Bills

This is bill id#1189 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS Lex.A.12 currently states that the USA does not allow gay marriage, and

WHEREAS Whether you support it or not, Obergefell v. Hodges made gay marriage legal in the USA, and

WHEREAS Our laws should be up to date

THEREFORE, Lex.A.12, which currently reads;

12. Marriage is a civil right, guaranteed to all citizens of proper age. It is a contractual agreement between parties, signed onto by their own consent, and is a guaranteed right regardless of sex or sexual orientation. Any sacredness of marriage is between the parties involved and is a strictly personal issue. The Kingdom of Talossa recognizes any and all marriages that fall under this definition, hereby re-asserting the rights given to us by the Organic Law of Talossa. In addition, we would also like to provide Talossan Invincible Moral Support to those citizens of our Giant Friendly Neighbour who themselves are seeking to have the laws of that country reflect the far more progressive laws of the Kingdom of Talossa.

is amended to read;

12. Marriage is a civil right, guaranteed to all consenting citizens of proper age regardless of their sex or sexual orientation. Any sacredness of marriage is between the parties involved and is a strictly personal issue. The Kingdom recognises any and all form of marriage or legal union between two persons that fall under this definition, hereby re-asserting the rights given to its citzens by the Organic Law; and provides Talossan Invincible Moral Support to those who are seeking to have the laws of their country reflect the far more progressive laws of Talossa.

This is bill id#1190 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS El Lexhatx has provisions which only make suggestions, and

WHEREAS Laws are by definition provisions which can be enforced, and 

WHEREAS Suggestions are unenforceable, and

WHEREAS This means suggestions aren't really laws and shouldn't be in the law code, and 

WHEREAS Laws which only make suggestions have no effect, because no one reads el Lexhatx for the purpose of finding out what the government suggests they do, and 

WHEREAS Laws with no effect still have the effect of cluttering up el Lexhatx, and

WHEREAS Government suggestions should be of minimal concern in a free society anyway, and

WHEREAS When a government feels entitled to enshrine a suggestion into the law code, it is a sign the government is overreaching, and

WHEREAS If the Ziu wants to make a suggestion, it should pass a Sense of the Ziu, which are specifically meant for non-binding resolutions and suggestions

THEREFORE H.13, which currently reads;

Is hereby repealed

FURTHERMORE H.15, which currently reads;

Is hereby repealed

FURTHERMORE I.2.2, which currently reads;

shall be amended to read;

FURTHERMORE F.27, which currently reads;

shall be amended to read;

FURTHERMORE F.32, which currently reads;

Is hereby repealed because it is redundant.

FURTHERMORE F.30, which currently reads;

shall be amended to read;

FURTHERMORE F.33, which currently reads;

shall be amended to read;

This is bill id#1191 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS Suggestions aren't really laws and shouldn't be in the law code, and 

WHEREAS Despite this, some people feel that these suggestions are important to Talossan heritage and make el Lexhatx a more enjoyable read, and

WHEREAS I have separated my original bill into two parts, so that the less controversial parts can pass more easily, and

WHEREAS This is the bill with the more controversial parts, and

WHEREAS I have come up with new phrasing which retains the original culture and wit while taking out the suggestions

THEREFORE F.8, which currently reads;

shall be amended to read;

FURTHERMORE F.37, which currently reads;

shall be amended to read;

This is bill id#1192 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS A.13.12 gives religious organizations the power to "discipline their members," and

WHEREAS This power is very broad, and thus susceptible to abuse, and

WHEREAS Recent events have shown that punishments doled out by religious bodies are often extrajudicial, violent, and infringements upon human rights, no matter what religion it is, and

WHEREAS Because A.13.2 does not allow every Talossan to leave a religion they dissent, only "adult Talossans," there is the real potential for child abuse in the name of religion (see previous clause), and

WHEREAS Most religious activities are already protected by A.13.3, so we don't need a provision which gives religious authorities an excuse to contravene the laws of the Kingdom

THEREFORE A.13.2, which currently reads;

is amended to read;

This is bill id#1193 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

hereas I messed up, and

Whereas I wrote a bill two terms ago that would assign people to the province of their new catchment area upon moving, and

Whereas it has been recently pointed out to me that this is in fact inorganic, and

Whereas the OrgLaw, Article XVII, Section 3 states that "No person shall have his assignment to a Province altered without his express consent, even if the Ziu shall see fit to redraw the geographic assignment boundaries", and

Whereas I will propose an amendment to this clause soon, but

Whereas it may take a while before this gets passed, and

Whereas in the meantime, we are stuck with an inorganic law, and

Whereas, this is confusing, and

Whereas Lex.E.7.3.1 is currently redundant as it refers to closed provinces, while there are no more closed provinces, now

Therefore Lex.E.7.3.1, which currently reads:

"7.3.1 Citizens moving to an area corresponding to a province closed to immigration will not be reassigned upon moving." 

will be amended to read

"7.3.1 The provisions in this section do not apply unless the citizen explicitly consents to being reassigned."
 

This is bill id#1194 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

Whereas, while there has been notable progress on gender equality generally over the past several decades there is still a long way to go in ensuring that girls receive equal consideration for their needs and dreams and toward the elimination of iniquitous discrimination and diminution of women’s equal right to civic personhood, and

Whereas, this continued need for policy focus is represented by gender gaps in government service (women make up just 19% of the world’s parliamentarians), labor (women are represented at rates of only two-thirds those of her male counterparts in the global workforce), salary (women make an average salary less than half of their male counterparts), and

Whereas, the Office of UN Secretary-General is one of the world’s most visible diplomatic and administrative roles and has been used in the past to highlight contemporary issues of global import. The campaign for who will replace the current Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, is underway with unprecedented public interviews and presentation of credentials, and

Whereas, there are female UNSG candidates of exemplary qualifications both within and outside of the UN system such as UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, Natalia Gherman and Vesna Pusic. The symbolic importance for gender equality, for inclusion of diverse perspectives and for urgently necessary reforms in the election of a woman as UN Secretary-General is self-evident.

Therefore, be it resolved that it is the Sense of the Ziu to encourage the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly to review the qualifications of the current candidates for UN Secretary-General with careful consideration for the fact that the world organization has yet to be led by a woman and the fact that there is still much progress to be made with respect to gender equality.

WHEREAS the deadline for the report of the Royal Commission on Organic Law Reform has been extended to the 1st of July, which is well beyond the timeframe originally envisioned by the Ziu, and

WHEREAS the current Ziu should have an opportunity to weigh in on further extensions of the deadline;

THEREFORE the Ziu hereby enacts that 48RZ18, as amended by 48PD01, 48PD05, and 49PD01, which specifies that the Commission shall provide its recommendations no later than the 1st of July 2016, is hereby amended to read that the Commission shall provide its recommendations no later than the 1st of August, with the expectation that the Commission will continue to endeavour to complete its report by the 1st of July.

This is bill id#1196 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

Whereas the Writ of Dissolution in the 48th legislature was issued too late by the king.

Therefore we move the following amendment to the Organic Law : 

Remove the word ''During '' in article XIII section 1 and replace it by the words ''Before the end of''

Therefore Article XIII section 1 shall now be read:

Section 1. Duration of the Cosâ. The Cosâ convenes two weeks after general elections, on the first day of the month, to coincide with the publication of the first Clark. Its term is roughly six months, each month coinciding with a Clark. Before the end of its last month the King shall issue a Writ of Dissolution ending its term. At the time the Cosâ is dissolved, all its members shall resign, but any Members holding positions in the Government may remain in those positions till the outcome of the election is resolved.