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Bill: Budgeting for all the new Convocation members
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Populist Social Democrats
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2374
Description[?]:
| We would prefer not to have to propose this budget, as we believe that the major expansions we need to the Convocation building to house double the number of MP's it housed at its peak is completely unnecessary. However, we must accept that the will of the Convocation is to become huge. We have therefore taken out bonds to amortize the expansion over the next ten years, at a total cost of 4 million LIK per year. The additional expenses beyond that added to the HoG budget-- as we knew not where else to put them-- are to cover the salaries of the new members. We may be accused-- accurately-- of often enjoying increasing spending. This is not so in this case, but is unfortunately necessary. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 8,468,962 LIK | 1,500,000 LIK | 9,000,000 LIK |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,117,240,580 LIK | 200,000,000 LIK | 200,000,000 LIK |
| Internal Affairs | 7,622,066,087 LIK | 4,500,000,000 LIK | 4,500,000,000 LIK |
| Finance | 4,234,481,159 LIK | 300,000,000 LIK | 300,000,000 LIK |
| Defence | 12,703,443,478 LIK | 7,000,000,000 LIK | 7,000,000,000 LIK |
| Justice | 5,928,273,623 LIK | 5,500,000,000 LIK | 5,500,000,000 LIK |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 9,315,858,550 LIK | 10,500,000,000 LIK | 10,500,000,000 LIK |
| Health and Social Services | 11,856,547,246 LIK | 11,500,000,000 LIK | 11,500,000,000 LIK |
| Education and Culture | 8,468,962,319 LIK | 13,000,000,000 LIK | 13,000,000,000 LIK |
| Science and Technology | 6,775,169,855 LIK | 6,000,000,000 LIK | 6,000,000,000 LIK |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,081,377,391 LIK | 50,000,000 LIK | 50,000,000 LIK |
| Environment and Tourism | 4,657,929,275 LIK | 1,500,000,000 LIK | 1,500,000,000 LIK |
| Trade and Industry | 5,919,804,661 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK |
| Total | 84,689,623,186 LIK | 61,051,500,000 LIK | 61,059,000,000 LIK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:02:04, March 14, 2007 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Budgeting for all the new Convocation members |
| Message | I'm sure the buildings size is acceptable, judging by previous parliaments. |
| Date | 13:59:09, March 14, 2007 CET | From | Democratic National Party | To | Debating the Budgeting for all the new Convocation members |
| Message | Why would we give so much money to a HoG that we don't actually have last time I checked. |
| Date | 22:04:17, March 14, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Budgeting for all the new Convocation members |
| Message | OOC: I'm certain the Convocation has been 501 candidates previously. I'm fairly sure it has been 666, at least once. |
| Date | 07:36:22, March 15, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Budgeting for all the new Convocation members |
| Message | "Why would we give so much money to a HoG that we don't actually have last time I checked." The money is for expansion of the Convocation building and the ability to pay the salaries of 666 members. We didn't know where else in the budget to place it. It is most definitely not intended as an increase in the HoG salary, whether the HoS remains the HoG or whether he does not. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 108 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 78 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 13 |
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