Northeast Assembly Legislation Introduction Thread

[Clark Kent]

Inspired by the recent law concerning incestuous relationships:

[quote]Definition of Marriage Act

1. Marriage shall restricted to being between: one man and one woman; two men; or two women.

2. All married couples shall receive the same government benefits and responsibilities regardless of sexual orientation.

3. Marriage shall be a civil union between two consenting individuals of legal age (defined as 16 with parental permission, 18 without).

4. Incest (as defined by the Apparently Incest is Legal Now Act), shall be prohibited.

5. Sexual or marital relationships with the following shall be prohibited: animals; and minors (under the age of 18).

6. Anyone discovered to have violated any provision of this act shall be subject too a $100 fine.

[Clark Kent]

Also, looking through the wiki page on the Northeast, I found that our anthem is apparently Rick Astley's "Never Going to Give You Up". Are we deliberately trying to rick-roll people?

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[Clark Kent]

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This..this is completely ridiculous. Why would you do this just to spite someone?

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EDIT: On second thought, maybe we should wait until the Election Laws committee is done streamlining all the current laws.

[Clark Kent]

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Yeah, I know that large portions of it (particularly Section 2) are likely to already be in place, but I thought it would make sense to have it all in one location.

[Clark Kent]

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[Clark Kent]

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This takes priority now. The SOAP is unclear as to who presents this to the Assembly. The default assumption would be that the Speaker presents it, but that might constitute a conflict of interest here.

[Clark Kent]

According to the Northeast SOAP, we should elect a speaker at the start of every term:

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I'm not 100% sure when the new term starts, however, although it should be quite soon.

Friday, IIRC. The SOAP also has a clause allowing us to vacate the Speakership early if we want.

[Clark Kent]

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This takes priority now. The SOAP is unclear as to who presents this to the Assembly. The default assumption would be that the Speaker presents it, but that might constitute a conflict of interest here.

I'd argue that it falls to the Lt. Gov.

Looks like the SOAP says otherwise, which is weird. I guess RGN has to do it.