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This is bill id#1050 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS The Secretary of State is the most central, pivotal crucial and time taking responsibility of the Kingdom of Talossa AND

WHEREAS it requires not only time critical actions but also a vast understanding of the law AND 

WHEREAS it can sometimes take a superhuman to perform all of the duties AND

WHEREAS I know that most Secretaries of State managed it and perhaps they are all superhumans AND

WHEREAS a country should be more realistic in it's expectations AND

WHEREAS the Chancery is an official Royal office of the Kingdom of Talossa AND

WHEREAS in the past, the entire Chancery responsibilities were handled by the Secretary of State AND

WHEREAS the list of those responsibilities was never explicitly listed in law AND

WHEREAS in Reality, multiple officers of the Chancery might be responsible for multiple responsibilities AND

WHEREAS the Chancery and the Secretary of State are often used interchangeably

THEREFORE the ZIU Resolves that:

Title C, subsection 1.1 and subsubsection 1.1.1 of el Lexhatx which read like this:

1.1. The Chancery, headed by the Secretary of State. The functions of the Chancery are to prepare and submit the Clark, determine and report the passage or failure of each resolution considered by the Ziu, conduct, certify, and report upon all national elections, maintain the census and citizenship list, assist the citizenry in determining Talossan language personal names and registering the same, register political parties, communicate census information to political party leaders, and track and maintain legislative seating assignments.

1.1.1. Members of the Chancery are to be considered as if they were Deputy Secretary of State, without the ability to replace the Secretary should he become available. Members may act in the name of the Secretary of State and perform official business as delegated to them by the Secretary. (30RZ11)

Are to be replaced by the following sections:


1.1. The Chancery is headed by the Secretary of State. 

1.1.1. The Chancery includes multiple responsibilities as follows:

1.1.1.2. Elections: prepare and administer all national elections, referendums and Senate elections performed by the Chancery as well as coordinating with any electoral committees. The Chancery is also responsible for maintaining and publishing the electoral rules, sending the ballots, collecting the votes, and publishing the election results as well as registering political parties

1.1.1.3. Clarks: prepare and submit the Clark, determine and report the passage or failure of each resolution considered by the Ziu, and sending the approved bills to the King for voting

1.1.1.4. Census: maintain the census and citizenship list, assist the citizenry in determining Talossan language personal names, administrating the Oath of Citizenship, promulgating citizenship declarations, recognizing renunciations, and assigning a citizen number to new citizens.

1.1.1.5. The Hopper: manage the hopper and accept bills for publication in the Clark from the Hopper. Duties also include counseling Ziu Members on proper syntax or procedure for Bills as well as assisting legislators with proposing a proper way to insert bills in El Lexhatx.

1.1.1.6. The Senate: maintain the dates of the Senate elections, and assist Senators with votes on the clark if requested. A further responsibility includes collecting and incorporating provincial rules about the Senators to ensure that the Chancery follows them during General Elections.

1.1.2. Each member of the Chancery is to be titled a Deputy Secretary of State, without the ability to replace the Secretary should he or she become unavailable unless otherwise appointed to by the Secretary of State. Members may act in the name of the Secretary of State and only perform official business as delegated to them by the Secretary.

Whereas according to the Lexhatx D “2.1.5. The Seneschal shall be required to submit to the Ziu, in time for consideration by the the second Clark of the Cosa, a government bill approved by the whole Cabinet which shall contain the following: (38RZ15)

2.1.5.1. a detailed budget listing all planned expenses of the State through the current Cosa, specifying the amounts to be requisitioned for each Cabinet Ministry or Officer of the Royal Household and the purpose of each such expense;

2.1.5.2. any amount of the Treasury to be set aside for investment as directed by the Finance Minister and the investment policy that will be pursued;

2.1.5.3. the total amount in louise of any planned currency minting and printing, and postage issuance to be executed by the Royal Bank & Post during the term of the current Cosa.”, and

Whereas this bill has been approved by all members of the cabinet, and

Whereas the Government Financial Report for Cosa 45 can be found here: wiki.talossa.com/Government_Financial_Report_for_Cosa_45 , and

Thererfore be it enacted by the Ziu that:

1) The Ministry of Stuff shall be allocated a budget, not to exceed ℓ134 ($201) for the payment of web registration and hosting fees of the websites currently paid for by King John.

2) The Ministry of Finance shall be allocated a budget as follws:
- Alll funds that the ministry may raise through Kickstarter or similar funding methods, to be used in the production of 5,000 Talossan coins with a face value of ℓ1 each, for a total face value of ℓ5,000 ($7,500). 
- An amount, not to exceed ℓ320 ($480) in supplemental funding for the production of 5000 Talossan coins, as mentioned above.
- ℓ14 ($21) to support requests by other ministries and/or offices of the 
- Royal Household for expenses not specifically budgeted.

3) The Ministry of Culture shall be allocated a budget, not to exceed ℓ30 ($45) for the production of an attractive plaque to be awarded to a business which has rendered service to or has been of cultural or historical importance to the Kingdom of Talossa.

4) The Wargames Bureau, falling under the Ministry of Culture, shall be allocated a budget, not to exceed ℓ8 ($12) to partially offset costs of sending awards to Talossan game champions.

5) Details of any project which monies from the above allocations will be spent will be publicly published, along with estimated costs, not less than two weeks before the actual purchase is made. Monies not allocated above shall be retained in the central fund. For security and administration purposes, all allocated monies shall remain in the central fund and, subject to approval by the Minister of Finance and provisions in this Act, may be drawn down on a case by case basis by each Minister. 

6) No funds will be spent on the production of coins until the design and monetary policy for the coin issue has been approved by the Ziu.

7) The investment policy of Talossa for this Cosa is to leave funds in the interest-bearing bank account that serves as the central fund. 

8) In accordance with the Lexhatx, the Government may later in this Cosa submit supplemental budgeting legislation for the approval of the Ziu.