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Bill: Federal Government Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neoretropostmodernist Party
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: March 2133
Description[?]:
| The national government should delegate all responsibilites to local governments that do cause conflict or competition between the provinces. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively removes or modifies cultural and historical heritage which are considered "inappropriate", or if public interest so requires.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Proposed: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Current: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Proposed: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on nuclear power.
Old value:: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Current: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Proposed: The decision is left up to local governments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:30:15, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Neoretropostmodernist Party | To | Debating the Federal Government Act |
| Message | I already know this isn't going to pass, but if you support any part of it, let me know so we can give local governments more power in the future. |
| Date | 08:23:52, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Ikradonian Faith Party | To | Debating the Federal Government Act |
| Message | We oppose articles 4, 6, 7 and 8, but support 1, 2, 3 and 5. The articles we oppose regulate matters we feel surpass the jurisdiction of the provinces. |
| Date | 23:08:48, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Underappreciated Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Federal Government Act |
| Message | We're opposed, we like central coordination. ---Bob Hedberg, Chief Legislator UPI |
| Date | 15:15:14, October 29, 2005 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Federal Government Act |
| Message | We would prefer if Article 7 & 8 went further into the total ban territory but we support the vast majority of the other articles and therefore vote in support of the bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 175 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 424 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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