Bills

WHEREAS, the evolution of Talossa from a one-man state, to a multi-ego, monarchical autocracy, to a semiconstitutional balance of powers under the 1985 Organic Law, to a constitutional Monarchy under the 1988 Constituziun and 1997 Organic Law, has seen a consistent expansion of the rights of the Talossan people to determine their own destiny under the historically appropriate watchful eye of the House and Dynasty of Rouergue, and

WHEREAS, this evolution and growth of the Talossan nation now requires a further clarification of the constitutional responsibilities of the Legislature and of the Monarchy, each in its own separate sphere, and

WHEREAS, in his Speech from the Throne of 28 November 2003 the King indicated his intention to remove himself from direct involvement in the parliamentary system of Talossa,

Therefore: The Organic Law of Talossa is hereby amended.

Article VIII, Section 2 is changed to read as follows:

"Art. VIII:Sec. 2. Any Member of the Cosâ, or Senator, or the King, shall have the right to submit bills, before the before the twenty-first day of the month, to the Secretary of State for consideration by the Ziu. Bills received after the twenty-first day of the month shall be published in the next Clark or postponed for one Clark, at the Secretary of State's discretion."

And Article VII, Section 6 is changed to read as follows:

"Art. VII:Sec. 6. Anyone eligible to vote in Talossa is eligible to hold any government position, including Member of the Cosâ. However, neither a reigning King nor a Regent shall hold any seats, either in the Cosâ or in the Senäts, during his reign or regency."

The provision for a Regent is to clearly separate the powers of the Legislative and Executive branches.

A referendum shall be authorized, at the earliest legal opportunity, so that the people of Talossa may pass or defeat this Amendment.

WHEREAS a great controversy over the SeatGate occur, with an interrogation
as to wheter seats in the Côsa belong to Cosâ members or parties

WHEREAS the Cort hasn't made a clear judgement on it

WHEREAS This situation is ambiguous and divided the country over
a period of a few days

WHEREAS The article that speaks of removal of Cosâ members is dated from
prior to the adoption of EM200

WHEREAS This Cosâ member believes that seats under EM200 should belong to
Parties and not individual Cosâ members, since in our system, it is parties
and not Cosâ members who are elected

THEREFORE the Ziu ammends article VIII Section 4 to now read as follows :


Art. VIII:Sec. 4. Each person holding at least 1 seat is a correspondent representative known as a "Member of the Cosâ" (MC). Party leaders must submit, prior to the publication of each clark, a list of Cosâ members with their number of seats to the Secretary of State. If no list is supplied to the Secretary of State in time, the Secretary of State shall assign the seats to the party in a manner as close as possible to the previous clark. The Secretary of State may allow or refuse seat reallocation during a clark according to the rules established by the Secretary of State Office at the moment of the request.

WHEREAS, now, referendums are only held every general electon,

WHEREAS, in some cases, an ammendment needs to be in place faster,

WHERAS in Canada there is a "clause nonobstand" which allows a province to ignore part of the constitution,

THEREFORE, the Ziu amends the Organic Law by adding the following
Section
3 to Article XIV of the Organic Law to read as follows in its entirety:

"Art.XIV, Sec.3: An organic law ammendement may invoke the Notwisthanding
clause to become law as soon as approved by 2/3 of both Ziu chambers by using
exactly the following syntax ( minus small grammatical corrections should it
become necessary) :

"The ZIU resolves to invoke the Notwisthanding clause for this ammendment
and put it in place immediatly after approval by the ZIU. This
ammendent still requires to be ratified by a referendum to the population, but
is deemed in place until the ratification. If the bill is rejected by the
population, the ammendment will still deemed to have been in function
between the approval by the ZIU and the ratification, but will stop
being in place on the end of the referendum as if a succesful referendum
for the removal of the ammdendment had been ratified."

WHEREAS the Council of Governors has already been established; and
WHEREAS no leader of the council was named; and
WHEREAS it seems appropriate to appoint a leader, to serve as a representative of the Council as a whoe when dealing with teh HEad of State of the HEad of Government;
THEREFORE the ZIu hereby authorises the creation of the position of Governor-General of Talossa, who shall be the leader of the Council of Governors, chosen by a majority of the Council members (who are the collective governors and provinical leader of Talossa). In matters provincial, the Governor-General shall serve as a liaison to the Government of Talossa, to serve at the behest of the Council of Governors.

WHEREAS there is absent any authority within the Kingdom of Talossa authorising the approval of practicing lawer, attorney, barristers, and solicitors; and
WHEREAS such authority should exist if anyone is to practice law as a legal representative in the Kingdom of Talossa; and
WHEREAS it's high time such a problem was addressed
THEREOFRE the Ziu enacts the following law, hereby establishing a Royal Talossan Bar:

From this moment henceforth there shall be a legal association for the approval of any person wishing to practise law as a barrister, solicitor, lawyer, or attorney (styled as such according to Talossan law), known as the Royal Talossan Bar.

In order to gain admittance to the Bar, a candidate must pass a test or set of requirements set by the Bar, according to Talossan law. Upon admittance to the Bar, any person may be allowed to freely practise law, having the right to appear before any court in the Kingdom of Talossa.

The head of the Bar shall be chosen by the Senäts with a majority vote. The leader of the Bar shall be called Chancellor of the Royal Talossan Bar, chosen to serve the people of Talossa as the top legal mid, separate from the political structure. The Chancellor shall have no legal power beyond that of aiding in the approval or removal of Bar candidates or its members.

[This bill is contingent upon passage of the Talossan Bar Act.]

WHEREAS a temporary measure of approving members to the Royal Talossan Bar is necessary; and
WHEREAS no such provision exists as of yet
THEREFORE the Ziu approves the following method:

The method of approval of admission to the Royal Talossan Bar is hereby established. The Uppermost Cort and the Chancellor of the Royal Talossan Bar shall comprise the approving body of the Royal Talossan Bar, the Board of Admissions. If there is no such Chancellor, then the Board shall be comprised of the Uppermost Cort alone. No member of the Cort shall be allowed to serve as Chancellor, but all members of the Cort at the time of passage shall automatically be members of the Bar.

Any candidate wishing to join the Bar must endure, to the Board's satisfaction, a set of interviews used to determine the candidate's worthiness. If the candidate is approved, he or she may begin practising law within the Kingdom after a two-week period, given in order to prepare the newly-approved candidate and the Bar itself.

If a candidate does not pass the interviews to the satisfaction of the Board, then they may not re-apply for no less than one (1) calendar month. Uppon completion of that month, they may apply again. There is no limit to the number of times a candidate may apply.

At this time, no fee is collected for membership.

This method of approval shall expire upon the establishment of other rules for approving candidates.

WHEREAS in Canada and probably many other countries, only
Minister get a limousine, normal representatives do not get
that priviliged,

WHEREAS in Talossa, only members of the Ziu may submit bills,

WHEREAS Ministers, when they submit bills, often use their
minister's title,

WHEREAS The King and even the opposition leader in at least
one documentated case, have used other non government related
post when sending a bill,

WHEREAS this custom has always been a part of Talossa's bill system,
yet no laws ( in my knowledge ) ever codified it,

WHEREAS the WHEREAS section is mostly used to place a bill in context,
yet the title of the proposer can be equally used to establish context,

WHEREAS in Talossa, no ministry is rich enough to afford a Limousine

WHEREAS after a few weeks of serious fighting, it is time for a little
more Talossanity

THEREFORE the Ziu resolves to officially legalize the use of official non-Ziu
titles when a member of the ZIU submit a bill, if the submitter
feels that he is submitting a bill in another capacity as ZIU member.

Such a title shall be called a "Limousine" or by it's Talossan equivalent.
A title of Senator, distain or Member of the Cosâ is a Ziu title, and as
such not a Limousine. A person can only be entitled to a limousine if
he is both a member of the Ziu AND holding an official title.

A Limousine may contains, but are not restricted to :
A governor title, a minister or deputy minister title, a title conferred
by a national organization such as the C

Whereas, Spam Luncheon Meat is a delicious and versatile product And,

Whereas, there are many cool Spam products available and there is even a Monty Python skit, complete with a song about Spam And,

Whereas there are many foul and vile imitations of Spam Luncheon Meat,

Therefore, the Ziu hereby resolves and declares Spam to be the official Luncheon Meat of Talossa and sanctions its full use by all citizens.

Whereas, many current practices of the forestry industry, such as clear cutting; are extremely damaging to the environment and the eco-systems within these forests,

Therefore the Ziu hereby resolves that the practice of community-based and eco-system based foresty are to be recommended as a model for the future.

WHEREAS The Organic law specify that a proposer must include his party and province,

WHEREAS In practice, this is not always done,

THEREFORE The Ziu ammends the Organic law, article Article VIII Section 3 to read as follow :

Art. VIII:Sec. 3. A bill may be proposed by submitting it to the Secretary of State. A bill thus submitted should be followed by the words "Uréu q'estadra så" (or "Proposed by") and the name of the author(s) and the capacity in which the proposer is submitting the bill. The Ziu may regulate the wording to use for the capacity. The Secretary of State may refuse to accept bills which are not clearly typed or word-processed.