Northeast Assembly Legislation Introduction Thread

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[Bill text courtesy of http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s648/text]

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A BILL

To officially designate the Northeast Region as a commonwealth

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Northeast Commonwealth Act.

SECTION 2. DESIGNATION OF THE NORTHEAST REGION TO COMMONWEALTH STATUS

The Northeast Region shall, from enactment of this legislation, be known as the Commonwealth of the Northeast.

SECTION 3. CONSTITUTIONAL REFLECTION OF NAME CHANGE

All references in the Northeast Constitution, upon enactment of this law, shall be changed to reflect Commonwealth status.

SECTION 4. ENACTMENT

This legislation shall go into effect upon 2/3 approval of Northeast voters.

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AN AMENDMENT

To protect the right of The People to ratify amendments to the federal Constitution


Be it enacted by 2/3 of the Assembly of the Northeast Region convened

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Constitution Ratification Amendment.

SECTION 2. PUBLIC VOTES ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

The Constitution of the Northeast Region is amended;

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A BILL

To promote and expand stem cell research in the Northeast Region

Be it enacted by the Assembly of the Northeast Region convened

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Stem Cell Research Expansion Act of 2013.

SECTION 2. FUNDING AND LIBERALIZATION OF STEM CELL RESEARCH

1. The Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells in accordance with this law (regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo).

2. The Northeast government will pledge $4 billion for the research of human embryonic stem cells.  The Department of Health and Human Services will be responsible for allocating these funds.

3. Beneficiaries shall annually prepare and submit to the Department a report describing the activities carried out under this law during the preceding year.  The Department will be responsible for compiling these reports, and including a description of to what extent the research has been conducted in accordance with this law, to the Northeast Assembly.

4. Funding for this legislation will derive from the Health research and training expenditures established by the March-July Northeast Budget FY2013.

5. Any and all existing regulations on stem cell research established by the Northeast Region are hereby repealed.

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A BILL

To require newspapers that print public notices to post them on the Internet

Be it enacted by the Assembly of the Northeast Region convened

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Online Public Notice Act.

SECTION 2. ONLINE POSTING OF PUBLIC NOTICES

1. Under this bill, beginning April 1, 2014, in all cases where a public notice or legal notice is required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, the complete notice must be posted:

1) On the newspaper's website, where it must be published contemporaneously with the notice's first print publication and will remain on the website for at least as long as the notice appears in the newspaper; and

2) On a statewide website established and maintained as an initiative and service of the Northeast government as a repository for such notices and will remain on the repository website for at least as long as it appears in the newspaper. Any newspaper of general circulation that meets the criteria of this provision must have access to the statewide website.

2. Any such notice must be published online in its entirety, including maps and other exhibits, and must include the date on which it was first printed in the newspaper. An error in a notice placed on the newspaper website or statewide website, or temporary website outages or service interruptions prohibiting the posting or display of such notice, will be considered harmless error and proper legal notice requirements will be considered met if the notice published in the newspaper is correct.

3. Each newspaper of general circulation publishing public notices must include on its website home page a link to its public notice section and include on its public notice home page a link to the statewide public notice website.


Bill inspired by SB #461

[Napoleon]

Honoring Some Folks Act

All parks and schools referencing "American" political figures shall be renamed using analogous Atlasian political figures.

The Governor is empowered to create a task force to determine the analogous political figures for these purposes.

X Napoleon

(Inspired in part by one of Kal's old proposals, and name shamelessly stolen)

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Honoring Some Folks Act

All parks and schools referencing "American" political figures shall be renamed using analogous Atlasian political figures.

The Governor is empowered to create a task force to determine the analogous political figures for these purposes.

X Napoleon

(Inspired in part by one of Kal's old proposals, and name shamelessly stolen)

X Governor Scott

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

Honoring Some Folks Act

All parks and schools referencing "American" political figures shall be renamed using analogous Atlasian political figures.

The Governor is empowered to create a task force to determine the analogous political figures for these purposes.

X Napoleon

(Inspired in part by one of Kal's old proposals, and name shamelessly stolen)

X Governor Scott

X Snowball

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Amendment to Restore Sanity

The Constitution of the Northeastern Region shall be amended as follow:

1. The Lieutenant Governor of the Northeastern Region shall be elected by popular vote every four months.
2. Had the office fall vacant with more than a month before the end of the term, a special election shall be held.
3. A special election shall be held no earlier than a week and no later than two weeks after the vacancy was created.
4. Had the office fall vacant with more than a month before the end of the term, the Governor shall nominate the new Lieutenant Governor with advise and consent of the Assembly, which process shall not take longer than one week.
5. The Lieutenant Governor shall not serve at any other position within the Northeast Government.

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[bore]

Amendment to Northeast constitution Article 2 Section 10

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Also

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X bore

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X bore

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A BILL

To appropriate funds for the repair and improvement of bridges in the Northeast Region

Be it enacted by the Assembly of the Northeast Region convened

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as A bill to appropriate funds for the repair and improvement of bridges or the Bridge Repair Bill.

SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR URGENT BRIDGE REPAIRS

The Assembly of the Northeast Region acting under the authority vested in it by Section 4 of the BUILD ACT does hereby direct the sum of $1.134 to be obligated from the Highways and highway safety fund of the March-July Northeast Budget FY2013, and apportioned for the following projects;

$0.217 billion to the Longfellow Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts

$0.823 billion to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, New York

$0.094 billion to the Mianus Bridge in Greenwich, Connecticut

The Department of Urban Development will be responsible for the oversight, contracting, and communication of involved parties throughout the course of each project.

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A BILL

To prohibit workplace discrimination

Be it enacted by the Assembly of the Northeast Region convened

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Northeast Discrimination in the Workplace Ban Statute of 2013 or the NDWB.

SECTION 2. PROHIBITION OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION

1. Employment of persons shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

1a. "Transgender" shall be included as a similarly illegal basis under the definition of gender, of discrimination or denial of legal rights.

2. Any employer found guilty of violation of section two shall be fined no more than $5,000 per employee (or prospective employee) unlawfully denied employment, in addition to whatever damages a Court may award the employee (or prospective employee).


(Legislation originally designed by the Mideast Gay Discrimination in the Workplace Ban Statute)

[sentinel]

The Restoration of Pacific Order Act

1. So as to guarantee order and stability on the western border of the Region of the Northeast, the Northeast National Guard shall enter Pacific territory to guarantee stable and efficient government until such time as the Pacific is able to govern itself.

2. Until the Pacific is able to govern itself, all Pacific territory shall be considered temporarily annexed by the Region of the Northeast. During this time Pacific residents afforded every right that would be given to any Northeast citizen.

3. Federal elections in the former Pacific region will be administered by a caretaker governor, appointed by the Governor.

4. Declares that the Imperial Dominion of the South's claims on the Pacific are illegitimate and henceforth invalid in all areas governed by the Northeast.

[sentinel]

Mr. Speaker, I present to you the July - November 2013 budget.

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[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Now that we have a Speaker (congratulations bore!)

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Based on: http://www.scribd.com/doc/139315094/Undetectable-Firearms-Act-of-1988

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[quote]A BILL

To outlaw the death penalty for all crimes.

SECTION 1.

This bill shall be called the "Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Happiness Act"

SECTION 2.

WHERE AS, the Atlasia Constitution bans capital punishment yet the Northeast Region wishes to impose its own safeguard in case of a change in the Constitution.

WHERE AS, the Northeast Assembly finds the death penalty to be a cruel and unusual punishment.

WHERE AS, the Northeast Assembly sees the value in rehabilitation or imprisonment over death

WHERE AS, the Northeast Assembly finds the death penalty to be expensive and costly both in terms of financial and human cost.

SECTION 3.

I. The Death Penalty Reform Act of 2007 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4.

I. The death penalty is hereby banned at all levels of government in the Northeast region.
II. The cases for all those who currently sit on death row are remanded to the Court for a new legal punishment.

SECTION 5.

I. This bill shall go into effect immediately upon its passage.

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[sentinel]

[quote]A BILL

To name a regional anthem for the Northeast

SECTION 1.

This bill shall be called The "Northeast Needs An Anthem" Act

SECTION 2.

WHERE AS, the Northeast intends on never giving you up, letting you down, running around or deserting you.

WHERE AS, the Northeast intends to never tell a lie, or say goodbye

SECTION 3.

1. The full version of the song "Never Going to Give You Up", originally written by Richard Paul Astley, shall be formally recognized as the regional anthem of the Northeast.

[Earthling]

Private Sector Jobs Tenure Act:

1.   Companies are required to offer tenure to their employees who are with the employer longer than 3 years.
     a.   Companies with an annual turnover less than 1 million dollars are exempt from this requirement.
     b.   Companies offering mostly seasonal work are also exempt.
     c.   The government of the Northeast has the requirement except for political positions.
2.   Tenure is understood to be a contract on a permanent base. No new contract needs to be offered after the contract is signed.
     a.   An employer has the right to offer an employee a new contract, but the employee has the right to disregard the offer without having to fear for his or her job.
3.   Companies can offer new employees (up to 2 years) contracts of six months, one year, two years or tenure.
     a.   Companies have the right offer any employee contracts up to two and half year. After this period the employer has the right to dismiss the employee without compensation.
4.   Employees have the right to reject the offer and keep their job on temporary contracts. The employer is in this case not required to make the offer a second time.
5.   Companies are encourage to offer tenure to their employees by the government by lowering the employment tax with up to 0,5%.
6.   Employees are entitled to compensation after dismissal as designed in the Employees Fair Treatment Act and the Company Cutbacks Protection Act.
7.   Companies have the right ask the courts for an exempt status. The courts can give exempt status to all companies. The ruling can be subject of appeal when challenged in court by a different party.