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Bill: Tree Farming Devolution Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Sovereignty Party
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: August 2159
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS currently, the National government has no laws with respect to replanting of trees cut down by logging operations; AND WHEREAS Forests are a matter of a local nature; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the jurisdiction of enacting laws with respect to replanting trees from a logging operation be given to local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:38:56, December 19, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | Trees, being sedentary, are by their very nature a local matter. As such, the requirement to replant trees from a logging operation ought to rest with the local government. |
| Date | 05:09:06, December 19, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | agreed. |
| Date | 10:53:54, December 19, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | Not agreed |
| Date | 13:30:49, December 19, 2005 CET | From | Imperial Party of Selucian | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | We prefer to see this as a national task and not a matter of local governments. But if we can't find such a solution we would support the current proposal. |
| Date | 23:26:31, December 19, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | Replanting trees by private companies or by governments? |
| Date | 01:34:45, December 20, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | I don't understand your question, LP. Was it directed at me? (Just making sure - don't want to ignore you if you were asking me something). |
| Date | 15:16:05, December 20, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | Is there anything else anyone would like to add? |
| Date | 20:38:04, December 21, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | "I don't understand your question, LP. Was it directed at me? (Just making sure - don't want to ignore you if you were asking me something)." Towards you. I just want to make sure that local governments are left with the tab for replanting trees. |
| Date | 20:50:51, December 21, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | That will be up to local governments to decide. If the local governments want to allocate money to the forestry budget for replanting programs, that's up to them. Alternatively, if they want to let Private enterprise manage the forests at their cost, they are free to do that too. The decision will rest entirely with the Local Government. |
| Date | 12:43:10, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | So there could never be a need to replant trees in such a number the budget couldn't handle it? |
| Date | 14:53:24, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | I don't think I understand the question... |
| Date | 20:56:44, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | If there is a big need to replant the trees, the local governments are stuck with the tab? |
| Date | 21:02:02, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Tree Farming Devolution Act |
| Message | Yes. They'll have to raise the money through whatever taxation powers they have. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 284 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 217 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 74 |
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