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Bill: Eco Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Front (NPF)
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 3662
Description[?]:
| Ecology Reform proposed by Federalist Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Current: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Whaling is illegal.
Current: Whaling is illegal.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is legal, but the government establishes whaling quotas.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:25:24, May 05, 2014 CET | From | Labor Party | To | Debating the Eco Reform |
| Message | No. This is a regressive and hurts an environment that does not belong to us. It belongs to future generations of Alorian and we owe it to them to actually protect our forests. |
| Date | 20:36:52, May 05, 2014 CET | From |  National People's Front (NPF) | To | Debating the Eco Reform |
| Message | With all due respect if I recall you voted 'yes' to a budget that cutted Environment Spending. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 205 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 150 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "All this concern with the effects of global warming is another manifestation of being politically correct." - David Young |