Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

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« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2011, 02:27:39 PM »

Quote from: Senator Napoleon on July 30, 2011, 02:13:09 PM

The Free Highway Access Act was repealed. Don't ask me why.

Thank you. I haven't triple-checked with the search button, so if you happen to scan over anything else in the future like so, please let me know.

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homelycooking
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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2011, 10:50:48 PM »

during Wormyguy's second term (Feb-Apr 2011)

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The Flat Tax Act

1. A flat tax of 5.5% of one's individual household income is hereby established.

2. This tax shall be paid every year on tax day.

3. April 15th is hereby established as the Northeast region's yearly tax day.

4. Taxes on purchases, land and other taxes of the sort are hereby lifted.

5. Taxes on alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes and other health hazards are exempt from what is outlined in section four.

6. The Northeast Government shall not create new taxes on anything other than income or health hazards.

7. The Northeast Government shall not create tax brackets that could allow for one income class to pay more taxes. Everyone shall pay the same percentage of tax on income per year.

8. The Northeast Government may only collect this tax once per year.

The GTO Remembrance Act

1) Every January 26th shall hereby be declared "GTO Remembrance Day" and shall be officially considered a holiday. All Government offices will fly the Atlasian flag at half mast on this day as a tribute to the tragedy.

2) Schools, post offices and other public buildings that display a flag outside shall be recommended, but not forced, to fly the flag at half mast as well.

If passed, I suggest that this bill also be introduced in the Senate so it could become national law.

NE Legislative Salary Cuts Act of 2011

1) Members of the Northeast Assembly shall take a $40,000 (Fourty thousand dollar) pay cut, effective 90 (ninety) days after the passage of this act.

2) The Northeast Governor shall take a $30,000 (Thirty thousand dollar) pay cut, effective 90 (ninety) days after the passage of this act.

3) Northeast regional Senators shall receive a $40,000 (Fourty thousand dollar) pay cut, effective 90 (ninety) days after the passage of this act.

4) All money collected from politician's salary cuts shall be used to reduce deficit and increase a surplus.

FAILED


The Recall Amendment of 2011

1. The Recall Amendment is repealed.

2. a. If the Northeast Regional Senator misses four votes in one senate session (including "present" or "abstain" votes as votes that were not missed), the seat may be declared vacant and a special recall election held for the seat, provided at least one-fifth (1/5) of the registered voters in the Northeast Region sign a petition requesting a recall.

b. Recall petitions for Northeast Regional Senator must be started by a registered and valid voter in the Northeast.

c. The Northeast Regional Senator may run in a recall election for his or her own seat.

d. A recall election for Northeast Regional Senator shall be opened either by the Governor or the creator of the recall petition, and the poll must remain open for 48 hours.

e. The election shall be performed via approval voting.

f. If no candidate receives the approval of 50% + 1 of the voters, the recall fails and the Northeast Regional Senator retains his or her seat.

g. In the event of a tied election, a runoff, also using approval voting, shall be held between the tied candidates.

h. The candidate elected in the recall election shall take office immediately following the conclusion of the election.

3. a. If the Northeast Governor fails to sign or veto two (2) bills from the Northeast Assembly within the 10-day signing period in a row, or four non-consecutive bills in one gubernatorial term, the office of governor may be declared vacant and a special recall election held for the office, provided at least one-fifth (1/5) of the registered voters in the Northeast Region sign a petition requesting a recall.

b. Recall petitions for Northeast Governor must be started by a registered and valid voter in the Northeast.

c. The Northeast Governor may run in a recall election for his or her own seat.

d. A recall election for Northeast Governor shall be opened either by the Governor, or the creator of the recall petition, and the poll must remain open for 48 hours.

e. The election shall be performed via approval voting.

f. If no candidate receives the approval of 50% + 1 of the voters, the recall fails and the Northeast Governor retains his or her seat.

g. In the event of a tied election, a runoff, also using approval voting, shall be held between the tied candidates.

h. The candidate elected in the recall election shall take office immediately following the conclusion of the election.

Making Competitive Elections Amendment:

   Article V, vii shall be amended from:
   vii) The number of Reps to be elected corresponds to the entire part of the quotient C/6, with C being the number of citizens in the Northeast Region as of the third Friday at 12:00:00am EST of the month of the election.

   to

   vii) The Northeast Assembly shall be composed of five members, each of whom shall be registered voters residing in the Northeast Region.

Corporate Accountability Act of 2011

Section 1) All businesses that broadcast a commercial on television, radio or the internet will be held accountable for all statements made in said advertisement.

Section 2) "Held accountable" shall be defined as:
•   Broadcasting accurate and truthful information
•   Using accurate consumer accounts, not exaggerated in any fashion

   Section 2, Subsection A) "Truthful information" shall be defined as not exaggerating the product's capabilities. For instance, if a company is selling a cereal, they do not possess the right to claim that the cereal could "make you live 10 years longer" unless it is scientifically proven that the cereal possesses such ability.

Section 3) If a company is found guilty of lying about a product by the Northeast Government, they shall be fined a sum of $1,500 (One thousand, five hundred dollars) on the first offense. If found guilty a second time, the fine shall increase to $2,500 (Two thousand, five hundred dollars.) if a company is found guilty a third time, the fine shall be $15,000 (Fifteen thousand dollars) as well as a trial conducted by the Northeast Government in which if a company is found guilty of false advertisement, they shall be suspended from advertisement and will not be allowed to broadcast an advertisement for 15 (Fifteen) months.

Section 4) If a citizen or citizens of the Northeast find that they are the victims of false advertisement, they shall immediately report the complaint to the Northeast Government in which the situation will be dealt with from thereon.

Section 5) Any citizen found guilty of making a false claim shall face a 2 (Two) month jail sentence as well as 7 (Seven) months of probation.

Section 6) A citizen may sue a company without reporting the complaint to the Northeast Government, but it is likely that the trial will be delayed while the Government reviews the complaint.

   Section 6, Subsection A) If a citizen has no proof that they are a victim of false advertisement, their claim shall be rendered null and void.

Death Penalty Abolition/Criminal Rights Establishment Act of 2011

1) The Death Penalty is hereby abolished in the Northeast Region.

2) Criminals that are currently awaiting a death sentence shall instead be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

3) The abolition of the use of the death penalty shall also apply to the abolition of torture mechanisms to acquire information relating to a crime.

4) If a Government official or police officer is found to be violating the no torture law, they shall immediately be dismissed from their position.

5) Furthermore, criminals shall have the right to remain silent when arrested, as well as rights to personal property that shall not be searched without a search warrant signed by a licensed law official.

6) Criminals shall also have the right to be innocent until proven guilty.

7) A criminal shall keep these inaliable rights under any circumstance.

8 ) Criminals shall not have to face a suspension of their rights in wartime or a time of invasion.

9) Unless their is a proper warrant, police may not invade a person's private property for any reason whatsoever unless to make an arrest that had been reported to the police via a 911 call.

Sex Ed Optionality Act

1) Schools in the Northeast region that offer sexual education courses are hereby required to send home a letter to parents explaining that the school will be offering sexual education courses and the parents will then have the ability to opt their child out of the class.

2) Parents shall have the right to pull their child out of a sex ed class in the middle of the course if they feel the child is not mature enough to take the class.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2011, 11:06:30 PM »

Flat Tax Act was vetoed by GHOSTWHITE when he was Governor.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2011, 06:36:30 PM »

Quote from: Senator Napoleon on July 30, 2011, 11:06:30 PM

Flat Tax Act was vetoed by GHOSTWHITE when he was Governor.

Thanks, Napoleon.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #29 on: July 31, 2011, 07:30:03 PM »

I would like to thank you all for your patience and cooperation. I am now here. I will be pleased to edit pages- but my knowledge of prior legislation is limited.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #30 on: August 03, 2011, 08:40:31 PM »

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I'll edit this in a couple hours with more information, and edit the bill under that last category. I also have to double-check the legislation after I post more for the night. Simfan, I don't know if homely has given you any instruction as of yet, but if you have the time, use the search button on wiki, and on here to check laws I've added and insure they are correct (Still law, repealed, ect.) I don't expect every thing will be right when we're done (lots of work to do), but I do want to try hard to get close.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #31 on: August 04, 2011, 08:16:09 AM »

December 2010 to February 2011 - Speaker Polnut

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« Reply #32 on: August 04, 2011, 08:37:38 AM »

October 2010 to February 2010 - Speaker Dallasfan

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #33 on: August 09, 2011, 08:57:19 PM »

Excellent. Any recommendations?

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« Reply #34 on: August 09, 2011, 09:01:37 PM »

I have off Wed and Thur, so I should be able to get some work done again Tongue

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homelycooking
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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #35 on: August 09, 2011, 09:10:02 PM »

I just have one more Assembly's worth of bills to go through.

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	Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread « Reply #36 on: August 10, 2011, 05:43:16 PM »
	« Edited: August 10, 2011, 05:57:07 PM by Cincinnatus »

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #37 on: August 10, 2011, 07:55:10 PM »

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #38 on: August 10, 2011, 09:34:08 PM »

From the amusingly inactive Sixth Assembly (Hantheguitarman, speaker):

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Yeah, that's right, they passed two bills. There was no activity on the floor of the Assembly for forty-three days.

Thanks for all your help, Cincinnatus. If you could take care of these two bills, we can go ahead with fixing up the Wiki.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #39 on: August 10, 2011, 09:41:37 PM »

I can do these bills easily. However, this still has to be tackled. It's a shorter page, so it shouldn't take me long, though I'm not sure if I'll work on it tonight.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #40 on: August 19, 2011, 09:34:09 PM »

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« Reply #41 on: August 19, 2011, 09:36:10 PM »

If I get the chance I will try to go through old threads so sponsors may be credited.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #42 on: August 21, 2011, 07:01:55 PM »

Not to step on the Chair's toes here, but should we start talking about how we want to organize things? Yes, we still need to review what's been compiled, but meanwhile we can start a discussion on how we want to best arrange our regions wiki.

Quote from: Napoleon on July 29, 2011, 12:20:03 AM

Commissioners,

I have proposed a new Constitution. Were this Constitution to be taken up by the Assembly and follow procedure to take effect, I'd like to know if you think it would be wise to include a section on keeping the legislative record in the Constitution. Feel free to post in the thread about it, or just post any comments or concerns regarding my proposal there

Thanks!

Senator Napoleon

Also, this should be considered during discussion.

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homelycooking
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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #43 on: August 21, 2011, 07:54:07 PM »

Yes, by all means. I am thinking: one page of links to passed legislation, one page of links to rejected legislation, one page for the Constitution, one page for proposed, rejected and passed constitutional amendments. Will any of those pages be too long?

I can start putting together some pages if necessary.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #44 on: August 21, 2011, 08:14:08 PM »

My biggest priority is to have one page with current law on it. If there's an amendment to an existing law, instead of adding that amendment into the "Law" page (or w/e be the name), I'd rather the existing law to be edited. This would be the easiest formula to guarantee citizens understand and can locate the proper text of legislation.

Proposed legislation, proposed constitutional amendments, repealed, ect, will take a while to do, but if we feel the need to include them, I'd be supportive of it. It's more work, so just weigh the time consumed V Value in the decision.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #45 on: August 21, 2011, 08:27:25 PM »

I'll start reading the forum and writing histories.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #46 on: August 23, 2011, 10:51:13 PM »

Back to the starting line. We need a replacement for homely (Napoleon *cough), and one for Simfan?

Either way we have to determine the new member(s) through the Assembly. Which is going to be slow until it gets a Speaker.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #47 on: August 24, 2011, 08:53:26 AM »

If there's anything you'd like me to do before I leave, I can do it for you.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #48 on: September 06, 2011, 11:19:58 AM »

Is there anyone that is available to take homely's place? It would be nice to continue this.

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Re: Northeast Wiki Reform Commission Thread

« Reply #49 on: September 08, 2011, 05:30:46 PM »

Quote from: Cincinnatus on September 06, 2011, 11:19:58 AM

Is there anyone that is available to take homely's place? It would be nice to continue this.

Ahem.. I'll repeat this call...

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