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Bill: Enviromental Transportation Act of 4134
Details
Submitted by[?]: Magni Iucunda Imperialium
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 4136
Description[?]:
| Law proposal from Magni Iucunda Imperialium --- As Ministry of Environment and Tourism, I continue to look into our empires enviromental status and laws and would like to bring this up for debate. Cars! We all need and use them. But to what extent should we? Currently private cars are allowed and people are encouraged to travel collective and enviromentaly. What if we do one better and "Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed." or atleast we could limit it to one car per houshold. As a country of several islands it's not far to the next place and we already do use boats quite a lot too to get around. --- Signed by Ministry of Environment and Tourism Lucretius Claudius Sergius of MII |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:52:16, December 12, 2016 CET | From | Partis Laboris | To | Debating the Enviromental Transportation Act of 4134 |
| Message | We respectfully disagree on this one. Our islands are fairly large, and there are quite a few remote, underdeveloped settlements. We believe this law will thus harm a rural subset of the working class which will be unable to afford new, environmentally friendly cars. The only way we could agree is if there was a uniform plan to promote affordability. |
| Date | 20:36:32, December 12, 2016 CET | From | Simul Prorsum - Forward Together | To | Debating the Enviromental Transportation Act of 4134 |
| Message | The implications of this bill would go too far. While we applaud the use of alternative fuels, we cannot ban all automobiles unless they use such fuels--regardless of their cost. |
| Date | 13:27:08, December 13, 2016 CET | From | Magni Iucunda Imperialium | To | Debating the Enviromental Transportation Act of 4134 |
| Message | I understand your concerns. What if we incrementally move towards more environmentally friendly transportation by limit it to one car per household and increase our public transportation capacity? Would you be onboard with the changed proposal? |
| Date | 16:05:54, December 13, 2016 CET | From | Simul Prorsum - Forward Together | To | Debating the Enviromental Transportation Act of 4134 |
| Message | We would support increasing public transportation expenditures surely. But we feel a hard limit on one car per household limits the personal autonomy of the citizenry too drastically. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 192 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 422 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 136 |
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