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Bill: Industrial Development Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democrats of Rutania
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 2034
Description[?]:
| Provides workers the right to unionize in order to ensure the rights of laborers. Allows software components to be copyrighted to give corporations and inventors the incentive to expend resources on electronic research and develop new technologies. Allows prisoners to work in exchange for a minimal wage and the chance to learn a trade in order to encourage employment upon release. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners are interned and do not work in prisons.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Industrial Development Bill |
| Message | I will support all of these proposals |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 25 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| 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: "I consider myself a citizen of the world!" - Charlie Chaplin |