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Bill: Ecology Restrictions Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Public Employees
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2359
Description[?]:
| The restrictions regarding our environment should be lessened to benefit our economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Proposed: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:05:55, February 12, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Conference | To | Debating the Ecology Restrictions Act |
| Message | We consider these articles as not being extreme enough, however we will accept for now |
| Date | 08:03:53, February 12, 2007 CET | From |  Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the Ecology Restrictions Act |
| Message | We support articles 2 & 3 but article 4 is too extreme. However, it's slightly better than the current policy so overally we support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 184 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 115 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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