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Bill: Forestry Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secular Imperialist Party
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: October 2674
Description[?]:
| The SIP does not suggest this out of bleeding heart ecological liberalism bust simply as a means to protect our green and pleasant land, the monarchy should not be ruling over a squalid industrial wasteland. Dr Stewart Tolley, SIP Chairman |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Current: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 401 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 181 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 18 |
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