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Bill: Ecology Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Super Friendship Coalition
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 2644
Description[?]:
| Ecology |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it encourages hunters not to shoot.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: The government enforces no regulations.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
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 replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government does not regulate the quality of drinking water.
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 government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Proposed: All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:15:18, September 29, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Ecology Bill |
| Message | Absolutely not. We do not want to be drinking dirty water. |
| Date | 05:55:35, September 29, 2008 CET | From | Super Friendship Coalition | To | Debating the Ecology Bill |
| Message | Buy a filter. |
| Date | 15:53:27, September 29, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Ecology Bill |
| Message | We oppose 1 and 3 and will ths abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 64 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 73 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 58 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered." - Aristotle |