6th Pacific Legislation Introduction and Discussion Thread

[President Tyrion]

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Are we sure this exists? I can't find it on the wiki.

[PJ]

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Are we sure this exists? I can't find it on the wiki.

It's being typed as we speak.

[PJ]

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[PJ]

Pacific Council, this amendment is ready for your ratification.

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Xahar, I thought you liked the Federal government. Why haven't you opened this thread?

Also, the Pacific Lottery Act and the Regional Parks Act.

[President Tyrion]

Pacific Council, this amendment is ready for your ratification.

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Xahar, I thought you liked the Federal government. Why haven't you opened this thread?

Also, the Pacific Lottery Act and the Regional Parks Act.
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Plus the Speaker Term Act and the Cans and Bottles Act

[PJ]

Pacific Council, this amendment is ready for your ratification.

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Xahar, I thought you liked the Federal government. Why haven't you opened this thread?

Also, the Pacific Lottery Act and the Regional Parks Act.

Plus the Speaker Term Act and the Cans and Bottles Act
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Oh yeah I forgot to scroll up. XD

[Flake]

Trans Protection Act (Based on GAworth plan)

1. A minimum of one bathroom in all government and private buildings will be gender neutral.
2. If the completed government or private building did not have a bathroom before the enaction of this law, they do not require to install a bathroom.
3. Trans people will not be denied housing, employment, etc. based on them being trans.

[PJ]

GAworth Act

1. Any family with at least one child five years old or under shall be granted the option of taking one month per year off of work to spend time with their family.

2. If said person takes a full month off of work, their employer is required to pay them the same amount they received before they left work.

3. The said person's employer may not fire the person taking leave while they are on leave, or for any reason caused by said person being on leave.

[PJ]

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[President Tyrion]

GAworth Act

1. Any family with at least one child five years old or under shall be granted the option of taking one month per year off of work to spend time with their family.

2. If said person takes a full month off of work, their employer is required to pay them the same amount they received before they left work.

3. The said person's employer may not fire the person taking leave while they are on leave, or for any reason caused by said person being on leave.

Is this unpaid leave? A much more generous bill is currently being debated in the Senate.

[President Tyrion]

3. A final vote will not be held until called for by the sponsor of the bill. If the bill is a constitutional amendment, or otherwise lacks a sponsor, a majority of the council must call for a vote.

I'm not sure this would work. If the sponsor isn't advocating the bill, or desires to string out the process, it could just sit on the floor forever.

[President Tyrion]

Repeal of the Alcohol Freedom Act

The Alcohol Freedom Act is hereby repealed.

[President Tyrion]

The federal minimum age of 18 is fine. Having no drinking age is not a good idea.

[PJ]

3. A final vote will not be held until called for by the sponsor of the bill. If the bill is a constitutional amendment, or otherwise lacks a sponsor, a majority of the council must call for a vote.

I'm not sure this would work. If the sponsor isn't advocating the bill, or desires to string out the process, it could just sit on the floor forever.

Why would they want to delay their own bill?

[President Tyrion]

3. A final vote will not be held until called for by the sponsor of the bill. If the bill is a constitutional amendment, or otherwise lacks a sponsor, a majority of the council must call for a vote.

I'm not sure this would work. If the sponsor isn't advocating the bill, or desires to string out the process, it could just sit on the floor forever.

Why would they want to delay their own bill?

Perhaps inadvertently, if the sponsor is inactive

And the sponsor retains sponsorship even after losing a hostile amendment, so, in such a case, the sponsor could nuke the bill.

[President Tyrion]

Federal Region Proper Notification Resolution

The Pacific Government asks the Federal Government, in particular the Senate, to notify the Governor of the Pacific and the Speaker of the Pacific Council via private message when:

(1) money becomes available for the Pacific Region to use and/or legislate as a result of Federal legislation;

(2) new regulations directly affecting the Pacific Region in such a manner that a public announcement by a regional official would be necessitated; or

(3) a federal amendment is passed that requires a regional vote.

[PJ]

Seatown has been appointed as Speaker.

[PJ]

We Should Know You're Carrying A Gun Act

1. Law enforcement officials must pass a a gun competence test and a mental competence test to conceal their gun.
2. Law enforcement officials are only permitted to conceal guns when they are on the job.

3. No one who is not a law enforcement official is permitted to conceal their gun in public.

[President Tyrion]

Amendment to Another Fracking Ban

Another Fracking Ban is amended to read:

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[President Tyrion]

Currently Open Threads:

1. Pacific Regional Parks Act
2. Pacific Trans Protection Act
3. GAWorth Paid Leave Act
4. Pacific Lottery Act
5. High Speed Rail Initiative
6. Repeal of the Alcohol Freedom Act
7. Ratification of Ratification Amendment
8. Pacific Speaker Term Act
9. Discussion Time Act

Queued Legislation:

1. Federal Region Proper Notification Resolution
2. We Should Know You're Carrying a Gun Act
3. Amendment to Another Fracking Ban

[President Tyrion]

In the future, we should set an informal cap of 5 open threads at a time. 9 is too many.

[President Tyrion]

Pacific Hiring Incentives Act: Take Three Corollary
1. Any business with between 51 and 200 employees in total, inclusive, shall be eligible for a $4,000 regional tax credit for each new individual they hire, provided the term of employment exceeds one year.
2. The distribution of these tax credits shall be the responsibility of the Tax Authority of the Pacific Region, who shall also have the discretion to deny any application for the tax credits that the authority deems to be an abuse of this bill's intentions.
3. The effects of this legislation shall expire one year after passage.

[President Tyrion]

Tyrion's TNF Wage and Employment Reform Act

Section 1: Definitions and Clarifications

1. Overtime is split into 4 designations:
    a. First Level Overtime refers to the hours worked beyond the maximum allotted normal work hours in a week up to and including the 40th hour. The First Level Overtime designation does not apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
    b. Second Level Overtime refers to the hours worked beyond 40 hours in a week up to and including the 48th hour.
    c. Third Level Overtime refers to the hours worked beyond 48 hours in a week up to and including the 56th hour.
    d. Fourth Level Overtime refers to the hours worked beyond 56 hours in a week.
2. Every worked hour erroneously underpaid by an employee is a non-compliant hour (NCH).
3. The term "between" shall not be construed to neglect the endpoints of the relative frame.

Section 2: Companies with more than 500 employees

1. Third Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 2.5x the regular hourly wage.
2. Fourth Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 3.0x the regular hourly wage.

Section 3: Companies with between 50 and 499 employees

1. The normal hours of work within a week of full-time employment, before accruing overtime pay, may not exceed 32 hours.
2. Fourth Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 2.5x the regular hourly wage.

Section 4: Companies with less than 50 employees

1. The normal hours of work within a week of full-time employment, before accruing overtime pay, may not exceed 37.5 hours.
2. The normal hours of work within a week of full-time employment, before accruing overtime pay, may not exceed 36 hours, effective July 1, 2014.
3. First Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 1.25x the regular hourly wage.
4. Second Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 1.5x the regular hourly wage.
5. Third Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 1.75x the regular hourly wage.
6. Fourth Level Overtime pay is mandated to be 2.0x the regular hourly wage.

Section 5: Compliance with Section 2

1. Organizations with over 500 employees who fail to meet the stipulations in Section 2 must reimburse every affected employee with back pay within one month of the error being brought to the attention of the employer. After one month, the employer is legally indebted to the employee for that missed pay with an additional 10% per year interest rate.
2. Employers that exceed 2 NCH per employee in any calendar year must pay a fine of $30 per additional NCH above 2 NCH per employee to the Tax Authority of the Pacific Region, in addition to the back pay already owed to the employees.
3. Any employee found to be falsifying data or in any way infringing upon the right of another employee to receive proper overtime compensation may face a fine of up to 500% of the amount in question and/or up to 5 years in prison.

Section 6: Compliance with Section 3

1. Organizations with between 50 and 499 employees who fail to meet the stipulations in Section 3 must reimburse every affected employee with back pay within one month of the error being brought to the attention of the employer. After one month, the employer is legally indebted to the employee for that missed pay with an additional 7.5% per year interest rate.
2. Employers that exceed 3 NCH per employee in any calendar year must pay a fine of $25 per additional NCH above 3 NCH per employee to the Tax Authority of the Pacific Region, in addition to the back pay already owed to the employees.
3. Any employee found to be falsifying data or in any way infringing upon the right of another employee to receive proper overtime compensation may face a fine of up to 500% of the amount in question and/or up to 5 years in prison.

Section 7: Compliance with Section 4

1. Organizations with under 50 employees who fail to meet the stipulations in Section 4 must reimburse every affected employee with back pay within one month of the error being brought to the attention of the employer. After one month, the employer is legally indebted to the employee for that missed pay with an additional 5% per year interest rate.
2. Employers that exceed 5 NCH per employee in any calendar year must pay a fine of $15 per additional NCH above 5 NCH per employee to the Tax Authority of the Pacific Region, in addition to the back pay already owed to the employees.
3. Any employee found to be falsifying data or in any way infringing upon the right of another employee to receive proper overtime compensation may face a fine of up to 500% of the amount in question and/or up to 5 years in prison.

Section 8: The Minimum Wage

1. The Pacific regional minimum wage for persons under the age of 18 shall be become equivalent to the regional minimum wage paid to persons over the age of 18.
2. The Pacific regional minimum wage shall be raised to 102% of the federal minimum wage for the period from January 1, 2014 to July 1, 2014.
3. The Pacific regional minimum wage shall be raised to 104% of the federal minimum wage effective July 1, 2014, and shall remain 4% greater than the federal minimum wage until further legislative action, unless the federal minimum wage drops below the thresholds outlined in Section 8, Clause 4.
4. If the federal minimum wage is below the following thresholds on the given date:
   on July 1, 2014                                   $14.00
   on July 1, 2015                                   $15.00
   on July 1, 2016                                   $16.00
   on July 1, 2017                                   $17.00
   on July 1, 2018                                   $18.00
then the Pacific regional minimum wage shall follow this schedule:
   from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015    $14.56
   from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016    $15.60
   from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017    $16.64
   from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018    $17.68
   from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019    $18.72

Section 9: Implementation

This statute and clauses within shall become effective January 1st, 2014 unless stated otherwise.

[President Tyrion]

Fixing the Third Pacific Constitution Amendment

The Third Pacific Constitution is amended as such. No changes have been made to amend the spirit of the words in question. Some grammar has been altered, some clauses have been clarified, and some duplicate statements have been deleted.

Article 1, Section 1, Clause 5 is removed and the subsequent clauses in the section are re-numbered to reflect said change. Various other changes are made in the Section to benefit clarity.

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Article 5, Section 1, Clause 2 is amended to read:

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[PJ]

In the future, we should set an informal cap of 5 open threads at a time. 9 is too many.

If Seatown did his job, I wouldn't have to wait three days to open each thread and we wouldn't have this much buildup.