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Bill: Fire Department Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rightist 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: June 2102
Description[?]:
| The local governments will be allowed to establish fire department services. However, local governments must have at least volunteer fire companies and that the equipment they use meet minimal standards. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: The fire department is entirely volunteer, equipment and expenses paid for by the government.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:42:54, August 21, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | Does this mean that local governments may choose to have no fire department whatsoever? |
| Date | 22:15:09, August 22, 2005 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | They must have at least a volunteer Fire Department. |
| Date | 01:54:33, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Corporate Raider Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | Firefighting is one of those basic services, like policing, that is best left to government. I'll support the measure. |
| Date | 21:35:57, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | We will support a locally run fire service if the bill is described with a clause requiring that the present system of volunteers with tribally-owned equipment be the minimum standard. |
| Date | 16:57:47, August 26, 2005 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | May I move this to a vote? |
| Date | 00:09:10, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | By all means, do! |
| Date | 02:15:53, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the Fire Department Bill |
| Message | The Tribal Council has approved this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe." - Edmund Burke |