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Bill: Environmental Policy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Radical Union
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: November 2254
Description[?]:
| This bill's objective is to establish acceptable environmental policies by limiting the hunting and owning of endangered or wild animals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: The government enforces no regulations.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
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: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape.
Current: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Proposed: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:35:48, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | We spent in-game years working to promote the Rutanian principle of "People before animals - always". I'm afraid we can't support any of the articles in this bill. |
| Date | 10:58:41, July 11, 2006 CET | From | National Radical Union | To | Debating the Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | It might be possible to separate Article 4 from the rest of this bill. Industral pollution primarily hits humans living close to factories. What do you have to say for this? |
| Date | 20:04:22, July 11, 2006 CET | From | Central Block | To | Debating the Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | I like your bill the way it is, personally. |
| Date | 13:45:36, July 12, 2006 CET | From | National Radical Union | To | Debating the Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | I think it'd be a better idea to separate industrial pollution matters from animal protection. They are very different and loosely related issues. |
| Date | 11:01:08, July 13, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Environmental Policy Act |
| Message | Good idea. We can't guarantee support for either but we'll give the pollution one a think. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 331 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 268 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Game mechanics comes first." For example, if a currently-enforced bill sets out one law, then a player cannot claim the government has set out a contradictory law. |
| Random quote: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein |