Commonwealth of Fremont • 10th Parliament

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Aye.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Also, as part of this, we do need to informally give someone the job of PMing all members once a vote is opened.
I'll take the role at current given I'm already doing it, but in future it does need to be ensured this role is continued to be filled, to make sure our less active members do have the opportunity to vote.

[Don Vito Corleone]

1) Votes on legislation shall last for seventy-two (72) forty-eight (48) hours, or until the whole membership has voted, whichever comes first.

2) Only votes cast within the exact 72 48 hours after the Speaker has opened the vote shall be valid. Any votes cast after the 72 48 hours has expired are to be considered invalid, and may not be counted by the Speaker.

Aye

[Sherrod Brown Shill]

Aye

[AustralianSwingVoter]

A RESOLUTION

Calling for the expungement of the word "meme".

Whereas, the word "meme" has entered the English language.
Whereas, this word is a truly ghastly addition to the English lexicon.
Resolved, that this Parliament calls for the total and unreserved expungement of the word "meme" from both the English language and lexicon.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

The amendment to the Standing Orders has been adopted by a 5-0-0-2 Aye vote.

1) Votes on legislation shall last for forty-eight (48) hours, or until the whole membership has voted, whichever comes first.

2) Only votes cast within the exact 48 hours after the Speaker has opened the vote shall be valid. Any votes cast after the 48 hours has expired are to be considered invalid, and may not be counted by the Speaker.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

A RESOLUTION
to sustain the autonomy of regional elections against federal overreach

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia secures to the Regions, and to they alone, the right to regulate all their elections, including the election of their representatives to the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia; and

WHEREAS, that right necessarily includes the power, unmitigated by federal intrusion, of prescribing the manner and time for conducting their elections, and the electorate by which their several officers and representatives may be chosen; and

WHEREAS, any federal provision, or amendment, prescribing the manner in which elections for a regional office, or an office elected by the regions, may or must be carried out, is therefore a rescission of the rights granted the Regions and a violation of the autonomy of their elections; and

WHEREAS, the Senate may not be truly said to represent the Regions, but if its members are chosen by them, according to their own rules and methods;

RESOLVED, THEREFORE, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Frémont condemns the Recall of Senators Amendment proposed in the Senate and calls on the Senators for Frémont to oppose its ratification by the Congress.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

AN ACT
to eliminate excessive and frequent elections, be it enacted by parliament assembled

Section I: Title

1. The long title of this Act shall be, the "Fremont Rapid Election Prevention Act of 2019." It may be cited as the "Rapid Election Prevention Act," the “Rapid Election Act,” or abbreviated as the "FREPA" or the “REPA.”

Section II: Definitions

1. A “regionwide election” is an election that Fremont’s citizens can participate in, but not citizens outside of Fremont.
2. A “fortnight” is equivalent to 168 (one hundred and sixty-eight) hours.

Section III: Text

1. No regionwide election in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall start within a fortnight hours of the previous regionwide election.
2. No regionwide election shall end any less than a fortnight before the start of a scheduled regionwide election.

Section IV: Enactment Clause

1. This Act shall take effect immediately after passing the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Fremont.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

This bill is problematic in two ways. Firstly, it would need to be a constitutional amendment. Secondly, we already have this. Any vacancy within 2 weeks of the general doesn't go to a special, and instead the vacancy is appointed for the remainder.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

AN ACT
To formally delegate to the First Minister the responsibility of reporting the status of current and former officeholders to forum administrators

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fremont Officeholders Act.

Section 2: Reporting current and former officeholders to Atlas Forum administrators

For the assignment of Fremont government officials to the Atlasia Politicians list, the First Minister shall be formally responsible for reporting new, incoming (per the result of a regional election), current, and departing officeholders of the Commonwealth of Fremont to an Atlas Forum administrator.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

AN ACT
To provide a tax credit for teachers' classroom supplies

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Teacher's Tax Credit Act.

Section 2: Tax credit for classroom school supplies

1.) Each taxable year, an individual employed as a teacher is entitled to a credit against the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability for amounts expened during the taxable year for classroom supplies.  The amount of the credit is the lesser of:

(1) five hundred dollars ($500); or
(2) the total anount expended for classroom supplies during a taxable year.

2.) The credit provided by this section may not exceed the amount of the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability for the taxable year, reduced by the sum of all credits for the taxable year that are applied before the application of the credit provided by this section.  The amount of any unused credit under this section for a taxable year may be carried forward to a succeeding taxable year, but may not be carried back to a preceding taxable year or refunded.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

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AN ACT
To prohibit medical price gouging and to increase cost transparency for health care providers

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Medical Price Transparency Act.

Section 2: Establishment of Commonwealth Insurance Commissioner

1. The First Minister shall be tasked with appointing a Commonwealth Insurance Commissioner (NPC), who shall be responsible for overseeing expenses of all medical services and procedures provided in Fremont, and for reporting cost information to AtlasCare and to the Fremontian Health Exchange.

Section 3: Medical price transparency

1. Any licensed healthcare provider in the Commonwealth of Fremont shall be required to annually report the minimum, maximum, and average costs of all procedures for which they bill to the Regional Insurance Commissioner.  The Commissioner shall publish these rates on an online price database.

2. All licensed insurers must file the maximum price at which they reimburse for medical expenses with the Regional Insurance Commissioner annually. The Commissioner shall publish these rates on an online Maximum Price Portal Database.

3. State Attorneys General Offices shall be empowered to investigate healthcare provider billing practices within their borders.  They shall be entitled to keep a portion of any improprieties found.  Fraudulent providers shall be fined or have their license to practice suspended.

4. It shall be unlawful for a licensed insurer to increase a subscriber's premiums by more than 20% per year. Any annual increase over 12% must be actuarially justified to the Commonwealth Insurance Commissioner.