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Bill: Green Deltaria
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltárska Ľudova Strana
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: January 2558
Description[?]:
| To ensure that we, our children, and our grandchildren can live in a Deltaria where they can still breathe our air, drink our water, and enjoy the ecological wonders of Deltaria, we propose this bill. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Proposed: Ownership of domestic animals is banned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Current: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Proposed: Private hunting and fishing practices are banned.
Article 6
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 enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:45:06, April 08, 2008 CET | From |  Deltárska Ľudova Strana | To | Debating the Green Deltaria |
| Message | Why are the other parties voting against this? |
| Date | 00:57:00, April 08, 2008 CET | From | Deltarian Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Green Deltaria |
| Message | Because they are too extreme. And by the way with all your budget cuts none of this can be enforced anyway. |
| Date | 01:12:22, April 08, 2008 CET | From | Deltárska Ľudova Strana | To | Debating the Green Deltaria |
| Message | They're not my budget cuts. They're the LPS budget cuts. And they are extreme, but extreme measures need to be taken to protect the environment. |
| Date | 02:23:30, April 08, 2008 CET | From | Tarkian Party | To | Debating the Green Deltaria |
| Message | not only are these measures extreme but some could have effects on the economy.... we must use resources but in a controlled manner not banning logging all toghter |
| Date | 02:26:27, April 08, 2008 CET | From | Deltárska Ľudova Strana | To | Debating the Green Deltaria |
| Message | They will have effects on the economy. But a clean environment is more important then making sure industrialists have fat wallets. |
| Date | 05:16:23, April 09, 2008 CET | From | Dobré Podnikatelia | To | Debating the Green Deltaria |
| Message | OOC: in 1998, global warming ended. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 23 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 55 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." - Mahatma Gandhi |