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Bill: Ecology Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Junta 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 2131
Description[?]:
| Let the S'lachna hunt as they see fit. However the following is added to this bill: a) it's a capital offence for Otrok to hunt game in the S'lachna's jungles. b) Otrok's who commit the crime may be caught on CCTV. If Otok's are maimed whilst poachng, the game wardens are to try and protect the animal, events such as this caught on CCTV shall be distributed freely or will be shown on Deltarians Funniest Home Videos |
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: Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever.
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: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Proposed: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:13:12, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Doron Akigansk Kommunist Parti (MLN) | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | Why do you hate nature? absolutely not. |
| Date | 17:00:23, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Workers' Federation | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | Typical bourgeois destruction of the environment. |
| Date | 20:42:14, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Bátory Dynastia | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | Wait, remove article one, that's covered in the Whaling bill. |
| Date | 23:47:03, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Junta Party | To | Debating the Ecology Reforms |
| Message | Removed |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 59 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 25 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 16 |
| Random fact: If there are no parties in your nation with seats, feel free to visit the forum and request an early election on the Early Election Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4362 |
| Random quote: "We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice." - Friedrich August von Hayek |