5th Pacific Legislation Introduction and Discussion Thread

[PJ]

Protect our forests act

Section 1: Private land of less than
100 acres.

1. Landowners with rainforest on their land must preserve 80% of it.

2. Landowners with other kinds of forest on their land must preserve 50% of it.

3. Introduced and invasive species of trees are exempt from section 1 and 2, and the forest restoration act.

4. Logging of endangered species of trees is illegal.

5. Punishments for breaking section 1 will result in a fine of $1000.

Section 2: Private land of more than 100 acres.

1. The logging of rain forests is illegal.

2. The logging of endangered species of trees is illegal.

3. The logging of invasive and introduced species is encouraged.

4. Breaking section 2 will result in a fine of $10,000 per tree.

[PJ]

Sorry, I don't know if I was supposed to post this here, or if a new thread was supposed to be created. Disregard this otherwise.

[PJ]

I'm bumping this so the council can actually get to work.

[PJ]

Yes, if I had not been reelected. I was reelected and so the matter is moot.

Scroll to the top of the page. Last time you were reelected there was a vote for Speaker. And if you are Speaker, why did you not open debate on the Protect Our Forests Act?

[PJ]

Btw I don't know if NVGonzalez wants the position, but I nominate him if he does.

[PJ]

Are we gonna vote on speaker now?

[PJ]

The New Protect Our Forests Act

Section 1: Deforestation restrictions

1. The logging of rainforest is illegal.

2. Landowners with other kinds of forest on their land must preserve 50% of it.

3. Introduced and invasive species of trees are exempt from this bill and the forest restoration act.

4. Logging of endangered species of trees is illegal.

5. The logging of invasive and introduced species of trees is encouraged.

6. Breaking section 1 will result in a fine of $10,000 per tree.

Section 2: Property distribution

1. Areas of forest that have been victim to violation of the New Protect Our Forests Act will become government property.

2. If less than 100 square acres, the land will be sold to a private individual or business for the current appraisal value and will be required to abide by this bill.

3. Corporations are not eligible to buy the aforementioned properties.

4. If more than 100 square acres, the land will be preserved, and remain property of the regional government. The land will not be developed upon.

[PJ]

We as a region are going to be the recipient of a government stimulus. There's many ways to spend it and one beneficial one, in my opinion, would be a high speed rail system. Unlike the East Coast and Midwest many cities in the Pacific are very far apart. Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake, San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Fe etc. are hours from one another. Creating a faster, more efficient mode of transportation in the form of a rail line would not only be better for the environment but it would help bring in revenue, allowing our economy to recover somewhat. Jobs would obviously be created through the process of creating the line as well as upkeep after completion. What do you guys think?

[PJ]

We as a region are going to be the recipient of a government stimulus. There's many ways to spend it and one beneficial one, in my opinion, would be a high speed rail system. Unlike the East Coast and Midwest many cities in the Pacific are very far apart. Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake, San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Fe etc. are hours from one another. Creating a faster, more efficient mode of transportation in the form of a rail line would not only be better for the environment but it would help bring in revenue, allowing our economy to recover somewhat. Jobs would obviously be created through the process of creating the line as well as upkeep after completion. What do you guys think?

This idea has been brought up a few times and there have been a few bills proposed to advance it. Sadly inactivity has killed them all good.

May I draft such a bill?

Of course!