A2311.03 |
@Legislators of the South Pacific,
There has been a seconded motion to adopt the proposed amendments to the Legislator Act, modifying the requirements to hold legislator status, altering how legislator checks are conducted, and changing the procedure for the Chair with regards to managing legislator membership. The debate thread can be found here .
INFORMATION
This is an amendment to general legislation . According to the Legislative Procedure Act, this amendment will require a majority greater than 50% to pass. The voting period will be 3 days , thus concluding on Monday, November 27th.
2023-11-24T11:00:00Z →2023-11-27T11:00:00Z
IMPORTANT
Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post ‘Aye’, ‘Nay’ or ‘Abstain’ in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussions belong in the debate thread and should be posted there.
The text of this amendment is as follows:
An act to establish and manage legislator status
1. Legislator Status Requirements
(1) Members of the Coalition are eligible to attain legislator status if:
they are citizens of the Coalition at the time of and during their application for legislator status; and
the Chair of the Assembly does not opine that they are seeking legislator status in bad faith.
(2) To retain legislator status once granted, legislators must:
remain citizens of the Coalition; and
meet the Assembly voting requirement.
1 2 . Legislator Applications
(1) Any citizen of the Coalition is eligible to attain legislator status if the Chair of the Assembly does not opine that they are seeking legislator status in bad faith.
(2 1 ) An application for legislator status must include at least:
A link to their accepted citizenship application, and
Any relevant updates to the citizenship application that changed since the application was made.
(3 2 ) Upon acceptance or denial of an application, the Chair of the Assembly shall post the result (including a sufficient reason in case of a denial) both in response to the application as well as per telegram to the applicant nation.
The applicant may appeal a rejection to the Assembly at large for a vote.
2 3 . Legislator Checks
(1) Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behavior.
(1) Legislators retain their legislator status until resignation or removal by the appropriate authority.
(2) Within the first week of each calendar month, the Chair of the Assembly will remove legislator status from a legislator if they failed the Assembly voting requirement in the past month., if applicable, or otherwise no longer meet the eligibility requirements as described herein. If a legislator no longer meets the eligibility requirements (not including the voting requirement), and it would be impossible for them to meet the requirements before the first week of the following calendar month, the Chair of the Assembly may remove their legislator status at their discretion before the appointed week. The Chair of the Assembly may exercise discretion and not remove legislators under reasonable extenuating circumstances.
a. The Chair of the Assembly may exercise discretion and not remove an otherwise active legislator for failing the Assembly voting requirement under reasonable extenuating circumstances.
(3) A legislator fails the Assembly voting requirement if:
The Assembly finished at least three votes in the previous calendar month and the legislator was absent for more than one-third of those votes; or
The Assembly finished exactly two votes in the previous calendar month and the legislator was absent for both of those votes.
(4) Legislators may request a leave of absence for a non-indefinite period, specifying the end date of such leave, which will be subject to discretionary approval from the Chair of the Assembly or their deputies. During such time, legislators on a leave of absence are exempt from the Assembly voting requirement.
(5) The Chair of the Assembly will at once remove legislator status from a legislator if they no longer meet the eligibility requirements as described in Article 1, Section (2) of this Act.
(5 6 ) The Chair of the Assembly may suspend legislator privileges for disruptive members. Frequent suspensions may be grounds for ineligibility, if found appropriate in a fair trial by the High Court.
Should this proposed amendment be adopted?
A2311.03 | Passed
This amendment to general legislation required a 50% majority of votes in favour, excluding abstentions, to pass. The results are tabled as follows:
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes 26
72.2%
86.7%
Nays 4
11.1%
13.3%
Abstentions 6
16.7%
Total 36
50.0% of Legislators
Absent 36
50.0% of Legislators
In light of these results, the amendment passes
