of Victories
The following changes shall be made to the Proportional Representation Act:
1) Section 3 shall be renamed "Vacancies and Concessions."
2) Clause 7 shall be added to Section 3 and read "Should a candidate or candidates be certified victorious in an at-large STV election and concede the seat prior to the date on which they are to swear-in, then the SoFE shall re-run the election without the conceding candidate(s) and all candidates who were elected in the original count. The winner or winners of the new count shall win the conceded seat(s).

Section 2: Title corrections
The following title-corrections shall be made to previous amendments:
1) F.L. 40-8, Amendment to the Proportional Representation Act, is hereby retitled Third Amendment to the Proportional Representation Act.
2) F.L. 42-1, Second Amendment to the Proportional Representation Act, is hereby retitled Fourth Amendment to the Proportional Representation Act.

Section 3: Removal of unnecessary amendment
1) F.L. 27-3, Proportional Representation (Class A seats) Act, is hereby repealed.

[bgwah]

Cabinet Flexibility Amendment
1) Article V, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Third Constitution shall be amended to read "No person may simultaneously hold two or more offices of the Republic of Atlasia at any level of the government. An exception shall be made for members of the President's cabinet, who may serve multiple cabinet posts, but not in addition to any other office."

[bgwah]

The Pro Choice Act of 2011

The Republic of Atlasia hereby recognizes the independence of Georgia and Florida.

I am removing this as frivolous and unconstitutional. Sorry.

[bgwah]

The Pro Choice Act of 2011

The Republic of Atlasia hereby recognizes the independence of Georgia and Florida.

I am removing this as frivolous and unconstitutional. Sorry.

I ask you to reconsider as only the supreme court can say with certainty what is and is not unconstitutional, and if I recall, are you not the author of many past bills that would be considered frivolous?

Let's consider several facts:
1) I inherited a sizable queue when I became PPT. I'm trying to get through as much of it as I can. The most recent bills I've started debate on were originally introduced in July.
2) People generally lose interest in secession movements pretty quickly. Given how long your bill would have to wait due to the rather large queue, the secession movements would have probably already ceased.
3) It has no chance of passing anyway.

So let's just save ourselves some time and not bother with that bill...

[bgwah]

This isn't about recognizing "other" countries. It's about recognizing illegal secessionist movements.

[bgwah]

Living Wage Act
1) The federal minimum wage for those ages 21 and over shall be raised to $10.50 on January 1st, 2012 and to $12.00 on July 1st, 2012.
2) After the second raise, inflation-adjusted increases shall continue to occur as mandated in the Reasonable Minimum Wage Act.
3) The federal minimum wage will be unaffected for those under age 21.

[bgwah]

A bill I'm working with President Snowguy on:

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[bgwah]

Second Amendment to the Caucus Infrastructure and Formation Act

The following shall be added to the Caucus Infrastructure and Formation Act as Section 6:

1. The Senate may suspend this act if the top two parties comprise less than two-thirds of citizens registered with a political party via a resolution.
2. If the act has been suspended and the top two parties comprise more than two-thirds of citizens registered with a political party, the Senate may put it back into force via a resolution.

[bgwah]

I agree with Oakvale. I will not be opening an impeachment thread based on your incorrect interpretation.