(08-12-2022, 09:03 AM)A bee Wrote: IV. THE ASSEMBLY

Establishing legislative authority in the Assembly.

(1) The Assembly holds supreme legislative authority in the Coalition, and is comprised of all eligible legislators.

(2) The Assembly will elect a legislator as Chair for a term lasting four months. Chair for a term limited only by: vacancy of the Chair, resignation of the Chair, the Assembly passing a recall of the Chair or the Chair losing legislator status. The Chair is responsible for maintaining order and decorum, and helping guide Assembly debate into the creation of bills. If a Chair is recalled, loses legislator status, or is otherwise not in office, a new Chair will be elected for a new term. lasting four months. The date, time, and manner of electing the Chair will be set by the Assembly in a law. resolution about the rules of procedure

(3) The Chair may must, at some point 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.

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. Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviour. The legislator status is maintained by following laws within the "Legislator Committee Act".

(08-12-2022, 09:03 AM)A bee Wrote: 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 passed by the Assembly with a three-fifths supermajority make amends to any constitutional laws, including the Charter, through a three-fifths supermajority. These amendments must be constitutional in nature, 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 gameside community or its home governance, as determined by the Chair of the Assembly, must also receive the consent of the gameside community before coming into force, where the consent shall not require more than a three-fifths supermajority in a vote. Additionally, the Local Council may originate amendments to its structure in the Charter, which must receive the consent of the Assembly before coming into force.

(2) Amendments of the constitutional laws which directly or collaterally effect a specific community within The Coalition of the South Pacific must also receive consent of that community before coming into force. The ways and thresholds of determining consent of a specific community will be set by the Assembly in a resolution about the rules of procedure.

(3) The Local Council will determine the qualifications and processes for amendments to its own constitutional laws.

(3) Every specific community within The Coalition of the South Pacific is within its jurisdiction and obliged to follow its laws.