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Bill: National Services
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Renatus Seluciana
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: March 4132
Description[?]:
| We believe these essential services should be handled by the nation, to ensure efficiency. We are open to any discussion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Proposed: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: The government competitively subcontracts firefighting services.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:30:36, December 07, 2016 CET | From | Simul Prorsum - Forward Together | To | Debating the National Services |
| Message | Simul Prorsum belives that civil defense and postal delivery are truly national issues and should be handled by the national government. However, we believe that first responders--like firefighters--should be controlled by local authorities who will be more in tune with the needs of their citizens. Accordingly, we cannot vote to nationalize what is properly a provincial responsibility. If Article 3 were removed from this bill, we would support it. As it is, we will oppose the nationalization of provincial services. If this bill were to pass, we would seek to devolve firefighting services again. --- Octavianus Maxentius Martialis Deputy for Internal Affairs |
| Date | 05:33:24, December 07, 2016 CET | From | Factio Renatus Seluciana | To | Debating the National Services |
| Message | We will make a separate bill after this one passes to change the firefighting service, if you wish. |
| Date | 12:10:22, December 07, 2016 CET | From | Magni Iucunda Imperialium | To | Debating the National Services |
| Message | Making the defence, power grid and post office a government responsibility is a good thing and Magni Iucunda Imperialium agrees about those changes. But, as mentioned earlier, firefighting should not be a national but a local responsibility and that article, Article 3, falls in direct contrast with our proposal of Bill: New Localization Act of 4130. So we can not support this until Article 3 i changed! --- Signed by Head of Internal Affairs in MII Maxentius Terentius Junius |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 448 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 302 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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