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Bill: Local Government Empowerment Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakania Citizens' 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: July 2175
Description[?]:
| This Bill will take power away from the Central Government and allow local regions to excercise more indepedence in certain matters. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: Any legal weapon may be concealed when carried.
Current: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Proposed: Local governments may set and enforce concealed carry laws.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Current: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Proposed: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Current: Gambling is illegal.
Proposed: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: Books may only be obtained through private dealers.
Current: The national government contracts with private companies to maintain a system of libraries.
Proposed: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Current: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Proposed: The government leaves funding and operation of museums to local governments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:13:45, January 18, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Citizens' Party | To | Debating the Local Government Empowerment Bill |
| Message | Supported as this bill helps to make government smaller and allows locality's to decide what is best for their region. |
| Date | 18:11:47, January 18, 2006 CET | From | Jakanian Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Local Government Empowerment Bill |
| Message | Instead of splitting Jakania up into a weak confederacy of small states, we should be building unity throughout Jakania. I am opposed, we need a United Jakania, not a devided Confederation Jakania... But its fun to see a Jeffersonian in here for once... |
| Date | 01:23:12, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Moderate Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Government Empowerment Bill |
| Message | Uhm I don't know why you juss start the voting and there will be an election and it will go back to debate during the election. (: |
| Date | 23:11:59, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Party for a Democratic Socialist Society | To | Debating the Local Government Empowerment Bill |
| Message | We do not agree with this kind of regionalism |
| Date | 09:40:18, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian-Socialist Coalition | To | Debating the Local Government Empowerment Bill |
| Message | If only this bill were split up into smaller bills, instead of being this huge, radical, unworkable bill it is right now. We'd have voted for at least three of the above ten proposals, and would have been at least open to the idea of the other seven... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 178 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 72 |
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