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Bill: Cultural Reform Act, May 4200
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti Conservateur Libertaire
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: January 4201
Description[?]:
| This bill sets to improve cultural awareness within Lourenne. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The state encourages and funds private efforts towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Art subsidies
Old value:: The government subsidises artistic institutions such as art schools and galleries, but does not subsidise individual artists.
Current: The government subsidises artistic institutions and all artists.
Proposed: The government subsidises artistic institutions and some artists on a case by case basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Current: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Proposed: The government gives monetary grants to organizations which have established or are looking to establish museums.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:04:34, April 23, 2017 CET | From | Parti Conservateur Libertaire | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act, May 4200 |
| Message | M. Modérateur, Esteemed Members of l'Assemblée Nationale, The culture of Lourennais is one that we all can be proud of. A blend of Canrillaişe and Orinco makes our nation a truly unique and wonderful full of heritage and historic sights. We should also pride ourselves on the religious and political freedom that is now commonplace within Lourenne. However, there is one aspect to Lourennian society that is still to much under the grasp of the government - culture. This bill, with your Honourable Members' support will seek to change that. The PCL is looking to remove the government's ability to dictate culture by assigning money to various artistic institutions and museums at the expense of others. What the PCL proposes is an opportunity for private organisations, who will be more knowledgeable in these matters than this house, to be given the funding by government to further the awareness and enrichment of culture in Lourenne. We thank the house for considering our proposal, and would hope that we would have the Honourable Assembly Members' support for this bill. The PCL hope all parties view the wonderful culture as important, and would ask for their support for the further enhancement of our society. M. Quetzalcoatl Tzamá Third Officer of the PCL, and PCL Candidate for Minister of Internal Affairs Mme. Marthe Cahun PCL Candidate for Minister of Education and Culture |
| Date | 21:34:37, April 23, 2017 CET | From | Alliance Radicale | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act, May 4200 |
| Message | M. Modérateur, M. Tzamá, Mme. Cahun, Hon. Members of l'Assemblée Nationale, I do not believe this bill will accomplish any of the goals you are trying to achieve. Article 1 would indeed give the state more power over culture by allowing it to favor some artists and cultural institutions over others, on a "case-by-case" (nothing more than a euphemism for discretionary and arbitrary) basis. It, indeed, restricts cultural freedom in Lourenne. Article 2 and 3 would subsidize private organizations whose goal is not to maintain the public interest in their protection of cultural and historical heritage, but to turn a profit; if the protection of cultural and historical heritage does not turn a profit, who will stop them? It replaces the universal protection of the state with the fickle and arbitrary protection of the market and formalizes domination, not by public institutions as Article 1 does, but by private institutions. |
| Date | 21:35:57, April 23, 2017 CET | From | Alliance Radicale | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act, May 4200 |
| Message | Antoinette Leroy, member of l'Assemblée Nationale. (OOC: Forgot to sign it) |
| Date | 22:05:30, April 23, 2017 CET | From | Parti Démocratique National Lourennais | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act, May 4200 |
| Message | M./Mme. Modérateur, Honoured members of l'Assemblée Nationale, I do agree with you that we have a truly unique and wonderful culture. But the main goal of the government with investing in cultural bodies isn't to dictate our culture, but to develop it so it can become bigger around the country and hopefully spread itself to other countries. So we'll vote against, as we think it is a good to invest in our beautiful culture. we thank all members of l'Assemblée Nationale for their time and attention, Marie-Louise Payet Minister of Education and Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 137 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 213 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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