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Bill: Central Act 2206
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bureaucratic Technocracy Party
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: April 2208
Description[?]:
| An act to produce a central nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: This matter is left up to the local governments.
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 3
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Local governments may set curfews, but national government does not.
Current: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: No curfew policies may be established.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: Dealing with illegal aliens is left to local governments.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Current: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Proposed: Industrial hemp is illegal.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Current: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal but not recognized under government employment regulation policy.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in places of employment, with the exception of places that primarily serve liquor.
Proposed: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:02:10, March 28, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Central Act 2206 |
| Message | The BTP asked me to announce that this bill IS NOT FINISHED! He had to rush off early apparently. |
| Date | 10:14:08, March 29, 2006 CET | From | Bureaucratic Technocracy Party | To | Debating the Central Act 2206 |
| Message | Confirmed, I will finish the bill off in discussion with the DLP. |
| Date | 20:44:51, March 29, 2006 CET | From | Bureaucratic Technocracy Party | To | Debating the Central Act 2206 |
| Message | Moved to vote! |
| Date | 20:51:49, March 29, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Central Act 2206 |
| Message | BTP, I don't know how you come up with such fine bills, really I don't. Pure genius. |
| Date | 10:28:38, March 30, 2006 CET | From | Bureaucratic Technocracy Party | To | Debating the Central Act 2206 |
| Message | Moved to vote again. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 228 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 372 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a 'safe' code of conduct, one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone, for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative. So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you." - Harry Browne |