Bills

Whereas, Mark Hamilton is the Talossan Consul-General to the Province of Nova Scotia; and

Whereas, the residence of Mark Hamilton serves as the office of the Consulate and has not been officially recognized as the Consulate,

Therefore, the Ziu hereby declares the residence of Mark Hamilton to be the official Talossan Consulate in Nova Scotia and recommends a great deal of rejoicing to be held within the confines of the Consulate if this legislation passes.

Whereas, the South Pacific Island of Niue is Talossanistic in its approach to reality, having bravely declared its tiny independence in 1974, and,

Whereas, Niue is the world's only entirely Wi-Fi Nation, which is obviously extremely cool, and,

Whereas, Niue, being a Sovereign Nation, has its own internet domain suffix (.nu), and,

Whereas a recent cyclone has devastated the tiny nation to the extent that much of its small population has run for the safety of New Zealand, and,

Whereas the government of Niue is considering abdicating its very nationhood to join with the nation of New Zealand,

Therefore, the Ziu hereby resolves to encourage the people of Niue to stick to their guns, remain independent, sell more domain names, and not abandon their sovereignty, and

Further, the Ziu resolves to think nice thoughts about the people of Niue in their time of trouble, especially on the Niue Day of Waitangi, which is February Sixth.

Whereas, personal privacy is becoming more and more difficult to maintain, and,
Whereas, the existence of the Internet, and its usage, is partly responsible for this state of affairs, and,
Whereas, the Ministry of Immigration wishes to protect the privacy of all prospectives,
Therefore, the Ziu hereby resolves that:
1. The Immigration Ministry shall not publicly reveal any data regarding prospectives other than their name and general locale, unless authorised by the prospective to do so.
2. A prospective's contact information such as telephone, address, email, AIM, ICQ, et cetera, shall be provided by the Minister of Immigration only to the King, the Secretary of State, and the Cort, as needed. Any other requests from Talossan citizens for such data will be passed along to the prospective for his or her consideration by the Ministry of Immigration.
3. The Deputy Minister of Immigration shall continue to receive, by reason of the nature of his position, copies of all data pertaining to prospectives, including any email not specifically intended by the prospective to be private.
4. Any official in the Ministry of Immigration who has been found by the Cort to have violated these conditions shall be summarily removed from that office by the Cort.

WHEREAS the subject of marriage is burning up the airwaves of our Giant Friendly Neighbour, the USA; and
WHEREAS some questions regarding the definition of marriage have been
brought up; and
WHEREAS we are, as usual, eager to straighten (pardon the pun) out the situation,
THEREFORE the Ziu proclaims and defines marriage thusly:

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.

WHEREAS there is a bill that backs Niue in the current clark AND
WHEREAS it wished fro Niue to sell more domains names AND
WHEREAS we should do more than simply wish them well

THEREFORE the ZIU :

1 ) Creates the Talossa Niue support fund that will levy funds in order to pay the 60 euro 2 years registration fee for a .nu domain name for Talossa's usage. All Talossans are encoraged to send money to the fund and a collect will be made at Talossafest to that effect.

2 ) Create the .NU langage commission which will have the purpose of finding Talossan language office name that will have the abbreviations N.U. that will be used for the domain ( such as Talossa.rt could have been for the kingdom home page or the talossa.ss for the secretary of state or the talossa.cs for the cosâ and the senate ).