Shateholders of Lazarus, 

The bill, "Amendment to the Criminal Code Act (September 2020)", reprinted below, has been motioned to vote and seconded. It requires a 50%+1 majority 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 September 15th, 2:56 PM EST. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

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Amendment to the Criminal Code Act (September 2020)

Proposed by @Domais

Section 1. Amendment to the Criminal Code Act

(1) The relevant section of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) as currently written, reads:

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Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement of material fact, shall be guilty of fraud.

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(2) The amended section of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) shall read:

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Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who, knowingly or recklessly, falsifies a material fact in any matter regarding a citizenship application shall be guilty of fraud.

(2) Any person who, knowingly or recklessly, falsifies a material fact in any matter regarding a criminal review shall be guilty of fraud.[/cell][/table]

Shareholders of Lazarus,

A motion and a second have been received for the Reduction in Punishment (September 2020). This is a vote on reducing a punishment decided by the court. As such, it requires a three-quarters supermajority to pass. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

The time allotted for this vote is five days. Voting will end on the 14th of September, 2020, at 3:35 AM EST.

The discussion thread is here.

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Reduction in Punishment (September 2020)

Proposed by @Domais

Preamble

On June 11th, 2020 Vedan was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Misconduct. He was sentenced on June 14th, 2020. The Assembly of Lazarus, having found this sentence absurd, hereby enacts this Reduction of Sentence.

Section 1. Reduction of Sentence

(1) Vedan's sentence currently reads:

[table][cell]Vedan is to be banned from membership of the Regional Guard for 18 months, banned from holding public office for 8 months and shall have their voting rights suspended for 2 months. They may apply to have their Regional Guard ban commuted after 12 months and their ban from public office commuted after 6 months.[/cell][/table]

(2) A Reduced Sentence shall read:

[table][cell]Vedan is to be banned from membership of the Regional Guard for 6 months.[/cell][/table]

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"Domais" has been appointed to serve as Director of Shareholdership. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Prime Minister @Temmi:

temmi;10606 Wrote:Twice in one day? O.O It's almost like I should have waited and did it all at once!

As you know, I have a ton of things that I want to work on and a lot of them fall under the Internal Management scope of influence. I've decided to appoint NewRogernomics to be my Director for the ministry because I believe that he can help with my goals for starting roleplay and helping the Gazette flourish. I admittedly don't know a ton about roleplay or our gazette, but would like to help both parts of the region. Bringing someone in that is better on that end of things will allow me to direct my focus at getting more people involved and my other ideas/programs.

For Granting Official I am appointing Domais. They obviously know the ins and outs of Lazarus and can now ensure no bad people try to get in!

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"New Rogernomics" has been appointed to serve as Director of Internal Management. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director @"Temmi":

temmi;10606 Wrote:Twice in one day? O.O It's almost like I should have waited and did it all at once!

As you know, I have a ton of things that I want to work on and a lot of them fall under the Internal Management scope of influence. I've decided to appoint NewRogernomics to be my Director for the ministry because I believe that he can help with my goals for starting roleplay and helping the Gazette flourish. I admittedly don't know a ton about roleplay or our gazette, but would like to help both parts of the region. Bringing someone in that is better on that end of things will allow me to direct my focus at getting more people involved and my other ideas/programs.

For Granting Official I am appointing Domais. They obviously know the ins and outs of Lazarus and can now ensure no bad people try to get in!

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"McChimp" has been appointed to serve as Director of Public Relations. As per Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director @"Temmi"

temmi;10600 Wrote:Hey everyone! Thanks for bearing with me. I am making two appointments today. I am still waiting to speak to some others before making my decision on the other cabinet positions so please be patient with me on those!

I've decided to go ahead and reappoint Roavin. Though I am not experienced with military affairs, the reception Roavin received when he was just appointed a week or so ago, along with testimony about his experience in the field, means there is no reason for me to appoint anyone different.

I have also decided to appoint McChimp as Director of Public Relations. I think it's important to surround yourself with different viewpoints and perspectives. I spoke with McChimp at length about his ideas and approach to foreign affairs for Lazarus and I think working alongside him we will be able to ensure we're taking the right steps with the right regions. I think we can do better with how active we are with our FA and I expect us to get a lot accomplished over the next few months. Ryccia has done a great job and I've asked him to stay on as Deputy to continue working with on-going treaty negotiations and more!

Additionally I wanted to mention that once I have the cabinet in place, I'll be working on a list of specific projects/goals for each ministry that we'll release to the rest of the region so everyone knows what we're trying to do and can help! This way we can also track our progress If you have a desire to help Lazarus grow or have some ideas about how to make our region better, feel free to reach out to me in NS or on Discord. ^-^

Shareholders of Lazarus,

@"Roavin" has been appointed to serve as Regional Guard Director. As per Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard 1.2 and Mandate 12 IV.6, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Managing Director,  @"Temmi"

temmi;10600 Wrote:Hey everyone! Thanks for bearing with me. I am making two appointments today. I am still waiting to speak to some others before making my decision on the other cabinet positions so please be patient with me on those!

I've decided to go ahead and reappoint Roavin. Though I am not experienced with military affairs, the reception Roavin received when he was just appointed a week or so ago, along with testimony about his experience in the field, means there is no reason for me to appoint anyone different.

I have also decided to appoint McChimp as Director of Public Relations. I think it's important to surround yourself with different viewpoints and perspectives. I spoke with McChimp at length about his ideas and approach to foreign affairs for Lazarus and I think working alongside him we will be able to ensure we're taking the right steps with the right regions. I think we can do better with how active we are with our FA and I expect us to get a lot accomplished over the next few months. Ryccia has done a great job and I've asked him to stay on as Deputy to continue working with on-going treaty negotiations and more!

Additionally I wanted to mention that once I have the cabinet in place, I'll be working on a list of specific projects/goals for each ministry that we'll release to the rest of the region so everyone knows what we're trying to do and can help! This way we can also track our progress If you have a desire to help Lazarus grow or have some ideas about how to make our region better, feel free to reach out to me in NS or on Discord. ^-^

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Amendment to the Criminal Code Act (September 2020)
Proposed by @Domais

Section 1. Amendment to the Criminal Code Act

(1) The relevant section of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) as currently written, reads:

[table][cell]

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement of material fact, shall be guilty of fraud.

[/cell][/table]

(2) The amended section of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) shall read:

[table][cell]

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who, knowingly or recklessly, falsifies a material fact in any matter regarding a citizenship application shall be guilty of fraud.

(2) Any person who, knowingly or recklessly, falsifies a material fact in any matter regarding a criminal review shall be guilty of fraud.[/cell][/table]

Quote:

Reduction in punishment (September 2020)
Proposed by @Domais

Preamble

On June 11th, 2020, Vedan was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Misconduct; he was sentenced on June 14th, 2020. The Assembly of Lazarus, having found this sentence absurd, hereby enacts this Reduction of Sentence.

Section 1. Reduction of Sentence

(1) Vedan's sentence currently reads:

[table][cell]Vedan is to be banned from membership of the Regional Guard for 18 months, banned from holding public office for 8 months and shall have their voting rights suspended for 2 months. They may apply to have their Regional Guard ban commuted after 12 months and their ban from public office commuted after 6 months.[/cell][/table]

(2) A Reduced Sentence shall read:

[table][cell]Vedan is to be banned from membership of the Regional Guard for 6 months.[/cell][/table]

Currently, legislation can be discussed and then edited after the fact. This allows for the possibility that edits can be sneakily made, and shareholders may not notice such edits when voting on legislation if they have already discussed it and made up their mind.


An example of this happening is here https://www.nslazarus.com/thread-1590.html
While @"New Rogernomics" did not do anything wrong, we see that the post was edited.

Demonos;10306 Wrote:Wait, this is different from the original proposal. We do not support.

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Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (September 2020)
 
Proposed by: @"Frankender"

Preamble

The Amendment will add S2.7 to the Assembly Procedure Act (May 2020) to prevent proposed legislation from being revised without notice.

Section 1. Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (May 2020)

(1) Section 2 of the Assembly Procedure Act (May 2020) states:

Quote:Section 2. Legislative Procedures

(1) A minimum discussion period of three days is required before any proposal may be brought to vote. The Speaker is not required to open a vote if they determine that the proposal has not had sufficient discussion, but they may not delay opening a vote for more than seven days from when the motion to vote on the proposal was seconded.

(2) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or has not posted on the off-site regional forum for more than seven days without posting a leave of absence. Only the citizen who made the motion may withdraw it, unless that citizen is no longer a citizen, then the Speaker may withdraw the relevant motion. Once a motion is withdrawn, voting shall cease immediately.

(3) Only the Prime Minister may introduce a proposal to enact, amend, or repeal a treaty or declaration of war, and only the Prime Minister may make a motion to vote on such a proposal.

(4) In the event that there are multiple competing proposals regarding the same matter in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, the Assembly Speaker will bring them to vote one at a time, in the order they were motioned to vote. If such a proposal is enacted, the subsequent competing proposals will not be brought to vote.

(5) All votes will take place for five days. Citizens eligible to vote may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present." Voters may not post any other content in a voting thread or embellish the format of their vote in any way, and votes that include additional content or embellishment will be discarded and split from the voting thread. Voters may cast their votes by posting in each voting thread.

(6) The Assembly Speaker will determine which discussions will take place publicly and which will take place privately, and may accordingly move discussions to and from the Assembly's private forum, except that the Delegate may determine whether proposals to enact, amend, or repeal treaties will be public or private. All votes will be conducted in public.

(2) Section 2 of the Assembly Procedure Act will be amended as follows:

Quote:Section 2. Legislative Procedures

(1) A minimum discussion period of three days is required before any proposal may be brought to vote. The Speaker is not required to open a vote if they determine that the proposal has not had sufficient discussion, but they may not delay opening a vote for more than seven days from when the motion to vote on the proposal was seconded.

(2) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or has not posted on the off-site regional forum for more than seven days without posting a leave of absence. Only the citizen who made the motion may withdraw it, unless that citizen is no longer a citizen, then the Speaker may withdraw the relevant motion. Once a motion is withdrawn, voting shall cease immediately.

(3) Only the Prime Minister may introduce a proposal to enact, amend, or repeal a treaty or declaration of war, and only the Prime Minister may make a motion to vote on such a proposal.

(4) In the event that there are multiple competing proposals regarding the same matter in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, the Assembly Speaker will bring them to vote one at a time, in the order they were motioned to vote. If such a proposal is enacted, the subsequent competing proposals will not be brought to vote.

(5) All votes will take place for five days. Citizens eligible to vote may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present." Voters may not post any other content in a voting thread or embellish the format of their vote in any way, and votes that include additional content or embellishment will be discarded and split from the voting thread. Voters may cast their votes by posting in each voting thread.

(6) The Assembly Speaker will determine which discussions will take place publicly and which will take place privately, and may accordingly move discussions to and from the Assembly's private forum, except that the Delegate may determine whether proposals to enact, amend, or repeal treaties will be public or private. All votes will be conducted in public.

(7) If the main post of a proposed piece of legislation is edited, the revised copy of the legislation must be posted in the same thread before a motion for a vote may be called.