1st Council of Lincoln Legislation Introduction Thread

[Pyro]

Amendment to Lincoln Fair Wages Act of 2018 (L10.3.3)

Lincoln Fair Wages Act of 2018

Section 1: Committee Creation

1. This bill, if passed, establishes the Lincoln Wages Committee (LWC).
2. This committee shall consist of 10 NPCs appointed by the governor. A minimum of five members of the LWC must represent labor unions in five major, distinct industries.
3. The committee can be dissolved and reformed by the governor if seen necessary, however the committee cannot be dissolved without prior consent from a simple majority of committee members.
4. This committee shall act independently of the executive and Assembly.

Section 2: Jobs of the LWC

1. The LWC is to divide Lincoln into ranges according to cost of living in the area. This can be done in as many ranges an needed.
2. Each of these ranges shall be assigned a minimum wage according to the average cost of living in the range.
3. The committee must be able to mathematically prove that the minimum wage set for each range is enough to cover cost of living: this shall include all basic expenses such as housing, food, and health care needs.
4. Range boundaries and wages are to be submitted and implemented every four months.

Section 3: Enactment

1. The LWC is to be formed as soon after the passage of this bill as possible.
2. Wage ranges are to take effect June, 22, 2018 and are to be updated every four months afterwards.
3. Once a minimum wage is increased, it cannot be decreased under any circumstances.

[lfromnj]

Occupational Licensing Act

SECTION I: NAME
1. This act shall be called the Lincoln Occupational Licensing Act or LOL

SECTION II: OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORMS
1. The right to pursue a career or occupational is fundamental to the sovereignty of an individual. It is the policy of Lincoln that Occupational licensing not be required to hold a job, unless the public health, safety, or welfare requires it.
2. The Lincoln Occupational Licensing Reform Act shall be repealed and replaced with this act.
3. No person in Lincoln who engages in any of the following occupations shall be required to hold a license in order to practice that occupation:
A) Barbers, Hair Stylists, or Hair Braiders
B) Cosmetologists, nail technicians, or eyebrow threaders
C) Providing Teeth Whitening Services, provided no form of dentistry is practiced
D) Providing Body piercing Services or Tattoo artists
E) Masseuses, Athletic Trainers, or Sports Agents
F) Florists, Interior Decorators, or Interior Designers
G) Funeral Directors, Attendants, or Coffin Salespersons
H) Upholsterers or taxidermists
I) Painters
J) Swimming Pool installation, maintenance, or repair
K) Auctioneers
L) Gardeners or Landscapers Architects or workers
M) Tour Guides or travel agents
N) Real Estate Assessors or Title Examiners
O) Soil Scientists or Wetland Delineators
P) Residential Energy Analysts
Q) Common Interest Community Managers
R) Waste Management Facility Operator
S) Natural Gas-powered automobile mechanics or technicians
T) Dietitians
U) Hearing Aid specialists and technicians or Opticians
V) Martial Arts Instructors, Professional Wrestlers or Boxers
W) Stenographers
X) Persons installing or repairing Drywall or Insulation
Y) Persons installing, repairing, or testing Backflow Prevention Devices
Z) Carpenters or cabinetmakers
AA) Locksmiths or Persons installing or repairing doors
BB) Persons installing or repairing windows or window glazing
CC) Floor Sanders or Persons pouring or repairing terrazzo or tile flooring
DD) Brick and Stone Masons
EE) Persons who train, impound, groom, tend to, or care for animals excluding veterinary services and including but not limited to Farriers and Animal Control Officers
FF) Tree trimmers, Log scalers, or forestry workers
GG) Persons who sell or dispense alcohol
HH) Security Guards or the provision of taxi or chauffeur services
II) Itinerant vendors, peddlers, or persons who conduct door-to-door sales
JJ) Weighmasters or Packers
KK) Fortune Tellers or Palm Readers
LL) Persons who pour or pave driveways or parking lots
MM) Farmers or Farm Workers other than pesticide application services
NN) Persons who install or repair home entertainment systems
OO) Welders, pipefitters, or persons who lay or repair pipe
PP) Firearms Trainers or Instructors
QQ) Conveyor Operators or Tenders
RR) Psychiatric Aides
SS) Social and Human Services assistants
4. Computer repair technicians shall not be required to obtain a private investigators occupational license.
5. No State in Lincoln may limit the scope of practice of Nurse practioners or optometrists in areas for which they are adequately trained.
6.  No State in Lincoln may require any hospital or other healthcare provider to acquire a certificate of need in order to operate.
7. No State in Lincoln may prohibit the corporate practice of healthcare or fee-sharing agreements between healthcare providers or between healthcare providers and insurers, provided that it shall be unlawful for any licensed healthcare provider to refer patients to themselves or to a party in which the provider maintains a fee sharing agreement.
8. Each member of any State Board of Bar Examiners in Lincoln shall be required to take the Bar Exam for their State every 5 years. Any Board member who fails to earn a score sufficient to pass were the Board member a traditional applicant, shall be removed from their position and be ineligible to serve as a Board member in the future, until 5 years have passed and the Board member successfully passes the Bar Exam.
9. No locality in Lincoln shall require a special use permit to engage in farming or agricultural activities, provided the activities occur in an area zoned for industrial use.
10. No locality in Lincoln shall prohibit a food truck from safely operating within a fixed distance of a storefront, from safely operating near an intersection, provided the food truck is parked at least 75 feet away from the intersection, or from lawfully parking in a public parking space after a fixed duration of time, provided the food truck does not occupy the same parking space for a consecutive 12 hours. During a special event, a locality may limit the duration a food truck may occupy a public parking space to 2 hours, provided the locality posts signs stating the limitation within line of sight of the parking lot no less than 24 hours before the temporary restrictions take effect.
11. No person or persons in Lincoln who operate a temporary stand adjacent to a road or sidewalk for the purpose of selling produce, Christmas trees, lemonade, firewood, or bottled water, shall be required to obtain a business license or permit to operate the stand. For the purposes of this subsection, a temporary stand is defined as a non-permanent display which occupies the same physical location for less than 70 days.
12. No person or persons in Lincoln who conduct a yardsale shall be required to obtain a business license or permit. For the purposes of this subsection, a yardsale is defined as an event lasting no more than 3 consecutive days during which second hand or pre-owned items are sold by a person or persons who are not regular merchants of the types of items being sold.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. No locality in Lincoln shall prohibit junkyards from being located more than 350 feet from a road, nor shall any locality in Lincoln require fencing around a junkyard which is located at least 500 feet from a road.

SECTION III: ENACTMENT
1. This act shall take effect forty-five (45) days after passage.

[Comrade Funk]

An Act
End Food Waste Act

A Bill to require the state’s largest food waste generators to donate excess edible food to local food charity organizations and to recycle food scraps.

Section I: Establishment
1.) Large producers of food waste such as restaurants, supermarkets, colleges, and arenas are required to begin recycling their food scraps, provided that adequate processing capacity exists within 25 miles.
2.) Recyclable food are to be donated to local food banks and charity organizations fighting hunger.

Section II: Purpose
1.) Food waste has major environmental and economic effects on Lincoln. Requiring large generators of food waste to recycle or donate will:
     - Decrease climate footprint
     - Help combat hunger in Lincoln
2.) Unused food that cannot be donated should be separated for recycling at composting or facilities.

Section III
1.) This bill takes effect upon signing by the Governor.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Amendment to the Standing Orders:

Section I Section 1. Proposed Legislation Thread
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 Section 2. Movement of Legislation to the Floor
A. The Speaker shall keep a thread on the Regional Governments board wherein for introducing legislation. This thread shall be known as the Lincoln Council Legislation Introduction Thread. Sitting Councillors may post in this thread.

B. 7 threads about legislation may be open for voting and debate simultaneously. Of these 7 threads, 5 threads shall be reserved for legislation introduced or sponsored by members of the government, and 2 threads shall be reserved for legislation introduced or sponsored by members of the opposition. The Speaker shall move government and opposition legislation to these threads in the order in which it was introduced in the Legislation Introduction Thread.

C. 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.

D. 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.

E. If a piece of legislation is removed from the floor by the instruments described in Part D, sub-part d of this article, the bill is returned to the queue as if it had not been heard before and may be returned to the floor upon the next docket.

Section III Section 3. Legislative Debates and Voting
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 extension to any ongoing debate on a piece of legislation currently on the floor of the Council.

D C. 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).

D. After the conclusion of the first 72 hours for debate, any Councillor or the Chancellor may call for a vote on said legislation. The Speaker shall open a vote if neither another Councillor nor the Chancellor objects within 24 hours of the call for a vote.

E. After the conclusion of the first 72 hours for debate, the Chancellor may move for cloture. Upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the membership, the Council shall end debate and the Speaker immediately declare a vote on the affected legislation.

F. At the motion of the Chancellor, the Council may waive the 72 hour requirement by unanimous consent. Consent shall be granted should no Member object to the motion of the Chancellor within 24 hours of its introduction.

G. Votes on legislation shall last for 48 hours, or until the whole membership has voted, whichever comes first. 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. 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 favour of it (with abstentions and absences not counted as votes). 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 H. Budget bills shall be considered a meaningful vote of confidence in the Government.

J I. In the event that passed legislation is recommended to a referendum by the Governor, either the Chancellor or any Councillor 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 Section 4. Non-sitting Days
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 Section 5. Role of Speaker
A. The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Council and is tasked with interpreting and 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 Council may, at any time, remove the Speaker by 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 section entitled Legislative Debates and Voting. The Chancellor will designate a Councillor to preside in the place of the Speaker.

Section 6. Amending the SOAP
A. In recognizing that the Lincoln Council has the right to determine its own operating procedures without outside approval, future amendments to the SOAP will no longer require the Governor's signature upon passing.

Section VI Section 7. Terminology
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.

[DKrol]

I introduce the following:

L 1.24: The Speaker Election Act

AN ACT relative to the election of a Speaker

Be it resolved that Councillor Pyro will serve as Speaker of the Council of Lincoln until the next regularly scheduled election.

No provision of this Act will be construed as to supersede Article I, Section 8 of the Comprehensive Constitutional Amendment