Mandate [Failed] [A.M.A. 4] Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020)

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Shareholders of Lazarus,

A motion and a second have been received for the Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020). This is a vote on a law bearing the same legal weight as the Mandate. As such, it requires a three-quarters supermajority to pass. The discussion thread can be found here.

As per Assembly Procedure Act 1.5, this vote will last for 5 days, ending on October 15th, 3:51 PM EST. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

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Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020)

Proposed by: @Domais​

Section 1. Constitutional Status

(1) This act will bear Constitutional Status and will be subject to the voting thresholds thereof.

Section 2. Application

(1) The powers enumerated herein will not apply to any law holding Constitutional Status nor the Mandate of Lazarus.

Section 3. Discretionary Powers

(1) The Speaker may rectify any formatting inconsistencies of passed legislation, including:

a. Legislation which is not in compliance with any of the rules for the formatting thereof,
b. Numbering inconsistencies within any legislation,
c. Inconsistencies with BBcode of any legislation,
d. Any other change that may be reasonably deemed to be categorized as an issue with the formatting of any legislation.

(2) The Speaker may rectify any minor grammatical and spelling inconsistencies of passed legislation.

(3) The Speaker may substitute any terms that may be reasonably deemed outdated in terms of the Laws of Lazarus with an updated term.

Section 4. Promulgation and the right of Veto

(1) The Speaker must publicly promulgate any use of powers enumerated herein within 24 hours thereof.

(2) If any Citizen tables a motion to Overturn the decision of the Speaker and another Citizen seconds the relevant motion, then the relevant use of the powers enumerated herein will be rendered unenforceable pending a vote in the Assembly;

a. The relevant vote can be held after a minimum discussion period of 3 days, but will be held after a period of 7 days,
b. The vote will last for 5 days and if the nays outnumber the yeas then the relevant use of the powers enumerated herein will be repealed.

Section 5. Delegation of powers

(1) The Speaker may not delegate the use of the powers enumerated herein to their deputies or any other person.

Section 6. Definitions

(1) "Outdated term" - Any word or phrase that has been rendered obsolete by new legislation.

-- Debussy, Speaker

 

[Domais]

Aye

 

[Deleted1]

Aye

 

[Apimenia]

Aye.

 

[McChimp]

Nay

 

[Frankender]

Aye.

 

[Chanku]

Nay

 

[Wymondham]

Nay

 

[joWhatup]

Aye.

 

[Mzeusia]

Aye

 

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Shareholders of Lazarus,

With 6 Aye, 3 Nay, and 0 Abstain, the "Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020)" has failed with 66.34% for and 33.3% against.

-- Debussy, Speaker