Legislation Introduction Thread

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National University and General Education Reform bill
Section One: National University System
1.   $35 million shall be appropriated per each region for the construction of a federally-operated university.
2.   $15 million shall be appropriated per each region for the hiring of faculty and accommodating the local community.
3.   Each regional government shall submit a location of economic distress or decline that would benefit from the presence of a strong university campus to the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who can approve or deny the location.
4.   If a regional government does not offer a location, these funds will be offered to another region to choose a location.
5.   The addition of future campuses shall be made possible at the request of the Secretary of Internal Affairs and approved by majority vote of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee.

Section Two: Repeal of Tuition Tax
1.   The tuition tax established in Section 6 of the ‘Education Reform Act of 2007’ is hereby repealed.

Section Three: Additional Regulations and Reforms
1.   A 50% tax shall be placed on all revenue a college or university receives from tuition or fees.
2.   This tax shall be waived should a college or university’s student population have 5% or greater receiving federal student loan assistance.
3.   $2 billion shall be distributed among the regions by the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the purpose of adding more vocational and career training courses to local community colleges.

Section Four: Secondary School Reform and Assistance
1.   $1 billion shall be distributed among the regions by the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the purpose of adding more arts and culture courses to secondary schools.
2.   $1 billion shall be distributed among the regions by the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the purpose of adding more vocational and career training courses to secondary schools.

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National University and General Education Reform bill
Section One: National University System
1.   $35 million shall be appropriated per each region for the construction of a federally-operated university.
2.   $15 million shall be appropriated per each region for the hiring of faculty and accommodating the local community.
3.   Each regional government shall submit a location of economic distress or decline that would benefit from the presence of a strong university campus to the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who can approve or deny the location.
4.   If a regional government does not offer a location, these funds will be offered to another region to choose a location.
5.   The addition of future campuses shall be made possible at the request of the Secretary of Internal Affairs and approved by majority vote of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee.

Section Two: Repeal of Tuition Tax
1.   The tuition tax established in Section 6 of the ‘Education Reform Act of 2007’ is hereby repealed.

Section Three: Additional Regulations and Reforms
1.   A 50% tax shall be placed on all revenue a college or university receives from tuition or fees.
2.   This tax shall be waived should a college or university’s student population have 5% or greater receiving federal student loan assistance.
3.   $2 billion shall be distributed among the regions by the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the purpose of adding more vocational and career training courses to local community colleges.

Section Four: Secondary School Reform and Assistance
1.   $1 billion shall be distributed among the regions by the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the purpose of adding more arts and culture courses to secondary schools.
2.   $1 billion shall be distributed among the regions by the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the purpose of adding more vocational and career training courses to secondary schools.

May I sign on as a cosponsor?

Of course.

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Genetic Privacy Act

1) A person may not be required to submit their genetic information to their employer, insurance provider, health care provider or any level of government without their written consent or their legal guardian's written consent.
2) If a person does wish to provide their genetic information, that information may not be used against them to deny employment, insurance coverage or to raise insurance rates. Employers may not take genetic information into account when making hiring, firing, job placement or promotion decisions.
3) A warrant will have to be produced before anyone suspected of criminal activity is required to submit their genetic information.

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Cannabinoid Legalization Act

1) Synthetic cannabinoids, Marinol, Cesamet and other agonists of cannabinoid receptors are legalized for recreational use effective immediately.
2) These substances will be regulated and taxed in the same fashion as outlined in F.L. 47-4: Consolidated Marijuana Regulation Act.
3) This bill does not affect the rules regarding the use of Marijuana for medical reasons.

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Emergency Contraception Liberalization Act

1) FDA approved Emergency Contraception will be available to anyone over the age of 14 after a consultation with the Pharmacist.

2) Any Pharmacist who denies the sale of emergency contraception without a valid medical reason will have their license revoked and will not be allowed to practice in Atlasia.

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A BILL

Recognizing the issues stemming from the recent changes to the Pacific's Constitution including the delegation of the Regions' Legislative authority to the Atlasia Senate, and the prohibition on subsequent amendments, the following is thus resolved and passed into law by the Atlasian Senate.


Section 1: Title
This bill is to be entitled the Regional Legislative and Constitutional Amendment Authority Act of 2013.

Section 2: Objectives
1. It shall be resolved that the Senate shall not be tasked with performing the duties of the legislative authority or any other responbilities deglated by "the unincorporated territories", know hereafter as the Pacific, or any other Region of Atlasia to the Atlasian Senate.
2. The Senate shall thus proscribe a process that shall ensure that the voice of the citizens of the Pacific Region, or any Region who has so delegated its authority in this manner, is the primary interest of any legislative organ for the said region.
3. The Senate shall also ensure that the Pacific Region's ability to amend or alter it's constitution, as desired by the will of region's citizens, shall thus be enabled.

Section 3: Establishing a Regional Legislative Authority
1. The Pacific Region, or any other Region, that has delegated its legislative authority to the Senate shall have the delegated legislative authority vested in an initiative process.
2. The process shall be open to all citizens of the region and shall extend to all Legislative Authority that has been delegated to the Atlasian Senate by the Constitution of the region in question.
3. All initiatives must attain signatures equal to five percent of the region's voters in the last Federal election. This process is to be completed in a thread which shall remain open for the duration that the processes established in this Section shall remain in effect.
4. Regular votes on the valid initiatives shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the Thursday preceding the penultimate Friday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the penultimate Friday itself, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning, except in the month of December. Regular votes on the valid initiatives in the month of December shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the Thursday preceding the second Friday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the second Friday itself, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
5. The thread for the offering of initiatives and subsequent signatures, as well as the vote booth shall be opened and closed by the Regional Senator elected to represent the Region in question.
6. This process shall remain in place only until the Region has so amended or altered their Consititution so as to resume responsbility for the Region's legislative capacity.

Section 4: All Other Responsibilities Delegated
1. The Senate of Atlasia shall not serve as stand-in for any Region who has delegated any other responsbilities to the Atlasian Senate.

Section 5: Ensuring the Ability of a Region's Citizens to Amend their Constitutions
1. All regions must maintain the ability to amend, alter or replace their Constitutions through a process that shall reflect the will of the region's citizens.
2. The Pacific Region, organized as it is by the "Final Constitution", or any region that has forbid the citizen's residing there from amending their own constutition shall be empowered with the opportunity to amend, alter or replace their Constitution through the following process.
3. Following the passage of this legislation, the Regional Senator of the region in question, shall immediately open a thread in which any citizen of the said region may offer amendments to part or whole of the present "Final Consitution", with the signatures of at least five validly registered citizens thereof.
4. Votes to amend or replace the Constitution shall take place at the same scheduled time as defined in Section 3, Clause 4 of this bill.
5. The first vote shall contain a referendum on all valid amendments offered within that first 72 hours. Subsequent votes shall contain a referendum vote on all valid amendments offered in the appropriate thread since the last referendum vote was commenced.
6. All amendments shall become effective upon their successful adoption by a majority of the voters in the region.
7. If any Region shall maintain a Constitution that forbids the ability to the amend their own constitution, this process shall remain in place until such provisions are altered and the will of the region's citizen's is once again respected.