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Bill: Cultural Heritage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA)
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: September 2944
Description[?]:
| An act that will allocate funds to operate libraries, museums, and protect historically and culturally significant sites. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state encourages and funds private efforts towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with the funding to operate museums.
Current: The government leaves funding and operation of museums to local governments.
Proposed: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:25:48, May 26, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Party (ACN&IA) | To | Debating the Cultural Heritage Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, It's our belief that private enthusiasts have better capability concerning the protection of cultural sites. As long as they get the funding, it will be more effective than having an entire government agency just for that purpose. I yield. |
| Date | 15:31:11, May 26, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Cultural Heritage Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We endorse the comments made by the LCP. I yield |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 67 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 112 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
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