NE1: Aerospace Commission Act of 2012

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Aerospace Commission Act of 2012

- create a 5-member board, appointed by the NE governor and subject to confirmation by the NE legislature
- eliminate sales and property taxes on any aerospace corporation based in the NE
- give incentive in the form of tax credits and grants to any corporation achieving certain goals established by the board within a certain amount of time, (ex. Launching a solar-sail powered spacecraft by 2015, landing on Mars by 2026, creating an ultra lightweight solar panel which can be used to power a solar sail, etc), all of which must be approved by a majority of the legislature and the governor

Sponsor: Jerseyrules

Jersey, you have 24 hours to advocate for this bill. Debate time will last for 72 hours total.

[Jerseyrules]

My main argument in favor of this bill, is that the federal government is much too busy to micromanage on everything.  This would create a partnership between the federal and regional government to help ease the burden on NASA, and potentially speed up certain projects.  Also, I haven't noticed many bills on space programs put forth by federal lawmakers, and this is also an experiment to see if this could work at the federal level.

[Goldwater]

Would the 5-member board be 5 real members of the forum?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Would the 5-member board be 5 real members of the forum?

These sorts of things usually aren't.

[Goldwater]

Would the 5-member board be 5 real members of the forum?

These sorts of things usually aren't.

I didn't think so, but I wanted to make sure since it mentions appointments by the Governor & approval by the approval by the assembly.

[Jerseyrules]

I could ask around in case anyone's interested?

[Goldwater]

I could ask around in case anyone's interested?

I doubt we could find 5 people willing to do it.

[Cincinnatus]

I echo the Governors statement.  Why are we proposing regional tax credits for such things that fall under Federal responsibility?  Now, I wholeheartedly agree that offering tax credits to corporations who can bring higher paying, and higher tech jobs to the region is a worthwhile investment.  I simply question the motives of this text as it is not this regions function to achieve the set goals within it. 

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Could this cause potential conflict between the Northeast and other regions?  It seems this would almost give us an unfair advantage in determining how NASA runs.  I really don't believe it's necessary for regional governments to manage something that's ultimately the job of the Federal government.

Also, this bill is very poorly written.  I know this isn't English class, but that's just my opinion.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Speaker Jones, unless Jerseyrules tables this first, I suggest that you call a vote on this bill. It's clear that it's going nowhere.

I'm sorry, Nix, I'm afraid I can't do that. We're bound to debate this for 36 hours minimum, but I'll call a vote when the time allows.

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY SOAP.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I'm abridging debate time to now.

Representatives will now vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain on the final text. Voting will last for 24 hours or until all members have voted.

Aerospace Commission Act of 2012

- create a 5-member board, appointed by the NE governor and subject to confirmation by the NE legislature
- eliminate sales and property taxes on any aerospace corporation based in the NE
- give incentive in the form of tax credits and grants to any corporation achieving certain goals established by the board within a certain amount of time, (ex. Launching a solar-sail powered spacecraft by 2015, landing on Mars by 2026, creating an ultra lightweight solar panel which can be used to power a solar sail, etc), all of which must be approved by a majority of the legislature and the governor

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Nay

[bore]

Nay

[Jerseyrules]

Aye.

[Goldwater]

AYE

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

All members have voted, and the vote is tied at 2-2. Representatives have 24 hours to change their votes, or we'll have to send this to the people. Or we could just bureaucratically delay it and wait until someone fills Funk's seat.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I change my vote to Abstain. The bill passes with 2 ayes, 1 nay, and 1 abstention.