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Bill: Hulstrian Devolution Act, 2661
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberaldemokratische Allianz
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: March 2662
Description[?]:
| Let us put the key areas of local concern under the purview of local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages are regulated by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: All citizens' DNA is recorded.
Current: No DNA is recorded.
Proposed: The decision on forensic DNA databases is left to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Current: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Proposed: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Proposed: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Current: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Proposed: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:58:38, November 06, 2008 CET | From |  Hulstrian Labor Party | To | Debating the Hulstrian Devolution Act, 2661 |
| Message | Unacceptable. A complete lack of vision if the government hands over the keys for Charter Schools, sports clubs, DNA, gambling and alcohol. The appointment of mayors in the hands of local governments is fair, but otherwise this will just cost too much taxpayers dollars which could be better spent in schools or infrastructure. |
| Date | 12:26:42, November 06, 2008 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Hulstrian Devolution Act, 2661 |
| Message | #6 about the mayors we would support but the rest we wont. DNA databasing left to local governments though? |
| Date | 03:42:25, November 07, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Hulstrian Devolution Act, 2661 |
| Message | Since this has no chance of passing the LPH will support the bill, to conform with the platform of decentralization |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 197 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 389 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." - Thomas Paine |