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Bill: Local Curfew Act (2129)
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Daio 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: August 2130
Description[?]:
| In an effort to allow local governments to better be able to handle disaster situations in which dangerous conditions may exist for citizens, as well as to locally allow for countermeasures to youth crime, we propose that local governments be able to impose curfews for these reasons alone at their discrescion. Lawful curfews will fall within the following restrictions. These restrictions are to protect the civil liberties of the populace and prevent abuse of the use of curfews. A) For the purpose of this document, a 'General Curfew' is any curfew put in place in a province/county/shire/municipality that has been declared a disaster area or is under an approved state of emergency by the federal government. B) For the purpose of this document, a 'Youth Curfew' is any curfew imposed outside of the requirements for a General Curfew. 1) No curfew may be imposed during daylight hours. The longest a curfew may be is dusk to dawn. 2) No Youth Curfew may start before 9pm, nor end after 5am. 3) No General Curfew may be declared unless the province/county/shire/municipality has been declared a disaster area or approved state of emergency by the federal government. 4) No Youth Curfew shall apply to adults as defined by law. 5) Minors under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian are not subject to enforcement of a Youth Curfew. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: No curfew policies may be established.
Current: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: Local governments may set curfews, but national government does not.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:19:53, October 22, 2005 CET | From | Roman Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | I like this idea. Locals governments should be able to pass curfews in the event of emergencies like natural disasters. |
| Date | 02:34:56, October 22, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Republic Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | i agree |
| Date | 04:27:08, October 22, 2005 CET | From | Labor Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | We oppose. Altho good in theory this is bringing our Nation closer to Martial Law. Sure it is good in emergencies but this can be also used by Dictorships to control the people. Our Nations opinion polls show that our people are wishing more civil rights rather than restricting them. Hence good but can be abused. Also this Bill is meant to show : Curfew policy. (Curfew time to be determined in the Bill description) meaning that Curfew's are enforced even outside emergencies. |
| Date | 07:29:00, October 22, 2005 CET | From | People's Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | We will also oppose. |
| Date | 14:59:49, October 22, 2005 CET | From | New Daio Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | I would like to bring the LP and PDP's attention to the wording of the description. Perhaps a bit of clarification is in order. I will reword the description to place clearer limits on the local government's use of curfew power, and I request this be reviewed. |
| Date | 22:30:22, October 22, 2005 CET | From | Labor Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | Thats much better as its clearly defined. Well written Daiokuran Praetoral Party. We shall wait to hear the views of other Parties now the description has been redefined. |
| Date | 06:43:31, October 23, 2005 CET | From | Roman Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | I still support. |
| Date | 23:18:19, October 23, 2005 CET | From | People's Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Curfew Act (2129) |
| Message | Now this is more reasonable. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 293 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 108 |
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