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Bill: Enviroment Act - Part 2
Details
Submitted by[?]: Refuge Pressure 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: August 2346
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight.
Proposed: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Proposed: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:09:16, January 17, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Enviroment Act - Part 2 |
| Message | We feel that environmental concerns should remain in local hands and they may remove regulation if they wish to do so. |
| Date | 17:29:00, January 17, 2007 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Enviroment Act - Part 2 |
| Message | We knew there'd be different oppositions to different aspects of the ecology - that's why we split it into two. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 93 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 657 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow official national flags of real-life nations or flags which are very prominent and recognisable (eg. the flags of the European Union, the United Nations, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union or the Confederate States of America). |
| Random quote: "Most politicians hold their fingers to the wind, and if we win we'll be showing them a lot of wind." - Ralph Nader |