Bills

This is bill id#1062 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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This is bill id#1063 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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WHEREAS, OrgLaw states that to vote in an election, one must have first obtained the age of 14, and

WHEREAS, No law defines the minimum age to submit an application for citizenship, and

WHEREAS, Prospectives under the age of 13 may present a legal problem to the Minister of Immigration and our Government, and

WHEREAS, We should probably patch this hole, 

THEREFORE, The Ziu hereby amends subsection E.1. of El Lexhatx which currently reads:
 

1. Prospective immigrants shall be directed to the Minister of Immigration. The Minister of Immigration shall act on every request received by that office, without discriminating on the basis of party preference, religion, or other personal information.

To state the following:
 

1. Prospective immigrants who will be age fourteen or older by the next regularly scheduled Balloting Day shall be directed to the Minister of Immigration. The Minister of Immigration shall act on every such request received by that office, without discriminating on the basis of age, political preference, religion, or other personal information.

This is bill id#1064 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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Whereas I messed up and included a deprecated bill in el Lexhatx,

Therefore subsubparagraph 1.6.2 of Title C, which currently reads

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.

shall be struck from el Lexhatx.

And subsubparagraph 1.6.3 of Title C, which currently reads

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.

shall be struck from el Lexhatx.

And subsubparagraph 1.6.4 of Title C, which currently reads

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. Upon completion of that month, they may apply again. There is no limit to the number of times a candidate may apply.

shall be struck from el Lexhatx.

This is bill id#1065 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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Whereas we probably want to have Senats elections in the future and I may have accidentally left that out of el Lexhatx, and

Whereas we want back the previously-set rotation and rules, resulting in the following schedule:
 

Therefore Title B is amended to include an additional section 12, to read as follows:

12. In accordance with Article IV, Section 3, the fixed order for the election of Senators to the Senate shall be described as follows:

12.1 Upon the dissolution of a Cosa, election to three Senate seats shall be held, in addition to those by-elections necessary to elect Senators to unfilled terms being held on an interim basis by an appointed Senator.

12.2. Senatorial seats shall be elected at each Cosa according to the following rotation: Vuode, Atatürk, Cézembre, Florencia, Maricopa, Fiova, Maritiimi-Maxhestic, and Benito.

This is bill id#1066 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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WHEREAS Talossa wants coins as a symbol of the nation, and

WHEREAS the laws of the United States prohibit the making,
uttering, or passing any coins of any metal or alloys of metals, even
of original design, intended for use as current money, and

WHEREAS the Talossan responsible for producing the coins is
resident in the United States and would like to be in compliance with
that law, now

THEREFORE we, the Ziu, hereby enact the following replacements
for subsections 1 through 7 of Title C, Section 7 of the Lexhatx:

7.1. Base Unit of Account. The base unit of account for the Kingdom of
Talossa is hereby established and styled the "BENT." The plural of the
bent is "BENCE." Convenient shortenings such as "tubbence" and
"thrubbence" shall be understood and recognised by the government, and
may appear on collectable tokens (colloquially "coinage", though they
shall not constitute current money). This unit of account is fixed to
$0.025 in the currency of the United States of America.

7.2. Second Unit of Account. A second unit of account, which shall
have the fixed denomination of sixty (60) bence, is hereby established
and styled the "LOUIS," which shall also be officially recognised by
the shortened name "LOU." The plural of the lou is "LOUISE."
Convenient colloqualisms for the denominations of louise are
encouraged, specifically "Brock" for a single lou, "Costello" for five
louise, "Ferrigno" for ten louise, "Rawls" for twenty louise, and so
forth.

7.2.1. The commonly-used symbols ℓ and ¤ shall be officially adopted
for the louis and bent, respectively, and these symbols shall be used
in accordance with common practice: ¤ to be used as a separator of the
two denominations, with louise on the left of the symbol and bence on
the right; ℓ may also be used to indicate amounts in whole louise, by
placing the symbol to the left of the amount.

7.3. Creation and Issuance of Collectable Tokens. The Royal Bank &
Post is exclusively authorised to design, cause to be created, issue,
and distribute collectable tokens (colloquially "coinage", though they
shall not constitute current money) in any denomination of whole
bence. The Royal Bank & Post is authorised to imprint the denomination
of any coinage with its price in louise, rather than in bence, as it
sees fit.

7.3.1 Current Token Design. The first issue of Talossan collectable
tokens ("coins") shall have, on the obverse, the Chinese character
"ben" upon a shield, with a crown above the shield; above the crown
shall be the curved inscription "REGIPÄTS TALOSSÁN", and below the
shield shall be the curved inscription of the year of issue (both the
Common Era in Arabic numerals and the year of the Kingdom of Talossa
in Roman numerals). On the reverse shall be an image of a dandelion,
a large "ℓ1", and the inscription "VIENS LUÏÇ".

7.4. Talossan Currency. The currency of the Kingdom of Talossa shall
be beer, which has been, and continues to be, thankfully and
conveniently distributed worldwide.

7.5 Provisions Against Counterfeit Currency. The Royal Bank & Post
shall take care to be clear that non-alcoholic "beer" is, in fact, not
beer at all, and thus is not currency. Official terminology is hereby
established that counterfeit currency denominated in louise are to be
called "Alcindors" and counterfeit currency demoninated in bence are
to be called "Afflecks" or "Hills."

7.6. Distribution and Redemption of Currency. Talossan currency shall
be distributed in exchange for foreign currency, and may be redeemed
for the same with the Royal Bank & Post according to policies of
exchange to be established by that body.

7.7. Consular Exchange of Currency. Consulates of the Kindom of
Talossa may be established at any establishment applying to become a
consulate and wishing to exchange local currency for quantities of
Talossan currency. Such application shall be made to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, which shall consult with the Royal Bank & Post before
establishing any new consulate. The Kingdom shall provide a plaque or
other sign to the establishment, which shall identify it as a
consulate of the Kingdom of Talossa.
 

This is bill id#1067 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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Whereas there are currently two magistrate courts, and

Whereas we would like to have three, and

Whereas Dr. Txec dal Nordselva has been very active as a Talossan lawyer recently, and

Whereas Dr. Txec dal Nordselva was the second person in recent years to achieve an outstanding result on his bar exam, and

Whereas the Ziu is confident that Dr. Txec dal Nordselva will serve this Kingdom and its laws to the best of his ability, and

Whereas I would have liked to write a more imaginative bill, but I could not find much inspiration, now

Therefore the Ziu respectfully nominates Dr. Txec dal Nordselva to the Corts dels Edilicieux, in accordance with El Lexhatx G 10.1 and the Organic Law, article XVI, sections 1 and 4, and requests that His Majesty appoint him to serve.
 

This is bill id#1068 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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WHEREAS Title E and F of el Lexhatx mentions Mussolini as a province of the Kingdom of Talossa; and
WHEREAS Mussolini province changed its name to Benito on April 26, 2008; and
WHEREAS I don't really feel like I miss the old name; and
WHEREAS okay, it's probably a typo, but typoes are meant to be fixed; so
THEREFORE WE, the Ziu, hereby amend Title E and F of el Lexhatx as shown below:

Title E:
7.5. MUSSOLINI PROVINCE. Talossan citizens living in the following areas shall be assigned to Mussolini Province: the Wisconsin counties of Waukesha, Jefferson, and Dane; and the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Overseas, the nations of Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Armenia, Georgia, plus all nations in Africa not listed elsewhere.

is amended to read:

7.5. BENITO PROVINCE. Talossan citizens living in the following areas shall be assigned to Benito Province: the Wisconsin counties of Waukesha, Jefferson, and Dane; and the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Overseas, the nations of Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Armenia, Georgia, plus all nations in Africa not listed elsewhere.

and

7.14. For purposes of this title, provinces shall be listed in the following circular order: Cézembre, Florencia, Fiova, Atatürk, Vuode, Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Maricopa, Mussolini.

is amended to read:

7.14. For purposes of this title, provinces shall be listed in the following circular order: Cézembre, Florencia, Fiova, Atatürk, Vuode, Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Maricopa, Benito.

Title F:
11.3. The Mussolini Capitol Building -- Riverside High School

is amended to read:

11.3. The Benito Capitol Building -- Riverside High School
 

This is bill id#1069 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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WHEREAS it is custom to validate documents with an official seal; and,
WHEREAS we have not any laws in place that would penalise any "pseudo-validation" of a person, or documents, by bearing official seals; now,

THEREFORE a new section after A.22. shall be inserted in Title A of the Lexhatx, to read:

23. The unauthorised usage of any official seal of the Crown, of the Government, or of any other official body, shall constitute a Class A misdemeanour. Authorisation may be given by the Seneschal or the respective Minister, or by the head of the body concerned, or any of their duly designated proxies.

23.1. The unauthorised bearing, signing or displaying of any official seal of the Crown, of the Government, or of any other official body, shall constitute a Class A misdemeanour. Authorisation to bear any seal may be granted by the Seneschal, or the respective Minister, or by the head of the body concerned.

23.2. The use of any seal, that is attached unto a document, or a notification, or a declaration, or similar, that bears sufficient resemblance to any official seal, which is used by the creator in a document, or notification, or declaration, or similar, so as to create the impression of officiality, in order to:

(a) obtain any personal advantages or benefits; or,
(b) put a person or a body in disadvantage, or discredit a person or a body; or,
(c) obtain any benefits and advantages for another person,

shall constitute a Class A misdemeanour.

23.2.1. Whether any seal, that is used in such a manner, bears "sufficient resemblance", must, in cases of doubt, be decided by the Courts on an individual basis.
23.2.2. The use of the Kingdom's colours ("El Bicoloreu") on any seal does not satisfy the requirements of "sufficient resemblance".

23.3. Any subsequent unauthorised use of any seal, committed by a formerly punished convict of this act, shall constitute a Class I felony.

FURTHERMORE, the numbering of the following section 23 (23RZ45) shall be altered to 24.

This is bill id#1070 (this information has no legal importance and is technical in nature.

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WHEREAS the Ministry of Justice, and, verily, the Attorney General has close contact to the Magistrate's Court; and,
WHEREAS there might possibly be a conflict of interest when a person wears both the hat of the prosecutor and the arbitrator; and,
WHEREAS this might be reason for an appeal in the future; now,

THEREFORE be it known unto the people of Talossa, that the Ziu enacts, that:

Subsection 10.1., Title G, of the Lexhatx, stating:

"The Magistrate Courts shall consist of not less than two and no more than three separate Magistrate Courts, each magistrate distributed to separate chambers. No member of the Uppermost Cort and/or person(s) barred by Article XVI, Section 3 of the Organic Law, from being a Judge and/or non-citizens may be a Magistrate. Magistrates shall be chosen and removed as provided in Article XVI, Section 1 & Section 4 of the Organic Law. "

shall henceforth read:

"The Magistrate Courts shall consist of not less than two and no more than three separate Magistrate Courts, each magistrate distributed to separate chambers. No member of the Uppermost Cort and/or person(s) barred by Article XVI, Section 3 of the Organic Law, from being a Judge and/or non-citizens may be a Magistrate. Additionally, the head of the Ministry of Justice and his subordinates are barred from becoming or serving as a Magistrate. Magistrates shall be chosen and removed as provided in Article XVI, Section 1 & Section 4 of the Organic Law."

WHEREAS 35RZ21, The What The Heck Is The Civil Code Of The State Of Wisconsin Act, defined the portions of Wisconsin law that are incorporated into Talossan law, but did so in a way that arguably makes it impossible to prosecute anyone under the age of seventeen in Talossan courts, and

WHEREAS the said Act also purported to "dynamically" incorporate the said portions of Wisconsin law in a way that was intended to make it easier for Talossans to look up the relevant statutes but is likely inorganic by delegating the legislative power of the Ziu to the Wisconsin state legislature, now

THEREFORE the Ziu hereby amends subsection A.1.1 of el Lexhatx to strike the number "938" and replace it with the number "939", and amends section A.2 of el Lexhatx which currently reads:

"The above chapters shall be dynamically incorporated into Talossan law, so that future amendments thereto by the State of Wisconsin shall also constitute Talossan law, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the Organic Law or with other acts of the Ziu."

to read:

"The above chapters are incorporated into Talossan law as they read on 1 June 2014/XXXV."