Northeast Assembly Legislation Introduction Thread

[The Economist]

I'd like to re-introduce this amendment, which was proposed a while back:
   
   

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[Grumpier Than Thou]

Corporate Accountability Act of 2011

Section 1) All businesses that broadcast a commercial on television, radio or the internet will be held accountable for all statements made in said advertisement.

Section 2) "Held accountable" shall be defined as:

• Broadcasting accurate and truthful information
• Using accurate consumer accounts, not exaggerated in any fashion

            Section 2, Subsection A) "Truthful information" shall be defined as not exaggerating the product's capabilities. For instance, if a company is selling a cereal, they do not possess the right to claim that the cereal could "make you live 10 years longer" unless it is scientifically proven that the cereal possesses such ability.

Section 3) If a company is found guilty of lying about a product by the Northeast Government, they shall be fined a sum of $1,500 (One thousand, five hundred dollars) on the first offense. If found guilty a second time, the fine shall increase to $2,500 (Two thousand, five hundred dollars.) if a company is found guilty a third time, the fine shall be $15,000 (Fifteen thousand dollars) as well as a trial conducted by the Northeast Government in which if a company is found guilty of false advertisement, they shall be suspended from advertisement and will not be allowed to broadcast an advertisement for 15 (Fifteen) months.

Section 4) If a citizen or citizens of the Northeast find that they are the victims of false advertisement, they shall immediately report the complaint to the Northeast Government in which the situation will be dealt with from thereon.

Section 5) Any citizen found guilty of making a false claim shall face a 2 (Two) month jail sentence as well as 7 (Seven) months of probation.

Section 6) A citizen may sue a company without reporting the complaint to the Northeast Government, but it is likely that the trial will be delayed while the Government reviews the complaint.
 
               Section 6, Subsection A) If a citizen has no proof that they are a victim of false advertisement, their claim shall be rendered null and void.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act

1) Partial Birth Abortions are hereby banned in the Northeast Region.

2) Doctors found to be practiciting Partial Birth Abortions after the passage of this law are to be fined $7,500 (Seven thousand, five hundred dollars.)

3) The term "Partial Birth Abortion" shall be defined as performing an abortion on a woman who has been pregnant for more than 5 and a half months.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Death Penalty Abolition/Criminal Rights Establishment Act of 2011

1) The Death Penalty is hereby abolished in the Northeast Region.

2) Criminals that are currently awaiting a death sentence shall instead be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

3) The abolition of the use of the death penalty shall also apply to the abolition of torture mechanisms to acquire information relating to a crime.

4) If a Government official or police officer is found to be violating the no torture law, they shall immediately be dismissed from their position.

5) Furthermore, criminals shall have the right to remain silent when arrested, as well as rights to personal property that shall not be searched without a search warrant signed by a licensed law official.

6) Criminals shall also have the right to be innocent until proven guilty.

7) A criminal shall keep these inaliable rights under any circumstance.

8) Criminals shall not have to face a suspension of their rights in wartime or a time of invasion.

9) Unless their is a proper warrant, police may not invade a person's private property for any reason whatsoever unless to make an arrest that had been reported to the police via a 911 call.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Payback Act of 2011

1) Members of the Northeast Assembly shall take a $40,000 (Fourty thousand dollar) pay cut, effective 90 (ninety) days after the passage of this act.

2) The Northeast Governor shall take a $30,000 (Thirty thousand dollar) pay cut, effective 90 (ninety) days after the passage of this act.

3) Northeast regional Senators shall receive a $40,000 (Fourty thousand dollar) pay cut, effective 90 (ninety) days after the passage of this act.

4) All the money collected from Northeast politicians' salary cuts shall be redistributed to the citizens of the Northeast.

5) The money shall be evenly distributed amongst the taxpayers and will be returned labeled as a tax return.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Sex Ed Optionality Act

1) Schools in the Northeast region that offer sexual education courses are hereby required to send home a letter to parents explaining that the school will be offering sexual education courses and the parents will then have the ability to opt their child out of the class.

2) Parents shall have the right to pull their child out of a sex ed class in the middle of the course if they feel the child is not mature enough to take the class.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Northeast Election Reform Act of 2011

1) Any person who casts a vote in a local election, whether for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Assemblyperson or any elected official of the Northeast Region, may not delete their post after voting has closed, nor while election results are being tallied, nor after election results are certified.

2) If one deletes their vote up to 30 (thirty) minutes after certification of votes, their vote shall be rendered null and void.

3) If there is no proof that one did not vote in any election, it shall be considered that they did not vote.

4) If a screen shot of a person's vote is produced up to 1 (one) hour after the supposed deletion of said vote, the vote shall still count.

[Napoleon]

The Small Government Act of 2011

ARTICLE IV - EXECUTIVE BRANCH is amended to read as follows:

i) The executive authority of the Northeast Region shall be vested first and foremost in the Governor of the Northeast Region.

ii) The Governor must be elected democratically by the people of the Northeast Region.

iii)Elections are to be held every October, February and June for Governor.

iv) All citizens of the Northeast Region shall have one vote for Governor. A polling booth shall be created by the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region. He or she will open the booth on the third Friday at 12:00:00am Eastern Standard Time of every October, February and June and will close said both on the following Sunday at 11:59:59pm Eastern Standard Time. Every citizen will be given the opportunity to vote during this time. The Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region must accept any absentee ballot conducted one week prior to the opening of the polls.

v) Candidates for Governor will be given until the second Friday of the month in which he or she wishes to run in an election thereof to announce his candidacy. This is to be done by officially notifying the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region.

vi) When the polls close, the Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast Region shall be given twenty-four hours to count the votes and declare a winner. The candidate with the most votes for the office of Governor shall be made Governor. The newly elected Governor is to be officially sworn in on the Tuesday following the election and shall immediately assume office at that point. In the case of a tie, all tied candidates are to run in a run-off election the following week to determine a winner.

vii) There may only be one Governorat any point in time. Once a new Governor is sworn in, the former one forfeits his or her office.

viii) If the office of Governor is to become vacant at some point while he or she is in office, than the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is to be immediately sworn in as Acting Governor of the Northeast Region, while maintaining his or her role as presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly.

ix) A Governor may be impeached at any time while they are in office by the will of two thirds of the Legislative Assembly of the Northeast Region.

x) The Governor has the power to make political appointments and to be the official representative of the Region to the rest of Atlas Forum with the recommendation of the General Assembly of the Northeast Region. The Primary responsibility of the Governor shall be to work with the regional Senators and the Forum President to ensure that the rights, liberties, and interests of the people of the Northeast Region are protected.

xi) The Governor has veto power over any piece of legislation that the Northeast Assembly shall successfully vote in favour. The Governor may not have the power to veto parts as opposed to the whole of any legislation. The Governor is required to sign all pieces of legislation he supports into law after it passes a successful vote in the Legislative Assembly within one week of its passing. Once he or she has signed the legislation, it immediately becomes law unless otherwise stated in the legislation itself. If the Governor does not sign the successful legislation after one week, than it becomes law immediately.

xii) The Governor is obligated to present the Legislative Assembly a budget every January, if he or she is in office at that time. The budget of all government activities is to be voted on by the Assembly in the same January. The Governor is obligated that the budget does not provide for any deficits excepting times of emergency or war, a condition the Legislative Assembly must successfully endorse.

xiii) In the temporary absence of the Governor, then the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly may be allowed to temporarily conduct the duties of the Governor.

xiv) The chain of command for the Governorship of the Northeast Region shall be as follows: Governor, , Chief Judicial Officer, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Longest continuously serving Representative of the Northeast Region, followed by the next longest and the next and so on. The chain of command shall be used to fill sudden vacancies in the office of Governor.

Article V is amended to read as follows:

xiv) The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northeast acts as the President of the Northeast Legislative Assembly. He officially opens and closes the sessions, organizes votes on legislation and notifies the Reps of the results of any official vote. If a vote results in a perfect tie. In this case, the Governor shall be allowed to vote to break said tie.

xv) The Assembly shall have the power to override the Governor’s veto. If the Assembly passes legislation previously vetoed by the Governor by more than a two-thirds majority vote, it becomes law without the Governor’s signature. An override vote resulting in an exactly two-thirds majority shall be considered failed.

Article VI is amended to read as follows:

iv) No persons shall hold the positions of Governor and Chief Judicial Officer at the same time.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Basically abolishing the Lt. Govenor position? Hmm...interesting. I like this.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Excellent work Napoleon, this needs to happen.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Does the Northeast even currently have a CJO?

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Excellent work Napoleon, this needs to happen.

I agree.

Does the Northeast even currently have a CJO?

Nope.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Northeast Regional Song Establishment Act of 2011

1) The official song of the Northeast Region is hereby declared to be Sgt Baker by Primus.

2) This song shall be sung before all major sporting events and at half time show which is held in the Northeast Region.

3) Les Claypool is hereby declaed an official Grandmaster of Funk by the adjourned Northeast Assembly.

[Napoleon]

Additional Amendments to the Northeast Gun Safety Act

The Northeast Gun Safety Act shall be re-amended to read:

1. Any person who has committed a non-murder felony while under the age of 21, will automatically have his rights restored at age 35.
     a. Except in cases where the victim of the offender's crime is a minor.
     b. Except in cases where the offender has committed two or more felonies during this period.
2. Whenever a gun is used as an instrument in the crime, an additional five years will be added to the sentence.
     a. In cases of abduction, rape, or murder of any degree, in which a gun is used as an instrument in the crime, these rights will not be restored.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Additional Amendments to the Northeast Gun Safety Act

The Northeast Gun Safety Act shall be re-amended to read:

1. Any person who has committed a non-murder felony while under the age of 21, will automatically have his rights restored at age 35.
     a. Except in cases where the victim of the offender's crime is a minor.
     b. Except in cases where the offender has committed two or more felonies during this period.
2. Whenever a gun is used as an instrument in the crime, an additional five years will be added to the sentence.
     a. In cases of abduction, rape, or murder of any degree, in which a gun is used as an instrument in the crime, these rights will not be restored.

Can you please explain this legislation to me, I'm not quite sure of what it means...

[Napoleon]

Additional Amendments to the Northeast Gun Safety Act

The Northeast Gun Safety Act shall be re-amended to read:

1. Any person who has committed a non-murder felony while under the age of 21, will automatically have his rights restored at age 35.
     a. Except in cases where the victim of the offender's crime is a minor.
     b. Except in cases where the offender has committed two or more felonies during this period.
2. Whenever a gun is used as an instrument in the crime, an additional five years will be added to the sentence.
     a. In cases of abduction, rape, or murder of any degree, in which a gun is used as an instrument in the crime, these rights will not be restored.

Can you please explain this legislation to me, I'm not quite sure of what it means...

I'm amending this law, already on the books: https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Legislative_work_of_the_Northeast_Assembly#Northeast_Gun_Safety_Act

THe law was already amended by this: https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Legislative_work_of_the_Northeast_Assembly#Amendments_to_the_Northeast_Gun_Safety_Act

I made a few changes I felt were important.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Fair enough.

[Napoleon]

Northeast Parks and Recreation Use Act

1. This act shall be applied only to those lands and facilities operated and maintained by the state and/or regional governments.

2. Citizens and legal residents of the Northeast shall not be required to pay any fee for use of state and/or regional parks or recreational facilities.

3. Citizens and legal residents of the Northeast are eligible for free admission to state parks and recreational facilities not operated or maintained by the regional government irrespective of their state of residence.

4. Nonresidents of the Northeast may be required to pay a fee for use of state and/or regional parks or recreational facilities where applicable.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Northeast Parks and Recreation Use Act

1. This act shall be applied only to those lands and facilities operated and maintained by the state and/or regional governments.

2. Citizens and legal residents of the Northeast shall not be required to pay any fee for use of state and/or regional parks or recreational facilities.

3. Citizens and legal residents of the Northeast are eligible for free admission to state parks and recreational facilities not operated or maintained by the regional government irrespective of their state of residence.

4. Nonresidents of the Northeast may be required to pay a fee for use of state and/or regional parks or recreational facilities where applicable.

Aye.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Amendment to the NE Constitution - Residential Officeholder Act of 2011

1) Only residents of the Northeast region may run for office in the Northeast.

2) One must be a citizen of the region for a total of 7 (seven) days before declaring a candidacy in any election.

3) If one was previously a resident of the region but changed location, section 2 still applies.

[homelycooking]

Statutory "Spring Cleaning" Act of 2011

1. The Assembly hereby creates a temporary Statutory Review Commission (hereafter referred to as SRC) comprised of one current Representative of the Northeast.
2. The SRC's member shall be appointed by the Assembly by simple majority vote.
3. The SRC shall be entrusted with preparing a report to the Assembly regarding the following:
a. The establishment of a centralized list of all statute signed into law since January 1, 2004;
b. The relevance, clarity and integrity of all said statute;
c. Whether certain laws in said statute contradict others, or are unconstitutional; and
d. Recommendations for future legislation or amendment of existing legislation intended to rectify problems relating to sections 3b and 3c above.
4. The SRC's commission to carry out section 3 above shall expire after the fifteenth calendar day after the SRC commissioner's appointment, on which the SRC shall present its report to the Assembly.
5. The Assembly shall then take action upon the SRC report by accepting and implementing, rejecting or qualifying the recommendations made by the SRC.

[Napoleon]

Great work, hc.

Constitutional Amendment

The constitution is amended as follows: placeholder.

Introducing this as the predecessor to a collaborative Constitutional review I hope to spend some time on.

[homelycooking]

Vital Civic Information Act

1. The Government of the Northeast shall keep a complete and accurate record at all times of the names of current members of the Assembly, the names of the region's executive and judicial officers, the dates of any forthcoming general or special elections and any other information which the government sees fit to make its citizens aware of.

2. The information to be made public by this act shall be published within three days of the passage of this Act.

3. Any future changes to the above information must be made within three days of an event necessitating a change, such as a new officer/legislator's ascendance to or removal from his respective office or the calling of a new special election.

4. Any member of the Legislature, or of the Executive or Judicial Branches, may make any necessary changes to the above information.

5. The above information shall be made public through at least one of the following media:
a. A new thread in the Regional Governments subforum of the Atlas Fantasy Government forum; or
b. The appropriate pages in the Atlasia Wiki.

6. If any inappropriate information, such as any egregious self-promotional, offensive or irrelevant text is made public through the media specified in 5 a or b, the Chief Judicial Officer is hereby authorized to remove it, at his discretion, upon the recommendation of any Northeast Citizen.

[Napoleon]

Resolution for a Constitutional Convention


The Assembly of the Northeast hereby authorizes a Constitutional Convention to prepare a document by the 10th of June, to replace or modify the existing Constitution in accordance with current amending procedure.

[President Mitt]

Resolution Thanking Rowan Brandon

The Northeast Assembly hereby thanks Senator Rowan Brandon for his invaluable service to the Region and we on this day declare him Atlasia's greatest senator in modern history. The Assembly also hopes that his service to Region and Nation will continue as the nation's President.