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Parliamentary Standing Rules V.2 Act
A
Bill
To
Establish the standing rules to govern the Parliament of Stratham and
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the Parliamentary Standing Rules Act V.2 or PRSA.2
Section 2. Commencement
(1) All Provision(s) shall come into effect upon passage.
(2) On the signage of this bill, the Parliamentary Standing Rules of 2023 and Amendment to Parliamentary Standing Rules Act will be rescinded.
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) The Constitution dictates that the Parliament shall establish its own rules for governance.
(2) The current legislation is overcomplicated and should be simplified into a single, cohesive bill for current and future MP's to rely on.
Section 4. The Speaker
(1) The Speaker of Parliament is the chair of the Parliament and is responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the Parliament
(2) The process for the appointment of a Speaker is as follows:
(a)It shall be the duty of the Department of State to carry out elections for the office of the Speaker.
(b) Nominations shall last for 24 hours in which each Member of Parliament may nominate themselves or another. Upon a Member of Parliament receiving two or more nominations, they shall be an official candidate for the office of speaker.
(c) After 24 hours have passed or all Members of Parliament have acknowledged the post of the State Department, the voting period shall be open for 24 hours.
(d) After 24 hours have passed or all Members of Parliament have voted, the State Department will verify the results and announce the results.
(3) Duties of the Speaker may be delegated to the Deputy Speaker.
Section 5. Legislation
(1) No legislation passed by the Parliament may be signed into law without going through the following process:
(a) All Bills must be proposed into #bills on the Discord and the Parliament subforum.
(b) After 24 hours after the proposal, the bill shall go through the voting process.
(c) Voting shall last for 24 hours or until all Members of Parliament have voted.
(d) After the voting is done, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to transmit to the Prime Minister that the bill awaits their signature of approval or otherwise.
(e) In the case a bill must be passed in expedient nature, the 24-hour waiting period after the proposal of a bill shall be omitted if the majority of Parliament agrees to such.
(2) No Constitutional Amendment may be passed without going through the following process:
(a) All Constitutional Amendments must be proposed into #bills on the Discord and the Parliament subforum.
(b) After 48 hours after the proposal, the bill shall go through the voting process.
(c) Voting shall last for 24 hours or until all Members of Parliament have voted.
(d) After the voting is done, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to transmit to the Prime Minister that the Constitutional Amendment awaits their signature of approval or otherwise.
(3) The format for all legislation is as follows:
[Title of Bill]
A
Bill
To
[Purpose of Bill]
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the [Title of Bill].
Section 2. Commencement
(1) Provision(s) [Section Number(s)] shall come into effect [number of days, upon passage, etc]
(2) [More sections can be added with commencement like before.]
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) Reasons for the bill
Section 4. [Title of Section 4]
(1) This is a subsection. [Main provisions of the section]
(a) This is a sub-sub section [Used to clarify or elaborate on subsections]
Section 5. [Title of Section 5]
More sections can be added like before.
Authored by (Author) on behalf of the (Person, Department, themselves, etc.).
(4) The Format for Amendments is as follows:
[Title of Bill]
A
Bill
To
[Purpose of Bill]
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the [Title of Bill] V.[version number].
Section 2. Commencement
(1) Provision(s) [Section Number(s)] shall come into effect [number of days, upon passage, etc]
(2) Upon the signage of this bill, the [name of bill or bills being replaced] will be rescinded.
(2) [More sections can be added with commencement like before.
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) Reasons for the bill
(2) Reasons for the replacement of the former bill or bills.
Section 4. [Title of Section 4]
(1) This is a subsection. [Main provisions of the section]
(a) This is a sub-sub section [Used to clarify or elaborate on subsections]
Section 5. [Title of Section 5]
More sections can be added like before.
Authored by [original author] and revised by [author of amendment]
(5) The format for Articles of Impeachment is as follows:
Articles of Impeachment against (name), (position)
A
Bill
To
Impeach (name) from (position)
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Commencement
(1) These Articles of Impeachment shall pass into law upon the approval of the Parliament.
Section 3. Reasoning for Impeachment
(1) Reasons for the impeachment.
Section 4. Tribunal
(1) Be it resolved by the Parliament of Stratham, that (name) is hereby impeached and an Impeachment Tribunal shall convene.
Authored by (Author) on behalf of the (Person, Department, themselves, etc.).
Section 6. Motions and Amendments
(1) Motion to Amend Legislation
(a) This motion shall allow for the amendment of a bill by striking out wording and replacing it during the proposal period. If the motion passes, the bill will be amended.
(2) Motion to Rescind
(a) This motion allows for any legislation to be rescinded prior to its passage and must be used before the voting period begins.
(3) Motion to Recess
(a) This motion shall immediately put a hearing to recess for a set amount of time determined by the Chair, the hearing shall resume after said time has passed.
(4) Motion to Adjourn
(a) This motion shall immediately end a hearing.
(5) Motion to Strike
(a) This motion shall allow for the language of a bill to be stricken.
(6) Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair
(a) This motion shall allow for the decision of the Chairperson to be appealed. Should the motion pass, the Parliament shall vote if the judgment of the Chair stands or not.
(7) Motion to Fast-Track
(a) This motion shall allow for a bill to forgo the 24-hour wait period before voting.
(8) Motion to Override Veto
(a) This motion shall allow for parliament to overturn a Prime Ministerial veto on legislation.
(10) The process of motions is as follows:
Section 7. Hearings
(1) Parliament may motion to open a hearing with a majority vote for any reason.
(2) Upon successful motion to open a hearing against any government official, the government official shall be required to attend at the proper time and place the hearing is set for.
Section 8. Standards of Parliamentary Conduct
(1) The duties of a Member of Parliament are as follows:
(a)Every member of parliament shall, without fail, vote on every piece of Legislation announced to them within the period it is open for voting, OR fill out an absentee ballot no more than 48 hours after the voting has closed. If a Member of Parliament will be unable to vote on any single bill, they must inform the Speaker via message or intermediary before the absentee ballot window has closed. Absentee Ballots shall have the following format:
In-game Name:
Vote:
Reason for Missing Vote:
(b) Every member of Parliament shall act in accordance with all established server rules and laws at all times.
(c)Every member of Parliament shall only participate in legislative business only when at least 3 members of parliament are present.
(d) Every member of Parliament shall, without fail, attend every scheduled Parliamentary meeting announced 72 hours or more in advance. If they are unable to do so, they should inform the parliament, SoP, PM, or DPM via either message or intermediary, no less than 12 hours before the event occurs.
(2) Members of Parliament should always speak in a noble, dignified, and respectful manner.
(a) Every member of Parliament shall give due respect to all persons, regardless of all external factors.
(b) Every member of Parliament shall speak in a manner befitting a representative of a Government, with no excess in profanity or hurtful speech directed towards another player.
(c) Every member of Parliament shall respect the opinions of others and shall not put down or degrade another individual for their personal beliefs.
(3) Every member of Parliament, in Minecraft, shall remain politically loyal only to the server of BusinessCraft.
(a) Holding or applying for a legislative, executive, or judicial office in the government of any foreign entity is strictly forbidden.
(b) Committing any High Crimes is strictly forbidden.
(c) Violating non-compete is strictly forbidden.
(4) Every member of Parliament shall attempt to only propose legislation that is in full agreement with the constitution and pre-existing legislation.
(a) Members of Parliament shall not be punished for unwittingly proposing legislation that contradicts the constitution, but any member of parliament who sees an act of legislation that they recognize as unconstitutional should make every reasonable effort to inform the author.
(b)No Member of Parliament shall propose any legislation that meaningfully changes pre-existing sections of current legislation
Section 9. Parliamentary Warning Points & Punishments
(1) Parliamentary Warning Points will be issued entirely at the discretion of the Speaker of Parliament and can only be issued for unparliamentary conduct or failing to adhere to the duties of a Member of Parliament.
(2) Parliamentary Warning Points are subject to the same standards as any other fine or punishment on the server of BusinessCraft. This means that:
(a) No Member of Parliament shall receive two warnings for the same offense.
(b) No Member of Parliament shall receive a warning for offenses committed outside of the BusinessCraft server and its affiliated forums and channels or against individuals who are not citizens of BusinessCraft, with the sole exception of Members of Parliament who hold or apply for office in foreign entities.
(3) Upon the signing of a petition by the majority of the Members of Parliament AND approval of the Prime Minister, Parliament may also give the Speaker of Parliament warnings for violations of the Standards of Parliamentary Conduct.
(3) Parliamentary Warning Points will be fined in the following manner:
(a) 1st Warning in a term: 50 krunas fine
(b) 2nd Warning in a term: 150 krunas fine
(c) 3rd Warning in a term: 500 krunas fine
(d) Each additional warning will add an additional 100 krunas to the fine, so the 4th warning will be fined 600 krunas, the 5th, 600 krunas, etc.
(4) The DoJ shall be responsible to punish Parliamentary Warning Points. t is the responsibility of the DoJ, when contacted by the SoP and informed that a Member of Parliament has been warned, to administer the correct fine and punishment and keep a record of each warning point.
(a)The DoJ shall keep a record of each Warning Point administered, as well as who it is administered to, how many offenses that MP has received that term, and for what the warning was issued. They may keep record of this in any way they see fit, so long as the necessary information is retrievable upon request by the PM, DPM, SoP, or a MP.
(b)The DoJ shall administer Parliamentary Warning Points as a civil offense.
(5) Parliamentary Warning Points will only stack for the duration of each term, so a Member of Parliament warned twice in a June-August term will only be fined 50 krunas if they are warned again in the August-October term.
Authored by Ryan_88 and Topte and revised by violetunknown on behalf of the parliament of Stratham.
A
Bill
To
Establish the standing rules to govern the Parliament of Stratham and
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the Parliamentary Standing Rules Act V.2 or PRSA.2
Section 2. Commencement
(1) All Provision(s) shall come into effect upon passage.
(2) On the signage of this bill, the Parliamentary Standing Rules of 2023 and Amendment to Parliamentary Standing Rules Act will be rescinded.
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) The Constitution dictates that the Parliament shall establish its own rules for governance.
(2) The current legislation is overcomplicated and should be simplified into a single, cohesive bill for current and future MP's to rely on.
Section 4. The Speaker
(1) The Speaker of Parliament is the chair of the Parliament and is responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the Parliament
(2) The process for the appointment of a Speaker is as follows:
(a)It shall be the duty of the Department of State to carry out elections for the office of the Speaker.
(b) Nominations shall last for 24 hours in which each Member of Parliament may nominate themselves or another. Upon a Member of Parliament receiving two or more nominations, they shall be an official candidate for the office of speaker.
(c) After 24 hours have passed or all Members of Parliament have acknowledged the post of the State Department, the voting period shall be open for 24 hours.
(d) After 24 hours have passed or all Members of Parliament have voted, the State Department will verify the results and announce the results.
(3) Duties of the Speaker may be delegated to the Deputy Speaker.
Section 5. Legislation
(1) No legislation passed by the Parliament may be signed into law without going through the following process:
(a) All Bills must be proposed into #bills on the Discord and the Parliament subforum.
(b) After 24 hours after the proposal, the bill shall go through the voting process.
(c) Voting shall last for 24 hours or until all Members of Parliament have voted.
(d) After the voting is done, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to transmit to the Prime Minister that the bill awaits their signature of approval or otherwise.
(e) In the case a bill must be passed in expedient nature, the 24-hour waiting period after the proposal of a bill shall be omitted if the majority of Parliament agrees to such.
(2) No Constitutional Amendment may be passed without going through the following process:
(a) All Constitutional Amendments must be proposed into #bills on the Discord and the Parliament subforum.
(b) After 48 hours after the proposal, the bill shall go through the voting process.
(c) Voting shall last for 24 hours or until all Members of Parliament have voted.
(d) After the voting is done, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to transmit to the Prime Minister that the Constitutional Amendment awaits their signature of approval or otherwise.
(3) The format for all legislation is as follows:
[Title of Bill]
A
Bill
To
[Purpose of Bill]
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the [Title of Bill].
Section 2. Commencement
(1) Provision(s) [Section Number(s)] shall come into effect [number of days, upon passage, etc]
(2) [More sections can be added with commencement like before.]
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) Reasons for the bill
Section 4. [Title of Section 4]
(1) This is a subsection. [Main provisions of the section]
(a) This is a sub-sub section [Used to clarify or elaborate on subsections]
Section 5. [Title of Section 5]
More sections can be added like before.
Authored by (Author) on behalf of the (Person, Department, themselves, etc.).
(4) The Format for Amendments is as follows:
[Title of Bill]
A
Bill
To
[Purpose of Bill]
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the [Title of Bill] V.[version number].
Section 2. Commencement
(1) Provision(s) [Section Number(s)] shall come into effect [number of days, upon passage, etc]
(2) Upon the signage of this bill, the [name of bill or bills being replaced] will be rescinded.
(2) [More sections can be added with commencement like before.
Section 3. Reasoning
(1) Reasons for the bill
(2) Reasons for the replacement of the former bill or bills.
Section 4. [Title of Section 4]
(1) This is a subsection. [Main provisions of the section]
(a) This is a sub-sub section [Used to clarify or elaborate on subsections]
Section 5. [Title of Section 5]
More sections can be added like before.
Authored by [original author] and revised by [author of amendment]
(5) The format for Articles of Impeachment is as follows:
Articles of Impeachment against (name), (position)
A
Bill
To
Impeach (name) from (position)
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Commencement
(1) These Articles of Impeachment shall pass into law upon the approval of the Parliament.
Section 3. Reasoning for Impeachment
(1) Reasons for the impeachment.
Section 4. Tribunal
(1) Be it resolved by the Parliament of Stratham, that (name) is hereby impeached and an Impeachment Tribunal shall convene.
Authored by (Author) on behalf of the (Person, Department, themselves, etc.).
Section 6. Motions and Amendments
(1) Motion to Amend Legislation
(a) This motion shall allow for the amendment of a bill by striking out wording and replacing it during the proposal period. If the motion passes, the bill will be amended.
(2) Motion to Rescind
(a) This motion allows for any legislation to be rescinded prior to its passage and must be used before the voting period begins.
(3) Motion to Recess
(a) This motion shall immediately put a hearing to recess for a set amount of time determined by the Chair, the hearing shall resume after said time has passed.
(4) Motion to Adjourn
(a) This motion shall immediately end a hearing.
(5) Motion to Strike
(a) This motion shall allow for the language of a bill to be stricken.
(6) Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair
(a) This motion shall allow for the decision of the Chairperson to be appealed. Should the motion pass, the Parliament shall vote if the judgment of the Chair stands or not.
(7) Motion to Fast-Track
(a) This motion shall allow for a bill to forgo the 24-hour wait period before voting.
(8) Motion to Override Veto
(a) This motion shall allow for parliament to overturn a Prime Ministerial veto on legislation.
(10) The process of motions is as follows:
- Upon the filing of a motion, the Chair shall ask all Parliamentarians for objections.
- Should no objections be expressed, the motion shall pass.
- If a Parliamentarian objects to the motion, the chamber shall proceed to a vote to decide on the motion.
- The motion requires a majority vote within 24 hours to pass. Motions to Override a Veto shall require a 4/5 vote.
Section 7. Hearings
(1) Parliament may motion to open a hearing with a majority vote for any reason.
(2) Upon successful motion to open a hearing against any government official, the government official shall be required to attend at the proper time and place the hearing is set for.
Section 8. Standards of Parliamentary Conduct
(1) The duties of a Member of Parliament are as follows:
(a)Every member of parliament shall, without fail, vote on every piece of Legislation announced to them within the period it is open for voting, OR fill out an absentee ballot no more than 48 hours after the voting has closed. If a Member of Parliament will be unable to vote on any single bill, they must inform the Speaker via message or intermediary before the absentee ballot window has closed. Absentee Ballots shall have the following format:
In-game Name:
Vote:
Reason for Missing Vote:
(b) Every member of Parliament shall act in accordance with all established server rules and laws at all times.
(c)Every member of Parliament shall only participate in legislative business only when at least 3 members of parliament are present.
(d) Every member of Parliament shall, without fail, attend every scheduled Parliamentary meeting announced 72 hours or more in advance. If they are unable to do so, they should inform the parliament, SoP, PM, or DPM via either message or intermediary, no less than 12 hours before the event occurs.
(2) Members of Parliament should always speak in a noble, dignified, and respectful manner.
(a) Every member of Parliament shall give due respect to all persons, regardless of all external factors.
(b) Every member of Parliament shall speak in a manner befitting a representative of a Government, with no excess in profanity or hurtful speech directed towards another player.
(c) Every member of Parliament shall respect the opinions of others and shall not put down or degrade another individual for their personal beliefs.
(3) Every member of Parliament, in Minecraft, shall remain politically loyal only to the server of BusinessCraft.
(a) Holding or applying for a legislative, executive, or judicial office in the government of any foreign entity is strictly forbidden.
(b) Committing any High Crimes is strictly forbidden.
(c) Violating non-compete is strictly forbidden.
(4) Every member of Parliament shall attempt to only propose legislation that is in full agreement with the constitution and pre-existing legislation.
(a) Members of Parliament shall not be punished for unwittingly proposing legislation that contradicts the constitution, but any member of parliament who sees an act of legislation that they recognize as unconstitutional should make every reasonable effort to inform the author.
(b)No Member of Parliament shall propose any legislation that meaningfully changes pre-existing sections of current legislation
Section 9. Parliamentary Warning Points & Punishments
(1) Parliamentary Warning Points will be issued entirely at the discretion of the Speaker of Parliament and can only be issued for unparliamentary conduct or failing to adhere to the duties of a Member of Parliament.
(2) Parliamentary Warning Points are subject to the same standards as any other fine or punishment on the server of BusinessCraft. This means that:
(a) No Member of Parliament shall receive two warnings for the same offense.
(b) No Member of Parliament shall receive a warning for offenses committed outside of the BusinessCraft server and its affiliated forums and channels or against individuals who are not citizens of BusinessCraft, with the sole exception of Members of Parliament who hold or apply for office in foreign entities.
(3) Upon the signing of a petition by the majority of the Members of Parliament AND approval of the Prime Minister, Parliament may also give the Speaker of Parliament warnings for violations of the Standards of Parliamentary Conduct.
(3) Parliamentary Warning Points will be fined in the following manner:
(a) 1st Warning in a term: 50 krunas fine
(b) 2nd Warning in a term: 150 krunas fine
(c) 3rd Warning in a term: 500 krunas fine
(d) Each additional warning will add an additional 100 krunas to the fine, so the 4th warning will be fined 600 krunas, the 5th, 600 krunas, etc.
(4) The DoJ shall be responsible to punish Parliamentary Warning Points. t is the responsibility of the DoJ, when contacted by the SoP and informed that a Member of Parliament has been warned, to administer the correct fine and punishment and keep a record of each warning point.
(a)The DoJ shall keep a record of each Warning Point administered, as well as who it is administered to, how many offenses that MP has received that term, and for what the warning was issued. They may keep record of this in any way they see fit, so long as the necessary information is retrievable upon request by the PM, DPM, SoP, or a MP.
(b)The DoJ shall administer Parliamentary Warning Points as a civil offense.
(5) Parliamentary Warning Points will only stack for the duration of each term, so a Member of Parliament warned twice in a June-August term will only be fined 50 krunas if they are warned again in the August-October term.
Authored by Ryan_88 and Topte and revised by violetunknown on behalf of the parliament of Stratham.
