SE House legislation introduction Thread

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Most of this has probably been done before, but here it is. The Emperor said y'all (including myself) needed something to debate over, so amend/debate/argue away!

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For when we're finished with the education bill and the dates bill.

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As a concerned citizen, I'd appreciate a legislator proposing something that would repeal the Higher Education STEM Act...

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As a concerned citizen, I'd appreciate a legislator proposing something that would repeal the Higher Education STEM Act...

Repeal the Higher Education STEM Act:

Get rid of education law enforced by the Higher Education STEM Act in favor of a new system that is more favorable to the development of educational excellence.

Meh, is this good enough?

Yep. Thanks!

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Would anyone be interested in repealing a couple sections of the Return of the Right-to-Work Initiative? Definitely 3, possibly a few others.

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Assuming I'm allowed to propose legislation as a "concerned citizen"...

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I will sign on to the Protecting Our Citizens From Satan Act.

Awesome! Now we'll all be safe from demonic influences via our license plates.

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MD/DE/DC, Jbrase? I'd say they're about as Southern as Missouri at least...

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I'll need another citizen to sign on. Figure if we're an Empire, we should have Imperial Colonies.

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I'll need another citizen to sign on. Figure if we're an Empire, we should have Imperial Colonies.

Let's not name a colony after a man who was a member of the KKK.  How about MLK Station?

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., AN, was an aviator and polar explorer, being the first to reach the North Pole and South Pole by air. He has received the Medal of Honor, the Lifesaving Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Navy Cross, and is not a member of the KKK, nor is he related (so far as I can tell) to Robert Byrd, and the 2 US Navy vessels and the lunar crater named after him suggest there is no issue. I do not believe MLK ever went to Antarctica.

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I'll need another citizen to sign on. Figure if we're an Empire, we should have Imperial Colonies.

Let's not name a colony after a man who was a member of the KKK.  How about MLK Station?

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., AN, was an aviator and polar explorer, being the first to reach the North Pole and South Pole by air. He has received the Medal of Honor, the Lifesaving Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Navy Cross, and is not a member of the KKK, nor is he related (so far as I can tell) to Robert Byrd, and the 2 US Navy vessels and the lunar crater named after him suggest there is no issue. I do not believe MLK ever went to Antarctica.

Ah, thought you were referring to Senator Byrd.  I guess that would be fine then.  We'll introduce it under the original form and debate it in the legislature as needed.

Excellent!

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Basically, I'm updating it to the 5-legislator norm, and creating districts for our legislators (which in theory will make the population overall distributed more evenly geographically).

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For the first, we could see if the Feds will turn over control of Big Cypress Preserve, Everglades NP, Biscayne NP, Dry Tortugas NP, as well as Ten Thousand Islands, Key West, Florida Panther, Key Deer, Great White Heron, and Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuges, in order to fully protect the crucial Everglades ecosystem under one banner. For Stewart, it'd include combining our new land with Cross Creeks NWR, Ft. Donelson Nat'l Battlefield, and the Land Between the Lakes. Franklin would have an emphasis on protection of the Apalachicola estuary, and could work with St. Vincent/St. Marks NWRs and Apalachicola Nat'l Forest. For the Rio Grande, it would of course target incorporation with Big Bend Nat'l Park, as well as the Rio Grande and Amistad Nat'l Rec Area. For Big Thicket, it'd include Big Thicket (obviously), Trinity River NWR, Texas Point/McFaddin NWR, and Sam Houston/Angelina/Sabine Nat'l Forests. Congaree is to Congaree, of course, and Carolina Coastal goes with Waccamaw NWR, Pinckney Island, Cape Romain and ACE Basin NWR, as well as Francis Marion Nat'l Forest, plus Charles Pinckney NHS and Forts Moultrie and Sumter. Poverty Point goes with Poverty Point.

I'd like to do a bill on infrastructure as well, once these are through; the Antarctica bill is on hold pending Senatorial action, and I'm still considering one repealing right-to-work.

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Imperial Empiricism Act
1. The Imperial Dominion of the South hereby claims the Territory of Byrd, defined as the area between the meridian 90° west of Greenwich and the meridian 150° west of Greenwich that lies south of the 60th parallel south excluding Peter I Island, as a territory within the Empire.
2. The capital of this new state shall be Dufek Station.
3. The Imperial Dominion of the South requests the transfer of Navassa Island, Bajo Nuevo Bank, and Serranilla Bank to their jurisdiction, instead of that of the federal government alone.
4. A K-8th school (with teachers and a library), a gymnasium (with indoor facilities for basketball, volleyball, tennis, foosball, exercise machines, ping pong, a sauna, and dressing rooms), a civilian airstrip, a radio mast (which shall broadcast music and information as well as occasional cultural/entertainment programs), televisions with satellite dishes, a mobile phone antenna, a post office (with a postman, postal plane, and postal helicopter), satellite telephones, computers with internet access, a bank office, a chapel, 14 homes, research facilities, tourist facilities (a hostel, a souvenir shop), 4 fuel-based generators, a base of the Imperial Guard including an airport (meaning it has a hangar and a control tower), a hospital (with 1 doctor & 1 nurse and x-ray, laboratory, surgery, anesthesia, sterilizing, and pharmacy services, with 2 beds and the ability to send images back to the IDS for diagnosis), and a wind turbine field shall be created at Dufek Station.

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Uhh...can you introduce that? Aren't only legislators able to introduce something like that?

Ironically, I would have the power to introduce it, if it's passed (as of now the only thing I can do is put it up for an Initiative election). I just figured it's better to post it here and see if someone will sponsor it than post it directly into the Legislature and derail the current debate.

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Legislature Size Adjustment Act

Section 2 of the Government Restructuring Act shall be amended as follows:

2. The IDS Legislature is expanded from three to five members except when a lack of declarations cause Class A to elect one rather than three legislators.
a. A simple majority shall be required to pass bills.
b. A four-fifths (or unanimous when acting under a three-member legislature) super-majority shall be required to override Imperial vetos.
c. The legislators shall for electoral purposes be divided into classes A and B. Class A Legislators shall consist of three legislators in an election where four or more candidates have made an official candidate declaration, and shall consist of one legislator in an election where three or less candidates have made an official declaration, and shall be elected on the months of January, March, May, July, September, and November. Class B shall consist of two legislators and shall be elected along with the Emperor. One Class B legislator shall be elected from a district composed of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, while the other Class B legislator shall be elected from a district composed of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, and Puerto Rico.

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The Safe Abortion and Mother's Health Abortion Initiatives only ascribes penalties under a law that has since been repealed, for what it's worth.

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