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Bill: Environment and Animals Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation Conservative 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: July 2510
Description[?]:
| An Act to reduce the overburdensome regulation imposed on industry and private citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Current: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Proposed: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:51:34, December 31, 2007 CET | From |  Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Environment and Animals Act |
| Message | We find this to be just a touch too much laissez-faire for our taste. |
| Date | 14:27:42, December 31, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the Environment and Animals Act |
| Message | We understand but the environment is hardly a top priority for the average Pontesian citizen and so these changes will only be viewed as minor. |
| Date | 16:43:11, January 01, 2008 CET | From | National Fascist Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Environment and Animals Act |
| Message | we oppose this |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 66 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 204 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "How we can possibly be giving £1bn a month, when we're in this sort of debt, to Bongo Bongo Land is completely beyond me." - Godfrey Bloom |