The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Up to vote again:

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Please make haste Darths.

[Yelnoc]

Aye.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Aye.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Alright, 2-0 The bill passes and awaits signature!

[Yelnoc]

Very good.  I believe the speakership is the next order of business?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the Public Notification Bill: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Yelnoc]

Very good.  I believe the speakership is the next order of business?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It is. I prefer to put the Legislature on ice during elections due to the potential for flux in membership, though. This is especially true now, with your likely impending election victory.

[Yelnoc]

     It is. I prefer to put the Legislature on ice during elections due to the potential for flux in membership, though. This is especially true now, with your likely impending election victory.

I mean...I was kinda hoping that we could do this before the election was complete.  It's kinda pointless if I'm the only person here, ya know.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It is. I prefer to put the Legislature on ice during elections due to the potential for flux in membership, though. This is especially true now, with your likely impending election victory.

I mean...I was kinda hoping that we could do this before the election was complete.  It's kinda pointless if I'm the only person here, ya know.

     The other person seems to be uninterested in the Legislature now. It's not possible to declare an Imperial Speaker before the end of the election.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

I would like to introduce the following legislation to revise and amend the Southeast Militia Initiative-
I will outline the sections I am amending

Section 2 - Definitions
Wherever used in this initiative, the following terms are defined:
   (1) “Officer” shall include commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and warrant officers, unless otherwise specified.
   (2) “Enlisted men” shall designate members of the militia other than commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and warrant officers.

There is a distinction between non-commissioned and warrant officers. Warrant officers are made so because of a specialty whereas non-commissioned refers to higher ranking enlisted men such as Sergeants.

Section 9 - Pension of members of militia wounded or disabled while in service of Region
(a). Every member of the militia of the Southeast Region who shall be wounded or disabled while:
   (1) on duty in the service of the Region or
   (2) while reasonably proceeding to or returning from such duty
   (3) serving the national interests
shall be taken care of and provided for at the expense of the State, and, if permanently disabled, shall receive the like pensions or rewards that persons under similar circumstances in the military service of Atlasia receive from Atlasia.
(b). No pension shall be granted by the Region for any disability received while in the service of Atlasia or while proceeding to or returning from such service.
I propose eliminating “B”. Though disabled soldiers receive pension from the federal government, they ought to receive regional pension as well as they are serving our region

Section 22 - Composition of National Guard
The Southeast National Guard shall consist of the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, warrant officers, enlisted men, and units of the militia of the Region, organized and maintained pursuant to Federal law. That portion that forms a reserve for the Atlasian Air Force shall be known as the Southeast Army National Guard. That portion that forms a reserve for the Atlasian Army shall be known as the Southeast Army National Guard.
See above

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Many thanks for proposing a bill so quickly. While we have not used it in a while, I suggest that we go back to introducing bills in this thread, so it is easier to find them later.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Introducing this bill put forth by Darth clarence

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I liek it.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Thank you Taft Bey- if anyone has any questions I would be glad to answer...

[Yelnoc]

Welcome Clarence!  I do not have a problem with the amendment.  Here it is a cleaned-up form that we can vote on.

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[CLARENCE 2015!]

Thank you, Conley! May I move to pass by unanimous consent?

[Yelnoc]

Thank you, Conley! May I move to pass by unanimous consent?

I do not believe that we have that mechanism in the IDS (though it is something to consider adding later).  Usually  what we do is have the Imperial Speaker, or in his stead, the Viceroy (Lieutenant Governor) put the bill up to vote.  So we need to wait on Taft.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Yes, I do have SOME functions, if only for formality's sake. Up for a vote:

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[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yelnoc is quite correct, we typically just put a bill to vote ASAP if everyone agrees on it. This Legislature is much more informal than the Senate, which benefits us in some ways.

[Yelnoc]

Aye

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Aye!

[Associate Justice PiT]

     While it is not needed in this instance, I would like to remind everyone that there is currently still a vacancy & so the Viceroy has the power to vote on legislation.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Well than it is unanimous, the Amendment to the Southeast Militia Initiative passes 3-0. Awaiting signature?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the Amendment to the Southeast Militia Initiative: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Yelnoc]

And now we can move on to the Imperial Speaker vote.  I declare my candidacy (again).