Pacific Legislature Official Thread

[Oakvale]

Okay, voting is now open on JBrase's amendment/bill, and will remain so for a week. You know the drill.

Amendment to The Religious Institution Classification Act 

The Religious Institution Classification Act is hereby amended to read:

1. Any church or religious institution that requires its members to pay fees shall henceforth be recognized as businesses by the Pacific Region.

2. Every other church or religious institution shall be tax exempt. These groups shall lose their tax exempt status should they:
a. Donate money to a political campaign.
b. Endorse anyone running for public office.
c. Begin requiring members to pay fee's for any reason other than paying for damaged property. 
d. Their school programs do not follow the required curriculum set forth by The Pacific.   


X Jbrase

Without further ado,

Amendment to The Religious Institution Classification Act: AYE

[Oakvale]

Ebowed FTW.

[Oakvale]

I'd like to draw your attention to the voting on the Intra-Regional Mobility amendment. Please vote!

Personally, I'll be opposing this - it may be well-intentioned, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions - it'll clutter the registration thread, and the objections of two RGs past and present show my worries have some credibility, I think.

[Oakvale]

Oops, sorry guys, internet access has been patchy at best for the last few days.

So, voting's closed on Jbrase's bill -


And, unless my addition skills have really gone to hell, it's passed with a vote of 4 in favour, 3 opposed, and I'll now sign it into law.

X Oakvale




As for the We Miss You Act, the vote is an exact tie of 3 in favour, 3 opposed. Just to save us having to vote again or whatever, I'll just let you all know that I'd, sadly, have vetoed this if it had passed.

Fun times in the Pacific, incidentally - the Lieutenant Gov. and I have been working on yet more annoying Constitutional stuff which I/we will be rolling out shortly.

[Oakvale]

That was quick!

Okay, why not? Voting is now open on the Ban of Automatic Weapons Act, and will remain so for one week.

[Oakvale]

Ban of Automatic Weapons Act: Nay

[Oakvale]

Ban of Automatic Weapons Act: Nay

Alright, well I'm of to get my gat and roll on some raggedy ass bustas.  See you homies later.

O hell yea son.

[Oakvale]

I have always liked our legislature unelected and open to everyone in this region. I have no desire to see it turn boring, and the second this place turns elected is about the time I stop paying attention to our legislature entirely.

Only one House of the legislature will be elected.  The other one will be comprised entirely of unelected Pacific Citizens.

Yeah, it's worth noting that we'll still have our current legislature, just with another chamber added.

And hey, it's all strictly on a trial basis - if it doesn't work out too well we can always scrap it later, but I'm a firm believer in experimentation - I've never been a fan of the "if it ain't broke..." school of thought.

[Oakvale]

Ban of Automatic Weapons Act

4 Aye
3 Nay
2 (abstain)

I veto.

*runs and hides*


Oh, and hopefully I can open voting on the aforementioned latest amendment next week.

[Oakvale]

Ban of Automatic Weapons Act

4 Aye
3 Nay
2 (abstain)

I veto.

*runs and hides*


Oh, and hopefully I can open voting on the aforementioned latest amendment next week.

No need to run and hide, you can defend yourself with automatic weapons.

Not that I'm any great fan of gun ownership, but it doesn't achieve much to ban assault rifles, really. How many crimes are committed with an AK?

[Oakvale]

I will be resigning from my post as Pacific Justice, effective immediately.  I would rather just be a Regional Activist.


And I am not resigning to run for another office.  

It's been an honor, I guess. 

This is unexpected, and deeply disappointing. 

Thank you for your genuinely distinguished service, and good luck.

[Oakvale]

Guys, guys, voting's not open yet. Chill.

As for the Public Funding of Abortion Act, I'll add my signature. I don't agree with the bill, and won't be voting for it, but I believe it should be at least put to a vote.

I'll open voting on both in a day or so.

[Oakvale]

I'm gonna open voting on a final version of the legislature thing, Antonio's nomination as Pacific Justice, and so on tomorrow.

[Oakvale]

I'm gonna open voting on a final version of the legislature thing, Antonio's nomination as Pacific Justice, and so on tomorrow.

Wait until I revise the Legislature bill first.

[Oakvale]

Okay, here goes.

Voting is now open on the Pacific General Assembly Amendment, and will remain so for one week.

I also realised I, uh, never actually formally nominated Antonio. So, okay, I hereby nominate Antonio V to the Pacific Court. Is it okay with you guys if I just leave the vote on Antonio open for, say, two or three days?

Reason being I want to get the position filled as quickly as possible, I doubt there'll be much objection to the nominee, and plus he might end up winning election to the Senate anyway.

So, anyway, I'll open voting to confirm Antonio and if there's any objection I'll extend the voting period.

[Oakvale]

So that means all my previous rulings had no value ? Not that it's a big problem, but I'll have to re-state constitutionality of each bill.

Anyways, Aye (and thanks again to Oakvale).

Nah, I'm sure people will simply take them as a statement of intent on how you would have ruled.


Anyway,

The Pacific General Assembly Amendment: AYE

Antonio V for Pacific Justice: AYE

[Oakvale]

I'm going to go ahead and close voting to confirm Antonio as Pacific Justice. As I outlined earlier, I can't imagine there's much objection, and it's probably a good idea to get him on the bench ASAP, especially considering he could very well end up in the Senate in a couple of days anyway.

Feel free to sue if there's a problem.

So, Antonio V is hereby confirmed as Pacific Justice.

X Oakvale


The Legislature amendment will remain open for the normal time.

[Oakvale]

Forgive the intrusion, Pacific Legislature members, but I'd really like to hear from Governor Oakvale on the Federal Stimulus for your regional needs in my office.

Biggest Need
Least Concern
Amount (You can estimate)

I need it by tomorrow\tonight

Woah, sorry. With all the chaos about the UDL, the legislature bill, etc, it completely slipped my mind. Apologies.

[Oakvale]

Forgive the intrusion, Pacific Legislature members, but I'd really like to hear from Governor Oakvale on the Federal Stimulus for your regional needs in my office.

Biggest Need
Least Concern
Amount (You can estimate)

I need it by tomorrow\tonight

Woah, sorry. With all the chaos about the UDL, the legislature bill, etc, it completely slipped my mind. Apologies.

Yay!  Earmarks!!!!!     

$50,000,000 for a bgwah theme park.

[Oakvale]

Forgive the intrusion, Pacific Legislature members, but I'd really like to hear from Governor Oakvale on the Federal Stimulus for your regional needs in my office.

Biggest Need
Least Concern
Amount (You can estimate)

I need it by tomorrow\tonight

Woah, sorry. With all the chaos about the UDL, the legislature bill, etc, it completely slipped my mind. Apologies.

Yay!  Earmarks!!!!!     

$50,000,000 for a bgwah theme park.

[Oakvale]

I have no objection to this bill and will open it for voting as soon as the time expires on the legislature amendment.

[Oakvale]

Legislature Amendment has passed!

[Oakvale]

Archangel was PMing people AFAIK, I'll ask any candidates to declare ASAP.

Anyway, for the formalities - The Pacific General Assembly Amendment passes with a vote of 7 in favour, and 3 opposed.

X Oakvale.

We've now got an upper house. It should be interesting to see how this plays out, if nothing else.

Also, as an aside, I just swore in for my second term, so, uh, thanks for re-electing me, guys.

Finally, voting on the Pro-Choice Act of 2010 is now open, and will remain so for one week.

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[Oakvale]

Is there any objection to having the Council elections in the new year?

I mean, if we really need to we can have them this month, but people are going to be busy with the holidays, and it probably makes more sense to wait until everyone's lives are a little less hectic.

[Oakvale]

MaxQue ? Realisticidealist ?

And also, with your Senate victory, we also have the Justice position to fill.  That in of itself is a bit troublesome.

I've actually already asked someone, although I'm not going to tell you their name in public just yet. I'll nominate this person (if they still want to do it) once Antonio's in the Senate.