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Bill: Public Transport Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom 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: February 2166
Description[?]:
| Considering the movement for devolution in Rutania; Considering the need for a good quality public transport; The government hereby empowers local governments to decide upon public transport policy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:30:13, December 31, 2005 CET | From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | The GRP supports this modest and well-meaning legislation. |
| Date | 02:57:48, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | I thank the GRP for their support. Are there other parties that wish to comment? |
| Date | 13:08:13, January 03, 2006 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | This is a step in the right direction. |
| Date | 13:52:32, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | It's a step towards socialism, oppression and bureaucracy. It's a step towards some people paying for others to travel. |
| Date | 14:23:44, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | Local governments being allowed to make democratic decisions on subsidising public transport, in our opinion, has preciously little to do with socialism, oppression and bureaucracy. Rather it has to do with public services, democracy and localism. |
| Date | 16:56:55, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | It's removing a blanket free market policy that you are (supposedly) committed to in favour of a disjointed system which frankly makes no sense for railways. How will you arrange fares of journies that travel between states? Didnt you just propose an anti-Federalist rebranding bill anyway? In our view, this is just a veiled attempt at reversing the free market achievements of the Capitalist Coalition. |
| Date | 20:27:35, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | We propose that local governments be allowed to make democratic decisions! Surely that is the least we can do to promote public transport. If anything, a Federal ban on local government action is the 'opressive' choice. |
| Date | 21:12:27, January 05, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Public Transport Act |
| Message | "We propose that local governments be allowed to make democratic decisions! Surely that is the least we can do to promote public transport." We propose that national government be allowed to make democratic decisions on national systems. Makes sense, yes? "If anything, a Federal ban on local government action is the 'opressive' choice." *shrug* The railway is a national system, not an internal state system. It makes no sense to give states control over railways. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 364 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 206 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 29 |
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