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Bill: Rutanian Relations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberaldemokratische Allianz
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2902
Description[?]:
| Be it enacted upon the Emperor's most Illustrious and Lutheran Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the representatives of the people of Greater Hulstria, in this present Imperial Diet assembled: An Act to ensure the peace and tranquility of the Dovani continent; Article I - Short title and etc. 1) This Act may be cited as the Rutanian Relations Act 2) This Act shall come into force immediately upon the approval of the Imperial Diet. Article II - 1) All commerce and trade between the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria and the Commonwealth of Rutania shall be suspended and prohibited indefinitely. 2) All citizens and nationals of the Commonwealth of Rutania shall be prohibited from entering Hulstrian territory. 3) All Rutanian owned, flagged, financed or crewed vessels are banned from entering the territorial waters of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria. 4) All Rutanian owned, flagged, financed or crewed aircraft are banned from entering the airspace of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria. 5) No vessel or aircraft carrying Rutanian citizens or nationals, or carrying items made in or otherwise originating in Rutania shall be allowed into the Imperial Crownlands. 6) All land crossings between territory of the Commonwealth of Rutania and the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria shall be immediately and indefintely closed to all transit. 4) Goods or products originating in Rutania and that have transited through other nations shall not be allowed to be imported into the Imperial Crownlands or its possessions. Article III - 1) The Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria withdraws all diplomatic and other governmental staff from the Commonwealth of Rutania. Article IV - 1) The Commonwealth of Rutania shall have twenty-four months from the date this Act passes to ratify a permanent agreement on the status of the canal, the Treaty of Kien. Such agreement shall be produced by the Cabinet of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria. 2) If Rutania fails to ratify the treaty before the deadline, the Governor-General and Minister of Defense shall be empowered to authorize the security and defense forces of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria to institute a quaratine of Rutanian territory. Such action shall be done with the aim of securing lasting peace in Dovani. The Staatsminister shall be responsible for the coordination and execution of such actions with consultation of Hulstrian military leaders. Article V - 1) Upon ratification of the specified treaty, the Governor-General, Staatsminister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Defense may certify Rutanian ratification and compliance with the treaty. 2) Upon unanimous certification, this Act shall cease to be in force. At that time diplomatic and economic relations between the Imperial Crownlands and the Commonwealth shall be normalized. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 2,000,000,000 HCR | 80,000 HCR | 80,000 HCR |
| Foreign Affairs | 12,500,000,000 HCR | 2,000,000,000 HCR | 2,000,000,000 HCR |
| Internal Affairs | 35,000,000,000 HCR | 225,000,000,000 HCR | 225,000,000,000 HCR |
| Finance | 10,000,000,000 HCR | 1,000,000,000 HCR | 1,000,000,000 HCR |
| Defence | 80,000,000,000 HCR | 142,500,000,000 HCR | 142,500,000,000 HCR |
| Justice | 12,500,000,000 HCR | 70,000,000,000 HCR | 70,000,000,000 HCR |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 35,000,000,000 HCR | 273,000,000,000 HCR | 273,000,000,000 HCR |
| Health and Social Services | 50,000,000,000 HCR | 318,000,000,000 HCR | 318,000,000,000 HCR |
| Education and Culture | 40,000,000,000 HCR | 526,000,000,000 HCR | 526,000,000,000 HCR |
| Science and Technology | 25,000,000,000 HCR | 64,000,000,000 HCR | 64,000,000,000 HCR |
| Food and Agriculture | 15,000,000,000 HCR | 64,000,000,000 HCR | 64,000,000,000 HCR |
| Environment and Tourism | 15,000,000,000 HCR | 21,000,000,000 HCR | 21,000,000,000 HCR |
| Trade and Industry | 25,000,000,000 HCR | 45,000,000,000 HCR | 45,000,000,000 HCR |
| Total | 357,000,000,000 HCR | 1,751,500,080,000 HCR | 1,751,500,080,000 HCR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:33:45, March 02, 2010 CET | From |  Liberaldemokratische Allianz | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | The agreement, already backed by Luthori and Zardugal, that Rutania must ratify: Treaty of Kien Article I 1) The Commonwealth of Rutania permanently renounces all claims of sovereignty and ownership of the South Carina Canal and the South Carina Canal Zone. 2) The South Carina Canal (SCC), to be refered to as the Canal, and the South Carina Canal Zone (SCCZ), to be refered to as the Canal Zone, shall be administered by the Joint International Administration Council (JIAC). The Canal shall be defined as the canal linking the Caltropic Lakes to Terra's open oceans, and the Canal Zone shall be defined as land, air, and sea extending 5 (five) miles from the canal in either direction. 3) The South Carina Canal and the South Carina Canal Zone, as areas under the permanent jurisdiction and control of the Joint International Administration Council, are permanently declared a universal free trade area and internationalized territory under the sovereign control of the Joint International Administration Council. Article II 1) The JIAC shall have sole sovereign and ultimate administrative control over the Canal and the Canal Zone. JIAC staff shall comprise of equal numbers of citizens or nationals of all member-nations. The JIAC leadership shall comprise of one delegate from each member-nation. All delegates shall have fully equal and joint authority. 2) Membership in the Joint International Administration Council shall be determined by: A) ratification of this treaty and B) assent by the legislatures and national governments of the member-nations of the JIAC. Assent shall be defined as: A) An act of the legislature passed by majority vote in favor of the nation joining the JIAC and B) Approval by the Head of State, Head of Government, and majority of the national cabinet. 3) The following nations shall be allowed to become members of the Joint International Administration Council without pre-condition: A) The Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria, B) the Holy Luthori Empire, C) the Federation of Zardugal, and D) the Eerste Republiek Vanuku. 4) Cessation of membership in the Joint International Administrative Council shall be determined by: A) Withdrawl from this treaty and B) assent by the legislatures and national governments of the member-nations of the JIAC. Assent shall be defined as: A) An act of the legislature passed by majority vote in favor of the nation withdrawing from the JIAC and B) Approval by the Head of State, Head of Government, and majority of the national cabinet. 5) Participation in the Joint International Administrative Council may be suspended for a period of ten years. A member-nation shall be suspended only by assent of the legislatures and national governments of the member-nations of the JIAC. Assent shall be defined as: A) An act of the legislature passed by majority vote in favor of suspending the nation from the JIAC, and B) Approval by the Head of State, Head of Government, and majority of the national cabinet. Article III 1) The member-nations of the JIAC shall have joint responsibility for the security and defense of the SCCZ. 2) All JIAC member-nations shall come to the defense of the Canal and Canal Zone if it is attacked. 3) The armed forces of the member-nations of the JIAC shall deploy small contingents of military personnel in the Canal Zone that shall only be used in cases of declared emergency. All members of the JIAC shall deploy equal numbers of personnel, though no national contigent may exceed 2,500 (two thousand, five hundred) personnel. Forces deployed to satisfy Art III, Sec 1 shall be counted toward these restrictions. Forces deployed to satisfy Art III, Sec 2 shall not be counted toward these restrictions. Article IV 1) Commercial and civilian ships shall be allowed to use the Canal without regard to national origin. 2) All vessels using the canal shall be subject to health, safety, and contraband inspection by agents of the Joint International Administration Council. Only individuals directly employed by the JIAC may inspect vessels. JIAC inspectors shall be empowered to refuse passage through the canal should a ship reject or fail inspection. 3) Ships shall be subject to a per ton transit charge. The amount of the charge shall be set by the JIAC once each three years, and shall only be enough to support the maintainance and operation of the Canal and Canal Zone, so that the Canal, Canal Zone, and JIAC may be fully financially self-sufficient. No revenue collected may be transfered from the JIAC's accounts. 4) Military vessels and other armed vessels shall be permanently forbidden from using the canal. Civilian vessels carrying weapons or weapons technology shall be permanently forbidden from using the canal. Vessels attempting to transport such items, and military vessels or other armed vessels, attempting to transit through the canal in violation of the regulations of this treaty may be seized and the ship's owner and/or nation of origin may be fined by the JIAC. 5) Vessels armed with or transiting with nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons or closely related technologies are permanently forbidden from using the canal. Nuclear propelled vessels shall be allowed to use the canal upon special health and radiation safety inspection by JIAC inspectors. JIAC inspectors shall be empowered to refuse passage through the canal should a ship reject or fail the special inspection. 6) By unanimous vote of the Delegates of the Joint International Administration Council, all vessels owned, operated, crewed or flagged in or by a specific nation may be excluded from using the canal. Article V 1) Signatories to this treaty shall recognize the Sea of Carina and Caltropic Lakes as demilitarized waters. Only vessels necessary for law enforcement and customs duties shall be deployed, built, or maintained in those waters. 2) Signatories to this treaty recognize the Sea of Carina as internal waters of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria. 3) The member-nations of the JIAC shall be bound to the provisions of this treaty, and they shall be considered law in those nations. 4) This treaty shall come into effect immediately upon the ratification of the Commonwealth of Rutania and at least one nation listed in Article II, Section 3. |
| Date | 09:42:41, March 02, 2010 CET | From | Imperial Order of the Knights Illuminate | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | The Order fully supports this treaty. |
| Date | 10:18:45, March 02, 2010 CET | From | Verfassungs Unabhängigkeit Partei | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | The VUP supports this treaty |
| Date | 12:31:22, March 02, 2010 CET | From | Christliche Zentrumspartei (CDV) | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | The CZP stands by the Ministry. |
| Date | 21:59:50, March 02, 2010 CET | From | Liberaldemokratische Allianz | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | The RRA will be put forward to a vote by March. |
| Date | 01:53:55, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Liberaldemokratische Allianz | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | June 2904 is the deadline date. |
| Date | 23:48:23, March 06, 2010 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Rutanian Relations Act |
| Message | The Rutanian Leader of the Opposition (Freedom Party), Jim Hayworth, broadcasts a message on Rutanian Media picked up in Hulstria. "Freedom are very disappointed that the Hulstrian Government has chosen to go down this path. In effect the whole of Rutania are being punished for the actions of an incompetent REP and LDSP co-government who quite frankly went at this whole issue like a bull in a china shop. The Freedom Party argued strongly that building the canal was wrong both politically and financially but our voice was not heeded and furthermore we would have liked to have seen a joint project worked out in the territory which would have benefited all concerned and protected the valuable relations Rutania has with our Hulstrian friends..." "Should the Freedom Party come to office at the next elections we promise to make it a priority, for the people of Hulstria as well as the people of Rutania, to re-examine this whole issue. But in the meantime we strongly urge the Hulstrian Government not to act rashly under the circumstances and reiterate the need to understand not everyone in Rutania stands solidy behind the arrogant actions and amateur negotiation techniques of Foreign Minister Cosgrove..." Jim Hayworth Leader of the Opposition Freedom Party Ldr |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 388 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 337 |
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