Pacific Legislature Official Thread

[Antonio the Sixth]

Both the Sustainable Pacifican Cities Bill (3-1) and the Oceania Incorporation Act (4-0) have passed.

x ArchangelZero

Winfield sent me a copy of the Vote Sanctity Act, and I would like to get the citizens' opinions on it.  Here is the text:

Vote Sanctity Act

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Do you guys think that a similar act would be good for the Pacific?

I don't understand the point of this bill. I think 20 minutes is a fair delay for allowing vote change. Some people may vote too precipitously and thus have to rectify their votes : it happened to me a few times. I don't see why this would be made illegal.

Also, I back Bgwah's proposal.

[Junkie]

What about six weeks? That's what the federal government uses for the at-large seats, and I'm a fan of consistency.

That seems good. It makes sense to be consistent.

Also, I am with Antonio on the voter act, this is not something we need to mess with

[bgwah]

Here is my updated verison:

Senate Vacancy Bill
1) Should there be a vacancy for any federal Senate seat delegated to the Pacific Region, there shall be a special election held the following weekend during standard election hours. There must be a minimum of 72 hours to allow candidate declarations, and the election shall be moved back one week if necessary.
2) If there are less than six weeks of the term left at the time of vacancy, then the Governor shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term.

What do you guys think?? (I'm thinking this doesn't need to be a constitutional amendment... but I wouldn't mind a 2nd opinion on it)

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's fine with me.

[bgwah]

Alright I'm officially introducing this then. Please sign! 

Senate Vacancy Bill
1) Should there be a vacancy for any federal Senate seat delegated to the Pacific Region, there shall be a special election held the following weekend during standard election hours. There must be a minimum of 72 hours to allow candidate declarations, and the election shall be moved back one week if necessary.
2) If there are less than six weeks of the term left at the time of vacancy, then the Governor shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term.

What do you guys think?? (I'm thinking this doesn't need to be a constitutional amendment... but I wouldn't mind a 2nd opinion on it)


x bgwah

[Antonio the Sixth]

Alright I'm officially introducing this then. Please sign! 

Senate Vacancy Bill
1) Should there be a vacancy for any federal Senate seat delegated to the Pacific Region, there shall be a special election held the following weekend during standard election hours. There must be a minimum of 72 hours to allow candidate declarations, and the election shall be moved back one week if necessary.
2) If there are less than six weeks of the term left at the time of vacancy, then the Governor shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term.

What do you guys think?? (I'm thinking this doesn't need to be a constitutional amendment... but I wouldn't mind a 2nd opinion on it)


x bgwah

X Antonio V

[Junkie]

Alright I'm officially introducing this then. Please sign! 

Senate Vacancy Bill
1) Should there be a vacancy for any federal Senate seat delegated to the Pacific Region, there shall be a special election held the following weekend during standard election hours. There must be a minimum of 72 hours to allow candidate declarations, and the election shall be moved back one week if necessary.
2) If there are less than six weeks of the term left at the time of vacancy, then the Governor shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term.

What do you guys think?? (I'm thinking this doesn't need to be a constitutional amendment... but I wouldn't mind a 2nd opinion on it)


x bgwah

x Junkie

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Alright I'm officially introducing this then. Please sign!  

Senate Vacancy Bill
1) Should there be a vacancy for any federal Senate seat delegated to the Pacific Region, there shall be a special election held the following weekend during standard election hours. There must be a minimum of 72 hours to allow candidate declarations, and the election shall be moved back one week if necessary.
2) If there are less than six weeks of the term left at the time of vacancy, then the Governor shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term.

What do you guys think?? (I'm thinking this doesn't need to be a constitutional amendment... but I wouldn't mind a 2nd opinion on it)


x bgwah

x Junkie

xArchangelZero

I think it is time for a vote.  Voting is open for one week.

[bgwah]

Senate Vacancy Bill: Aye

[Antonio the Sixth]

Senate Vacancy Bill: Aye

[Ebowed]

Senate Vacancy Bill: aye

[Junkie]

Senate Vacancy Bill: Aye

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

The Senate Vacancy Vote has passed 4-0.

x ArchangelZero

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Governor, when will you post the amendment for voting?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

WE, Kalwejt I

By the Grace of God Apostolic King of Jerusalem, Emperor of Alabama, Grand Duke of Panhandle, Hereditary Sheriff of Beechum County

Custodian of two Holy Baptist Megachurches, Field Marshal of the Imperial Army, Grand Admiral of the Imperial Navy, Marshal of the Imperial Air Forces, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fire Department, Grand Master of the Order of Rising Cotton, etc. etc...


We do hereby declare was against the evil communist region of Pacific.


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[Antonio the Sixth]

We do hereby declare was against the evil communist region of Pacific.

Cool.

If Your Excellence were nice enough to explain to us stupid commies what the hell this sentence means, it'd be very generous from Him.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

We do hereby declare was against the evil communist region of Pacific.

Cool.

If Your Excellence were nice enough to explain to us stupid commies what the hell this sentence means, it'd be very generous from Him.

I wanted to say "war" but now forget about it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

We do hereby declare was against the evil communist region of Pacific.

Cool.

If Your Excellence were nice enough to explain to us stupid commies what the hell this sentence means, it'd be very generous from Him.

I wanted to say "war" but now forget about it.

I know. But it's far more funny to pretend misunderstanding.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Governor, when will you post the amendment for voting?

I'd like it noted that this refers to the past amendment, not the current one, and that no serious business has been posted in the interim. By Bgwah's own standard, I'm the most active person in the entire region.

[Ebowed]

There is a possibility that the Atlasian people will ratify an amendment legalizing conscription:

The right to conscript citizens at least eighteen years of age shall be reserved to the various regions in times of direct attack on Atlasian soil by legitimate foreign governments so long as they allow exemptions for conscientious objectors, the infirm or otherwise disabled, those already enrolled in a higher education institution at the time conscription begins, or heads of single parent households.

In the event that this monstrosity is codified, we must immediately prohibit such servitude within the Pacific.

[Jackson]

Yes, we must.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I have some proposals for bills I will be bringing forward.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

The 90% Tax Act.
1. This act reaffirms the right of the region to set it's own taxes at whatever levels it feels best for it's own taxpayers.

2. No form of taxation, be it income, corporate, or sales, can add to, when federal taxes are considered, over 90%. Federal numbers are taken as base numbers with Regional numbers added to this. In the event that regional taxes would push this number over 90%, the regional tax is then capped so that the new total of regional and federal taxes totals 90%.

3. The Governor may propose a referendum for repeal of this act if he or she has sufficient reason to believe the Federal government is taking advantage of this act to, in some way, harm the Pacific region.

This will fix the problem noted some time ago where our Regional and Federal income tax rates for the top bracket total over 100%



The Tax Exemption Reform Act
1. Total regional tax exemptions, including various reduced rates, on personal income taxes, may not total over $100,000. Should exemptions total more than that amount, the lesser of that amount and $100,000 shall be the total exemption.

2. If the taxpayer is claiming an income of over $1,000,000 then any income over that amount, regardless of source, is taxed at the highest rate for regular income. Lottery, Casino, or Gambling income is exempted from this portion.

This will fix the problem of people like Warren Buffett, for example, paying less in tax than middle class people



The Elections Crisis Act
1. In the event of a crisis in the region that results in vacancies in the Legislature, Governor, Lt.Governor, Judicial officer, or any other officer that, or their incapacitation or otherwise inability to carry out their duties, thus results in nobody being otherwise legally able to administer and/or certify an election, and, a general election is scheduled to take place within the next week, the "Elections Crisis Act" is activated.

2. This act allows for others to be given the temporary power to administer and/or certify an election to replace those vacant offices as needed. These persons are listed in section 3 of this act, and the list shall be followed in order, first to last.

3.
A- SoFE
B- Regional Senator
C- Any other Senators from the region in the Senate, starting with the member who received the most ballots on the first ballot of the election that placed him or her in the Senate.
D- Any person nominated by the Legislature within 72 hours of the activation of the act; with the time to vote yea or nay on that single person not included, so long as the time set aside to vote does not extend past 96 hours.
E- The President, or anyone else authorized by the President to act on his or her behalf.

This will ensure a problem like those faced in the NE will never, ever, happen here



The Debt Tax Donation Act
1. A section shall be added to all regional personal income tax forms that would allow taxpayers to donate a portion of their tax refund to the region to help pay off the regional debt. An additional line of text with a check box will allow taxpayers to donate as to round down to the nearest $10.00. Upon the elimination of the regional debt, this shall be removed from tax forms. A donation is not required and a taxpayer may leave this blank, and thus donate nothing.

This is on Ontario tax forms, and I donated to round to the nearest $10.00 so why not?

[Sbane]

The 90% Tax Act.
1. This act reaffirms the right of the region to set it's own taxes at whatever levels it feels best for it's own taxpayers.

2. No form of taxation, be it income, corporate, or sales, can add to, when federal taxes are considered, over 90%. Federal numbers are taken as base numbers with Regional numbers added to this. In the event that regional taxes would push this number over 90%, the regional tax is then capped so that the new total of regional and federal taxes totals 90%.

3. The Governor may propose a referendum for repeal of this act if he or she has sufficient reason to believe the Federal government is taking advantage of this act to, in some way, harm the Pacific region.

This will fix the problem noted some time ago where our Regional and Federal income tax rates for the top bracket total over 100%



The Tax Exemption Reform Act
1. Total regional tax exemptions, including various reduced rates, on personal income taxes, may not total over $100,000. Should exemptions total more than that amount, the lesser of that amount and $100,000 shall be the total exemption.

2. If the taxpayer is claiming an income of over $1,000,000 then any income over that amount, regardless of source, is taxed at the highest rate for regular income. Lottery, Casino, or Gambling income is exempted from this portion.

This will fix the problem of people like Warren Buffett, for example, paying less in tax than middle class people



The Elections Crisis Act
1. In the event of a crisis in the region that results in vacancies in the Legislature, Governor, Lt.Governor, Judicial officer, or any other officer that, or their incapacitation or otherwise inability to carry out their duties, thus results in nobody being otherwise legally able to administer and/or certify an election, and, a general election is scheduled to take place within the next week, the "Elections Crisis Act" is activated.

2. This act allows for others to be given the temporary power to administer and/or certify an election to replace those vacant offices as needed. These persons are listed in section 3 of this act, and the list shall be followed in order, first to last.

3.
A- SoFE
B- Regional Senator
C- Any other Senators from the region in the Senate, starting with the member who received the most ballots on the first ballot of the election that placed him or her in the Senate.
D- Any person nominated by the Legislature within 72 hours of the activation of the act; with the time to vote yea or nay on that single person not included, so long as the time set aside to vote does not extend past 96 hours.
E- The President, or anyone else authorized by the President to act on his or her behalf.

This will ensure a problem like those faced in the NE will never, ever, happen here

X sbane

Enthusiastically support the 90% tax act.

[Jackson]

x Jackson

I see no problem with this sensible legislation. Support.