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Bill: Forest Management Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Blobs
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 2156
Description[?]:
| For the purposes of this bill forestry is defined as "the science or skill of growing and maintaining trees in a forest in order to obtain wood." This bill will give control of all forestry to private companies. All companies will have to plant as least as many trees as are felled each year in order to encourage sustainability. Comapanies may not work in areas desginated as national parks and will be limited to areas designated by the relevant local authorities. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:07:09, December 12, 2005 CET | From |  Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Forest Management Act |
| Message | can't agree!! |
| Date | 14:25:34, December 12, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Forest Management Act |
| Message | We disagree that the private sector should be given complete control of forests and felling within the Republic, however a public agency which can oversee the system from a national perspective running alongside private companies would seem an acceptable compromise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 143 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 102 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 155 |
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