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Bill: Local Government Public Transporation Empowerment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa)
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: November 2431
Description[?]:
| This bill permits local governments to decide whether to subsidize public transportation; yet another effort to devolve power from the bloated central government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Proposed: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:51:00, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Party Royale | To | Debating the Local Government Public Transporation Empowerment Act |
| Message | This is a step in the right direction, but it's not enough. |
| Date | 05:01:51, July 20, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Local Government Public Transporation Empowerment Act |
| Message | We could go either way on this one, but public funding of public transportation makes us leery. So the MLP will vote NO. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 301 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 146 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 153 |
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