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Bill: National Train Operating Company Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Popular Socialist Liberation Movement
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: November 2745
Description[?]:
| We are not opposed to privately owned TOCs, but we think that one large national TOC should be established. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:41:55, April 22, 2009 CET | From |  Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the National Train Operating Company Act |
| Message | We see no particular reason for this - a TOC funded and managed by the government is answerable only to voters, where private TOC's will lose customers and funding directly if their service is inadequate, forcing them to improve. By definition, the former will be less efficient than the latter. In any case, those who use the train services should pay for it, and those who don't should not - if the government funded a TOC, many tax-payers would be paying for a service they do not use. |
| Date | 18:45:50, April 22, 2009 CET | From | spencer green Party | To | Debating the National Train Operating Company Act |
| Message | we agree |
| Date | 20:09:12, April 22, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the National Train Operating Company Act |
| Message | We agree with the NRPF's sentiments on this issue. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 63 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 232 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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