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A Bill

organising Citizens into established Duchies, and enabling the formation of local governments within the Realms of His Majesty the King.



Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the elected representatives of His Majesty's subjects, in this fourth Parliament here assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:



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[*]Regional Structure
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[*]Duchies shall take on powers of local government as defined by law.<>

[*]The King shall have exclusive power to create, destroy or otherwise modify Duchies.<>

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[*]Location of Citizens within Duchies
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[*]All Citizens shall be randomly assigned to a Duchy, except:<>
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[*]Citizens of Commonwealth nations, who may choose not to participate in local government.<>

[*]Noblitity of Ducal rank, who shall be assigned to their own Duchies.<>

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[*]Citizens who are created Dukes shall be re-assigned to their own Duchies.<>

[*]Citizens may petition the Crown or the relavent Minister as defined by the Prime Minister to reassign them to a different Duchy.<>

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[*]Ducal Council of Citizens
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[*]The Ducal Council of Citizens shall be composed of five Citizens appointed by the holder of executive power.<>

[*]Sessions of the Ducal Council of Citizens shall be convoked by the holder of executive power.<>

[*]Sessions of the Ducal Council of Citizens shall be in session until dissolved by the holder of executive power, except:<>
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[*]When the Ducal Council of Citizens exercises Executive power, in which case the King shall be empowered to dissolve sessions.<>

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[*]Executive Power
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[*]Executive power within a Duchy shall be vested in the Duke.<>

[*]In the absence of a Duke, the Ducal Council of Citizens shall appoint a Governor to exercise executive power.<>

[*]In the absence of a Duke and Ducal Council of Citizens, the King shall exercise executive power.<>

[*]The holder of executive power shall be empowered to represent the Duchy on a national level.<>

[*]The holder of executive power shall be empowered to petition the Crown or its Ministers for use of national resources.<>

[*]The Duke or King may appoint a Governor to rule in his absence.<>

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[*]Legislative Power
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[*]Legislative power within a Duchy shall be vested in the Ducal Council of Citizens.<>

[*]In the absence of a Ducal Council of Citizens, the Duke shall exercise legislative power.<>

[*]In the absence of a Ducal Council of Citizens and Duke, the King shall exercise legislative power.<>

[*]The holder of legislative power shall be empowered to enact any statutes that do not conflict with the Organic Law of Hanover or this Act.<>

[*]Statutes passed within a Duchy shall hold force only within that Duchy.<>

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[*]Short Title and Commencement
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[*]This Act may be cited as the Regional Powers Act of 2004.<>

[*]This Act will come into force upon receiving Royal Assent.<>

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This bill provides a basic system of local governance, which has been requested by many and which I feel may encourage further growth of the nation.

I would request that the Speaker consider this a Government bill, and hence give it priority.

Friendly Amendment Edits:
1."or its Ministers" changed to "or the relavent Minister as defined by the Prime Minister"
2. Section 2, clause 1, subclause B added
3. section 2 clause 2 added

the term 'destroy' in article I, 2 could have interesting implications...

II, 2, I would advise assigning this responsibility to a specific minister rather than just 'or its ministers' to prevent any possible overlap. perhaps the term "or the Minister of State" or even "or the relevant Minister".

Doomsday scenerio for a second, I petition the Min foreign affairs to change for the million time this month, he tells me to go and ram it, so i go to the Min protocol, who aproves it.

I can see a need emerging for the return of a 'Minister of State' or other like office. (does this fall in, or could we expand the role of, the Minister of Protocol? Perhaps for this matter, even the Minister of Immigration)

I think, as you suggest, that "the relevant Minister" is the best solution. The PM can then declare what "the relevant Minister" is according to his whim (and criteria like whether there is actually a Minister, or whether he's active, or whatever).

Regarding "destroy" - I think that's the language traditionally used in refernce to titles of nobility and fiefs. I'm surprised you don't use it in your kingdomlet!

Mr Speaker,

Very well, I hereby propose the following friendly amendment:

1. In Section II, Clause 2, the words "or its Ministers" shall be replaced by "or the relavent Minister as defined by the Prime Minister".

Sincerely,

Prime Minister McQueeny

Under the new SO you can just go ahead and modify it during the first reading. I ask only that you post a record of changes for the benifit of other members.

But you made the post, therefore I can't modify it.

sorry about that, will mod.

Mr Speaker,

Another friendly amendment:

1. After Section II, Clause 1, Subclause A, a subclause shall be inserted reading "Noblitity of Ducal rank, who shall be assigned to their own Duchies.".
2. After Section II, Clause 1, a clause shall be inserted reading "Citizens who are created Dukes shall be re-assigned to their own Duchies.", and all other clauses renumbered accordingly.

Sincerely,

Prime Minister McQueeny

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2. On the first Saturday after it is proposed, the Speaker shall put the Proposal to a vote. Each member may vote for one of the following:
a. To defer action and continue to debate the Proposal, in which case no action shall be taken. The Proposal shall be put to the same voting process described in Section 4, the following Saturday.
b. To approve the Proposal at first reading, in which case it will enter a Second Reading.
c. To decline the Proposal, in which case the Proposal will be no longer under debate.

Please vote to either

DEFER
APPROVE
DECLINE

APPROVE

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Sir Aderyn Evereste

Sir Aderyn Evereste

Duke of Brunswick

Christopher McQueeny

Sir Aderyn Evereste

Christopher McQueeny

Sir Aderyn Evereste

Christopher McQueeny

Sir Aderyn Evereste

Duke of Brunswick