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Bill: Environmental Federalisation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry'
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 2173
Description[?]:
| By leaving some of the more prominent environmental concerns to local governments and not our central government, we can let the local authorities judge how interested the people in each region are with regards to environmental conservation, and satisfy the needs accordingly. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Current: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Current: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Proposed: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Current: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Proposed: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:21:02, January 17, 2006 CET | From |  Pontesi Fascist Coalition | To | Debating the Environmental Federalisation Bill |
| Message | We are opposed to the idea of weakening central power, and therefore object to this bill. |
| Date | 18:26:31, January 17, 2006 CET | From | One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the Environmental Federalisation Bill |
| Message | Here, here Kurui, the One Nation Conservatives fully support this proposal. |
| Date | 19:13:47, January 17, 2006 CET | From | GotNation Party | To | Debating the Environmental Federalisation Bill |
| Message | These issues need greater consistency than can be provided by allowing every local government to set its own policies on resources. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 106 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 21 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice." - Ayn Rand |