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Bill: Muir Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Benevolence Party
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 2441
Description[?]:
| The beautiful natural resources of Jelbania should be preserved for future generations. In the spirit of ecological preservationism, we should protect these resources without harming the lucrative logging industry too much. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:00:15, August 08, 2007 CET | From |  Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Muir Act |
| Message | Strongly opposed. Our Founding Fathers had noted that "the concerns o'er the Temperaments of the Celestial Firmament" are of little consequence to our people and that "the Soot belching factories and machinations, though ornery as they are, are, indeed, the harbingers of Progress." |
| Date | 16:40:54, August 08, 2007 CET | From | orgonic party | To | Debating the Muir Act |
| Message | we support |
| Date | 00:06:36, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Muir Act |
| Message | Whose Founding Fathers are these? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 375 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 126 |
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