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Bill: Waste bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gil's Green 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: March 2525
Description[?]:
| To limit the heaps of waste building up in Lodamun, Gil's green party has the following proposals: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:35:58, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Pariah Idealism | To | Debating the Waste bill |
| Message | I like article 1, article 2 seems a little pointless but what the hay, You've got my support! |
| Date | 00:09:17, January 31, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun National Party | To | Debating the Waste bill |
| Message | I firmly believe in local government taking charge of recycling, so I can't support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 15 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 83 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 2 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when torn from their soil in field and forest. With human nature caged in a narrow space, whipped daily into submission, how can we speak of its potentialities?" - Emma Goldman |