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Bill: Public Library Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alorian Green Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: March 3768
Description[?]:
| In order to further the cultural and intellectual development of the Republic of Aloria, we propose funding a system of public libraries, ensuring that all can read and enjoy literature. It is the state that are respoinsble for the furderent of national education, and it should not be laid under the local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:39:12, November 29, 2014 CET | From | ALORIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY (ANC) | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | We support |
| Date | 15:36:56, November 29, 2014 CET | From | Red-Green Alliance | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | Strongly support |
| Date | 01:23:02, November 30, 2014 CET | From | Alorian Reform Movement | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | Oppose, the local governments can handle this matter no reason for the national government to get involved. |
| Date | 02:08:47, November 30, 2014 CET | From |  Comiwnyddion Hosnogol | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | Oppose strongly. Information should not be freely available to the masses. |
| Date | 03:08:59, November 30, 2014 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | Local governments are fine to handle this by themselves. |
| Date | 09:18:37, November 30, 2014 CET | From | Alorian Green Party | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | Letting local governments handle public libraries is that they can be cut out of the local budgets way to easily. |
| Date | 16:27:09, November 30, 2014 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | And if that is what local people want who are we to deny them? The people favor decentralisation, their wishes should be taken into account. |
| Date | 21:13:32, November 30, 2014 CET | From | Alorian Green Party | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | The elected government has a responsibility to support and manage knowledge to our people. Letting the government control the libraries will result in a library system based on quality. It is not denying the locals democracy to take control of the libraries nationally, but increases the threshold to remove funding for libraries because one local government is struggling with the economy. |
| Date | 06:31:06, December 01, 2014 CET | From | Alorian Reform Movement | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | However; a lot of bills are being proposed to move stuff to the national governments control instead of local or private sector, thus increasing the size of government, increased spending when all that extra spending can be spent on other stuff programs and projects. We oppose large government, focus more on smaller, giving power to the local governments, or have the private sector handle it and if needed provide oversight/regulation. |
| Date | 21:13:19, December 02, 2014 CET | From | Comiwnyddion Hosnogol | To | Debating the Public Library Act |
| Message | LOLNO |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 166 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 307 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 72 |
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