Southern Legislation Introduction Thread (3rd version)

[Mr. Reactionary]

 

Mind your own damn business act

Be it enacted:

1.) No locality in the Southern Region shall require any person who owns real property which they use as a non-commercial domicile, to obtain a permit in order to construct a fence, outdoor staircase or ramp, driveway, carport or garage, porch or deck, outhouse, chicken coop, Lean-to, animal pen, swimming pool, or firepit, upon that real property.

2.) No locality in the Southern Region shall require any person who owns real property to remove naturally deposited snow from adjacent public right of ways.

3.) No locality in the Southern Region shall limit the number of persons who may live in an individual dwelling on a parcel of land zoned for single-use residential housing.

4.) No locality in the Southern Region shall require a special use permit to engage in farming or agricultural activities, provided the activities occur in an area zoned for industrial use.

5.) No locality in the Southern Region shall prohibit junkyards from being located more than 350 feet from a road, nor shall any locality in the Southern Region require fencing around a junkyard which is located at least 500 feet from a road.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Rule of Reason in Sentencing Act

Thanks to dead0man for the idea

Be it enacted:

1.) In any criminal prosecution in the Southern Region, any vagueness in a criminal statute pertaining to the elements of the crime or the available punishments upon conviction, shall be construed in favor of the accused.

2.) Any person in the Southern Region who, as a minor, photographs or records their own naked body, shall not be prosecuted for the manufacture or possession of child pornography.

3.) A minor who photographs or records their own naked body, and then knowingly distributes or displays such photograph or recording to a person older than 17, shall be guilty of the crime of misdemeanor indecent exposure. However, no minor convicted under this subsection shall be required to register as a sexual offender upon conviction for misdemeanor indecent exposure.

4 ) This law shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Full Faith and Credit Commission Act

Be it enacted:

1.) A commission of 2 delegates from the Southern Chamber, to be selected by a vote of the Chamber, is hereby created. This Commission shall have the authority to contact the Regional chambers of Freemont and Lincoln, for the purpose of negotiating an inter-regional compact whose members shall extend full faith and credit to concealed carry permits issued by any member parties to the compact.

[Mr. Reactionary]

It's Better Than An Orphanage Act

Be it enacted:

1.) Any entity in the Southern Region which is licensed to assist in the conducting or referral of adoption related services, is hereby prohibited from refusing to consider an otherwise eligible married couple as potential parents for an adoption, based solely on the religion, race, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or any combination of these factors, of either member of the marriage.

2.) It is the position of the Southern Region that as long as they are good, loving parents, it is better for a child to have 2 dads rather than no dads, or 2 moms rather than no moms.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Public Duties Are Protected Act

Be it enacted:

1.) Any person employed in the Southern Region who is required by a writ or order issued by a judge in the Southern Region who has proper jurisdiction, to testify or present evidence in any court as a witness, or who is required to serve on any jury in the Southern Region, or who is a member of the National Guard or an authorized State Defense Force which has been ordered to active duty, is performing a public duty. No person in the Southern Region shall terminate the employment of another person merely for performing such a public duty.

2.) Any person whose employment is terminated merely for performing a public duty, shall have the right to sue for damages, or for reinstatement, backpay, or any other equitable remedy a judge may authorize.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Meat Act

Be it enacted:

1.) Unless a local game warden issues an emergency notice of suspension, any person in the Southern Region with a valid hunting license may take additional trophies over their allotted quota, provided the excess trophies are butchered and donated to a local charity which distributes meals to the poor or homebound.

2.) No locality in the Southern Region shall prohibit any person from raising 5 or fewer chickens or hens, or 12 or fewer rabbits within their domicile.

3.) Nothing in this act shall prohibit a State or locality from enforcing animal welfare violation or noise ordinances against a person who raises chickens, hens, or rabbits.

4.) No Regional, State, or local law enforcement officer in the Southern Region shall consider the mere possession of horse, dog, ostrich, emu, or alligator meat as evidence of any animal welfare violation.

5.) No State or locality in the Southern Region shall prohibit the mere collection of roadkill for the purpose of personal consumption.

[Mr. Reactionary]

A Little Child Labor Builds Character Act

Be it enacted:

1.) No person who merely hires a minor on a short-term contract for the performance of babysitting services, yard maintenance services, or general cleaning services shall be prosecuted for any prohibition on child labor.

2.) No licensed child care facility, organized camp, non-profit organization, religious institution, or school shall be prosecuted for any prohibition of child labor, merely for selling or auctioning arts or crafts made by children.

3.) This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Special Resolution

Be it enacted:

1.) The Southern Chamber shall conduct a poll of all registered voters in the Southern Region in order to determine popular support for renaming the Southern Region: Jefferson.