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Bill: Federalist Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuaithe - Rural Party of Kirlawa
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: November 4571
Description[?]:
| A bill to enact the decentralisation of powers from the National Government to Local Governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Closed shops are places of employment where only members of a specific union are allowed to work; union shops can hire non-members, but these have to become members after a certain time; agency shops can hire non-members, who have to pay a fee to cover the unions costs. All three are erected by union agreements. (Only valid if unions are legal)
Old value:: Union shops and agency shops are legal, but closed shops are not.
Current: Only open shops are legal.
Proposed: This issue is decided by local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Proposed: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on rent regulation
Old value:: The government sets a cap on housing rents.
Current: The government obligates organizations representing landlords and tenants to negotiate rents.
Proposed: Local governments decide on housing rent regulation.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 23 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 694 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "If we cannot, by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force." - Auberon Herbert |