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Bill: Natural Beauty of our Homeland
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Hulstrian Liberal Party
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: October 2389
Description[?]:
| The natural beauty of our Homeland is important for ourselves, and future generations. There are currently no national parks, and no sites that are legally preserved on a national level for generations to come. This bill will establish national parks and protect some of our forests. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: The state encourages and funds private efforts towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Proposed: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:09:29, April 13, 2007 CET | From | Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten | To | Debating the Natural Beauty of our Homeland |
| Message | We will support if Article 1 is amended to have private, but publicly supported, companies take on that responsibility. Otherwise, we shall have to vote no. We are sure our allies in the Liberal Party of Hulstria would agree. |
| Date | 00:33:24, April 14, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Hulstrian Liberal Party | To | Debating the Natural Beauty of our Homeland |
| Message | Article 1 has been amended for such endeavors to be private with public funding |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 196 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 195 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 259 |
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