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Bill: Public Transport Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Forum
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: January 2563
Description[?]:
| We should help people with lower income (and majority of them is old and/or sick) to travel more easily, and to have subisidised public transport. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:05:17, April 16, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Green Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | how will this be done effectivly. |
| Date | 13:07:20, April 16, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | Well, it should be determined who are the people with lower income and elligible for subsidised public transport. That's it- the state or the local government would then pay their annual tickets (for example).. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 265 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 178 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 156 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |