Office of IDS Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Some 14 months ago, the region elected its first Attorney General. Since then, the office has proven to be a cesspool of inactivity that has wasted the time of many eager newbies while demanding that candidates be recruited to run for it while it has wallowed in vacancy. Esteemed former Senator & Governor Brandon H has been of great assistance by donating his time to hold this position for the past six months, despite being quite busy in real life.

     How did he manage it? Largely because the position is in fact quite useless. Its only duty is to represent the region in legal proceedings. Had we had such an office back in 2009, its value would have been great. However, only one case has arisen since instituting the office of IDS Attorney General that involved the Imperial Dominion of the South, that one case being a challenge to an order of mine that did not require the Attorney General's presence at all. Given that the office performs no routine duties of importance & routinely strains the region's limited resources to be filled, why bother? I, for one, say no more.

     As such, I am taking this opportunity to unveil a new bill of mine that will eliminate the office of IDS Attorney General. Recognizing the possibility of a future lawsuit involving the region, I intend to reserve the duty for the Emperor to appoint a special prosecutor to represent the region. However, the days of struggling to find an altruistic individual willing to hold a useless office are at their end.

     Witness the bill:

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[Associate Justice PiT]

Just when I was about to propose my first bill (abolishing regional AG)

     Introduce this one & nobody has to know it was my idea.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     By the power vested in me by the Omnibus Maintenance Bill, I hereby confer recognition on Law #311, the Act Establishing Imperial Seals and Houses, & Law #312, Act Establishing the House of Jbrase, as amendments of Law #289, the Southern Symbols Omnibus Bill.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I just realized the monthly election is scheduled to begin tonight. Kalwejt declared his candidacy back on August 5th. If Sanchez wants another term, he'll have to run as a write-in. Pingvin declared some months ago, so I'll have to see if he still wants it. If he does, we can have three Darths again.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It seems that neither of them want it. I still have to include Pingvin anyway since the candidacy declaration period has obviously elapsed, but be aware that he has withdrawn his candidacy.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Hashemite to fill the first vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Gporter to fill the second vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

Your Imperial Majesty,

I just resigned my seat in the IDS Legislature, giving my election to the Senate. I'd like to thank you again for opportunity to serve IDS citizens you gave me.

I'll continue to remain active in regional affairs as citizen

     Not a problem. Though your tenure was brief, your assistance in continuing some semblance of normalcy in these inactive times has been invaluable.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Progressive Realist to fill the first vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Yelnoc to fill the vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Clarence to fill the first vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Pingvin99 to fill the remaining vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Many thanks for the offer. There may be something that I'll need help with, but I don't know yet. I'll have to see.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     This should be the last version prior to the next official budget.

2011 Budget

Notes

• Base shall be understood to refer to the combined totals of the state governments minus Puerto Rico.
• Total shall be understood to refer to the combined totals of the state and regional governments minus Puerto Rico.

Regional Spending

Pensions
-Base: $3.81 billion
-Total: $3.81 billion

Health care:
-Base: $121.9 billion
-Total: $121.9 billion

Education:
-Base: $48.9 billion (post-Educational Hotfix Act - original figure was $0, real-life gross state figure is $73.4 billion)
-Tertiary Education/Other Capital Outlay-Higher Education/Southeastern Educational Incentive Act: $3.5 billion
-Pre-Primary through Secondary Education/Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education/School Choice Initiative: $56.4 billion
-Total: $108.8 billion

Defense:
-Base: $0.6 billion
-Military Defense/IDS Militia Structure Act: $0.4365 billion
-Total: $1.0365 billion

Welfare:
-Base: $40.4 billion
-Total: $40.4 billion

Protection:
-Base: $21.5 billion
-Total: $21.5 billion

Transportation:
-Base: $28.2 billion
-Total: $28.2 billion

General government:
-Base: $7.4 billion
-Total: $7.4 billion

Other spending:
-Base: $18.7 billion
-Cultural Services/Pentagram Creation Act: $200 million (1 time expense)
-Infrastructure and Development/2011 Emergency Tornado Relocation Act: $15 billion (1 time expense)
-Infrastructure and Development/2011 Flooding Damage Repair Bill: $10 billion (1 time expense)
-Puerto Rico: $17.27 billion (total spending of PR- PR is not included in any other category in Spending but the Total Regional Spending)
-Total: $61.17 billion

Interest: $7.4 billion (assumes that Regional Government does not have to pay its own interest)

Total Regional Spending: $401.6165 billion (includes Interest)

Regional Revenue

Income Taxes:
-Base: $0 (state cannot collect their own income taxes)
-Corporate Income Tax/Tax-Corporate Net Income/Put the "free" back in Free Enterprise Bill: (see personal income tax rate)
-Corporate Income Tax/Tax-Corporate Net Income/Southeast Nuclear Energy Initiative, Chapter 4: -66.1 million (-0.0661 billion)
-Corporate Tax Rate: 8.6% (part of Free Enterprise Bill above - remember other provisions).
-Personal Income Tax Rate: 5.8% ($$61,650,000,000/year)
-Total: $61,583,900,000 or $61.5839 billion

Social Security Taxes: 
-Base: $15.1 billion
-Total: $15.1 billion

Ad-valorem Taxes:
-Base: $252.3 billion
-Excise Taxes/Tax-Alcoholic Beverage Sales/Southeast Alcohol Initiative, Section 8: $1.3127 billion ($1.00/proof liter or $0.385/gallon for beer, $0.909/gallon for wine, $3.31/gallon for spirits)
-Excise Taxes/Tax-Tobacco Products Sales/Southeast Tobacco Initiative, Section 6:  $0.04/cigarette ($6,034,000,000/year), $0.08/cigar ($80,000,000/year), $2.00/kg tobacco ($24,000,000/year)
-Excise Taxes/Tax-Marijuana Products Sales: $3.00/ounce ($48,000,000/year)
-Sales Taxes/Tax-Public Utilities Sale/Southeast Nuclear Energy Initiative, Chapter 4: 80% of standard electricity excise tax: $0
-Sales Taxes/Tax-Public Utilities Sale/Southeast Biomass Initiative, Section 3: 80% of standard electricity excise tax: $0
-Property Taxes/Tax-Property/Southeast Nuclear Energy Initiative, Chapter 4: n/a ($0)
-Transportation/Tax-Motor Fuel Sales/Transportation Commission Initiative, Chapter 3, Section 22: $0.08/liter ($17,284,230,161/year)
-Transportation/Tax-Motor Vehicle License/Fair Consequences Initiative, Section 3: $10,700,000/year
-License/Tax-Other License/Off-Shore Religious Organizations Initiative, Section 2: n/a ($0)
-Total: $277,093,630,161 or $277.093630161 billion

Fees and Charges:
-Base: $107 billion
-Other/Charges-All Other/Pentagram Creation Act: $5,700,000/year
-Other/Charges-All Other/Safe Roads Initiative, Section 6: $44,400,000/year
-Total: $107,050,100,00 or $107.0501 billion

Business and Other Revenue:
-Base: $132.5 billion
-Puerto Rico: 24.96 billion
-Total: $157.46 billion

Gross Public Debt: $598.7 billion (assumes that Regional Government has not accumulated its own public debt)

Rainy Day Fund: $25 billion

Total Regional Revenue: $618,287,630,161 (does not include Gross Public Debt or Rainy Day Fund)

$Balance: 216,671,130,161

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Here is the new budget with the changes from the first bill passed:

2012 Budget

Notes

• Base shall be understood to refer to the combined totals of the state governments minus Puerto Rico.
• Total shall be understood to refer to the combined totals of the state and regional governments minus Puerto Rico.

Regional Spending

Pensions
-Base: $35.8 billion
-Total: $35.8 billion

Health care:
-Base: $113.9 billion
-Total: $113.9 billion

Education:
-Base: $66.8 billion
-Tertiary Education/Other Capital Outlay-Higher Education/Southeastern Educational Incentive Act: $3.5 billion
-Total: $70.3 billion

Defense:
-Base: $0.7 billion
-Military Defense/IDS Militia Structure Act: $0.4365 billion
-Total: $1.1365 billion

Welfare:
-Base: $36.5 billion
-Total: $36.5 billion

Protection:
-Base: $21.0 billion
-Total: $21.0 billion

Transportation:
-Base: $30.1 billion
-Total: $30.1 billion

General government:
-Base: $6.7 billion
-Total: $6.7 billion

Other spending:
-Base: $20.5 billion
-Puerto Rico: $16.61 billion (total spending of PR- PR is not included in any other category in Spending but the Total Regional Spending)
-Total: $37.11 billion

Interest: $6.6 billion (assumes that Regional Government does not have to pay its own interest)

Total Regional Spending: $352.5465 billion (includes Interest)

Regional Revenue

Income Taxes:
-Base: $0 (state cannot collect their own income taxes)
-Corporate Income Tax/Tax-Corporate Net Income/Put the "free" back in Free Enterprise Bill: (see personal income tax rate)
-Corporate Income Tax/Tax-Corporate Net Income/Southeast Nuclear Energy Initiative, Chapter 4: -66.1 million (-0.0661 billion)
-Corporate Tax Rate: 8.6% (part of Free Enterprise Bill above - remember other provisions).
-Personal Income Tax Rate: 5.8% ($61,650,000,000/year)
-Total: $61,583,900,000 or $61.5839 billion

Social Security Taxes: 
-Base: $0 (-$20.1 billion from 2012 IDS Budget Amendments)
-Total: $0

Ad-valorem Taxes:
-Base: $140.0 billion
-Excise Taxes/Tax-Alcoholic Beverage Sales/Southeast Alcohol Initiative, Section 8: $1.3127 billion ($1.00/proof liter or $0.385/gallon for beer, $0.909/gallon for wine, $3.31/gallon for spirits)
-Excise Taxes/Tax-Tobacco Products Sales/Southeast Tobacco Initiative, Section 6:  $0.04/cigarette ($6,034,000,000/year), $0.08/cigar ($80,000,000/year), $2.00/kg tobacco ($24,000,000/year)
-Excise Taxes/Tax-Marijuana Products Sales: $3.00/ounce ($48,000,000/year)
-Sales Taxes/Tax-Public Utilities Sale/Southeast Nuclear Energy Initiative, Chapter 4: 80% of standard electricity excise tax: $0
-Sales Taxes/Tax-Public Utilities Sale/Southeast Biomass Initiative, Section 3: 80% of standard electricity excise tax: $0
-Property Taxes/Tax-Property/Southeast Nuclear Energy Initiative, Chapter 4: n/a ($0)
-Transportation/Tax-Motor Fuel Sales/Transportation Commission Initiative, Chapter 3, Section 22: $0.08/liter ($17,284,230,161/year)
-Transportation/Tax-Motor Vehicle License/Fair Consequences Initiative, Section 3: $10,700,000/year
-License/Tax-Other License/Off-Shore Religious Organizations Initiative, Section 2: n/a ($0)
-Total: $147,265,400,000 or $147.2564 billion

Fees and Charges:
-Base: $42.7 billion
-Other/Charges-All Other/Pentagram Creation Act: $5,700,000/year
-Other/Charges-All Other/Safe Roads Initiative, Section 6: $44,400,000/year
-Total: $42,750,100,000 or $42.7501 billion

Business and Other Revenue:
-Base: $87.9 billion
-Puerto Rico: $17.28 billion
-Total: $105.18 billion

Gross Public Debt: $382,028,869,839 (assumes that Regional Government has not accumulated its own public debt)

Rainy Day Fund: $35 billion

Total Regional Revenue: $356,770,400,000 (does not include Gross Public Debt or Rainy Day Fund)

Balance: $4,223,900,000

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Taft4Prez to fill the first vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Pingvin99 to fill the second vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Progressive Realist to fill the vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint MasterSanders to fill the vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Speaking to the Imperial Speaker, it would appear that I have made an administrative error. In the last elections I had MasterSanders & Taft4Prez as the Legislators standing election. However, it turns out that it actually should have been Pingvin99 & Taft4Prez. My bad.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     A busy school schedule has been taking a toll on my activity, which has led to some issues, such as an out-of-date Wiki & a mixup in the election schedule of the Legislature. I will have a week off at the end of this month to get things in order, but then I go back to school for another month-and-a-half. While the rest of the Imperial government has been having similar issues, I am nevertheless embarrassed by the recent difficulties.

     As such, I am currently giving thought to the possibility of retiring at the end of this term. I'll be reviewing my options in advance of next month's imperial elections.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It's Progressive Realist, not realisticidealist. Anyway, he, to my knowledge, did not declare that he was running for re-election.

     I'll make that note next time, but I doubt it will make anyone any less confused, at least initially.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Well, he has been elected to an offmonth seat, so that's what he's holding now. I will consider his previous seat vacated, in which case anyone who wants it can PM me about an appointment.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint ChairmanSanchez to fill the vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I hereby appoint Kalwejt to fill the vacant seat in the Imperial Legislature.

Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT