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Bill: Economic Regulation Act 2283
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta
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: September 2284
Description[?]:
| Whereas and So Forth, in Accordance with the Laws Common and Statute and the Ancient and Revered Traditions of the Free Republic of Jelbania, there shall here pass unto Law This Here Bill. Whenceforth and in Accordance et cetera ad hominen caveat cranium, there shall be a Re-Regulation of Industry and Economy in the Great Free Republic of Jelbania. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: The sale of food is unregulated.
Current: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Proposed: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Current: There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: The government promotes forest clearance.
Current: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Proposed: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:13:34, September 15, 2006 CET | From |  Mjesrne | To | Debating the Economic Regulation Act 2283 |
| Message | Verily was it noted, that the JZPB regarded this with an air of ambivalence and as such the bill could never have passed vox populi. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 425 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 298 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
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