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Bill: Local Ecology Empowerment Act of 4346
Details
Submitted by[?]: Haaretz (הארץ)
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: December 4346
Description[?]:
| This bill gives local governments more power to decide policy with regards to their local ecology. This includes wildlife, plantlife, agriculture, and natural resource management. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Current: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Current: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Proposed: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Article 7
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 funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:00:00, February 09, 2018 CET | From | Kadima Beiteynu | To | Debating the Local Ecology Empowerment Act of 4346 |
| Message | My party finds most of this quite agreeable and well crafted. However, my party will not partake in corporate welfare, in the form of farm subsidies. |
| Date | 03:24:58, February 10, 2018 CET | From | Yarok [Y] (יָרוֹק) | To | Debating the Local Ecology Empowerment Act of 4346 |
| Message | The central government needs to control and regulate these matters. |
| Date | 05:20:01, February 10, 2018 CET | From | Haaretz (הארץ) | To | Debating the Local Ecology Empowerment Act of 4346 |
| Message | Does the central government really need to control everything? It is our view that many of the items listed would be better managed on the local level. Local governments are far more responsive to the needs of individual farmers, hunters, fishers and loggers, and those are the people most affected by these laws. Since this won't pass anyways, though, our point is somewhat moot... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 32 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 88 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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