HR 19-30: Screwing Around with Borders Amendment (Passed)

[Esteemed Jimmy]

SENATE RESOLUTION

Allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state boundaries

Be it resolved by two-thirds of each chamber that the Constitution be amended, as follows, upon ratification by the regions

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Screwing Around with Borders Amendment”.

SECTION 2.

Article VII, Section 2, of the Fourth Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

1. New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union, and apportioned among the several Regions as may be appropriate; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned as well as of the Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Atlasia.
3. The Regional legislatures may alter the boundaries of states and counties located within their respective Region at will.
4. Congress may also alter the boundaries of states and counties, when the border in question is located between two or more regions.

This amendment allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state and county boundaries

People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-2 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled


As amended:
Passed in the House of Representatives 6-2-1-0

Sponsor: MB
House Designation: HR 19-30

[Esteemed Jimmy]

This needs a sponsor.

[Dr. MB]

I'll sponsor

[Esteemed Jimmy]

I'll sponsor

Representatives have 24 hours for objections.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

MB is now recognized as the sponsor.

[Dr. MB]

I introduced this amendment in order to be able to fix some weird state borders. For example:


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Kentucky_Bend_map.png Jim Efaw Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA License

The Kentucky Bend in Kentucky is cut off from the rest of the state and only accessible through Tennessee. Why should it be part of Kentucky and not Tennessee?

And on Ellis Island, the natural portion is part of New York but the manmade portion is part of New Jersey. Also, there are plenty of weird borders involving rivers that have changed their flow over the years.

Right now these borders can only be changed in the courts which are controlled by NPCs in Atlasia - so really there's no way to change them. This amendment would allow that to happen.

[Dr. MB]

Also I'll introduce an amendment to clear things up:

SENATE RESOLUTION

Allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state boundaries

Be it resolved by two-thirds of each chamber that the Constitution be amended, as follows, upon ratification by the regions

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Screwing Around with Borders Amendment”.

SECTION 2.

Article VII, Section 2, of the Fourth Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

1. New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union, and apportioned among the several Regions as may be appropriate; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned as well as of the Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Atlasia.
3. The Regional legislatures may alter the boundaries of states and counties located within their respective Region at will.
4. Congress may also alter the boundaries of states and counties, when there is a border dispute between two states from different regions and both mutually agree to have Congress arbitrate said dispute, when the border in question is located between two or more regions.

This amendment allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state and county boundaries

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Also I'll introduce an amendment to clear things up:

SENATE RESOLUTION

Allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state boundaries

Be it resolved by two-thirds of each chamber that the Constitution be amended, as follows, upon ratification by the regions

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Screwing Around with Borders Amendment”.

SECTION 2.

Article VII, Section 2, of the Fourth Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

1. New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union, and apportioned among the several Regions as may be appropriate; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned as well as of the Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Atlasia.
3. The Regional legislatures may alter the boundaries of states and counties located within their respective Region at will.
4. Congress may also alter the boundaries of states and counties, when there is a border dispute between two states from different regions and both mutually agree to have Congress arbitrate said dispute, when the border in question is located between two or more regions.

This amendment allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state and county boundaries

Representatives have 24 hours for objections.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

With no objections, the bill now stands as:

SENATE RESOLUTION

Allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state boundaries

Be it resolved by two-thirds of each chamber that the Constitution be amended, as follows, upon ratification by the regions

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Screwing Around with Borders Amendment”.

SECTION 2.

Article VII, Section 2, of the Fourth Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

1. New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union, and apportioned among the several Regions as may be appropriate; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned as well as of the Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Atlasia.
3. The Regional legislatures may alter the boundaries of states and counties located within their respective Region at will.
4. Congress may also alter the boundaries of states and counties, when the border in question is located between two or more regions.

This amendment allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state and county boundaries

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Anyone have anything else to add?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion for a final vote

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Motion for a final vote

Representatives have 24 hours for objections.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

A final vote has begun on this resolution. Please vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

SENATE RESOLUTION

Allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state boundaries

Be it resolved by two-thirds of each chamber that the Constitution be amended, as follows, upon ratification by the regions

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Screwing Around with Borders Amendment”.

SECTION 2.

Article VII, Section 2, of the Fourth Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

1. New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union, and apportioned among the several Regions as may be appropriate; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the Regions concerned as well as of the Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Atlasia.
3. The Regional legislatures may alter the boundaries of states and counties located within their respective Region at will.
4. Congress may also alter the boundaries of states and counties, when the border in question is located between two or more regions.

This amendment allows regional legislatures and Congress to change state and county boundaries

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Aye

[YE]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[JGibson]

AYE

[Coastal Elitist]

Nay

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Aye

[Esteemed Jimmy]

With a majority of representatives voting to pass this bill, the vote will close in 24 hours or when all representatives have voted, whichever is sooner, and any representative who wishes to change his or her vote must do so during that interval.

[lfromnj]

Abstain

[Dr. MB]

With a majority of representatives voting to pass this bill, the vote will close in 24 hours or when all representatives have voted, whichever is sooner, and any representative who wishes to change his or her vote must do so during that interval.

Amendments need 6 to pass.

[alancia]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Nay

[Former President tack50]

Well, that was a weird coalition; both in the House and in the Senate. Either way still opposed and will vote nay on the referendum (probably still passes though)