Pacific Legislature Official Thread

[Platypus]

First suggestion:

Pacific Water Purity Bill

1. Water shall not be commercially supplied to any resident of the Pacific unless it meets the guidelines determined by the EPA.
2. Violation of clause 1 of this act shall lead to imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or a monetary fine not more than $25,000, or both.
3. The Governor may suspend or reduce such drinking water regulations as he deems fit during times of drought or national or regional emergency.

[Platypus]

Could I ask the GM for confirmation of s2) of Jesus's bill?

[Platypus]

I see no need and would prefer the legislation remain 'wholly Atlasian'.

[Platypus]

(this one)

Pacific Water Purity Bill

1. Water shall not be commercially supplied to any resident of the Pacific unless it meets the guidelines determined by the EPA.
2. Violation of clause 1 of this act shall lead to imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or a monetary fine not more than $25,000, or both.
3. The Governor may suspend or reduce such drinking water regulations as he deems fit during times of drought or national or regional emergency.

[Platypus]

Aye

[Platypus]

See, MasterJedi? I told you i'd make sure the water purity thingie passed in the Pacific

[Platypus]

aye

[Platypus]

Aye

[Platypus]

re:three strikes. I support it, if those strikes are for serious crimes. My suggestion is a "50 point system", with crimes like speeding 5mph over the speed limit worth 1-2 points, and murder 50+, etc. Once at 50 points, they must be imprisoned for life (or a very long period); at 10 they can be for a short period, 20 for a medium length period, 30 for a meduium sentence and must be inprisoned, 40 for a long sentence and must be imprisoned. Points 'expire' after a set period, say 10 years, so that if an 80 year old has accumulated 50 speeding tickets he isn't put away for the rest of his life.

[Platypus]

I will do so shortly. Give me a ouple of days.

[Platypus]

50-point Lawbreakers' Bill

1. In all instances in which the law of the Pacific region is broken, the lawbreaker shall receive a demerit point, or multiple points, dependent on the severity of their crime.

2. The Court shall have the ability to determine both point levels attached to crimes and sentence length, but the latter shall have the following guidelines:

--------I. Imprisonment shall not be an option until an individual has reached 10 points. At such time, they become eligible for a term of up to two months.
--------II. At 11 points, the maximum length increases by a month, and this process continues until 20 points, at which time the sentence may reach 1 year.
--------III. At 30 points, incarceration is not optional, and must last for over one year, but no greater a length of time then three years.
--------IV. At 32, 34, 36 and 38 point levels, both the minimum and maximum sentence lengths increase by six months.
--------V. At 40 points, incarceration is not optional and must last a minimum of 8 years, and a maximum of 20.
--------VI. Each point over 40 adds six months to both the minimum and maximum sentence lengths.
--------VII. At 50 points, incarceration for life is a mandated sentence.
--------VIII. If 50 or more points are assigned for a single crime, the death penalty shall become an option.

3. Appeals based on a perception that the points assinged were too high shall be heard by the same courts as those that attend to length of sentence appeals.

4. Points may be granted a 'sunset clause' by the Court. It may be determined that points shall no longer count after a certain period of time. This is specifically important for lower-level crimes. No sunset clause can be any earlier then 2 years after a crime in committed, however.

Needs a little bit of work tidying up, but that's the general idea.

[Platypus]

Eh, I don't know about letting the court choose how many points a convict gets.

So you'd support legislative mandatory sentencing?

[Platypus]

Let me provide an example of what I mean now that I have some time, let's say I break a law somewhere.  The law would say you can get 8-10 years for that crime or something.  There are parameters so that if I get a really zealous jury, I get 10 years but not 25 years.  If I get a less zealous jury I get 8 instead of say, 2.  This way, if a jury is involved in an emotional case, like say a kid gets sexually assaulted, they don't impose a penalty driven by emotion of the case they have to work within the confines of the law that's broken.  This is why I say there should be some kind of guidelines in the law as to what penalties should be.

Let's just not haqve the juries determining the sentence then

[Platypus]

Aye on the first.

Second is more difficult. Beastiality is abhorrent but it sets a bad precedent. Still, it is so disgusting that I have to put aside those reservations and vote aye.

[Platypus]

OMFG LEGISLATION!!!11111

1. TEH PACIFEC SI TEH BEST REGIONE EVAR

2. TEH OTHAR REGIONES CAN GO JUMP IN A DITCH AND THEN POUR GASOLINE ON THE DITCH AND THEN LIGHT THE DITCH ON FIRE

3. go us

I'd like to offer an amendment:

-2b.) ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST COS ITS A POOHOLE FULL OF POOHOLES

[Platypus]

If anyone chooses to introduce any debate onto the condensed form of the bill, please do so.  Otherwise, voting will begin.

For the Children Act of 2006
1. All residents of the Southeast will be recognised by the Pacific Regional Government as "Bubba."

2. In the unlikely event that the Southeast ever gets a female resident, she will be referred to as "Bubba Phyllis."

3. The Pacific Regional Government henceforth considers the Southeastern Region to be an island, surrounded by water on all four sides.

4. June 3rd, previously Jefferson Davis Day, will now be recognised as Day of Pale White Men with High Cheekbones.

5. The current Southeastern Governor, and all subsequent Southeastern Governors, will be declared the State Tree of all states in the Pacific Region.   Southeastern Lt. Governors will be declared the State Squaredance.

6. The penalty for breaching of this act is social ostracisation and ten minutes of freakishly high-speed community service.

7. The Southeast is the worst region ever and really should take a bath and implement water chlorination or something.

8. All Southeasterners are communists.

9. The Southeast no longer borders the Pacific via Texas, because that would just be really icky to be that close to the Southeast.

10. The Southeast is not allowed to retaliate for anything because the Pacific is rubber and the Southeast is glue and whatever they do bounces off of us and sticks to them.

11. The Pacific Region is officially declared the best region ever.

You forgot the poohole bit.

[Platypus]

3. The Southeast no longer borders the Pacific via Texas, because that would just be really icky to be that close to the Southeast.

What?  Are you going to give New Mexico to the Midwest to sever the border?

No.  We're just disavowing all knowledge of there ever being a border.  It no longer exists.

So the gaping vacuum just past NM's borders is causing all this damn wind here, eh?

That or the Chilli.

[Platypus]

Still no poohole bit :mad:

Aye, anyway.

[Platypus]

Pete, wtf is up with your avatar?

Instead of D-IN, I see this:

[Platypus]

Capital Punishment Abolition Act: Aye
Reproductive Freedom Act: Nay
Marijuana Legalization Act: Aye

I do not support the fourth section of the Reproductive Freedom Act, and cannot support the sixth section.

[Platypus]

Republican Party Illegalisation Act: Nay
Physician-Assisted Suicide Legalisation Act: Abstain
Alcohol Freedom Act: Nay
Abolishment Of Organised Religion Act: Nay

[Platypus]

New Mexico Regional Transfer Resolution: Nay

Constitutional Amendment on Voter Registration and Voting Rules : Aye

Backup Redistricting Amendment: Aye

[Platypus]

As a citizen of New Mexico, I reaffirm our state's loyalty to the Pacific Region and our Western brethren. I do request more moderation from my counterparts, however.

[Platypus]

I meant the Mexican border. I went on holiday in Acapulco for a few days, and decided to move. No hay problemas, si?

[Platypus]

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