L000- Omnibus Council Legislative Reform and Reorganization Bill

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Omnibus Council Legislative Reform and Reorganization Bill

Proposed by New Illyricum

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Amended by L002

Preamble:

Remembering the historic legacy of the numerous legislators that have contributed to the development of the Republic;

Noting the hindrances placed on the legislators of the Republic to address important issues for the regions by a significant amount of outdated and often unenforced legislation;

Acknowledging the need for higher legislative review standards;

Understanding the need to properly update and codify the legislative procedure undertaken by the Council;

The Government of the League and Concord hereby:

Repeals all laws passed under Councils of the Republic 1 through 30, alongside any laws passed under the incumbent 31st Council of the Republic.

Defines a ‘Bill’ as a piece of legislation proposed formally by any Council Delegate that petitions for certain actions to be undertaken by the Executive branch of the Republic, and/or for the amendment of prior legislation.

Defines an ‘Act’ as a Bill which has been approved in a formally convened vote by a plurality of Council Delegates without veto by the Consulate, thus being enacted into regional law.
Defines a ‘proposed Motion’ as a statement proposed formally by any Council Delegate that petitions for the Council to make its opinion on a particular matter officially known, without an operative clause.

Defines a ‘Motion’ as a statement approved by a plurality of Council Delegates which officially declares the opinion of the Council on a particular matter, without an operative clause.

Codifies the voting procedure to be used by the Council for proposed Motions and Bills that do not amend the Constitution of the Republic under the following regulation:

• Following a proposed Motion or Bill being moved to vote, all Delegates shall be given the opportunity to vote in favour (to be solidified through the option to vote “Yea”), against (to be solidified through the option to vote “Nay”), or in neutrality (to be solidified through the option to vote to “Abstain”) of the proposed Motion or Bill.
  
• All Council Delegates must be immediately notified once the vote is formally opened, with every Delegate given the opportunity and ability to discuss the proposed Motion or Bill within, as appropriate, the private and public meeting locations, as outlined in Article Three, Section Two, Subsection VI of the Constitution.
  
• Voting must be open for at least 48 hours to all Council Delegates.
  
• The voting period may be extended upon the reasonable request of a Council Delegate, based upon their own inability to vote within the designated time period.
  
• All Council Delegates are expected to vote on every proposed Motion or Bill brought to vote, and a failure to vote without just cause may be considered grounds for removal from the Council, under the regulations set out in L001.
  
• At the end of the voting period, all votes shall be tallied by a member of the Consulate or a Consulate-selected extra-consular Council Delegate. The results of the vote must be announced within two hours of the end of the voting period, at which time, if a plurality of Council Delegates have voted in favour of the passage of the proposed Motion or Bill, it shall be passed, whereas if a plurality of Council Delegates have voted against the passage of the proposed Motion or Bill, it shall fail.
  

Codifies the voting procedure to be used by the council for Bills that do amend the Constitution of the Republic under the following regulation:

• Any Bill that includes within its operative clause an amendment to the Constitution of the Republic shall be voted on under the same regulations outlines in clause three, subclauses one and two.
  
• The time-span in which Council Delegates can vote on Bills which amend the Constitution shall be no longer or shorter than 48 hours.
  
• In contrast to other Bills, votes on Bills that amend the Constitution shall only include options to vote for (“Yea”), or against (“Nay”) the passage of the legislation.
  
• At the end of the allotted voting time, all votes shall be tallied by a member of the Consulate. The results of the vote must be announced within two hours of the end of the voting period.
  
• For any Bill which amends the Constitution to pass into regional law, two-thirds of Council Delegates must vote in favour of passing it.
  

Establishes a filing procedure for Bills, Acts, proposed Motions and Motions, by which:

• All Bills will be catalogued in accordance with the following format: B[legislative session][number of Bills since the beginning of the session, including the Bill in question].
  
• All proposed Motions will be catalogued in accordance with the following format: PM[legislative session][number of proposed Motions since the beginning of the session, including the motion in question].
  
• When a Bill becomes an Act, it will be catalogued in accordance with the following format: L[number of Acts passed since the Omnibus Council Legislative Reform and Reorganisation Act, which is to be catalogued as L000; with this number being expressed similarly in three digits].
  
• All Motions will be catalogued in accordance with the following format: M[number of Motions passed by the Council].
  
• All Consulate Orders will be catalogued in accordance with the following format: C[last two digits of year][number of Consulate Orders since the beginning of the year, including the Order in question].
  

Establishes the official Council of the Republic Archives, to be stored on the regional wiki site and the regions’ official forums, under the procedure set out above. The Archives are to be maintained by Council Delegates and must be regularly updated.