7th Pacific Council Legislation Introduction and Discussion Thread

[President Tyrion]

Welcome to a new term, Councillors. All pending legislation from the previous session are automatically added to the queue for the next session, because I said so.

1. The first order of business is for all 5 of you to swear in.
2. Seatown, you need to decide whether you want to remain speaker. You may appoint a new speaker if you so desire.
3. Here is the new legislative queue. Please only open 5 threads at a time. 10-15 is too many; it clogs up the boards. Ultimately, we passed more legislation last session than in any other 2 month period, so speed is no longer an issue.

Current Queue:
1. High Speed Rail Initiative
2. Fixing the Third Pacific Constitution, Part 1
3. Pacific Regional Parks Act
4. Pacific Town Hall Act
5. If This Region's Gonna Exist, It Might As Well Be Giving Me Free Pot Act
6. Revised Discussion Time Act

[PJ]

Petition for a new speaker election.

X PJ

[Oakvale]

If there's to be an election I'll declare my intent to run for Speaker of the Council. I think I'd bring the requisite experience to the job. If there's not to be an election I'd humbly request that the current Speaker, seatown, appoint me to succeed him.

[Oakvale]

Incidentally,

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[PJ]

If there's to be an election I'll declare my intent to run for Speaker of the Council. I think I'd bring the requisite experience to the job. If there's not to be an election I'd humbly request that the current Speaker, seatown, appoint me to succeed him.

Does this mean you are signing the petition?

I will also be running for Speaker, but if an election is not held, I ask that either myself or Oakvale is appointed Speaker.

[PJ]

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[Flake]

I'm so glad all of us are here! Now we have to get to work to try to get people to work, a 15% unemployment rate has been unheard of a region with so many people since the late 1930's. I wanted to inquire about how much of our stimulus is left, we got $40 billion in aid, and do we have any left?

[President Tyrion]

I'm so glad all of us are here! Now we have to get to work to try to get people to work, a 15% unemployment rate has been unheard of a region with so many people since the late 1930's. I wanted to inquire about how much of our stimulus is left, we got $40 billion in aid, and do we have any left?

We haven't spent any of it yet because the HSR act never went through.

This session, I want to pin some infrastructure repair (road repair, maintenance, improvement) onto that HSR bill so we can spend the entirety of the $40 billion.

[LastVoter]

I appoint oakvale as speaker

[Oakvale]

Thank you, Seatown. I'm honoured to accept the appointment as Speaker.

[Flake]

Thank you, Seatown. I'm honoured to accept the appointment as Speaker.

Congratulations speaker oakvale!!!

[Flake]

Bartelome Day
1. Get rid of Columbus Day in the Pacific
2. Replace it with Bartelome (Protector of the Indians) Day

(I'll gladly explain why when the discussion for this opens up.)

[President Tyrion]

Bartelome Day
1. Get rid of Columbus Day in the Pacific
2. Replace it with Bartelome (Protector of the Indians) Day

(I'll gladly explain why when the discussion for this opens up.)

I mean, I'm totally supportive of this. I didn't think Columbus Day was a federal holiday though; I vaguely recall something like that coming up federally and there being a rather different list of holidays (not including Columbus Day).

[PJ]

Thank you, Seatown. I'm honoured to accept the appointment as Speaker.

Congratulations speaker oakvale!!!

[Oakvale]

I should note that if I'm re-elected next session I plan to hold an election for the Speakership since I think the appointment system isn't ideal.

[PJ]

I should note that if I'm re-elected next session I plan to hold an election for the Speakership since I think the appointment system isn't ideal.

Thank you! It's about time we had some of this sensibility.

[PJ]

Speaker Election Act

Clause 3 is amended to read:

An election for Speaker shall happen at the beginning of each new council session, or when two council members petition for such an election.

[Oakvale]

Speaker Election Act

Clause 3 is amended to read:

An election for Speaker shall happen at the beginning of each new council session, or when two council members petition for such an election.

Good thinking, I'll bring this to the floor once the confirmations are done.

[PJ]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

[Oakvale]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

[President Tyrion]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

Isn't that literally what you guys were voting on?

Since the rule allowing green highlights in different languages to be treated as Ayes isn't law yet, I think that oakvale treated it correctly as an abstention.

[PJ]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

He wasn't legally required to, but he was following the outlines for the piece of legislation we were voting on. Anyway, I know from prior experience that he supports this. But my word for it may not be valid, so we may need him to definitively translate it. I just thought I would bring it up.

[Oakvale]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

Isn't that literally what you guys were voting on?

That's what I thought, yes.

EDIT: I see PJ, but since the legislation which made the purpose of highlighting clear wasn't passed I'm not going to be counting it as a valid vote. Not that it affects the final result.

[PJ]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

Isn't that literally what you guys were voting on?

Yes

[President Tyrion]

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

Note: FTR Jacob's vote on the RACO amendment was an aye. (It was highlighted green)

I must have missed that, can you point me to the legislation relating to highlighting and the implications for the vote?

Isn't that literally what you guys were voting on?

Yes

Oh sorry, I was editing my post. I didn't figure you would respond immediately