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Bill: Public Infrastructure Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tradition,Family,Property Movement
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: July 3420
Description[?]:
| A State is only as strong as its infrastructure and Rutania's infrastructure rests at the mercy of powerful capitalists and corporations. Rutania's infrastructure must be safely in the hands of the State to ensure the vitality of the infrastructure and the safety of the nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for any reason.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy in respect to highways.
Old value:: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Current: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Proposed: A national highway infrastructure is constructed and maintained by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:20:23, January 02, 2013 CET | From | Urban Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Public Infrastructure Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Just so every party is clear, you must wait 3 months (OOC: 12 hours) before submitting a bill with multiple proposals to vote. Any party that fails to do this will receive a warning; continued violations will result in other sanctions. Robert Muller UPR Congressional Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 5 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 513 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 81 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is the source and condition of most moral values. What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free. We can therefore not fully appreciate the value of freedom until we know how a society of free men as a whole differs from one in which unfreedom prevails." - Friedrich August Hayek |