A motion and a second have been received for the following Charter amendment.

This is a vote on an amendment to the Charter. As such, it requires a three-fifths (60%) majority to pass. The Chair has determined that the amendment does need to be voted on gameside.

The timing allotted for this vote is five days. Voting will end on April 4, 2017, at 2:00pm Eastern.

The debate thread is here: http://tspforums.xyz/thread-4988-post-15...#pid152050

Additionally, there is a competing bill at vote: http://tspforums.xyz/thread-5002.html

Local Government Reform Amendments
Amendments to improve game-side local government in the South Pacific

1. Amendments to the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific

(1) The following will be amended into the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific as Article I, Section 4:

(4) Any constitutional law that directly affects the game-side community or its home governance, as determined by the Chair of the Assembly, must also be debated and voted upon by the game-side community.

(2) Article IV, Section 1 of the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be amended as follows:

1. The Assembly holds supreme legislative authority in the Coalition, and is comprised of all eligible legislators and a representative of the Local Council. It is responsible for establishing and maintaining the legal code of the Coalition.

(3) Article IV, Sections 9-10 of the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be amended as follows:

9. The Local Council representative will have the power to cast an additional weighted vote worth one-fifth of all non-abstaining votes cast on bills, not including the block vote, giving them a one-sixth share of the total vote, excluding abstentions. The Chair will calculate how many votes are allotted to the representative at the close of each vote, rounding them to the nearest whole number, and will then add the representative’s total votes to the final tally.

10. 9. The legislative history of all laws will be recorded by the Chair, including debate threads, vote results, and amendment histories.

(4) Article V, Section 4 of the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be amended as follows:

4. To help promote inter-governmental relations, the Local Council will send a representative to the Assembly, whose term must not exceed the Local Council’s. The method of selection will be decided by the Local Council, along with how the representative casts their votes in the Assembly.

(5) Article XIII of the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be amended as follows:

XIII. AMENDMENT PROCESS

Setting a procedure for amendment of the Charter and constitutional laws

1. The Assembly may amend any provision of the Charter or constitutional laws by a three-fifths supermajority. Amendments to the Charter or constitutional laws must be constitutional in nature, addressing and amendments to the Charter must address the structure or framework of government. Bills that may exist as general laws, as determined by the Chair of the Assembly, should not be placed in the Charter or constitutional laws.

2. Any amendment to the Charter or constitutional laws that directly affects the game-side community or its home governance, as determined by the Chair of the Assembly, must also be debated and voted upon by the game-side community. Additionally, the Local Council may originate amendments to its constitutional structure, which must be debated and voted upon in the Assembly.

2. Amendment to the Regional Officers Act

(1) Article 2, Section 5 of the Regional Officers Act will be amended as follows:

(5) At least one member of the Local Council will be granted the Appearance, Communications, and Polls powers.

(This post was last modified: 04-10-2017, 08:02 PM by sandaoguo.)

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With 16-2 in approval, and garnering 8 more aye votes than the competing legislation, this amendment passes and will move to an in-game vote.

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