04-30-2022, 05:04 PM
Hi. This is amendment to allow people who are active in other areas of TSP than Assembly voting to maintain legislator status. The effect of this amendment is that the voting requirement for Assembly members is gotten rid of and replaced by an activity requirement on a TSP platform (RMB, discord, forum). This amendment is intended to enfranchise people such as RMBers who may not be very interested in most legislation, but might be interested in Cabinet elections or certain Assembly acts that affect their interests for example. The current situation is people who don't vote on Assembly legislation but are active elsewhere in TSP do not have the right to vote for the Cabinet or in the first round of Delegate elections, nor do they have the right to vote on the confirmations of Justices on the High Court or SPSF Generals. That is nonsensical. These people are TSPers and have just as much a right to vote as forum-going frequent Assembly voters.
My apologies if there are any errors in the writing of this proposal - this is the first Assembly bill I've written.
The Legislator Committee Act is amended as follows:
Article IV, Section 4 of the Charter of the Coalition of The South Pacific is amended as follows:
My apologies if there are any errors in the writing of this proposal - this is the first Assembly bill I've written.
The Legislator Committee Act is amended as follows:
Quote:Legislator Committee Act[...]
An act to establish a commission to manage legislators
3. Legislator Checks
(1) Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviour.
(2) Within the first week of each calendar month, the Legislator Committee will remove legislator status from a legislator if they failed the voting activity requirement in the past month, if applicable, or otherwise no longer meet the eligibility requirements as described herein. If a legislator no longer meets the eligibility requirements (not including the voting activity requirement), and it would be impossible for them to meet the requirements before the first week of the following calendar month, the Legislator Committee may remove their legislator status at their discretion before the appointed week. The Legislator Committee may exercise discretion and not remove legislators under reasonable extenuating circumstances.
(3) A legislator fails the voting activity requirement if they are absent for more than half of all votes finished in the previous calendar month, if a minimum of two votes occurred have not posted on a public platform under the jurisdiction of the Coalition of the South Pacific at least thrice during the last calendar month. Legislators who have an approved leave of absence from the Chair lasting for more than the majority of a calendar month shall not be considered absent for votes in the given time frame be exempt from this requirement during the calendar month in question.
(4) The Chair of the Assembly may order the Legislator Committee to suspend legislator privileges for disruptive members. Frequent suspensions may be grounds for ineligibility, if found appropriate in a fair trial by the High Court.
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Article IV, Section 4 of the Charter of the Coalition of The South Pacific is amended as follows:
Quote:Legislator Eligibility
(4) A standing commission of legislators will be tasked with granting and revoking legislator status. All residents of the Coalition are eligible to attain legislator status through an application that is processed by the government of in accordance with procedures established by law. Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviour. Legislator status may not require participation in the Assembly nor in any other government authority of the region.