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Bill: Agriculture (Farm Size) Devolution Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: October 2619
Description[?]:
| An act to devolve to local authorities power to regulate farm size. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:29:54, August 08, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Agriculture (Farm Size) Devolution Act |
| Message | Local governments already decide on matters of zoning, eg where residential sections may be established. Surely this is just a specific application of general zoning rules, and so should be left to them as well. |
| Date | 23:30:24, August 08, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Agriculture (Farm Size) Devolution Act |
| Message | perhaps, need to think about this one |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 156 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 150 |
| 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: "Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit." - Eli Khamarov |