L002 - Omnibus Council Legislative Reform and Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

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Omnibus Council Legislative Reform and Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill
Proposed by Entropan

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Preamble:

While understanding and appreciating the necessity of L31039 (amended here to be L000) to improve the standards of legislation proposed by the Council of the Republic, and defending its vitality in improving the efficiency of the legislative process and reducing the burden on legislators of a confusing and often unenforced and outdated legislative record, while recognising that there exists several flaws in the Act, in grammatical and operative terms that seriously impede its fitness for purpose,

The Government of the League and Concord hereby:

Amends the classification of the Omnibus Council Legislative Reform and Reorganisation Act from “L31039” to “L000”.

Replaces the following text in the first line of the preamble to L000, also to be referred to as ‘the Act’ throughout this piece of legislation; "many The League and Concord lawmakers"; with "the numerous legislators that have contributed to the development of the Republic".

Strikes line two of the preamble; "Realizing the need for reassessment of much previously passed legislation;".

Replaces the following text in the third line of the preamble; “politicians of The League and Concord”; with “the legislators of the Republic”.

Replaces the following text in the third line of the preamble; "region"; with "regions".

Replaces the following text in the third line of the preamble; “a number of previously passed pieces of legislation”; with “a significant amount of outdated and often unenforced legislation”.

Strikes line four of the preamble; “Recognizing the current inability of the Council of the Republic to pass new legislation, due in part from an overabundance of out-of-date legislation;”.

Inserts the following line after the fourth line of the preamble; "Understanding the need to properly update and codify the legislative procedure undertaken by the Council;"

Strikes line six of the preamble; “Defending the power of the Council of the Republic to legislative effectively;”.

Replaces the operative declaration of the Act; “The League and Concord Government Declares:”; with “The Government of the League and Concord hereby:”.

Replaces the following text in clause one of the Act; “as well as any laws”; with “alongside any laws”.

Inserts the following clause after clause one, hereby referred to in this legislation as amended clause two; “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.”

Inserts the following clause after amended clause two, hereby referred to in this legislation as amended clause three; “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.”

Inserts the following clause after amended clause three, hereby referred to in this legislation as amended clause four; “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.”

Inserts the following clause after amended clause four; “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.”

Strikes clause two of the Act; “Institutes a mandatory review by the Council of the Republic of all laws repealed under the clause above, for possible re-passage or amending by subsequent votes.”

Replaces clause three of the Act; “Codifies Council of the Republic legislative voting procedure under the following guidelines”; with “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”.

Strikes clause three, subclause one of the Act; “A private channel or discussion forum shall be used following a bill or motion being brought to vote in the Council of the Republic.”

Replaces clause three, subclause two of the Act; “A poll or other voting apparatus shall be released with the options “Yea”, “Nay”, or “Abstain”, in reference to the proposed bill or motion.”; with “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.”

Replaces the following text in clause three, subclause three of the Act; “All Council of the Republic and Consulate members”; with “All Council Delegates”.

Replaces the following text in clause three, subclause three of the Act; “at the polls opening and given access to discuss within the private channel or forum”; with “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”.

Strikes the following text from clause three, subclause four; “(from the opening of the polls)”.

Replaces the following text in clause three, subclause four; “members of the Council of the Republic” with “Council Delegates”.

Strikes the following text from clause three, subclause four; “The voting period may be extended on requests from Council or Consulate members. All members of the Council of the Republic are expected to vote, whether it be “Yea”, “Nay”, or “Abstain”, on every bill or motion, and a failure to vote without just cause may be considered grounds for removal from the Council.”

Inserts the following subclause following clause three, subclause four, to be referred to in this legislation as clause three, amended subclause five; “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.”

Inserts the following subclause following clause three, amended subclause five; “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.”

Replaces the following text in clause three, subclause five; “or an otherwise Consulate-designated Council member”; with “or an Consulate-selected extra-consular Council Delegate”.

Replaces the following text in clause three, subclause five; “within 2 hours of the end of the voting period, at which time the bill will either fail or pass”; with “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”.

Strikes clause three, subclause six; “Bills and motions need a strict majority of “yea” votes to pass and become legislation. Any failure to reach a strict majority results in the failure of the bill or motion”.

Replaces clause four; “Solidifies constitutional amendment voting procedure under the following guidelines”; with “Codifies the voting procedure to be used by the Council for Bills that do amend the Constitution of the Republic under the following regulation”.

Replaces clause four, subclause one; “The initiation of constitution amendment voting procedure shall follow the legislative voting procedure set out above under the first three points, with the poll being amended to only include “Yea” or “Nay” options”; with “Any Bill that includes within its operative clause an amendment to the Constitution of the Republic shall be voted on under the same regulations outlined in clause three, subclauses one and two.”

Replaces clause four, subclause two; “Voting will be open for 48 hours, and may not be shortened or lengthened. All members of the Council of the Republic must vote either “Yea” or “Nay”. A failure to vote without cause may be grounds for removal from the council”; with “The time-span in which Council Delegates can vote on Bills which amend the Constitution shall be no longer or shorter than 48 hours.”

Inserts the following subclause after clause four, subclause two; “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.”

Replaces the following text in clause four, subclause three; “, and the results must be announced immediately following”; with “. The results of the vote must be announced within two hours of the end of the voting period.”

Replaces clause four, subclause four; “For any constitutional amendment to pass, a two-thirds majority of “yea” is required to pass. If a proposed amendment reaches past strict majority but fails to reach the two-thirds majority, the Consulate may elect to reintroduce the legislation to another vote. This process may only take place once following an initial failure to reach two-thirds.”; with “For any Bill which amends the Constitution to pass into regional law, two-thirds of Council Delegates must vote in favour of passing it.”

Replaces clause five; “Creates bill and act filing procedure by which;”; with “Establishes a filing procedure for Bills, Acts, proposed Motions and Motions, by which;”

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause one; “assigned a number in”; with “catalogued in accordance with”.

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause one; “[council session][amount of Bills”; with “[legislative session][number of Bills”.

Strikes clause five, subclause two; “All failed Bills retain their number.”

Inserts the following subclause after clause five, subclause one; “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].”

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause three; “assigned a number in”; with “catalogued in accordance with”.

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause three; “[council session][amount of Acts since the passing of CRP Law #0, which would be numbered as L1000]”; with “[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]”.

Inserts the following text in clause five, subclause four, following “All”, and before “will be assigned [...]”; “successful”.

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause four; “assigned a number in”; with “catalogued in accordance with”.

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause four; “[council session][amount of Motions since the beginning of the session, including the Motion in question]”; with “[number of Motions passed by the Council]”

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause five; “assigned a number in”; with “catalogued in accordance with”.

Replaces the following text in clause five, subclause five; “amount of Consulate”; with “number of Consulate”.

Inserts the following text in clause six, following “Establishes” and before “official Council of the Republic”; “the”.

Strikes the following text from clause six; “held and”.

Inserts the following text in clause six, following “regional wiki site”, and before “, under the procedure”; “and the regions' official forums”.

Replaces the following text in clause six; “council members”; with “Council Delegates”.

Replaces the following text in clause six; “to ensure up-to-date records”; with “.”