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Bill: SUN.012.2772 Taking Ecological Stewardship Local Act
Details
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: July 2774
Description[?]:
| SUN proposes allowing local governments more discretion over their ecologies. The residents of an area are more likely to be closely familiar with their own environment, and have a vested interest in its stewardship, than would a national bureaucracy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Current: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Current: Private hunting and fishing practices are banned.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:16:37, June 17, 2009 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the SUN.012.2772 Taking Ecological Stewardship Local Act |
| Message | Never, local governments are far more prone to being irresponsible and completely doing away with environmental protection laws altogether. OOC: Imagine if Texas did'nt have to follow any Federal environmental laws.. |
| Date | 16:43:29, June 17, 2009 CET | From | Mugenkai | To | Debating the SUN.012.2772 Taking Ecological Stewardship Local Act |
| Message | We are not doing away with environmental laws, simply allowing local governments more flexibility. For one thing, while allowing private forestry we will retain the provision that all clearance operations must be sustainable, with reforestation at equal or greater levels. |
| Date | 15:12:06, June 18, 2009 CET | From | Central Union of Trade and Economy | To | Debating the SUN.012.2772 Taking Ecological Stewardship Local Act |
| Message | We disagree. There are too many different ethnicities in Sekowo that too much localization will lead to the end of the Imperial Federation at worst. |
| Date | 04:54:14, June 19, 2009 CET | From | Mugenkai | To | Debating the SUN.012.2772 Taking Ecological Stewardship Local Act |
| Message | It's not like we're putting the whole government on a local basis. This bill does basically three things. First, it lets local governments, who already handle registration of pets, allow exotic or endangered pets to be registered if they so choose. Second, it allows localities to permit private forestry, under the existing legal requirements that all clearance be accompanied by new plantation at higher than replacement levels. Third, it gives local governments oversight over hunting and fishing. In all three of these cases, the local governments will be overseeing their own ecosystems, answerable directly to the communities that depend on those ecosystems. They're not going to act irresponsibly in such a case, since their familiarity with the land and interest in its stewardship are greater than those of any national bureaucracy. |
| Date | 18:17:55, June 19, 2009 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the SUN.012.2772 Taking Ecological Stewardship Local Act |
| Message | While we support Federalism (if I did'nt, Sekowo would'nt have Federation in its name), we simply do not trust local governments when it comes to environmental regulations and laws. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 272 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 328 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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