Mideast Assembly Thread

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Adequate Bill Consideration and Deliberation Act

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(I think this would be an amendment to current legislation but I can't remember what it's called.)

[Gass3268]

FYI - I'll be on vacation until Tuesday.  I'll close the votes when we get back, and by then, hopefully we've solidified what we want to do with the secret ballot bill.

Have fun!

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I'd like to introduce a bill that would include some tax incentives, but I'm not sure whether I should wait for a budget to be introduced first.  Any advice, please?

[ZuWo]

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[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Prostitution has been legal in Atlasia since 2007 -- some might say this was a great leap forward for sexual freedom. However, the example of Germany shows that there are quite some problems with our current, largely unregulated approach.

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explanations:
1 helps the people who are essentially forced into prostitution because they have no other way to make ends meet
2 promotes the goal of stigmatising the 'buyers,' not the 'sellers'*
3 is because these kinds of establishments are more dangerous in that respect
4 and 5 are carried over from the defaults set in FL 19.2

*For the record, current Atlasian law is absolutely fyycking ridiculous in that respect:

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As in, the 'buyers' are protected from criminal prosecution, and the 'sellers' are not. This is entirely ass-backwards.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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I will also be introducing major proposals on environmental protection and public transit in the next two weeks.

[tmthforu94]

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I will also be introducing major proposals on environmental protection and public transit in the next two weeks.

This is single-handily the greatest piece of legislation ever introduced by this body.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

[quote]Mideast Environmental Protection Incentives Act
1. Any public or private individual or organization in the Mideast Region that engages in environmentally friendly practices shall be subject to the following tax incentives:

• Exemption from taxes on property used to produce goods or services;
• Tax deductions on the cost of goods sold;
• Tax deductions on non-business expenses;
• Tax deductions on for losses on sale, exchange, or abandonment of business or non-business income producing assets;
  
• Tax deductions on the cost of goods sold.

2. The term "environmentally friendly practices" shall be defined as any action that works to preserve wildlife and natural resources, such as reforestation, safe and proper waste disposal, and irrigation methods that reduce the threat to surrounding wildlife.
3. The term "non-business expenses" shall be defined as any expense that is not incurred in relation to a business or an investment.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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- the $3 billion number is a rough estimate - basically, I took the KCSA's $22 million for 460 000 people, applied it to all the cities with a population greater than 150 000, and multiplied by five to allow for substantially bigger systems, future expansion, and my suspicion that it is quite less expensive to build in KCMO than some other Mideast cities.

[ZuWo]

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[FEMA Camp Administrator]

A Bill Concerning Atlasian Internal Turmoil, and the Mideastern Response

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[ZuWo]

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[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The Mideast Elections Are For Mideasterners Amendment

Article IV Section 1, clauses 1 and 2 of the Mideast Constitution is amended as follows:

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[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

when does the next term begin?  (and btw is this in the Constitution or statute somewhere?)

[Njall]

when does the next term begin?  (and btw is this in the Constitution or statute somewhere?)

I'm wondering this too.  Where's ZuWo?

[ZuWo]

The constitution is your friend.

Article IV, Section 1, Clause 8:

"Those elected shall take office at noon Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday after their election."

In other words, the next session begins the day after tomorrow.

[ZuWo]

I'm not sure what's the latest news about Bmotley. BK posted yesterday that Bmotley has been banned from the forum but Bmotley actually posted today. I need absolute certainty before I consider his seat vacant and appoint a successor.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

when does the next term begin?  (and btw is this in the Constitution or statute somewhere?)

I'm wondering this too.  Where's ZuWo?

I think we can swear in the Friday after the election, which would be tomorrow.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Alright everyone, go swear in.  Nominations for Speaker are now open and will be open for 24 hours.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I wish to nominate our great Speaker, Inks.LWC, for another term.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I accept the nomination.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Nominations are now closed.  Seeing as there is only one nomination and all Assemblymen have sworn in, I request unanimous consent that Inks.LWC be elected Speaker of the Assembly.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Seeing no objection, the request is granted, and Inks.LWC is elected Speaker.

Members may now begin introducing legislation.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Seeing no objection, the request is granted, and Inks.LWC is elected Speaker.

Members may now begin introducing legislation.

forty seconds of no one objecting qualifies as unanimous consent?