A motion and a second have been received for the following amendments to the Charter and the Legislative Procedure Act.

This is a vote on amendments to constitutional laws. As such, it requires a three-fifths supermajority (60%) to pass. The Chair has determined that these amendments do not need to be voted on game-side.

The timing allotted for this vote is five days. Voting will end on May 19 at 5:50 p.m. EDT.

The debate thread is here.

Assembly Administration Amendments
Amendments to clarify procedure for the administration of the Assembly

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

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

3. The Chair may appoint a deputy or deputies, to whom the Chair may publicly delegate any powers, responsibilities, or special projects of the Chair, subject to all regulations and restrictions imposed upon the Chair by law. The Chair may dismiss such deputies.

4. During an interim period in which the Chair is not in office prior to election of a new Chair, a deputy appointed by the previous Chair will serve as Acting Chair to exercise all powers and responsibilities of the Chair, subject to all regulations and restrictions imposed upon the Chair by law. In the event that more than one deputy was appointed, the most senior deputy according to order of appointment and availability will serve as Acting Chair. In the event that no deputy was appointed or is available, the Cabinet will designate a legislator to serve as Acting Chair.

Legislator Eligibility

3. 5. All residents of the Coalition are eligible to attain legislator status through application with the Chair, predicated on the Chair ensuring they have a nation in the South Pacific, are not seeking membership in bad faith, are not attempting to obscure their identity, are not attempting to join with multiple nations, and the Council on Regional Security does not declare them a significant risk to regional security. Any member of the Assembly legislator may publicly petition the Chair for or against a prospective legislator’s admission. Anyone admitted to legislator status during a forum election in which only legislators may vote, from the time nominations begin until the conclusion of forum voting, may not stand for election nor vote in that forum election.

4. 6. Within the first week of each calendar month, the Chair will remove legislator status from any person no longer maintaining a nation in The South Pacific, or absent for more than half of all votes finished in the previous calendar month, if a minimum of two votes occurred. The Chair may exercise their discretion and not remove legislators who have participated in assembly debate, but are below the voting threshold under reasonable extenuating circumstances.

2. Amendments to the Legislative Procedure Act

(1) Article 1, Section 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act will be amended as follows:

(1) A bill, resolution, or appointment will, unless otherwise mandated by these rules, be moved to vote upon a motion by a legislator and a second by another legislator, unless the Chair or their designated deputy determines that the debate period has been insufficient. A legislator may withdraw a motion to vote or second prior to the Chair moving the matter to vote.

(2) Article 1, Sections 7-8 of the Legislative Procedure Act will be amended as follows:

(7) The Chair or their designated deputy is responsible for creating voting threads and recording votes. In the event that the Chair or their designated deputy does not or cannot perform these duties in a reasonable time frame, any legislator may create voting threads and record votes.

(8) The legislative history of each law will be recorded by the Chair or their designated deputy. Legislative history will include reference to debate threads, voting results, and amendment history.

(This post was last modified: 05-19-2017, 06:19 PM by Cormac.)

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With 32 votes Aye, 2 votes Nay, and 5 votes Abstain, these amendments to the Charter and Legislative Procedure Act have passed with 94% for and 6% against.

(This post was last modified: 05-19-2017, 06:06 PM by Cormac.)

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