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Bill: Parliamentary Procedures Act 2907
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic Party of Sekowo
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2908
Description[?]:
| PREAMBLE: In the interest of fostering debate, this act seeks to establish a standardized procedure for introducing and voting on legislation in the People's Assembly. SECTION I: DRAFTING AND INTRODUCING LEGISLATION 1. Bills that are introduced with proposals should only include proposals that are related. For example, a bill seeking to tighten environmental regulations should not include measures on media censorship. 1.1. The above rule may be exempted if the party introducing the bill is new, is seeking to establish its policies, and has only introduced such bills once previously at most. 2. Proposals in a bill should not be contradictory. For example, a bill containing a proposal to expand civil rights should not contain another proposal limiting civil rights. SECTION II: DEBATING AND VOTING LEGISLATION 1. A period of at least six in-game months should be allocated for debate on the legislation. 1.1. The above rule may be exempted for cabinet proposals and early election motions. 2. Legislators should try to compromise with other legislators wherever possible. If that is not possible, the proposals that are causing controversy should be removed and introduced in a separate bill. SECTION III: REFERENCE 1. Upon passage, this legislation shall be included in the Standing Orders of the People's Assembly. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:42:53, March 13, 2010 CET | From | Raijingusan (旭日) | To | Debating the Parliamentary Procedures Act 2907 |
| Message | Yes this nation is a democracy but parties shouldn't be restricted to allow debate, especially 6 months which is ridiculous to say the least. Should this bill pass we shall not comply with it. |
| Date | 19:19:30, March 13, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party of Sekowo | To | Debating the Parliamentary Procedures Act 2907 |
| Message | 6 months is only a day in real-time, which considering that people don't spend their entire time legislating is reasonable. |
| Date | 19:25:15, March 13, 2010 CET | From | Raijingusan (旭日) | To | Debating the Parliamentary Procedures Act 2907 |
| Message | Our party sees this Act as unnecessary and unreasonable. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 230 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 270 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air." - Changing Times magazine |