1st Lincoln Council Noticeboard

[lfromnj]

The set up of the Lincoln Noticeboard
Please provide all feedback here

Previous Council Noticeboard (Or to be specific in this scenario the 15th and final assembly)


Passed Legislation
L 1.1 The DKrol Ministry Confidence Act

L 1.2 The Speaker Election Act

L 1.3 The SOAP Act

L 1.5 The Lincoln Residency for Ministers Act

L 1.4The Chancellor Questions Act

L 1.7 The Some Things We Missed Amendment(Goes to referendrum)

LC 1.6 The Pet Vendor Act

Rail Investment Act 1.14

Pharmaceutical Price Transparency Act

LC 1.11 LGBT protection act

 LC 1.13 Lincoln Smart Energy Act

LC 1.16 Right to Work Repeal Act
Rejected Legislation:
Lincoln Carbon Act of 2019

Tabled Legislation:
Legislation being up for debate/vote
Government Slot 1:LC 1.15 Safe Injection Act



Government Slot 2

Government Slot 3:

Government Slot 4:

Government Slot 5:

Opposition Slot 1:
Opposition Slot 2:


Legislation Proposed but not in a slot.

The Legislation Introduction Thread

[lfromnj]

Can anyone tell me who updates the Lincoln Code?

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Can anyone tell me who updates the Lincoln Code?

Whoever is appointed as the Lincoln Minister for Internal Affairs.

[lfromnj]

Attention all news bills will now have the LC designation rather than the L designation to prevent any confusion.

[lfromnj]

Comprehensive Constitutional Amendment

To amend the Constitution with respect to the Philadelphia Plan

Section 1. Amendment
The following text shall be amended to the Lincoln Constitution to replace Articles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI in their entirety:

Article I. The Legislative Power
1. All legislative powers granted herein shall be vested in the Council of Lincoln.
2. The Council shall be composed of a number of members of the council (MCs), also known as councilors, elected by the entire body of eligible voters. No person shall be a councilor who is not a registered voter of Lincoln.
3. In all elections for the Council, the number of councilors to be elected shall be determined according to the number of declared candidates contesting the election: either four councilors shall be elected or one minus the total number of candidates on the ballot, whichever is greater.
4. The Council shall have the power to determine its own methods of proceedings, to elect its Speaker and other officers, and to judge the qualifications of its members. No councilor shall serve simultaneously as Speaker and as Chancellor.
5. No Regional officer shall be refused the right to introduce legislation in the Council, nor shall any rule be made disbarring a group of two or more citizens from exercising the same privilege.
6. Every bill passed by the Council, before it becomes law, shall first be sent to the governor. If he approves of it, he should sign it and it will become law; but if he disapproves he may refer the bill to a general referendum. The Council may override the reference of the governor by a four-fifths vote. If the governor fails to take any action on a bill within 120 hours of its passage, it shall become law.
7. The Council may, by a four fifths vote of its members, remove the governor of crimes or gross negligence; and they so removed shall be ineligible to any office under this Region for a period not exceeding eighteen months.
8. Whenever a vacancy should occur in the composition of the Council, a new councilor shall be chosen by means of a by-election to fill the vacated seat. A seat on the council shall be considered vacated upon the resignation, recall, impeachment of the previous occupant; failure of the elected councilor to swear in within one week of the opening of the legislative session; failure of the councilor to vote on four consecutive pieces of legislation without publicly declaring absence; or absence of the councilor from debate for a period of thirty consecutive days, or seven hundred twenty consecutive hours.
9. In the event of a tie in a vote of the Council, the governor shall have the power to break the tie.
10. The Council, on the first day after the governor’s appointment of a chancellor, the Speaker or any member of the Council shall introduce a motion, “that this Council has confidence in His (or Her) Excellency’s government”. A simple majority of councilors voting Aye or Nay shall be sufficient to establish confidence. If the new government should fail to gain the confidence of the Council, the appointed chancellor shall be dismissed and the governor shall advance the appointment of a new chancellor whom he shall submit to the judgement of the Council.
11. While no chancellor holds office who shall have earned the confidence of the Council, the Council may not conduct any business beyond conducting votes on confidence or on emergency resolutions, as described in Section 13 of this Article.
12. The Council shall have the power to declare no confidence in the chancellor’s government. A motion of no confidence shall require a sufficient second to be voted on by the Council, and if this is achieved, a simple majority of councilors voting Aye or Nay is sufficient to declare non-confidence in the government. If a loss of confidence occurs in the government, the governor must call a snap election or appoint a new candidate for chancellor.
13. Legislation shall fall into three categories in the Council once proposed in the Legislation Proposal Thread: government legislation, opposition legislation, and emergency legislation. Government legislation, which is proposed by councilors in the Chancellor’s government, shall have no less than three more slots than opposition legislation, which is proposed by any councilor not in government. The ratio of government to opposition slots shall be determined by the Standing Orders of Council Procedure. Emergency legislation, which must receive a sufficient second and third in the Proposal Thread by councilors other than the proposer, and must be sanctioned as necessary of emergency action by either the Chancellor or the Governor, shall not be confined by any slot as described above. An emergency designation may be denied by three-fifths of the Council voting to deny the designation.
14. There shall be Chancellor’s Questions once weekly, which shall proceed on Wednesdays, unless the Council shall by law appoint a different day, where the Chancellor will answer questions concerning government action and policy from members of the Council and the citizens of Lincoln, presided over by the Speaker of the Council and held in a thread in the Fantasy Elections thread.
15. Early elections for the Council may be called by the governor as long as the snap election does not occur less than a month before a regular election if he determines that no government can be formed, following the failure of a confidence vote at the beginning of a new parliamentary term or the failure of any councilor to produce a government as described in Section 6 of Article II or following a successful vote of non-confidence in the government and failure of the successive confidence vote to produce a government. In addition, the Governor may call a snap election at the request of the Chancellor, be it that the snap election does not occur less than a month before or after a regularly scheduled election.
16. The Council shall be dissolved a week before general and snap elections to provide for the election campaign period.

Article II. The Executive Power
1. The executive power shall be divided between the Governor of Lincoln and the Chancellor of Lincoln, with the governor having the powers of the head of state and the chancellor the powers of the head of government.
2. The governor shall be elected by the entire body of eligible voters. No person shall be governor who is not a registered voter of Lincoln, nor who has been a citizen thereof for fewer than 730 hours.
3. The governor shall have the power to carry out all acts in association with his role as the head of state of the Region; to command the militia in times of war; to issue pardons and reprieves for crimes committed under the laws of this Region, which shall be permanent upon their issuance, though he shall have no power to pardon himself; to appoint, in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, the Associate Justice for this Region; and to approve, or send to referendum, all acts passed by the Council.
4. The governor shall appoint a chancellor who he believes will have the confidence of the Council whenever a vacancy opens in the chancellorship by way of resignation, death, or whenever the Council shall pass a motion of no confidence in the government. Additionally, he shall appoint a chancellor who he believes will have the confidence of the Council following a general election.
5. The chancellor, who must be a member of the Council, shall have the power to carry out all acts in association with his role as the head of government of the Region; to lead the government, so long as he commands the confidence of the Council; and to administer the functions of the head of state as acting governor upon the death, impeachment, recall, or resignation of the governor, or whenever he should otherwise become unable to execute the duties of his office. The chancellor shall not forfeit his office upon ascending to the position of acting governor; but should the chancellor be elected governor in an ensuing by-election, he shall forfeit his offices in the Council, including the chancellery.
6. After the Council has been elected, the outgoing chancellor shall have the first right to form a government and seek appointment from the governor to reach a confidence vote. However, if the incumbent chancellor is not a sitting member of the new Council, the Council may suggest an alternative candidate for chancellor to the governor who it believes holds the confidence of the Council. If the governor has determined that a government cannot be formed, writs of election may be issued.
7. The chancellor shall lead a Cabinet that may be comprised of a Minister of Internal Affairs, a Minister of Justice, and a Minister of Elections appointed by the chancellor. The Minister of Internal Affairs shall be tasked with overseeing bill implementation and updating the wiki statute; the Minister of Justice shall be tasked as the principal legal officer of Lincoln and shall give legal advice to the government; and the Minister of Regional Elections shall be tasked with overseeing all election administration and queries. The chancellor shall have the power to create additional executive offices with the approval of two thirds of the Council. Members of the cabinet shall serve at the pleasure of the chancellor, and may be impeached and removed from office by a vote of two-thirds of the Council. It is encouraged that the ministers of the Cabinet be chosen from among the body of incumbent councilors, yet this shall not preclude the appointment of private citizens not presently councilors.

Article III. The People
1. The people of the Region of Lincoln may initiate the recall of any officer of this Region, except the Associate Justice of the Circuit Court, or the chancellor or ministers of the Cabinet from that office—though they may still be recalled in their capacities as councilors—, by delivering to the Minister of Regional Elections a petition stating the reason for recall and signed by one tenth of the total population of the Region. The Minister of Regional Elections shall then open the voting booth, according to the rules and regulations for elections set forth in this Constitution; but if the officer to be recalled is the Minister of Regional Elections in their capacity as a councilor, then the Speaker of the Council shall open the voting booth. The ballot question shall be, “Shall [A.B.] be recalled from the office of [name of the office held]?” A vote of “YES” shall be considered a vote for recall; a vote of “NO” shall be considered a vote against recall. Abstentions will not affect the results. Recalled officers shall forfeit their offices immediately.
2. Whenever the Council shall be equally divided over any bill, order, or resolution, the Governor may choose to refer the issue to the people. Accordingly, the Minister of Regional Elections shall call a referendum on the proposal, with the ballot question “Shall [name of bill, followed by text] be made law?” A vote of “YES” shall be considered a vote for passage; a vote of “NO” shall be considered a vote against passage. Abstentions will not affect the results. Referred legislation shall immediately become law upon its passage by the people.

Article IV. The Senate
1. Elections for the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia shall be conducted at regular intervals, in the months prescribed by the Constitution thereof.
2. Senators shall be elected by a direct vote of the people, and no person eligible to vote in elections for governor and Council shall be denied the right to vote for Senator.
3. Should a vacancy occur in the representation of this Region in the Senate, the governor shall appoint an Acting Senator to serve until a replacement may be elected. Special elections for the Senate shall begin on the Friday following the creation of the vacancy; but if the vacancy shall occur on a Thursday, the special election shall begin on the second Friday following the creation of the vacancy.
4. Senators who are elected in a regularly scheduled election shall take office on the first day of the next session of Congress. Senators elected in a special election shall take office immediately upon election.

Article V. Elections
1. The right to vote in all elections and referendums called according to the provisions of this Constitution shall be exclusive to those persons being eligible to vote in elections for President of the Republic of Atlasia who have been registered to vote in one of the states of this Region for a period of at least seven (7) days prior to the commencement of the election.
2. Voters shall be permitted to edit their ballots until 20 minutes after posting them in the voting booth. No voter shall edit their ballot after the official end of the voting period.
3. All elections and referendums of this Region shall be administered by the Minister of Regional Elections. Whenever the Minister of Regional Elections is unable to execute this duty, the Speaker of the Council shall administer the election.
4. Regular elections for governor shall be held in the months of March, July, and November. Elections for Council shall be held in the months of January, April, July, and October.
5. The manner for electing the governor shall be as follows, using a two-round voting system: a general ballot of all declared candidates shall begin at 12:00:00 am on the penultimate Friday of the given month and conclude seventy-two hours thereafter. Voters shall mark their ballot for a single candidate only. In the event one candidate should receive a majority of all the votes cast, inclusive of blank or spoilt ballots, that candidate shall be elected governor. Should no majority exist, the recipients of the largest and next-largest shares of the votes cast shall advance to a second ballot to be held beginning at 12:00:00 am on the final Friday of the given month and to conclude seventy-hours thereafter. No more than two candidates shall advance to the second ballot, and none save these shall be eligible to receive votes. Should the number of candidates qualified to advance be greater than two as the result of a tie, the Council shall nominate two candidates to advance to the second ballot, unless a sufficient number should earlier concede. A majority of valid votes on the second ballot shall be sufficient to elect the governor; in the event of a tie, the governor shall be elected by a vote of the Council. Special elections for governor shall be by Instant Runoff Voting.
6. Candidates for governor, Council, and federal Senate must declare their candidacy in the appropriate thread by 12:00:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time, on the Wednesday preceding the election in order to appear on the ballot.
7. Except in December, all elections for governor, Council, and federal Senate shall begin on the penultimate Friday of the given month. In December, all elections shall begin on the second Friday of the month. All special elections for governor and by-elections for Council shall begin on the second Friday following the creation of the vacancy to be filled; but if the vacancy shall occur on a Thursday, the special election shall begin on the third Friday following the creation of the vacancy. The appropriate election administrator shall open the voting booth at 12:00:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time. Voting shall continue for 72 hours, and no vote cast more than 72 hours after the voting booth was opened shall be considered valid. The election administrator must accept any absentee ballots cast no more than 168 hours prior to the commencement of the election.
8. Following the expiration of the voting period, the election administrator shall have 24 hours to produce a tally of the votes cast and to announce the persons elected.
9. All elections shall be by single transferable vote, unless otherwise specified by law or elsewhere in this Constitution.
10. The terms of the elected governor and councilors shall begin at 12:00:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on the Tuesday following their election. Prior to assuming office, all officers shall swear the following oath: “I, [A.B.], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of [state office name] and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitutions of the Lincoln Region and the Republic of Atlasia.” Appointment of the chancellor by the governor may not be made before this time.
11. All referendums on referred legislation, proposed amendments to this Constitution, and proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia shall begin on the first Friday following their passage by the appropriate body; but if the passage shall occur on a Thursday, the referendum shall begin on the second Friday following passage. All recall elections shall begin on the first Friday following the receipt of the valid petition for recall; but if the petition is received on a Thursday, the recall election shall begin on the second Friday following receipt. The appropriate election administrator shall open the voting booth at 12:00:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time. Voting shall continue for 72 hours, and no vote cast more than 72 hours after the voting booth was opened shall be considered valid.
12. In all referendums, a “YES” vote shall be considered a vote in favor of passing the referendum and a “NO” vote shall be considered a vote against passing the referendum. Abstentions shall not affect the results of the referendum. In all cases, a simple majority of those voting “YES” or “NO” shall be required to pass the referendum.

Article VI. Amendments
1. The Council shall have the power to propose amendments to this Constitution. Four-fifths of all sitting councilors are required to vote in favor of the Amendment for it to be approved by the Council. Once approved by the Council, amendments shall become operative following their ratification in a public referendum.
2. The Region shall ratify amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia by public referendum.

Section 2. Implementation
1. The assent of three fifths of the voting citizens of this Region shall be sufficient to ratify this Comprehensive Constitutional Amendment.
2. This Amendment shall take effect upon passage, with the incumbent governor immediately preceding this date serving as Acting Governor until the general gubernatorial election in March, and incumbent assemblymen immediately preceding this date serving as acting councilors until the general election for Council in April. If the preceding Assembly is three in number, a by-election should be held for the fourth seat.
a. The election results of the February 16-18, 2019 gubernatorial and Assembly election shall serve as the election to determine the aforementioned officeholders.

The New Constitutional amendments for reference for any Lincoln Citizen.

[lfromnj]

The SOAP act also for reference.

I introduce the following:

L 1.3: The SOAP Act

AN ACT relative to establishing parliamentary procedure of the Council of Lincoln.

Be it resolved that the Council of Lincoln adopts the following:

Section I
A. Members of the Council, the Governor, and any concerned Lincoln citizen shall post the full text of any proposed legislation in a response to the Council of Lincoln Legislation Introduction Thread. Each response shall contain only one piece of proposed legislation.

B. Nothing shall be posted to the Council of Lincoln proposed legislation thread except proposed legislation or a Lincoln citizen's signature for proposed citizen legislation.

Section II
A. No more than four bills shall be allowed on the floor concurrently, to be referred to as Legislative Slots on the Docket, except pursuant to Article I, Section 13 of the Comprehensive Constitutional Amendment.

Government Slot 1: The Speaker shall place a piece of legislation in this slot as directed by the Chancellor.

Government Slot 2: The Speaker shall place a piece of legislation in this slot as directed by the Chancellor.

Government Slot 3: The Speaker shall place a piece of legislation in this slot as directed by the Chancellor.

Government Slot 4: The Speaker shall place a piece of legislation in this slot as directed by the Chancellor.

Opposition Slot 1: The Speaker shall place a piece of legislation in this slot as directed by the Chancellor on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition.

B. Each piece of legislation on the floor shall receive its own thread. Threads shall be titled as follows:

L 1.1: The BLANK Act, where L acknowledges the legislation is in the Council of Lincoln, 1 indicating that the legislation is in the first meeting of the Council of Lincoln, 1 indicating that the legislation was the first piece of legislation introduced in the Legislation Introduction Thread, and BLANK being replaced with the name of the piece of legislation.

C. Each thread shall remain open until the bill either (a) becomes law via the Governor's signature, lack of Gubernatorial action, or referendum override, (b) fails to receive majority support from Council, (c) is sent to the public for a referendum, pursuant to Article I, Section 6 of the Comprehensive Constitutional Amendment, or (d) the Chancellor moves to revoke it from the floor, subject to a majority vote.

Section III
A. Except as otherwise provided in Section III, Part G or Section II, Part C, all proposed legislation shall be open for debate for no less than 72 hours after the Speaker places it on the floor.

B. During debate, Councillors and sponsors of proposed legislation may suggest amendments to proposed legislation. If the sponsor of the proposed legislation publicly deems the amendment friendly, no vote on the amendment shall be required. If the sponsor of the proposed legislation does not publicly deem the amendment friendly, a vote on the amendment shall be taken 24 hours after being proposed unless there is less than 24 hours of debate remaining on the bill. If there is less than 24 hours of debate remaining on the bill, a vote on the amendment shall be taken before proceeding to a final vote on the bill. Such vote shall be open for 24 hours, or until all Councillors have voted, if earlier. An amendment shall pass if a majority of Councillors vote in favor of it (with abstentions and absences not counted as votes).

C. The Chancellor may, at any time, announce an extention to any ongoing debate on a piece of legislation currently on the floor of the Council.

D. The sponsor of a proposed amendment may remove it from the Council floor by tabling it at any time before a vote on the amendment is started.

E. The sponsor of a piece of proposed legislation may remove it from the Council floor by tabling it at any time before a final vote is taken on the proposed legislation.

F. A final vote on the proposed legislation shall take place after the Speaker certifies the vote on any proposed amendments (or, if there are no such amendments, at the end of the debate period). Such votes shall be open for 48 hours, or until all Councillors have voted, if earlier. This text shall not be interpreted as to deny Councillors the right to change their vote before the Speaker has officially closed voting via a post in the appropriate legislation thread. A piece of proposed legislation shall pass if a majority of Councillors vote in favor of it (with abstentions and absences not counted as votes).

G. The Speaker shall certify the results of any vote within 24 hours of the end of the voting period.

H. Legislation shall be open for debate as long as there has not been 72 hours of non-discussion or the Chancellor has moved for for cloture and was supported by a majority of the Council.

I. Budget bills shall be considered a meaningful vote of confidence in the Government.

J. In the event that passed legislation is recommended to a referendum by the Governor, the Chancellor may introduce a motion to override the move to a referendum within 72 hours for the Governor's move to a referendum being announced. An override vote shall last 48 hours, or until all Councillors have voted, if earlier. This text shall not be interpreted as to deny Councillors the right to change their vote before the Speaker has officially closed voting via a post in the appropriate legislation thread.

Section IV
A. In reckoning the sitting days of the Council, the following dates shall be Non-Sitting Days: January 1, Easter, The Last Monday of May, July 4, The First Monday of September, The First Tuesday After The First Monday of November, The Fourth Thursday of November, December 24, December 25.

B. The Chancellor may declare any other day a non-sitting day, subject to a majority vote.

C. A "Non-Sitting Day" shall be defined as a day not counted in the official duration of debates, votes, and other business of the Council. A member shall be entitled but not required to speak in any open business of the Council on a Non-Sitting Day.

Section V
A. The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Council and is tasked with enforcing the Standing Orders as prescribed in this bill.

B. At the beginning of each term of the Council, and at any time when the office is vacant, the second order of business of the Council shall be to elect the Speaker after the election of the Chancellor. Prior to the election of a Speaker, the Chancellor may serve as Acting Speaker for the purposes of electing a Speaker only. If there is not a Speaker, the Governor may preside over the election of the Chancellor. If the Governor is unavailable for any reason, the most senior Councillor shall preside.

C. The Chancellor shall introduce a piece of legislation to nominate a candidate for Speaker, who will then face a vote before the Council, requiring a majority support to assume office.

D. The Chancellor shall certify the results following the election, and the Speaker shall immediately assume office.

E. The Chancellor may, at any time, remove the Speaker by making introducing repeal legislation to the introductory legislation of Section V, Part C. The motion shall take precedence over all other motions and bills before the Council, and shall be conducted in the manner outlined in Section III. The Chancellor will designate a Councillor to preside in the place of the Speaker.

Section VI
A. All legislation regarding the rules of the Council shall be called the Standing Orders.

B. All proposed legislation that requires the signature of the Governor shall be called a Bill until signed and thereafter an Act.

[lfromnj]

I will update all of Lincoln to a discord development.(This specific debate was quite large and needed to be done quickly so atlas was not useful in this scenario.)

There is currently a large debate about the dockets and if we need to change the power the Chancellor currently holds to prevent any legislation he wants from coming to the floor and in general speed up government in general.

All questions/concerns/proposals may be directed at the speakers office to Avoid cluttering up this notice board.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=314736.0

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

Can the OP please be updated?

[lfromnj]

Can the OP please be updated?

I was working on updating it but had an IRL task to finish.

[Pyro]

As per Article 1, Section 16 of the Lincoln Constitution, this session of the Lincoln Council is dissolved. The next session shall open following the regional election scheduled to begin this coming Friday, April 19th at 12:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time.