Emsworth
Junior Chimp
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« on: October 19, 2005, 06:12:28 PM » |
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Introduction
1. Whereas, many supplies of crude oil, from which gasoline is refined, are in strategically unsafe areas of the world.
2. Whereas, this leaves a gasoline prices vulnerable to volatile flucuations due to political instability in aforesaid areas.
3. Whereas, high gasoline prices present a threat to the stability of the Atlasian economy, and consequently, its national security.
4. Whereas, combustion of gasoline contributes to the theory popularly known as Global Warming.
5. Be it resolved, that it is desirable to reduce the demand for gasoline within the Atlasian economy.
6. One such method is to reduce the combustion of gasoline in motor vehicles by increasing fuel efficiency.
Clauses
1. All passenger vehicles, as defined by the federal CAFE standards, produced for sale in Republic of Atlasia in fiscal year 2005 or 2006, or an area subject to its jurisdiction, shall be required to have an average fuel economy of at least 30 miles per gallon. Failure to comply shall incur a duty of $2000 upon sale for each vehicle.
2. All light trucks, as defined by the federal CAFE standards, produced for sale in the Republic of Atlasia in fiscal year 2005 or 2006, or an area subject to its jurisdiction, shall be required to have an average fuel economy of at least 22 miles per gallon. Failure to comply shall incur a duty of $2000 upon sale for each vehicle.
3. The required average fuel economy to avoid incurring a duty shall rise for both passenger vehicles and light trucks by two miles per gallon in each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2007.
4. The duty incurred for failure to meet the average fuel economy standard shall rise to $3000 in fiscal year 2008.
5. The duty incurred for failure to meet the average fuel economy standard shall rise to $5000 in fiscal year 2010.
6. The duty incurred for failure to meet the average fuel economy standard shall rise to $10000 in fiscal year 2012.
Sponsor: Sen. Al
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