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Bill: Ecological Improvements Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! Party
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2212
Description[?]:
| In order to guarantee the continued high ecological position of the Republic the Government will re-introduce measures to guarantee the cleanliness and overall health of the Hobrazian ecological sector. In order to accomplish these aims the Government will; 1. Regulate the trade in exotic animals. Whilst accepting it is the right of the individual to choose the type of pet they may wish to own, it must be acknoleged that certain "exotic" animals either struggle, or are otherwise averse, to the Hobrazian climate. In order to reduce harm coming to these animals the Government will enact regulations in the trade of these animals. 2. Re-introduce moderate pollution restrictions. These restrictions will be set at a level so as not to adversly harm the competitiveness of Hobrazian industry whislt guaranteeing that the overall harm to the environment is kept at a minimum. 3. Allow only for the use of environmentally fuelled vehicles. Current technology allows for pollution free vehicles. Though the cost of purchase is moderately higher (approx 10%) overall running costs are lower. There is also the guaranteed improvement in the environment which allows for an improved natural climate, whilst also reducing the risks and costs to public health (which in turn reduces the costs to the NHS). The allowance of these cleaner vehicles also places Hobrazian automotive industries at the fore front of vehicle technologies, which can only be advantagous to business, whilst also continuing to drive down the costs of purchase and production. 4. In order to safe guard both the ecological balance of the Country, whilst also guaranteeing the survival of the Hobrazian logging industry into the future, the Government will enact legislation to force logging companies to replant to the same level as they use. 5. Recycling of those goods that can be reconstituted will be enforced for the population as a whole. Whilst accepting that, overall, business produces the majority of dangerous waste the citizenry as a whole produces tonnes of waste per day. In order to reduce the size of waste "tips" all waste that can will be recycled. In order to facilitate this, the Government will provide all households with a large green "bin" into which all recyclable produce will be placed. This will be removed as per standard waste disposal vehicles and transported to recycing centres where the waste can be seperated and prepared for recycling. The above legislation will not only be of advantage to the Country as a whole as part of guaranteeing the ecological survival of the Republic, but also allowing for further increases in the tourist trade as people will be able to see, in the wild, the myriad of animal and plant life the Country has to offer. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 3
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: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Proposed: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:50:09, April 06, 2006 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Ecological Improvements Act |
| Message | Well, this is my first large multi-proposal bill...I guess it had to happen... |
| Date | 22:25:45, April 06, 2006 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Ecological Improvements Act |
| Message | Where have i seen this reverse proposal policy........ah, L-PU did it all the time :-) |
| Date | 01:11:05, April 07, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Ecological Improvements Act |
| Message | Hey...if it works!! Hang on, are you calling me the L-PU?!!! Have at you!!! :) |
| Date | 12:34:03, April 07, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Ecological Improvements Act |
| Message | I feel like being ecoskeptic today. |
| Date | 15:27:16, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Ecological Improvements Act |
| Message | Article 5 doesn't go far enough but i'll vote yes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 179 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 161 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 60 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order." - Idi Amin |