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Bill: Environmental Protection Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Socialist Front of Aloria
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2399
Description[?]:
| To protect our nation's environment. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Only licensed people may hunt endangered animals.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Current: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Proposed: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government does not regulate the quality of drinking water.
Current: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:14:53, May 04, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | Some of these help. Others, UNDO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE! |
| Date | 02:59:50, May 04, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Restoration Party | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | This moderates things well, and fills up many of the gaping holes in the system. |
| Date | 03:19:04, May 04, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | This is government interference plain and simple! More government means less freedoms, more taxes, and bureocrats giving perks to friends while locking the doors to everyone else. No, no and no! This bill is short-sighted and dangerous to the future of this nation. |
| Date | 16:51:42, May 04, 2007 CET | From | People's Socialist Front of Aloria | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | I wouldn't have thought that an imperialist party would vote for this :D . |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 192 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 332 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 76 |
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