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Bill: Environmental Act of 3163
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hulstrian Kommunistische Partei
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: March 3164
Description[?]:
| An environment bill proposed by the Universale Hulstrian Partei along with Secretary of Environment and Tourism Gertrude von Maulinberg of the Universale Hulstrian Partei. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Current: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:51:02, August 07, 2011 CET | From |  Hulstrian Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Environmental Act of 3163 |
| Message | Secretary of Environment and Tourism Gertrude von Maulinberg: "I along with my party have developed this act to further better the environment and safety of our people. I ask you as the Secretary of Environment and Tourism for our country to vote yes." |
| Date | 19:00:52, August 07, 2011 CET | From | National Freedom Party | To | Debating the Environmental Act of 3163 |
| Message | The NFP won't support this anti-business bill. Economic Growth is more important than environmental protection. |
| Date | 20:42:12, August 07, 2011 CET | From | Hulstrian Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Environmental Act of 3163 |
| Message | Secretary of Environment and Tourism Gertrude von Maulinberg: "I'm sorry to hear that. You only prove my point further that you only care about business and want to turn us into a business tycoon ruled by foreign investors." |
| Date | 21:28:09, August 07, 2011 CET | From | National Freedom Party | To | Debating the Environmental Act of 3163 |
| Message | Foreign investors will 'rule' us by creating more jobs and bringing more wealth to our nation. And yes, we want to turn the nation into a business tycoon. It's our aim to bring our nation to economic power. |
| Date | 21:58:20, August 07, 2011 CET | From | Hulstrian Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Environmental Act of 3163 |
| Message | If we follow your ideals this will happen: "The foreign investors buy the local businesses / factories, get any tax breaks, runs it into the ground, shuts it down and moves out leaving us without an industry we used to have and no base from which to innovate anew. Our balance of payments over time demonstrate the consequences of this sort of "investment": we import more and more of what we used to make and economies of scale mean there will cannot be a local competitor or alternative." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 149 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 280 |
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