A motion and a second have been received for the following Border Control Act.

This is a vote on a general law, and requires a simple majority to pass.

The voting period is three (3) days. Voting will end on August 25th at 2:12 AM EDT.

The debate thread can be found here.

                                                                                                                 Border Control Act
                                                                 An act to establish processes for the use of in-game ejection and banning powers

I. Definitions

1. A border control officer is a nation in the South Pacific that, by virtue of being the legal World Assembly Delegate, or by being appointed as Regional Officer with Border Control powers by a legal Delegate, has the ability to eject or ban nations from the South Pacific.

2. A low influence nation is a nation in the South Pacific that holds an influence score in the South Pacific less than or equal to the maximum attainable influence score of a nation without endorsements.

3. A border control action is the act of ejecting or banning a nation from the South Pacific performed by a border control officer. A maximum valid length of a ban may be exceeded if a criminal complaint has been filed and assigned a case number in that time, in which case it may last until the court has issued a verdict and sentence.

II. Powers of the Council on Regional Security

1. The Council on Regional Security may order a border control action when they determine that a nation is contributing to a probable imminent threat of the World Assembly Delegate position being seized by nation other than the legal holder of that position, for up to a week or the time necessary for that nation's influence in the South Pacific to decay to the level of a low influence nation, whichever is longer.

2. The Council on Regional Security may order a border control action against a nation that continuously and defiantly violates the endorsement cap for up to 24 hours.

3. The Council of Regional Security may order a border control action against a nation which is, with probable cause, controlled by the same player as another nation currently subject to a border control action, for the duration of the original nation's border control action.

4. The Council on Regional Security must immediately inform the Cabinet and the Delegate, and inform the Assembly within 24 hours, of having ordered a border control action.

III. Powers of the Local Council and Delegate

1. The Delegate, or a majority of the Local Council, may order a border control action against a nation they determine to be spammers or trolls. The assent of the Council on Regional Security is required if the nation in question is not a low influence nation.

2. The Delegate or Local Council must inform the Council on Regional Security immediately after having ordered a border control action.

IV. Rights of Border Control Officers

1. Border control officers ordered to perform a border control action by an institution they are not a member of are granted immunity for executing that order.

2. Border control officers may unilaterally perform a border control action to prevent probable imminent invasions of the South Pacific in the minutes leading up to the game update of the South Pacific, which they must report to the Council on Regional Security immediately.

Benevolent Thomas-Today at 11:15 AM
"I'm not sure if Altmoras has ever been wrong about anything."

(This post was last modified: 08-31-2017, 10:33 PM by Altmoras. Edit Reason: Formatting is killing me. )

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I abstain. 
We have some nations that accidentally go over the endorsement cap, how do we separate them from 'a nation that continuously and defiantly violates the endorsement cap for up to 24 hours'?

- Winner of 'Most Energetic Campaign' in the June 2016 TSP elections.
- Winner of the Best Overall RMB poster and [b]Best RMB Welcomer of the The South Pacific Coconut Awards, 2017[/b]
- Craziest Person of the June 2017 Cabinet 
- STARS Commander 
- APC -  normal member/The undisputed king of all silliness, eternal ruler and God Emperor of APC
- Swan Knight or something
-  Cob Award Winner: Top-50 most endorse buttons clicked
- Regional Leda Award Winner: Top-50 highest average endorsement count

(This post was last modified: 08-22-2017, 09:19 AM by Gordon Freeman.)

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Aye

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I abstain. 
We have some nations that accidentally go over the endorsement cap, how do we separate them from 'a nation that continuously and defiantly violates the endorsement cap for up to 24 hours'?

Well if they've been inactive for more than 24 hours and we've telegrammed them and gotten no response, we ought to wait. If they've been active since they went over and haven't responded, haven't complied, or have outright refused to comply, then that's an issue.

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Wintreath Thane of Diplomatic Officers
Fmr. Local Councillor (9/9/15 - c. 10/15)

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Discord:Katie#3933

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I abstain. 
We have some nations that accidentally go over the endorsement cap, how do we separate them from 'a nation that continuously and defiantly violates the endorsement cap for up to 24 hours'?

See my answer here: http://tspforums.xyz/thread-5417-post-15...#pid159198

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For what its worth, I support the law.

Signed,

Positions:
Legislator of The South Pacific
King of Machina, Defence Realm of Illuminati Alliance
Citizen of The East Pacific

Former Positions:

Overlord of Masterz
Seargant of HYDRA
Talon of Firehehlm
Munifiex of The Roman Empire

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This is a vote thread, not a debate thread. Keep it votes only or I start deleting the posts.

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Abstain

The 16th Delegate of The South Pacific

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By a vote of 35-2 the Border Control Act passes.

Benevolent Thomas-Today at 11:15 AM
"I'm not sure if Altmoras has ever been wrong about anything."

(This post was last modified: 08-25-2017, 10:52 AM by Farengeto.)

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