Bills

This is bill id#1328 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS, the proper, Organic title of the uppermost Justice of the Uppermost Court is "Senior Justice"; and

WHEREAS, this is a nice peculiarity that sets us aside from the differently-named position in our Big Neighbor's judiciary; and

WHEREAS, I have said in the past that this difference is not just philosophical, as the two positions are filled differently; and also:

WHEREAS, the present Senior Justice has an illegal wig; and also:

WHEREAS, incidentally, the present system of shipping items of rank through the King might be unwieldy if, for instance, both the former and the new incumbent live in Europe; so

THEREFORE, El Lexhatx F.39 is amended to read:

39. The office of Seneschal, Secretary of State, and Senior Justice shall be symbolized by totem items of rank. These items will be provided as speedily as possible by the government, with care for their quality and the economics of the matter. Designs and the nature of the items are the responsibility of the government, through whatever channels it deems appropriate. (38RZ3)(48RZ19)

39.1. The Seneschal shall wear a chain of office of sufficient ostentation as befits the leader of Talossa, representing the burden of being shackled to the nation's welfare.

39.2. The Secretary of State shall wield a stamp embossed with the logo of his office, being both an effective and appropriate totem that can be used henceforth.

39.3. The Senior Justice shall bear a wig of reasonable quality, indicating a traditional role as a judge and the flowing locks of Lady Justice herself.

39.4. Each bearer of these items shall be required, if they lose their office, to mail them to the King within two weeks, from whom the items shall be passed on to the next holder of the office. Should the next holder of the office be known within two weeks, the former incumbent may contact the King and the new incumbent to arrange for the direct shipment of the item to the new incumbent, if the King so authorizes.

This is bill id#1329 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS the current Government agreed to submit various Organic Law reforms to the current Ziu, including a provision for the Seneschál to be nominated by the Cosa prior to appointment by the King;

AND WHEREAS the following seems the most likely procedure to enable this to happen;

BE IT ENACTED by the King, Cosa and Senäts of Talossa in Ziu assembled as follows

1. Organic Law VI.2, which currently reads:

 

The King appoints the Seneschal. If a single party occupies a majority of the seats in the Cosa, the King shall choose as PM whichever individual shall be designated by that party. If no single party has a majority, the King shall appoint a Seneschal after consulting party leaders with the objective of finding a PM who can be sustained in subsequent Votes of Confidence by a majority of seats in the Cosa. The King must appoint a new Seneschal or announce the continuation of the incumbent in office within one month of the end of elections, or, if after one month no candidate can be appointed with the support of a Cosa majority, dissolve the Cosa after the first Clark and call for new elections.

shall be amended to read as follows:
 

The King shall, on the nomination of the Cosa, appoint the Seneschál, before the beginning of the next Clark subsequent to their nomination.

The Cosa must nominate a Seneschál by the end of the first Clark of each Cosa, and by the end of the next Clark (if any) of each Cosa after the office of Seneschál shall become vacant as in VI.7 below. If this fails to happen, the King shall dissolve the Cosa and call for new elections.

2. The following new section shall be added to El Lexhatx, at the beginning of Title D, with following sections to be renumbered accordingly::

The Cosa shall nominate the Seneschál under Organic Law VI.2 as follows.

1. At any time between the Election Deadline and the following Dissolution of the Cosa, any Member of the Cosa shall be empowered to publish and open for signatures a petition nominating an eligible person for the office of Seneschal.

2. Once a petition is published, any eligible Member of the Cosa shall be empowered to second the nomination by countersigning the petition in public.

3. Members may not second multiple nominations concurrently; if a Member wishes to support a different petition, he/she shall first publicly retract the earlier countersignature.

4. Following any number of petitions, presented as per D.(x).1 and supporting the same candidate, being signed or counter-signed by members currently representing an absolute majority of seats in the Cosa, the candidate named in the petition(s) shall be presented to the King as the Cosa's nomination for Seneschál.

5. Petitions may not be carried over from one vacancy in the office of Seneschal to another. Once a Seneschal is nominated as per section 4 above, all petitions shall be made moot.

This is bill id#1330 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

WHEREAS there is currently no provision for Senators to contribute to Talossa's budget like there is for political parties;

and WHEREAS changing this was part of the Agreement to form the present Government:

BE IT ENACTED by the King, Cosa and Senäts of Talossa in Ziu assembled that the following section shall be added to Organic Law Article III

The Secretary of State may request from all successful candidates in a Senäts election a registration fee, to be set by law, to cover the cost of the election. This fee shall be uniform for all successful candidates.

This is bill id#1331 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

Hopper Thread

BE IT ENACTED by the King, Cosa and Senäts in Ziu assembled that:

1. Organic Law X.5, which currently reads:

 

Any citizen who neither votes in any general election nor responds to any national census established by law for a period of two years, as calculated at any Election Deadline, shall be deemed to have renounced his citizenship.

is amended to read:
 

In the absence of voluntary renunciation, Talossan citizenship is only lost upon the legal or physical decease of the citizen, confirmed to the satisfaction of the Chancery; or upon banishment by decision of the Uppermost Cort. A verdict of banishment or a finding of legal decease may be set aside and citizenship restored according to law.

2. A new section shall be added to El Lexhatx D.8.5 (on the electoral database) as follows:
 

8.5.8. Citizens who do not respond to a Census shall be removed from the Electoral Database.
8.5.9. Any citizen who has been removed from this Database for any reason shall be restored to the Database at their own request.

3. A new section shall be added to El Lexhatx D.8.8 (on the contact information database) as follows:
 

8.8.6. Citizens who do not respond to a Census shall be removed from the Contact Information database.
8.8.7. Any citizen who has been removed from the Database for any reason shall be restored to the Database at their own request.

4. A new section shall be added to El Lexhatx C.1.2.2. (on the census):

1.2.2.5 A citizen who does not respond to three successive censuses over a period of at least seven years shall be considered to be legally deceased, until such time as they respond to a Census.