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**Belschaft** · 05-02-2017, 11:46 AM

This is a simple amendment to remove Article 3 of the LPA, as it was enabling language which no longer has any any purpose now adopted.

Legislative Procedure Act Wrote:3. Amendment to the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific

(1) Article IV, Sections 5-9 of the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be amended as follows:

Amendment to Article IV, Sections 5-9 Wrote:Legislative Rules

5. All bills will be moved to a vote upon receiving a second by another legislator, should the Chair or their designated deputy determine that there has been sufficient debate on the issue. Debate must last for a minimum period of time equivalent to that proposed legislation will be at vote for.

6. All general laws, resolutions, and treaty ratifications must be passed by a simple majority of those voting. Laws marked as constitutional laws, or resolutions that deal with issues found in constitutional laws, require a three-fifths supermajority of those voting to pass. Appointments, unless otherwise specified, require a simple majority of those voting.

7. The Chair or their designated deputy is responsible for the creation of a voting thread, and recording the votes. In the event that the Chair or their designated deputy does not or cannot perform their duties in a reasonable timeframe, any member of the Assembly may create a voting thread.

8. Should a debate lead to multiple competing bills on a single issue, the Chair will bring the competing bills to vote separately and simultaneously, in the same way regular business is done. The bill that gets the most aye votes and meets minimum threshold requirements will become law.

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

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***sandaoguo*** · 05-02-2017, 03:53 PM

This seems like a pretty pointless thing to vote on...

(so, of course, we're going to vote on it)

**Belschaft** · 05-02-2017, 05:41 PM

Well, yes, but we kinda have to. In the past to avoid this we've done this kind of thing via a concurrent amendment separate to the main bill, or with an enabling clause that deletes the last section after passage - but we didn't have either this time.

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***sandaoguo*** · 05-02-2017, 05:59 PM

We don't have to. Because we all should be reasonable people. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand what's going on.

I will never understand why you guys are insistent on acting like you've never stepped foot in human society before.

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***Roavin*** · 05-02-2017, 08:33 PM

The CoA should just have discretionary powers to do that kind of thing tbh

**Belschaft** · 05-02-2017, 08:58 PM

Possibly, but it doesn't.

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~~Cormac~~ · 05-02-2017, 10:07 PM

(05-02-2017, 05:41 PM)Belschaft Wrote: Well, yes, but we kinda have to. In the past to avoid this we've done this kind of thing via a concurrent amendment separate to the main bill, or with an enabling clause that deletes the last section after passage - but we didn't have either this time.

Sorry about that, I didn't realize that was how things were usually done. I'll be sure to do it that way in the future. I did wonder about how to approach this at the time. In any event, as needless as it may seem, I support the legislation.

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Awe · 05-03-2017, 09:46 AM

Motion to vote

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**Griffindor** · 05-03-2017, 10:43 AM

Second

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**Belschaft** · 05-03-2017, 10:45 AM

Thirded.

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