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Bill: Devolution Of Libraries Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Party of Darnussia
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: January 2148
Description[?]:
Local People should decide how to run Local Libaries, not someone miles away, maybe on a different island!! The will still be free and run by and funded by local governments |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 04:08:17, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Devolution Of Libraries Act |
Message | The world "united" doesn't mean much in this country anymore I suppose. |
Date | 17:19:13, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Devolution Of Libraries Act |
Message | Local governments could quite easily abuse this funding - if all libraries are at the fine rate they are now, why change? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes | Total Seats: 54 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 147 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
Random quote: “Tell these old, grey men that their time is over. Tell them to give us back our future, and then get lost!” - Benji Benandez, former Dranian politician |