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Bill: Local Empowerment Act of 2800
Details
Submitted by[?]: Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei
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: July 2801
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Current: No DNA is recorded.
Proposed: The decision on forensic DNA databases is left to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Proposed: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Current: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Local governments establish policies on the production of pornography.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
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 | 05:14:00, August 12, 2009 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Local Empowerment Act of 2800 |
| Message | With local empowerment, the citizens of the Imperial Crownlands become more interested in taking part in the democratic process, and will make their choices based on their ideas, not the ideas of 6 political parties who in total make up 725 hundred people out of over 380 million people. |
| Date | 05:26:16, August 12, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Local Empowerment Act of 2800 |
| Message | This is an interesting turn for the FAP...but we support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 417 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 230 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 78 |
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