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Bill: Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: September 2525
Description[?]:
| An act to devolve responsibility for managing forests to local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Proposed: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:18:55, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Each tribe has cultural connections to the land comprising their territory. It is only right that they be allowed to administer that same land which for so long they had absolute control over. |
| Date | 12:55:02, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Hell fucking no. |
| Date | 18:51:25, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | We'll oppose |
| Date | 02:51:37, January 31, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | oppose the clearcut supporters are always looking for a loophole so they can get their chainsaws back out |
| Date | 02:56:32, January 31, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Why do you have so little faith in the local governments of our nation? They have the best interests of their people in mind at all times, for they are elected as well. |
| Date | 03:50:57, January 31, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | At all times? *dies of laughter* I see someone is ignorant as to what Politics is. |
| Date | 01:22:12, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Graenix Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Someone explain the problem with this to me. Seeing as Graenix party is home to Minister Ama Daetz (environment and tourism) we think this would be a good idea, but maybe we are naiive |
| Date | 01:27:16, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | We believe that local governments are more than capable to administer forests. Opposing parties believe local governments are incapable, and won't protect the forests. |
| Date | 02:14:27, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | You are Naive. What JUP wants is to have the locals run the whole shabang forgetting that they to need to make money and as such, some regions will not protect the environment. That is why we have a national agency with the appropriate laws in place to protect the environment. What this law will do is hurt the local environment because the regions will take the opportunity to exploit it. |
| Date | 02:29:06, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | What is stopping the national government from doing the same? The local and national governments have the same aims. |
| Date | 02:38:34, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Considering the current laws we have on the books... |
| Date | 02:53:52, February 01, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | JUP - local governments like federal governments are dictated not just by the people who elect them but by the corporations which pay them off it is more likely a local gov can hide its clearcutting than a federal gov can |
| Date | 02:55:47, February 01, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | local gov and and federal gov's do NOT have the same aims because they do not have the same constituency |
| Date | 03:03:28, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Their aims are good government. |
| Date | 03:07:08, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Oh brother. :eyeroll: |
| Date | 22:52:29, February 01, 2008 CET | From | The Anarcho-Objectivist Alliance | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Forest Management Devolution) Amendment Act |
| Message | Though I doubt that the local governments care much for what's best for their constituents (or, at least, I believe that they care more about holding onto power), I do see this as a step in the right direction; a step toward absolute political control by the people. I support this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 91 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 409 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation reserves the discretion to declare RP laws invalid if the players supporting them are doing so in an excessively confrontational way. |
| Random quote: "If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates." - Jay Leno |