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Bill: Centralization of essential issues bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido do Centro
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: November 3675
Description[?]:
| Ecological and military issues return to the Central government |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:45:14, June 02, 2014 CET | From | Partido do Centro | To | Debating the Centralization of essential issues bill |
| Message | "The environment is but one, and should be treated as one. The PdC see no reason to have different standards of preservation across the country. Should the citizens of one region have access to clean water, but not the other? Should one region's people breathe clean air while the others don't? Should people who keep a rare bird in one state be forced to give it up when they move to another, where they can keep rare snakes, but not birds? Are the lives of some citizens to be protected in case of a war, but not others'? We need single standards for these issues, urgently." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 40 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 24 |
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