L001 - Council Terms and Sessions Act

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Council Terms and Sessions Act

Proposed by New Illyricum

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Amended by L003

Preamble:
Recognising the crucial importance of governmental turnover to allow for the incorporation of new ideas and legislation;

Acknowledging the reliance of the current archival system established under L000 on the change of Councils of the Republic;

Noting the need for strictly defining the limitations on both Terms and Sessions;

Perceiving the need for certain restrictions to be placed on the Council of the Republic to ensure the retention of valuable legislators;

Defending the contributions of effective lawmakers and their right to remain in government;

The Government of the League and Concord hereby:

Reestablishes term limits for Councils of the Republic, under the definition set out in the following clause.

Defines a legislative term as the period in which a Council of the Republic is convened to propose, discuss, and vote on legislation, to be naturally limited at six months unless closed under the procedure laid out in clause 3.

Allows for the Consulate or a unanimous Council-vote to call a legislative term to close prior to the sixth month mark, after the term has been incumbent for at least a month.

Institutes a mandatory review process for every incumbent legislator in the Council of the Republic at the closure of a legislative term.

The review will be conducted by a college of three independent reviewers elected amongst Council Delegates who had put themselves forward for the position following the closure of a legislative term; after 72 hours since the closure of a legislative term, Council Delegates shall, via a non-transferable vote, elect the reviewers; the three Delegates with the highest number of votes, where applicable, shall be the three occupying this position.

The review will consist of an evaluation of the legislative contributions the legislator provided in the outgoing legislative term, to determine the activity of certain Delegates in Council activities.

Legislative contributions are to be defined as the degree to which a Council Delegate has participated in the introduction and discussion of legislation, voted on Bills, Motions, and Treaties, and participated in any other activities held by the Council.

The independent reviewers, following the review process, shall compile their ultimate recommendations regarding whether to remove or retain Delegates, and submit it as a report to the Consulate, who shall be able to remove legislators based on this report, while being obligated to provide any legislator justification in the case of their removal.

Council Delegates reserve the right to submit Motions, to be voted on by the Council as a whole, that express disagreement with any choice taken by the Consulate regarding the Review process.