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Bill: Devolution of Agricultural and Environmental Policy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dranland First Party (CC)
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: October 2606
Description[?]:
| The Reform Party believes that the policy areas in this legislation should be devolved to local and regional governments, where they can be more responsive and relevant to the individual needs of each community. We believe the federal government should be limited to dealing only with matters that are of a nature such that they can only be dealt with on a national scale, as they concern the nation as a whole - these matters include foreign affairs, war, immigration, trade, etc. All other policies should generally be left for local governments to decide, and their authority should not be undermined by a central bureaucracy. Agricultural and environmental issues are not of a national concern - they are of a local and regional concern, as different states may have very different needs to one another in these areas. Devolving policy regarding these issues to local governments will help them to create policy that is more relevant to their own particular needs. National uniformity is destructive to the particular needs of local regions, and we will not stand for it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: The government maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it encourages hunters not to shoot.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:10:29, July 15, 2008 CET | From | Party | To | Debating the Devolution of Agricultural and Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | We completely support this legislation. |
| Date | 02:44:50, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Progress and Liberty Party | To | Debating the Devolution of Agricultural and Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | We support this bill as a sensible middle ground between deregulation and intrusive national-level bureaucratic regulations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 72 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 193 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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