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Bill: Public Utilities Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolucia Partio de Koburo
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: November 2589
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:55:18, June 09, 2008 CET | From |  Coburan Conservative Party | To | Debating the Public Utilities Act |
| Message | Absulutely devastating this government does not waste time destroying the great reforms our government brought in |
| Date | 17:56:02, June 09, 2008 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Public Utilities Act |
| Message | Great reforms? Your entire performance was laughably bad. |
| Date | 17:58:06, June 09, 2008 CET | From | Coburan Conservative Party | To | Debating the Public Utilities Act |
| Message | Absulutely devastating this government does not waste time destroying the great reforms our government brought in |
| Date | 18:56:32, June 09, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Public Utilities Act |
| Message | "The reforms that your government brought in, where nothing short of a disaster, the free market and extreme laize faire neo-liberal politics is defucted, and has been for a long time. This is fixing the damage done by the previous government." David Edwards, DLP leader |
| Date | 08:23:33, June 10, 2008 CET | From | Coburan Justice Party | To | Debating the Public Utilities Act |
| Message | why are all these bills together?i can support some but not all? I like bill 3 and 4 but the other two are too extreme |
| Date | 11:19:55, June 10, 2008 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Public Utilities Act |
| Message | Its fairly obvious why they're together. They're all public utilities, they're all natural monopolies, and thus its best to nationalise them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 279 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 264 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 7 |
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