Southern Legislation Introduction Thread - 2019/2020

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

new year, new thread...

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

SOUTHERN CHAMBER 19.1 PROPOSED RULES PACKAGE. TO BE INTRODUCED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF A SPEAKER.

Rules and Procedure of the Southern Legislature - TITLE I

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Rationale: The Queue, mentioned in later sections, is never defined, leaving open a dangerous loophole - under the current rules, a Speaker desiring to be a partisan could arbitrarily define the Queue however they liked. Defining it here eliminates the loophole and keeps our tradition of a non-partisan speaker intact. Whenever possible, especially with the Speaker being non-partisan, more than a majority should be required to remove them, thus explaining the threshold change for any future seven member chamber with respect to for-cause firings. In accordance with what the Atlasian House has, I also added a motion to expel other members by a 2/3 vote. The Original Clause 7 is eliminated for being duplicitous. Clause 8 is substantially modified, the chamber at large has no place in mandating the exact format and timing for elections within a caucus, especially for positions that we do not have much need for nowadays, beyond a few common sense restrictions that I left in.

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Rationale: Since the Speaker's term ends upon the arrival of a Friday, there's no need to postpone the beginning of a Speaker Election to the next Monday. Also brought back the role of an Elected Deputy Speaker.

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Rationale: The Noticeboard thread has not been managed by the Governor in quite a while, so updated to reflect longstanding practices.

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Rationale: Simple Clarification that the Deputy Speaker can start threads as well, since this section isn't technically part of the powers of the Speaker as established earlier. Prevents the Speaker from arbitrarily reordering the queue. Clarifies that the Statute designation is also used if a veto is overridden.

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Rationale: Clause 2 is modified to clarify the nature of the regular slots and to specify that 2 slots are reserved for the governor, in accordance with the practices of last session. Also, since the Speaker is always the presiding officer, we don't need to say that multiple times, so fixed that up.

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Rationale: Section V is good as-is. Section VI is duplicitous and is thus removed - Amendments are covered within Section V.

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Rationale: Sections are renumbered. Our practice during at least the last 2 sessions has been 48-hour maximum votes and to close votes when all have voted, so modified the rules to reflect what we actually have been doing. The rest is good as-is.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Title II of the proposed rules begins here. It should be considered on a separate thread from that used for Title I (above post).

Rules and Procedure of the Southern Legislature - TITLE II - Budget Debate Rules

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-End of Rules Package-

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

- Re-filing as it does not seem we will address this during the lame-duck. -

Judicial and Prosecutorial Reform Amendment

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[alancia]

Southern Legislative Runoff Amendment

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I ask for this to be discussed once the new session begins.

[wxtransit]

Southern Legislative Runoff Amendment

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I ask for this to be discussed once the new session begins.

Hopefully I'm not interrupting you guys, but wouldn't this be the most amount of second prefs?

[alancia]

Southern Legislative Runoff Amendment

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I ask for this to be discussed once the new session begins.

Hopefully I'm not interrupting you guys, but wouldn't this be the most amount of second prefs?

Ah yes. Corrected it lol.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Name Change Amendment

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[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Resolution Condemning the Alaskan Independence Movement

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[tmthforu94]

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[TheSaint250]

Submitted by Mr. Reactionary:

Southern Occupational Licensing Reform Bill:

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[/quote]

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I am reappointing Wulfric as Deputy Speaker.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Resolution Condemning the Alaskan Independence Movement

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Was debating pushing this in part to prevent a repeat crisis, but given that it condemns the Presidential Ticket I've endorsed in part, I'm withdrawing it for now. It will be brought back before you can say "Transfiguration" if this crisis restarts though.

[alancia]

Submitted by Mr. Reactionary

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b. The Abortion Safety and Guidelines Act shall be amended as follows:

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SECTION III: TIMING

1. This bill shall take effect immediately.[/quote]

[TheSaint250]

Mr. Reactionary requested that I sponsor this:

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b. The Abortion Safety and Guidelines Act shall be amended as follows:

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SECTION III: TIMING

1. This bill shall take effect immediately.[/quote]

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Mr. Reactionary requested that I sponsor this:

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b. The Abortion Safety and Guidelines Act shall be amended as follows:

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SECTION III: TIMING

1. This bill shall take effect immediately.

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This is identical to the pending S.19.1-8 in all but name. The name change can be considered as an amendment to that, which I would support. As this re-introduction is duplicative and therefore frivolous, it will not be brought to the floor pursuant to Section V of the Rules.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Explanatory Statement: The first part of this is modeled after S. 2322 of the 115th Congress, which passed the US Senate. The US House adjourned before the bill could be properly taken up. The second part comes from proposals from Mr. Reactionary.

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[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Inspired by Mr. Reactionary and https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=293500.0

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[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

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[TheSaint250]

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[alancia]

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[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

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[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

With nothing left in the queue or on the floor, the Southern Chamber of Delegates stands in recess until further notice.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Fast Act Amendments Act of 2019

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[TheSaint250]

More Ban Bans Act

a. The Ban Ban Act shall be amended as follows:

SECTION I: BAN ON BANS

1. No State or locality in the Southern Region shall make or enforce any ban on the following activities:
a. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of plastic straws
b. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of plastic shopping bags
c. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of plastic water bottles
d. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of alcoholic confections by persons nineteen (19) years old or older
e. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of foie gras, provided all generally applicable animal welfare regulations are abided by
f. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of any fertilizer approved by the Atlasian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
g. Possession, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of any manufactured housing regardless of age provided the manufactured housing complies with the Uniform Building Code and any utility connection rules or skirting requirements mandated by the locality where the manufactured housing is situate.
h. Possession of a shopping cart in public
i. Display of yard signs smaller than 4 feet x 4 feet on one’s property outside of any public right-of-way or utility easement
j. Uranium mining in areas zoned agricultural or mining provided the mining operation abides by all federal regulations pertaining to uranium mining safety
k. Juveniles being in a public place during certain fixed times each night, except during a generally-applied curfew during a declared emergency
l. Trick-or-Treat activities by juveniles younger than nineteen (19) provided the juvenile does not otherwise trespass or commit any other crime
m. Operation of a facility permitting the wagering on on-site dog racing
n. Engaging in hypnotism of another person provided the person being hypnotized expressly consents in writing
o. Bars or restaurants allowing dogs other than service animals inside provided the presence of such animal does not otherwise result in health code violations
p. Possession, breeding, transportation, distribution, or sale of pit bulls or any other dog breed-specific ban, however nothing in this provision shall prohibit localities from requiring generally applicable dog registration, vaccination, tethering, or other regulations permitted under Southern law.
q. Infant circumcision
r. Selling Hand-rolled or bidi cigarettes provided all applicable taxes are paid
s. Selling raw oysters for human consumption subject to a disclaimer than uncooked seafood may be unsafe
t. Selling rare beef for human consumption subject to a disclaimer than undercooked beef may be unsafe
u. Manufacturing or selling transfats or food products containing transfats
v. Operating a McDonalds or other fast food franchise
w. Growing, selling, or possessing castor beans
x. Manufacturing, transporting, selling, or possessing absinthe, subject to all generally applicable regulations on alcohol
y. Manufacturing, transporting, selling, or possessing tannerite
z. Purchasing more than one (1) firearm at a time or within a fixed time period
aa. Playing Mumblety-peg in public or in private
bb. Racks or Boxes located in public for the distribution of literature
cc. Working as a computer repair technician without obtaining a private investigators occupational license
dd. Non-trespassing adults possessing open containers of alcohol while located on private property

2. This law shall take effect immediately.

Submitted by Mr. Reactionary