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Bill: Ecology Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Party of Tukarali
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: January 2442
Description[?]:
| Limiting government power with regards to the environment. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Current: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:47:11, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Tukarali Communist Party | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | My party is against all of these proposals. All of what we have in place now is far better than what it would be changed to. The government has an important role in ecology, and to take it out would be to give up on our world. |
| Date | 08:25:12, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | We support arts 1 and 5. We would support art 2 if they government provided non-mandatory facilities, and art 3 for the regulation to be left to local authorities. It is important to offer our citizens the ability to make a choice on these matters, without being coercive about it. |
| Date | 18:50:55, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | no...big corporations will have no reason to spend money on the proper disposal of garbage, recycling etc. We need the government to keep industry honest. |
| Date | 05:04:52, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Tukarali | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | The government should not be given power just to provide a sense of ecological safety. History will show that when you give government more power, you don't get safety, you get tyranny. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 245 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 231 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 19 |
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