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by **New Zepuha** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 4:26 pm

New Zepuha wrote:
Good Samaritan Law

Co-Authors: New Zepuha [NDP] and Geilinor [NDP] | Sponsors: Belmaria [LP], NEO Rome Republic [NDP], Byzantium Imperial [ALM], Corenea [RefP]| Urgency: Moderate | Category: Order

Section 1. Purpose of the Bill

This bill follows with the intent to keep people doing a good turn for their fellow man, from being unduly prosecuted for accidental death or injury. This would also include the ability to be sued being taking away from them. This all in hopes to encourage good samaritans on the streets.

Defines Good Samaritan - Someone who is not a government official that is attempting to aide police, injured persons, or committing general good deeds.

Section 2. Protection from Prosecution

Within an officers ability to reason, and on the good judgement of a court judge, prosecution may be waived in cases of accidental death or injury caused in the genuine attempt to do a good deed.

For example: A man is trapped in his motor vehicle due to a recent collision with a tree, a second man sees him and attempts to free him from the entangled vehicle, while calling for assistance. In the course of freeing the man, he unknowingly causes the man to die or receive further injury.

The above example would warrant the waiving of prosecution or lawsuit, a good samaritan can be prosecuted though, if there is a reasonable doubt that injury was done in a purposeful manner, or the samaritan caused said accident.

Hereby enacts the Good Samaritan Law

First Amendment to the National Intelligencery Establishment Act
Author: New Zepuha [NDP] | Sponsors: Mediciano [IP], Battlion [NDP], Next Washington [ALM], Sedikal [NDP], Bering [NDP]| Category: Order | Urgency: Urgent

Preamble Declaration of Need -

We note that in the course of the creation of the Intelligencery no grant to law enforcement power was given. Realizing that in the course of conducting anti-espionage and internal investigations, the ability to arrest subjects is required to conduct successful investigations and intelligence gathering. Also realizing that no one should be detained without legal reason.

Section 1. Declaration of Limitations and Law Enforcing Power -

Agents qualifying under the NI entrance requirements and weapon safety courses, will be granted full vested Agent powers. The National Intelligencery shall be afforded the powers and responsibilities given by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act

Section 2. Special Divisions Creation -

In the ever expanding role of National Intelligence agencies it has been necessary to divide agents into special sub-divisions to focus more resources directly to specific areas. This section allows for the Director and the Council of the National Intelligencery to create divisions of the NI to focus on specific issues pertaining to the Intelligencery. Any division has the powers of any vested Agent, unless specifically stated in their creation charter. Any division may be cancelled at any time during their service.

Section 3. Special Crimes -

Noting that some crimes associated with international crime and espionage are not officially on the books, this section will create some basic laws.

Espionage - The act of committing acts of intelligence gathering for the purpose of aiding in attacks, terrorist plots, or disclosure of sensitive information such as classified documents. This is a Delict, that can carry up to a 5 yr. prison sentence and a minimum of 1 yr.

Illegal Surveillance - Surveillance conducted without the consent of someone, conducted by foreign entities or private individuals for the purpose of gathering damaging material. This is a contravention, that can carry up to a 6 month prison sentence, and a minimum 1 month sentence.

Trafficking - The trafficking of any dangerous material, such as poisons, weapons, and drugs deemed X class by the Health Ministry, to anywhere outside the country or across provincial lines. This is a Felony, that can carry up to a 5 yr. sentence and a minimum 2 1/2 yr. sentence.

Section 4. In closing -

Establishes these expansions and limitations to the NI and defines the terms used above.

NI - National Intelligencery
Espionage - Spying conducted illegally.

Hereby passes the First Amendment to the National Itelligencery Establishment Act

Please add these two.

by **President Pro-Tempore of the Senate** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:16 pm

New Zepuha wrote:
New Zepuha wrote:
Good Samaritan Law

Co-Authors: New Zepuha [NDP] and Geilinor [NDP] | Sponsors: Belmaria [LP], NEO Rome Republic [NDP], Byzantium Imperial [ALM], Corenea [RefP]| Urgency: Moderate | Category: Order

Section 1. Purpose of the Bill

This bill follows with the intent to keep people doing a good turn for their fellow man, from being unduly prosecuted for accidental death or injury. This would also include the ability to be sued being taking away from them. This all in hopes to encourage good samaritans on the streets.

Defines Good Samaritan - Someone who is not a government official that is attempting to aide police, injured persons, or committing general good deeds.

Section 2. Protection from Prosecution

Within an officers ability to reason, and on the good judgement of a court judge, prosecution may be waived in cases of accidental death or injury caused in the genuine attempt to do a good deed.

For example: A man is trapped in his motor vehicle due to a recent collision with a tree, a second man sees him and attempts to free him from the entangled vehicle, while calling for assistance. In the course of freeing the man, he unknowingly causes the man to die or receive further injury.

The above example would warrant the waiving of prosecution or lawsuit, a good samaritan can be prosecuted though, if there is a reasonable doubt that injury was done in a purposeful manner, or the samaritan caused said accident.

Hereby enacts the Good Samaritan Law

First Amendment to the National Intelligencery Establishment Act
Author: New Zepuha [NDP] | Sponsors: Mediciano [IP], Battlion [NDP], Next Washington [ALM], Sedikal [NDP], Bering [NDP]| Category: Order | Urgency: Urgent

Preamble Declaration of Need -

We note that in the course of the creation of the Intelligencery no grant to law enforcement power was given. Realizing that in the course of conducting anti-espionage and internal investigations, the ability to arrest subjects is required to conduct successful investigations and intelligence gathering. Also realizing that no one should be detained without legal reason.

Section 1. Declaration of Limitations and Law Enforcing Power -

Agents qualifying under the NI entrance requirements and weapon safety courses, will be granted full vested Agent powers. The National Intelligencery shall be afforded the powers and responsibilities given by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act

Section 2. Special Divisions Creation -

In the ever expanding role of National Intelligence agencies it has been necessary to divide agents into special sub-divisions to focus more resources directly to specific areas. This section allows for the Director and the Council of the National Intelligencery to create divisions of the NI to focus on specific issues pertaining to the Intelligencery. Any division has the powers of any vested Agent, unless specifically stated in their creation charter. Any division may be cancelled at any time during their service.

Section 3. Special Crimes -

Noting that some crimes associated with international crime and espionage are not officially on the books, this section will create some basic laws.

Espionage - The act of committing acts of intelligence gathering for the purpose of aiding in attacks, terrorist plots, or disclosure of sensitive information such as classified documents. This is a Delict, that can carry up to a 5 yr. prison sentence and a minimum of 1 yr.

Illegal Surveillance - Surveillance conducted without the consent of someone, conducted by foreign entities or private individuals for the purpose of gathering damaging material. This is a contravention, that can carry up to a 6 month prison sentence, and a minimum 1 month sentence.

Trafficking - The trafficking of any dangerous material, such as poisons, weapons, and drugs deemed X class by the Health Ministry, to anywhere outside the country or across provincial lines. This is a Felony, that can carry up to a 5 yr. sentence and a minimum 2 1/2 yr. sentence.

Section 4. In closing -

Establishes these expansions and limitations to the NI and defines the terms used above.

NI - National Intelligencery
Espionage - Spying conducted illegally.

Hereby passes the First Amendment to the National Itelligencery Establishment Act

Please add these two.

Adding them presently senator.

by **Costa Alegria** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:28 pm

Could you also add my bill please? I know we've begun debate on the section in question, but it was submitted before the end of the Presidential elections.

by **Divitaen** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:30 pm

Divitaen wrote:Add this please

Aurentine Immigration Act

An Act to criminalize unlawful and illegal immigration into the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth while providing clear legal provisions for foreign-born nationals to obtain Aurentine citizenship

Urgency: Medium | Author: Divitaen [CMP] | Category: Order

Sponsors: Corenea [RefP]; Gallup [CMP]; The Union of the West [RefP]; The Nihilistic view [ALM]; Skeckoa [LPA]; Macedonian Grand Empire [RefP]; New Bierstaat [LPA]; Distruzio [CMP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing that the Aurentine Commonwealth requires strengthened border security and regulation to prevent deregulated migration from being detrimental to national security and placing a financial burden on Aurentine infrastructure,

Believing that the Aurentine Commonwealth's economy will benefit from the labour competitiveness associated with widespread economic migration, resulting in a wider pool of talent in the labour market,

Desiring a strong and consistent immigration system that is easily comprehended by Aurentine nationals and foreign nationals alike and will provide the safest society for Aurentine citizens,

Hereby enacts the following law:

Article 1 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Act, "immigration" refers to the transit of people and individuals across the borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, particularly in the case where the immigrant in question desires permanent residency in Aurentina and the opportunity for employment,
For the purposes of this Act, "Aurentine citizen" refers to an individual of Aurentine nationality, thus granted certain legal, social and political rights and privileges to be established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "permanent resident" refers to a visa status of an individual dwelling, legally, within the borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, with certain rights and privileges to be established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "foreigner" refers to an individual with foreign nationality but has been legally permitted to dwell, live and work within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth but is not considered of Aurentine nationality,
For the purposes of this Act, "illegal immigrant" refers to an individual who has migrated into the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth against Aurentine immigration laws established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "deportation" refers to a process whereby relevant police agencies within the Aurentine Commonwealth forcibly transfer, resettle and repatriate an illegal immigrant back to his or her country of origin,
For the purposes of this Act, "Commonwealth citizen" is an individual who is a national of a country within the Commonwealth of Nations, and will be granted certain rights and privileges to be established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "multiple citizenship" refers to a state whereby an individual below the age of 18 holds both Aurentine nationality and foreign nationality,
For the purposes of this Act, "temporary residence" refers to a state whereby a foreign national is granted the right to dwell in and be employed within the Aurentine Commonwealth's territorial borders for a temporary purpose, such as agricultural labour,
For the purposes of this Act, "political asylum" refers to a state whereby a foreign national is granted refuge within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth due to political persecution by his or her country of origin,
For the purposes of this Act, "refugee" refers to a person who is forced to flee his or her country of origin due to natural disaster or conflict due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality and is unable to, or, owing to such fear, is unable to avail himself or herself of the protection of the hosting country, as is the definition provided by the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees,

Article 2 - Rights and responsibilities of citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals
Citizens of the Aurentine Commonwealth have the following rights:
The right to vote in national and subnational elections;
The right to stand for public office;
The right to attain and apply for public sector employment;
The right to apply for employment in sectors, agencies and institutions associated with the provision of national security, such as the National Intelligencery, the Commonwealth Armed Forces and the Aurentine National Gendermerie;
Individuals with permanent resident (PR) status in the Aurentine Commonwealth shall not have access to the rights listed in clause (12) of this Act until they become certified as citizens and nationals of the Aurentine Commonwealth, until which time they shall have access to the following rights:
Access to free and universal healthcare services as specified under the Universal Healthcare Act;
Right to claim relevant educational subsidies for themselves and for their children as listed under relevant legislation such as the Public Post-Secondary Education Establishment Act and the Aurentine Fund for the Arts and Humanities Establishment Act;
Access to relevant social programs and welfare schemes such as the Aurentine Pension Plan Act, the Universal Credit Act and the Child Benefit Allowance Programme Act;
Foreign nationals who are not permanent residents (PR) or Aurentine citizens and who have been granted the right to dwell and be employed within the Aurentine Commonwealth's territorial borders are not entitled to the rights listed in clauses (12) and (13) of this Act,
Clarifies that all individuals dwelling within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, whether a foreign national, a permanent resident (PR) or an Aurentine citizen, is still subject to Aurentine tax laws and subject to the Aurentine criminal and civil legislation and procedures specified under the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth and the Judicial Act,

Article 3 - Obtaining citizenship, permanent residency and temporary residency
Establishes the Aurentina Visas and Immigration Office (AVIO) as a border control agency and a subsidiary body of the Aurentine Ministry of the Interior, with the following duties:
Processing applications for entry clearance into the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth by foreign nationals;
Managing a centralized list and registry of citizens, permanent residents (PR) and temporary residents, with relevant and updated information on the individual's full name, date of birth, current nationality, and the full names of spouses and children;
Issuing relevant national identification cards, employment visas and passports to new citizens, permanent residents, temporary residents, and individuals born in within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth who have turned 18 years of age;
Updating the registry of citizens based on the individualized decisions of persons holding dual citizenship when they have reached 18 years of age;
Coordinating with Aurentina-based private corporations and agricultural collectives to issue employment visas based on labour shortage and need for foreign talent;
Coordinating with the Aurentine Border Force, established in Article 4 of this Act, and relevant Regional Marshals (RMs) and policing agencies of relevant Regional Constabularies, the duties and responsibilities of which are specified under the Policing and Law Enforcement Act, to control and limit levels of illegal immigration and develop continuing strategies to enforce existing immigration laws;
Individuals are considered Aurentine citizens and of Aurentine nationality if they fulfill any of the following criteria, and are required to apply to the AVIO for citizenship status unless they have been born within the Aurentine Commonwealth:
They were born within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, as per the Birthright Citizenship Act;
They were born outside the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth to at least one parent who was an Aurentine citizen at the time of birth;
They have a spouse who is an Aurentine citizen, or are the biological parent or child or sibling of an Aurentine citizen;
They are the adoptive parent or adoptive child or adoptive sibling of an Aurentine citizen, if the relevant adoption occurred before the citizen in question obtained Aurentine citizenship;
They have been adopted in a transnational adoption by an Aurentine citizen, provided they pass the background checks listed under clause (19) of this Act and have complied with the adoption laws of the country of origin;
They have attained permanent residency (PR) status in Aurentina and have had legal residence in the Aurentine Commonwealth for 3 years and intend to continue living and working within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth;
Individuals are considered permanent residents (PRs) if they have applied to AVIO for permanent residency (PR) status and are found by AVIO to meet the following criteria:
They are currently legally permitted to reside and work within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth due to the issuance of a relevant employment visa, to be specified under Article 3 of this Act;
During permanent residency (PR), the individual does not leave the borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth a period of two years or more, otherwise permanent residency (PR) status will be revoked by the AVIO;
An individual will be granted the right to reside, be employed or study at an Aurentine educational institution within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth as a foreign national with an indefinite leave to remain, provided they fulfill the following the requirements, are approved by the AVIO and issued a relevant employment-based visa:
An Aurentine-based company has applied for an employment visa to permit the residency of a foreign worker within the Aurentine Commonwealth, as the foreign worker in question meets the necessary skill requirements of the private company's hiring policy, or the foreign student in question has been accepted into an Aurentine university or college;
The individual in question must pass a background check by the AVIO to ensure that he or she has no links or past associations with groups deemed as terrorist organizations by the Government of the Aurentine Commonwealth that would cast reasonable suspicion on the foreign worker;
The individual must pass a background check by the AVIO to ensure that he or she does not have any links, past association or known membership with organized crime groups in foreign nations that would cast reasonable suspicion on the foreign worker in question;
The individual must not be currently serving an imprisonment sentence for a crime he or she was convicted for in his or her country of origin;
The individual must not have an arrest warrant issued against him or her by the sovereign government of his or her country of origin;
The individual in question must not have been found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both in his or her country of origin;
The individual in question is not found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both during his or her time of residency within the Aurentine Commonwealth;
An individual who has not been hired or sponsored by an Aurentine-based company and is thus unable to apply for an employment-based visa under clause (19) of this Act may still apply for a merit-based visa targeted at highly-skilled migrants, investors and entrepreneurs, and the AVIO shall approve and provide merit-based visas for applicants each year based on a points-based system, to be devised by the AVIO, only if the applicant passes the background check listed under clause (19) of this Act and with priority each year given to applicants who score higher on this points-based system, to be devised based on the following guidelines:
More points to be awarded for entrepreneurs with at least £200,000 in disposable capital and have at least £50,000 from one or more registered capital firms, an Aurentine entrepreneurial seed funding or an Aurentine govenment department, with the funds placed in a regulated financial institution;
More points to be awarded for investors at least £1,000,000 in disposable funds that may be easily invested into the Aurentine economy or at least £2,000,000 in personal assets;
More points to be awarded to individuals based on educational status, ranging from having passed a GCE Advanced Level examination, or the equivalent in another nation, to having attained a Bachelor's degree, a Master's degree and a Doctorate (phD) degree, with more points awarded in ascending order;
More points to be awarded for individuals who score better grades or better academic achievements, to be measured by the grades at the applicant's highest educational level, whether it is the grades of the applicant's GCE Advanced Level examinations or the relevant undergraduate degree classification;
More points to be awarded for individuals intending to have legal residence within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth for a longer period of time;
More points to be awarded for individuals who display greater fluency in either English or Aurentine language, to be determined by a basic language test created by AVIO for immigrants applying for a merit-based visa;
An individual who is a Commonwealth citizen shall be granted the following rights and privileges under the Commonwealth of Nations:
The right to vote or stand for public office in an election, provided they have lived for at least one year, with legal residence in the relevant constituency;
The right to visa-free visits and right to remain within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth for a maximum of 12 years;
An individual shall be granted temporary residence in the Aurentine Commonwealth and the right to work within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, if he or she has been approved by the AVIO and issued a relevant H-2A visa, allowing the foreign worker to reside and be employed in the Aurentine Commonwealth for a maximum of 364 days:
An agricultural company or collective has requested for the issuance of a H-2A visa to legally permit the residence and employment of a foreign worker for a maximum of 364 days within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and is able to prove a shortage of agricultural labourers due to certain temporary seasons of the year requiring a greater number of agricultural labourers for a temporary period of time;
The foreign worker in question has fulfilled and passed all the background checks conducted by AVIO as listed under clause (19) of this Act;
During the foreign worker's period of temporary residence in the Aurentine Commonwealth, he or she is not found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both, otherwise the H-2A visa will be revoked by the AVIO;
The foreign worker in question is willing to pay an initial fee of £30 before being given relevant immigration documents and visas
An individual shall be granted a visa for short visits within the territory of the Aurentine Commonwealth as a general visitor for a maximum of 6 weeks, if the person in question passes a background check by AVIO as listed under clause (19) of this Act, and pays a relevant fee that shall be determined by the AVIO based on the nationality of the individual desiring the visa for short visits into the Aurentine Commonwealth, clarifying that the visa will be revoked if the visitor is found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both during his or her visitation in the Aurentine Commonwealth,
The AVIO shall issue a national identification card, with a dated photo, an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific national identification number, to each Aurentine citizen who has either turned 18 years of age, or an individual who successfully applied for Aurentine citizenship when he or she was 18 years of age or older, and each Aurentine citizen shall have a different national identification number, to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO shall issue a stamped passport with dated photo identification, with an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific and different passport number for each Aurentine citizen who either turned 18 years of age or successfully applied for Aurentine citizenship when he or she was of 18 years of age or older, with passport identification numbers to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO shall issue a Permanent Resident identification card to individuals who have successfully applied for permanent residency (PR) within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, with an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific identification number, to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO shall issue signed and stamped visas and relevant immigration documents to individuals who have successfully applied for any type of visa listed under Article 3 of this Act, with dated photo identification and an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific visa number, to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO may issue a maximum of 950,000 of the visas listed under clause (19) of this Act per annum, a maximum of 250,000 of the visas listed under clause (20) of this Act and a maximum of 250,000 of the visas listed under clause (22) of this Act per annum,
The AVIO will regulate and update the national database on citizens based on the choices made by individuals with dual citizenship, whereby an individual qualified for citizenship in a foreign country and Aurentine citizenship before he or she reached the age of 18 years and has reached the age of 18, or in the scenario whereby an individual who has successfully applied for Aurentine citizenship after he or she has reached the age of 18 years, in both scenarios, the individual will be allowed to renounce foreign nationality in favour of Aurentine nationality, or may choose to retain both foreign nationality and keep Aurentine nationality, and the AVIO will be required to update the national database under clause (16) of this Act based on such relevant choice;
The AVIO shall be responsible for maintaining an official website with easily-comprehensible articles detailing and explaining to Aurentine nationals and foreign nationals alike on the different requirements of applying for an Aurentine visa, permanent residency or citizenship, and allowing foreign nationals to make applications for relevant documents via the Aurentine Commonwealth's relevant foreign offices and embassies;
For an individual who has misplaced a passport, national identification card, Permanent Resident identification card or relevant stamped and signed visas may return to a relevant AVIO office, where the AVIO office will confirm that the details given by the individual match those of an individual listed under the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act, and grant the individual a new passport, national identification card, Permanent Resident identification card or relevant stamped and signed visa for a fee of £200;

Article 4 - Enforcement of immigration laws
Considers illegal immigration a criminal offense when an individual enters or attempts to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth in defiance of relevant immigration laws established in Article 3 of this Act, and individuals arrested by relevant policing agencies due to the presence of probable cause for being guilty of illegal immigration shall be tried under the Judicial Act and, if found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, be forced to pay a maximum fine of £600 and will be detained until he or she may be deported back to his or her country of origin;
If an individual who is successfully convicted for illegal immigration is found guilty, under the Judicial Act, of committing a crime listed under the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth during his or her period of residence within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, he or she shall pay the relevant fine or serve his or her imprisonment sentence before being deported back to his or her country of origin;
Considers aiding or abetting illegal immigration a criminal offense where an individual attempts to harbour or knowingly hide the fact that an individual is an illegal immigrant from relevant policing authorities and agencies or aid an illegal immigrant's attempts to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, including negligently provided illegal immigrants access to government services that they are not allowed access to, and individuals arrested by relevant policing agencies due to the presence of probable cause for being guilty of aiding or abetting illegal immigration shall be tried under the Judicial Act and, if found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, be forced to pay a maximum fine of £2000, and private companies or employers found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of negligently or knowingly hiring an illegal immigrant in contravention of the stipulated regulations of clause (38) of this Act, after being tried under the Judicial Act, be forced to a maximum fine of £6000 per illegal immigrant hired;
Establishes the Aurentine Border Force (ABF), a subsidiary body under the Aurentine Police Federation, and consisting of police officers from each Local Constabularies, to work in concert with relevant Regional Marshals (RMs) and policing agencies of Local Constabularies to fulfill the following responsibilities:
To check and verify the immigration statuses of people arriving and entering the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth;
To station patrol guards, coastline and search vessels at relevant Aurentine international airports, and the maritime borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, to ensure that every individual attempting to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth has the relevant immigration documents specified under Article 3 of this Act that would grant them legal permission to enter the Aurentine Commonwealth;
To search baggage, vehicles and cargo arriving into the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth to ensure that no illicit goods, contraband items or illegal immigrants are trafficked into the Aurentine Commonwealth;
To coordinate with the AVIO to develop updated and relevant tactics to identify and prevent illegal immigration, as well as locating areas of Aurentine's maritime borders to be categorized as "High Risk Border Sectors", or sectors of the border where illegal immigration and trafficking often go unnoticed or untracked, and develop strategies to target such immigration loopholes;
To arrest individuals with probable cause of being guilty of illegal immigration and facilitating their deportation back to their countries of origin;
The Aurentine Border Force (ABF) is hereby authorized to conduct stop searches of individuals at border checkpoints or enter private property of individuals, with a relevant signed warrant under the Judicial Act, to demand the presentation of relevant immigration documents, be they national identification card, passport, Permanent Resident identification card or stamped and signed visas, if and only if the police officer conducting the search can prove probable cause that the individual was guilty of illegal immigration, and a complaint may be lodged to the Aurentine Police Federation under the Policing and Law Enforcement Act if a police officer is suspected of having conducted an unlawful search, and the Aurentine Police Federation shall conduct an inquiry into the actions of the involved police officer;
The Aurentine Border Force (ABF) shall provide relevant barcode-reading technology to cross-reference information under the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act to governmental and private organizations, companies, departments and charity groups, clarifying that such organizations will only have the capacity to cross-reference barcoded immigration documents provided by individuals and will not have access to private accounts or information;
Private organizations, companies and employers who wish to hire an individual to work for and with their organization shall be required to request the individual seeking to be hired by the organization to present immigration documents proving that the individual is not an illegal immigrant, be they a national identification card, a passport, a Permanent Resident identification card or relevant stamped and signed visas, and verify that the immigration document provided is authentic by reading the encoded barcode via the system provided under clause (37) of this Act, cross-referencing the applicant's details with that listed under the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act, and an employer who deliberately hires an applicant despite not providing relevant immigration documents or knowing that the immigration documents provided were false may be charged for aiding or abetting an illegal immigrant under clause (34) of this Act, and sentenced to relevant punishments if he or she is found guilty beyond as reasonable doubt under the Judicial Act;
Governmental agencies and educational institutes are required to conduct a similar verification process under clause (38) of this Act to ensure that they are not treating or accepting illegal immigrants or the children of illegal immigrants, and administrators may be liable to relevant charges under clause (34) of this Act for failure to conduct online verification of immigration status or deliberately accepts individuals with forged or false immigration documents;
Hospitals and governmental agencies are required to conduct a similar verification process under clause (38) of this Act to ensure that any subsidies, welfare programs and the provision of free healthcare are only granted to either Permanent Residents (PRs) or Aurentine citizens, clarifying that hospitals may still admit patients who are neither PRs nor Aurentine citizens willing to pay the full price of medical treatment and that hospital administrators will not be penalized for aiding and abetting illegal immigration under clause (34) of this Act for admitting a non-PR foreign national or illegal immigrant into free emergency healthcare due to an immediate need to save the patient's life;
Clarifies that in the case when a person is arrested on suspicion of illegal immigration into the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth by the ABF, and the arrested individual claims that he or she has been coerced to enter into the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth due to illegal and coerced human trafficking groups, and the arrested individual cooperates with relevant policing agencies to arrest and identify members involved in such human trafficking activities and, under the Judicial Act, the prosecution is unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the arrested individual was not coerced to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, the individual will be deported or voluntarily repatriated back to his or her country of origin but shall be exempted from paying any fine for illegal immigration;
Any individual who confesses to the ABF and relevant policing agencies that he or she is guilty of being an illegal immigrant will not be arrested or detained under clause (32) of this Act, but shall be provided free counselling programs by the AVIO, which includes providing general information about the individual's country of origin, enabling him or her to contact relatives in his or her country of origin, in order to encourage the individual to voluntarily repatriate himself or herself back to his or her country of origin, and all travel expenses shall be paid for, clarifying that in the event that the individual chooses not to voluntarily repatriate himself or herself, the ABF shall still be required to prosecute and detain the individual under the provisions of clauses (32) and (33) of this Act;

Article 5 - Provision of foreign scholarships
Establishes the Foreign Scholarship Scheme (FSS), to be managed by the Aurentine Ministry of Education, working in concert with the AVIO, to manage state scholarships granted for foreign students with exceptional abilities to encourage them to work in the Aurentine Commonwealth, with the Ministry of Education creating a template and a criteria for judging candidates and applicants for the scholarship, based on the following guidelines:
Provision of different scholarships for students aiming to enter Aurentine universities and colleges for degrees in performing and visual arts, the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, technology, law, finance and banking, or a medical degree;
Measuring and reviewing the applicant's academic performance, including his or her grades at the GCE Advanced Level examination or the equivalent in the applicant's country of origin;
Strong co-curricular or extra-curricular participation, leadership qualities and public service in the community;
A relevant interview process with regards to the aforementioned qualities;
Fluency in either English or Aurentine language;
Establishes a total 10,000-15,000 state scholarships under the FSS to be granted to foreign nationals pursuing higher education at an Aurentine university or college, with the following terms for successful applicants:
Applicants will be granted scholarship-based visas that are not included under the visa caps under clause (28) of this Act, and shall be provided relevant employment-based visas under clause (19) of this Act for the period of the applicant's employment bond in the Aurentine Commonwealth, all visas provided by AVIO to be subject to relevant background checks under clause (19) of this Act;
The applicant will be provided state payment for the applicant's tuition and other compulsory fees for a maximum of 4 years of undergraduate study, including Honours, capped at a maximum of £40,000 per annum;
Airfare to the Aurentine Commonwealth and to the applicant's country of origin after completion of study;
Annual maintenance allowance of £6000 and a one-time setting-in allowance of £200 upon arrival into the Aurentine Commonwealth;
The applicant will be required to work for a minimum of 4 years in either an approved company within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth or an approved Aurentina-based company in their country of origin;
The scholarship provisions for each applicant will be reviewed annually and will be subject to satisfactory performance and academic results each year, to be reviewed by the Ministry of Education;
The Ministry of Education shall devise a timeline for an applicant to repay, in full, the value of the scholarship, if the applicant chooses to break the employment bond before the minimum of 4 years has been completed;
Private companies, organizations and individuals are permitted to provide foreign scholarships for foreign nationals to pursue higher education within the Aurentine Commonwealth, bonded or otherwise; however, such organizations are required to register their programs with the Ministry of Education, under the Foreign Scholarship Scheme (FSS), and a maximum of an additional 40,000 scholarship-based visas are available for foreign scholarships provided by private organizations, subject to background checks under clause (19) of this Act, although relevant employment bonds and employment-based visas must be applied for through the processes detailed under clause (19) of this Act;

Article 6 - Cultural integration
The AVIO shall be responsible for the establishment of cultural education classes, with a series of varied, free and optional classes and sessions made available to any immigrant who successfully applied for an immigration visa into the Aurentine Commonwealth under clauses (19), (20), (22), (44) and (45) of this Act 30 days ago or less, with different classes that the applicant may apply for such as:
Classes on oral and written English and Aurentine languages;
Classes on cultural and national history of the Aurentine Commonwealth, encompassing knowledge such as the Aurentine national anthem or the Aurentine pledge, to help immigrants integrate into the culture of current Aurentine citizens;
Classes on the cultural beliefs and ideals of varying ethnic and religious groups in the Aurentine Commonwealth, so as to guard against potential offense against the practices of existing cultural groups within Aurentina;
A basic run-down on Aurentine laws under the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth to familiarise immigrants with Aurentine legal statutes

Article 7 - Refugees and political asylum-seekers
Individuals who apply to relevant Aurentine foreign offices or AVIO offices within the Aurentine Commonwealth, seeking political asylum and sanctuary within the Aurentine Commonwealth from a foreign sovereign government or organization will be referred to the Refugee Review Committee (RRC), a subsidiary body of the AVIO, consisting administrators and legal experts trained in interpreting Aurentine refugee law, with the sole of responsibility of reviewing and accepting political asylum-seekers if they are found to fit the following criteria:
The individual in question fits the definition of a refugee under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees;
The individual has a reasonable fear of future persecution on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, or due to their possession of protected characteristics as defined under Section 2 of the Equality Act, if he or she is returned to his or her country of origin, and is thus unwilling or unable to avail himself or herself to the protection of his or her country of origin;
The individual passes the background checks listed under clause (19) of this Act, although an individual who is wanted by his or her sovereign government or is guilty of the relevant misdemeanours or felonies may still be admitted into political asylum if he or she has been charged with a criminal offense due to a protected characteristic as listed under clause (47) of this Act;
The granting of refugee status to the individual seeking political asylum would not violate any existing extradition treaties that the Aurentine Commonwealth may have with another sovereign nation;
Individuals who apply for political asylum will be designated a case owner, who shall be in charge of interviewing the asylum-seeker, to ascertain if the applicant fulfills the criteria listed on clause (47) of this Act, and making a final decision on whether to grant the applicant political asylum or not, and during the application for political asylum, he or she shall be required to provide the following:
Passport or relevant travel documents to prove or ascertain the applicant's country of origin, nationality and identity;
Fingerprints, photograph or any other physical information that may be required to guard against fraud and multiple applications by the same person;
Information about any children or dependents;
Individuals who apply for political asylum have the following rights:
The right to an interpreter if no case owner or administrator in the RRC is able to understand the applicant's spoken language;
The right to have legal counsel present during the interview process with the designated RRC case owner;
In the case where the application for political asylum is rejected by the designated RRC case-owner, the applicant may appeal the decision to the AVIO, and the AVIO will designated another case owner to the individual's application for political asylum, but the same individual may only appeal the decision a maximum of 2 times;
The AVIO shall be responsible for coordinating with the RRC case owners to provide the following documents:
A signed document, with an imprinted deadline, for political asylum-seekers awaiting a decision by their relevant case owners, proving that the applicant is a pending applicant for political asylum during a designated period of time and the ABP has no authority to deport or detain the applicant during that period of time;
A signed refugee-based immigration visa and residence permit with biometric recognition and photo identification to individuals who have been granted political asylum and refugee status, as well as the right to live in the Aurentine Commonwealth;
For individuals granted political asylum within the Aurentine Commonwealth, their dependents will also be granted political asylum and the successful applicant, as well as the applicant's relevant dependents, will be allowed to legally reside and work within the Aurentine Commonwealth, as well as gain access to any relevant humanitarian provisions for individuals with refugee status, for a maximum of 5 years, before the successful applicant and his or her relevant dependents must either return to his or her country of origin as per clause (42) of this Act, be deported back to his or her country of origin as per clause (33) of this Act, or re-apply to the RRC to renew his or her application for political asylum in the Aurentine Commonwealth;
For individuals who have been rejected political asylum within the Aurentine Commonwealth and have exhausted all chances of appeal to the AVIO office for a re-considering of his or her application as per clause (49) of this Act, they may either return to his or her country of origin voluntarily as per clause (42) of this Act or be deported back to his or her country of origin as per clause (33) of this Act;
The RRC and AVIO are allowed to grant a maximum of 40,000 refugee-based visas under clause (50) of this Act per annum;

Not sure if this was seen earlier.

by **The United Colonies of Earth** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:31 pm

Marcus Jenkins's vote on the Domestic Development package:
An Act for the Establishment of National Honours for Extraordinary Achievements in the Arts- I approve. Aye.
Repeal of the First Amendment to the Limiting Legislation Act- I disapprove. Nay.
Transport Safety Act-I approve. Aye.
Motor Vehicle Licencing and Registration Act- I approve. Aye.
Sign Language Standardisation Act- I approve. Aye.
Post-Care Youth Accommodation Act- I approve strongly. Aye.
Careers Advice 12-18 Year Old Act- I approve. Aye.
Marcus Wallace Jenkins, Senator for the 120th constituency

by **President Pro-Tempore of the Senate** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:37 pm

The United Colonies of Earth wrote:Marcus Jenkins's vote on the Domestic Development package:
An Act for the Establishment of National Honours for Extraordinary Achievements in the Arts- I approve. Aye.
Repeal of the First Amendment to the Limiting Legislation Act- I disapprove. Nay.
Transport Safety Act-I approve. Aye.
Motor Vehicle Licencing and Registration Act- I approve. Aye.
Sign Language Standardisation Act- I approve. Aye.
Post-Care Youth Accommodation Act- I approve strongly. Aye.
Careers Advice 12-18 Year Old Act- I approve. Aye.
Marcus Wallace Jenkins, Senator for the 120th constituency

Not again senator, :lol:

we are in the debate phase. I appreciate your eagerness but maybe you would like to take the opportunity to say what you think about each of the above bills in question in detail?

Divitaen wrote:
Divitaen wrote:Add this please

Aurentine Immigration Act

An Act to criminalize unlawful and illegal immigration into the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth while providing clear legal provisions for foreign-born nationals to obtain Aurentine citizenship

Urgency: Medium | Author: Divitaen [CMP] | Category: Order

Sponsors: Corenea [RefP]; Gallup [CMP]; The Union of the West [RefP]; The Nihilistic view [ALM]; Skeckoa [LPA]; Macedonian Grand Empire [RefP]; New Bierstaat [LPA]; Distruzio [CMP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing that the Aurentine Commonwealth requires strengthened border security and regulation to prevent deregulated migration from being detrimental to national security and placing a financial burden on Aurentine infrastructure,

Believing that the Aurentine Commonwealth's economy will benefit from the labour competitiveness associated with widespread economic migration, resulting in a wider pool of talent in the labour market,

Desiring a strong and consistent immigration system that is easily comprehended by Aurentine nationals and foreign nationals alike and will provide the safest society for Aurentine citizens,

Hereby enacts the following law:

Article 1 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Act, "immigration" refers to the transit of people and individuals across the borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, particularly in the case where the immigrant in question desires permanent residency in Aurentina and the opportunity for employment,
For the purposes of this Act, "Aurentine citizen" refers to an individual of Aurentine nationality, thus granted certain legal, social and political rights and privileges to be established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "permanent resident" refers to a visa status of an individual dwelling, legally, within the borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, with certain rights and privileges to be established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "foreigner" refers to an individual with foreign nationality but has been legally permitted to dwell, live and work within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth but is not considered of Aurentine nationality,
For the purposes of this Act, "illegal immigrant" refers to an individual who has migrated into the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth against Aurentine immigration laws established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "deportation" refers to a process whereby relevant police agencies within the Aurentine Commonwealth forcibly transfer, resettle and repatriate an illegal immigrant back to his or her country of origin,
For the purposes of this Act, "Commonwealth citizen" is an individual who is a national of a country within the Commonwealth of Nations, and will be granted certain rights and privileges to be established in this Act,
For the purposes of this Act, "multiple citizenship" refers to a state whereby an individual below the age of 18 holds both Aurentine nationality and foreign nationality,
For the purposes of this Act, "temporary residence" refers to a state whereby a foreign national is granted the right to dwell in and be employed within the Aurentine Commonwealth's territorial borders for a temporary purpose, such as agricultural labour,
For the purposes of this Act, "political asylum" refers to a state whereby a foreign national is granted refuge within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth due to political persecution by his or her country of origin,
For the purposes of this Act, "refugee" refers to a person who is forced to flee his or her country of origin due to natural disaster or conflict due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality and is unable to, or, owing to such fear, is unable to avail himself or herself of the protection of the hosting country, as is the definition provided by the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees,

Article 2 - Rights and responsibilities of citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals
Citizens of the Aurentine Commonwealth have the following rights:
The right to vote in national and subnational elections;
The right to stand for public office;
The right to attain and apply for public sector employment;
The right to apply for employment in sectors, agencies and institutions associated with the provision of national security, such as the National Intelligencery, the Commonwealth Armed Forces and the Aurentine National Gendermerie;
Individuals with permanent resident (PR) status in the Aurentine Commonwealth shall not have access to the rights listed in clause (12) of this Act until they become certified as citizens and nationals of the Aurentine Commonwealth, until which time they shall have access to the following rights:
Access to free and universal healthcare services as specified under the Universal Healthcare Act;
Right to claim relevant educational subsidies for themselves and for their children as listed under relevant legislation such as the Public Post-Secondary Education Establishment Act and the Aurentine Fund for the Arts and Humanities Establishment Act;
Access to relevant social programs and welfare schemes such as the Aurentine Pension Plan Act, the Universal Credit Act and the Child Benefit Allowance Programme Act;
Foreign nationals who are not permanent residents (PR) or Aurentine citizens and who have been granted the right to dwell and be employed within the Aurentine Commonwealth's territorial borders are not entitled to the rights listed in clauses (12) and (13) of this Act,
Clarifies that all individuals dwelling within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, whether a foreign national, a permanent resident (PR) or an Aurentine citizen, is still subject to Aurentine tax laws and subject to the Aurentine criminal and civil legislation and procedures specified under the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth and the Judicial Act,

Article 3 - Obtaining citizenship, permanent residency and temporary residency
Establishes the Aurentina Visas and Immigration Office (AVIO) as a border control agency and a subsidiary body of the Aurentine Ministry of the Interior, with the following duties:
Processing applications for entry clearance into the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth by foreign nationals;
Managing a centralized list and registry of citizens, permanent residents (PR) and temporary residents, with relevant and updated information on the individual's full name, date of birth, current nationality, and the full names of spouses and children;
Issuing relevant national identification cards, employment visas and passports to new citizens, permanent residents, temporary residents, and individuals born in within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth who have turned 18 years of age;
Updating the registry of citizens based on the individualized decisions of persons holding dual citizenship when they have reached 18 years of age;
Coordinating with Aurentina-based private corporations and agricultural collectives to issue employment visas based on labour shortage and need for foreign talent;
Coordinating with the Aurentine Border Force, established in Article 4 of this Act, and relevant Regional Marshals (RMs) and policing agencies of relevant Regional Constabularies, the duties and responsibilities of which are specified under the Policing and Law Enforcement Act, to control and limit levels of illegal immigration and develop continuing strategies to enforce existing immigration laws;
Individuals are considered Aurentine citizens and of Aurentine nationality if they fulfill any of the following criteria, and are required to apply to the AVIO for citizenship status unless they have been born within the Aurentine Commonwealth:
They were born within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, as per the Birthright Citizenship Act;
They were born outside the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth to at least one parent who was an Aurentine citizen at the time of birth;
They have a spouse who is an Aurentine citizen, or are the biological parent or child or sibling of an Aurentine citizen;
They are the adoptive parent or adoptive child or adoptive sibling of an Aurentine citizen, if the relevant adoption occurred before the citizen in question obtained Aurentine citizenship;
They have been adopted in a transnational adoption by an Aurentine citizen, provided they pass the background checks listed under clause (19) of this Act and have complied with the adoption laws of the country of origin;
They have attained permanent residency (PR) status in Aurentina and have had legal residence in the Aurentine Commonwealth for 3 years and intend to continue living and working within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth;
Individuals are considered permanent residents (PRs) if they have applied to AVIO for permanent residency (PR) status and are found by AVIO to meet the following criteria:
They are currently legally permitted to reside and work within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth due to the issuance of a relevant employment visa, to be specified under Article 3 of this Act;
During permanent residency (PR), the individual does not leave the borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth a period of two years or more, otherwise permanent residency (PR) status will be revoked by the AVIO;
An individual will be granted the right to reside, be employed or study at an Aurentine educational institution within the territorial borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth as a foreign national with an indefinite leave to remain, provided they fulfill the following the requirements, are approved by the AVIO and issued a relevant employment-based visa:
An Aurentine-based company has applied for an employment visa to permit the residency of a foreign worker within the Aurentine Commonwealth, as the foreign worker in question meets the necessary skill requirements of the private company's hiring policy, or the foreign student in question has been accepted into an Aurentine university or college;
The individual in question must pass a background check by the AVIO to ensure that he or she has no links or past associations with groups deemed as terrorist organizations by the Government of the Aurentine Commonwealth that would cast reasonable suspicion on the foreign worker;
The individual must pass a background check by the AVIO to ensure that he or she does not have any links, past association or known membership with organized crime groups in foreign nations that would cast reasonable suspicion on the foreign worker in question;
The individual must not be currently serving an imprisonment sentence for a crime he or she was convicted for in his or her country of origin;
The individual must not have an arrest warrant issued against him or her by the sovereign government of his or her country of origin;
The individual in question must not have been found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both in his or her country of origin;
The individual in question is not found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both during his or her time of residency within the Aurentine Commonwealth;
An individual who has not been hired or sponsored by an Aurentine-based company and is thus unable to apply for an employment-based visa under clause (19) of this Act may still apply for a merit-based visa targeted at highly-skilled migrants, investors and entrepreneurs, and the AVIO shall approve and provide merit-based visas for applicants each year based on a points-based system, to be devised by the AVIO, only if the applicant passes the background check listed under clause (19) of this Act and with priority each year given to applicants who score higher on this points-based system, to be devised based on the following guidelines:
More points to be awarded for entrepreneurs with at least £200,000 in disposable capital and have at least £50,000 from one or more registered capital firms, an Aurentine entrepreneurial seed funding or an Aurentine govenment department, with the funds placed in a regulated financial institution;
More points to be awarded for investors at least £1,000,000 in disposable funds that may be easily invested into the Aurentine economy or at least £2,000,000 in personal assets;
More points to be awarded to individuals based on educational status, ranging from having passed a GCE Advanced Level examination, or the equivalent in another nation, to having attained a Bachelor's degree, a Master's degree and a Doctorate (phD) degree, with more points awarded in ascending order;
More points to be awarded for individuals who score better grades or better academic achievements, to be measured by the grades at the applicant's highest educational level, whether it is the grades of the applicant's GCE Advanced Level examinations or the relevant undergraduate degree classification;
More points to be awarded for individuals intending to have legal residence within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth for a longer period of time;
More points to be awarded for individuals who display greater fluency in either English or Aurentine language, to be determined by a basic language test created by AVIO for immigrants applying for a merit-based visa;
An individual who is a Commonwealth citizen shall be granted the following rights and privileges under the Commonwealth of Nations:
The right to vote or stand for public office in an election, provided they have lived for at least one year, with legal residence in the relevant constituency;
The right to visa-free visits and right to remain within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth for a maximum of 12 years;
An individual shall be granted temporary residence in the Aurentine Commonwealth and the right to work within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, if he or she has been approved by the AVIO and issued a relevant H-2A visa, allowing the foreign worker to reside and be employed in the Aurentine Commonwealth for a maximum of 364 days:
An agricultural company or collective has requested for the issuance of a H-2A visa to legally permit the residence and employment of a foreign worker for a maximum of 364 days within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and is able to prove a shortage of agricultural labourers due to certain temporary seasons of the year requiring a greater number of agricultural labourers for a temporary period of time;
The foreign worker in question has fulfilled and passed all the background checks conducted by AVIO as listed under clause (19) of this Act;
During the foreign worker's period of temporary residence in the Aurentine Commonwealth, he or she is not found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both, otherwise the H-2A visa will be revoked by the AVIO;
The foreign worker in question is willing to pay an initial fee of £30 before being given relevant immigration documents and visas
An individual shall be granted a visa for short visits within the territory of the Aurentine Commonwealth as a general visitor for a maximum of 6 weeks, if the person in question passes a background check by AVIO as listed under clause (19) of this Act, and pays a relevant fee that shall be determined by the AVIO based on the nationality of the individual desiring the visa for short visits into the Aurentine Commonwealth, clarifying that the visa will be revoked if the visitor is found guilty of one or more felonies or three or more misdemeanours or both during his or her visitation in the Aurentine Commonwealth,
The AVIO shall issue a national identification card, with a dated photo, an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific national identification number, to each Aurentine citizen who has either turned 18 years of age, or an individual who successfully applied for Aurentine citizenship when he or she was 18 years of age or older, and each Aurentine citizen shall have a different national identification number, to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO shall issue a stamped passport with dated photo identification, with an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific and different passport number for each Aurentine citizen who either turned 18 years of age or successfully applied for Aurentine citizenship when he or she was of 18 years of age or older, with passport identification numbers to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO shall issue a Permanent Resident identification card to individuals who have successfully applied for permanent residency (PR) within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, with an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific identification number, to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO shall issue signed and stamped visas and relevant immigration documents to individuals who have successfully applied for any type of visa listed under Article 3 of this Act, with dated photo identification and an easily-readable barcode encoding a specific visa number, to be listed in the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act,
The AVIO may issue a maximum of 950,000 of the visas listed under clause (19) of this Act per annum, a maximum of 250,000 of the visas listed under clause (20) of this Act and a maximum of 250,000 of the visas listed under clause (22) of this Act per annum,
The AVIO will regulate and update the national database on citizens based on the choices made by individuals with dual citizenship, whereby an individual qualified for citizenship in a foreign country and Aurentine citizenship before he or she reached the age of 18 years and has reached the age of 18, or in the scenario whereby an individual who has successfully applied for Aurentine citizenship after he or she has reached the age of 18 years, in both scenarios, the individual will be allowed to renounce foreign nationality in favour of Aurentine nationality, or may choose to retain both foreign nationality and keep Aurentine nationality, and the AVIO will be required to update the national database under clause (16) of this Act based on such relevant choice;
The AVIO shall be responsible for maintaining an official website with easily-comprehensible articles detailing and explaining to Aurentine nationals and foreign nationals alike on the different requirements of applying for an Aurentine visa, permanent residency or citizenship, and allowing foreign nationals to make applications for relevant documents via the Aurentine Commonwealth's relevant foreign offices and embassies;
For an individual who has misplaced a passport, national identification card, Permanent Resident identification card or relevant stamped and signed visas may return to a relevant AVIO office, where the AVIO office will confirm that the details given by the individual match those of an individual listed under the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act, and grant the individual a new passport, national identification card, Permanent Resident identification card or relevant stamped and signed visa for a fee of £200;

Article 4 - Enforcement of immigration laws
Considers illegal immigration a criminal offense when an individual enters or attempts to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth in defiance of relevant immigration laws established in Article 3 of this Act, and individuals arrested by relevant policing agencies due to the presence of probable cause for being guilty of illegal immigration shall be tried under the Judicial Act and, if found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, be forced to pay a maximum fine of £600 and will be detained until he or she may be deported back to his or her country of origin;
If an individual who is successfully convicted for illegal immigration is found guilty, under the Judicial Act, of committing a crime listed under the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth during his or her period of residence within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, he or she shall pay the relevant fine or serve his or her imprisonment sentence before being deported back to his or her country of origin;
Considers aiding or abetting illegal immigration a criminal offense where an individual attempts to harbour or knowingly hide the fact that an individual is an illegal immigrant from relevant policing authorities and agencies or aid an illegal immigrant's attempts to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, including negligently provided illegal immigrants access to government services that they are not allowed access to, and individuals arrested by relevant policing agencies due to the presence of probable cause for being guilty of aiding or abetting illegal immigration shall be tried under the Judicial Act and, if found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, be forced to pay a maximum fine of £2000, and private companies or employers found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of negligently or knowingly hiring an illegal immigrant in contravention of the stipulated regulations of clause (38) of this Act, after being tried under the Judicial Act, be forced to a maximum fine of £6000 per illegal immigrant hired;
Establishes the Aurentine Border Force (ABF), a subsidiary body under the Aurentine Police Federation, and consisting of police officers from each Local Constabularies, to work in concert with relevant Regional Marshals (RMs) and policing agencies of Local Constabularies to fulfill the following responsibilities:
To check and verify the immigration statuses of people arriving and entering the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth;
To station patrol guards, coastline and search vessels at relevant Aurentine international airports, and the maritime borders of the Aurentine Commonwealth, to ensure that every individual attempting to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth has the relevant immigration documents specified under Article 3 of this Act that would grant them legal permission to enter the Aurentine Commonwealth;
To search baggage, vehicles and cargo arriving into the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth to ensure that no illicit goods, contraband items or illegal immigrants are trafficked into the Aurentine Commonwealth;
To coordinate with the AVIO to develop updated and relevant tactics to identify and prevent illegal immigration, as well as locating areas of Aurentine's maritime borders to be categorized as "High Risk Border Sectors", or sectors of the border where illegal immigration and trafficking often go unnoticed or untracked, and develop strategies to target such immigration loopholes;
To arrest individuals with probable cause of being guilty of illegal immigration and facilitating their deportation back to their countries of origin;
The Aurentine Border Force (ABF) is hereby authorized to conduct stop searches of individuals at border checkpoints or enter private property of individuals, with a relevant signed warrant under the Judicial Act, to demand the presentation of relevant immigration documents, be they national identification card, passport, Permanent Resident identification card or stamped and signed visas, if and only if the police officer conducting the search can prove probable cause that the individual was guilty of illegal immigration, and a complaint may be lodged to the Aurentine Police Federation under the Policing and Law Enforcement Act if a police officer is suspected of having conducted an unlawful search, and the Aurentine Police Federation shall conduct an inquiry into the actions of the involved police officer;
The Aurentine Border Force (ABF) shall provide relevant barcode-reading technology to cross-reference information under the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act to governmental and private organizations, companies, departments and charity groups, clarifying that such organizations will only have the capacity to cross-reference barcoded immigration documents provided by individuals and will not have access to private accounts or information;
Private organizations, companies and employers who wish to hire an individual to work for and with their organization shall be required to request the individual seeking to be hired by the organization to present immigration documents proving that the individual is not an illegal immigrant, be they a national identification card, a passport, a Permanent Resident identification card or relevant stamped and signed visas, and verify that the immigration document provided is authentic by reading the encoded barcode via the system provided under clause (37) of this Act, cross-referencing the applicant's details with that listed under the national registry established under clause (16) of this Act, and an employer who deliberately hires an applicant despite not providing relevant immigration documents or knowing that the immigration documents provided were false may be charged for aiding or abetting an illegal immigrant under clause (34) of this Act, and sentenced to relevant punishments if he or she is found guilty beyond as reasonable doubt under the Judicial Act;
Governmental agencies and educational institutes are required to conduct a similar verification process under clause (38) of this Act to ensure that they are not treating or accepting illegal immigrants or the children of illegal immigrants, and administrators may be liable to relevant charges under clause (34) of this Act for failure to conduct online verification of immigration status or deliberately accepts individuals with forged or false immigration documents;
Hospitals and governmental agencies are required to conduct a similar verification process under clause (38) of this Act to ensure that any subsidies, welfare programs and the provision of free healthcare are only granted to either Permanent Residents (PRs) or Aurentine citizens, clarifying that hospitals may still admit patients who are neither PRs nor Aurentine citizens willing to pay the full price of medical treatment and that hospital administrators will not be penalized for aiding and abetting illegal immigration under clause (34) of this Act for admitting a non-PR foreign national or illegal immigrant into free emergency healthcare due to an immediate need to save the patient's life;
Clarifies that in the case when a person is arrested on suspicion of illegal immigration into the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth by the ABF, and the arrested individual claims that he or she has been coerced to enter into the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth due to illegal and coerced human trafficking groups, and the arrested individual cooperates with relevant policing agencies to arrest and identify members involved in such human trafficking activities and, under the Judicial Act, the prosecution is unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the arrested individual was not coerced to enter the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth, the individual will be deported or voluntarily repatriated back to his or her country of origin but shall be exempted from paying any fine for illegal immigration;
Any individual who confesses to the ABF and relevant policing agencies that he or she is guilty of being an illegal immigrant will not be arrested or detained under clause (32) of this Act, but shall be provided free counselling programs by the AVIO, which includes providing general information about the individual's country of origin, enabling him or her to contact relatives in his or her country of origin, in order to encourage the individual to voluntarily repatriate himself or herself back to his or her country of origin, and all travel expenses shall be paid for, clarifying that in the event that the individual chooses not to voluntarily repatriate himself or herself, the ABF shall still be required to prosecute and detain the individual under the provisions of clauses (32) and (33) of this Act;

Article 5 - Provision of foreign scholarships
Establishes the Foreign Scholarship Scheme (FSS), to be managed by the Aurentine Ministry of Education, working in concert with the AVIO, to manage state scholarships granted for foreign students with exceptional abilities to encourage them to work in the Aurentine Commonwealth, with the Ministry of Education creating a template and a criteria for judging candidates and applicants for the scholarship, based on the following guidelines:
Provision of different scholarships for students aiming to enter Aurentine universities and colleges for degrees in performing and visual arts, the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, technology, law, finance and banking, or a medical degree;
Measuring and reviewing the applicant's academic performance, including his or her grades at the GCE Advanced Level examination or the equivalent in the applicant's country of origin;
Strong co-curricular or extra-curricular participation, leadership qualities and public service in the community;
A relevant interview process with regards to the aforementioned qualities;
Fluency in either English or Aurentine language;
Establishes a total 10,000-15,000 state scholarships under the FSS to be granted to foreign nationals pursuing higher education at an Aurentine university or college, with the following terms for successful applicants:
Applicants will be granted scholarship-based visas that are not included under the visa caps under clause (28) of this Act, and shall be provided relevant employment-based visas under clause (19) of this Act for the period of the applicant's employment bond in the Aurentine Commonwealth, all visas provided by AVIO to be subject to relevant background checks under clause (19) of this Act;
The applicant will be provided state payment for the applicant's tuition and other compulsory fees for a maximum of 4 years of undergraduate study, including Honours, capped at a maximum of £40,000 per annum;
Airfare to the Aurentine Commonwealth and to the applicant's country of origin after completion of study;
Annual maintenance allowance of £6000 and a one-time setting-in allowance of £200 upon arrival into the Aurentine Commonwealth;
The applicant will be required to work for a minimum of 4 years in either an approved company within the territorial boundaries of the Aurentine Commonwealth or an approved Aurentina-based company in their country of origin;
The scholarship provisions for each applicant will be reviewed annually and will be subject to satisfactory performance and academic results each year, to be reviewed by the Ministry of Education;
The Ministry of Education shall devise a timeline for an applicant to repay, in full, the value of the scholarship, if the applicant chooses to break the employment bond before the minimum of 4 years has been completed;
Private companies, organizations and individuals are permitted to provide foreign scholarships for foreign nationals to pursue higher education within the Aurentine Commonwealth, bonded or otherwise; however, such organizations are required to register their programs with the Ministry of Education, under the Foreign Scholarship Scheme (FSS), and a maximum of an additional 40,000 scholarship-based visas are available for foreign scholarships provided by private organizations, subject to background checks under clause (19) of this Act, although relevant employment bonds and employment-based visas must be applied for through the processes detailed under clause (19) of this Act;

Article 6 - Cultural integration
The AVIO shall be responsible for the establishment of cultural education classes, with a series of varied, free and optional classes and sessions made available to any immigrant who successfully applied for an immigration visa into the Aurentine Commonwealth under clauses (19), (20), (22), (44) and (45) of this Act 30 days ago or less, with different classes that the applicant may apply for such as:
Classes on oral and written English and Aurentine languages;
Classes on cultural and national history of the Aurentine Commonwealth, encompassing knowledge such as the Aurentine national anthem or the Aurentine pledge, to help immigrants integrate into the culture of current Aurentine citizens;
Classes on the cultural beliefs and ideals of varying ethnic and religious groups in the Aurentine Commonwealth, so as to guard against potential offense against the practices of existing cultural groups within Aurentina;
A basic run-down on Aurentine laws under the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth to familiarise immigrants with Aurentine legal statutes

Article 7 - Refugees and political asylum-seekers
Individuals who apply to relevant Aurentine foreign offices or AVIO offices within the Aurentine Commonwealth, seeking political asylum and sanctuary within the Aurentine Commonwealth from a foreign sovereign government or organization will be referred to the Refugee Review Committee (RRC), a subsidiary body of the AVIO, consisting administrators and legal experts trained in interpreting Aurentine refugee law, with the sole of responsibility of reviewing and accepting political asylum-seekers if they are found to fit the following criteria:
The individual in question fits the definition of a refugee under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees;
The individual has a reasonable fear of future persecution on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, or due to their possession of protected characteristics as defined under Section 2 of the Equality Act, if he or she is returned to his or her country of origin, and is thus unwilling or unable to avail himself or herself to the protection of his or her country of origin;
The individual passes the background checks listed under clause (19) of this Act, although an individual who is wanted by his or her sovereign government or is guilty of the relevant misdemeanours or felonies may still be admitted into political asylum if he or she has been charged with a criminal offense due to a protected characteristic as listed under clause (47) of this Act;
The granting of refugee status to the individual seeking political asylum would not violate any existing extradition treaties that the Aurentine Commonwealth may have with another sovereign nation;
Individuals who apply for political asylum will be designated a case owner, who shall be in charge of interviewing the asylum-seeker, to ascertain if the applicant fulfills the criteria listed on clause (47) of this Act, and making a final decision on whether to grant the applicant political asylum or not, and during the application for political asylum, he or she shall be required to provide the following:
Passport or relevant travel documents to prove or ascertain the applicant's country of origin, nationality and identity;
Fingerprints, photograph or any other physical information that may be required to guard against fraud and multiple applications by the same person;
Information about any children or dependents;
Individuals who apply for political asylum have the following rights:
The right to an interpreter if no case owner or administrator in the RRC is able to understand the applicant's spoken language;
The right to have legal counsel present during the interview process with the designated RRC case owner;
In the case where the application for political asylum is rejected by the designated RRC case-owner, the applicant may appeal the decision to the AVIO, and the AVIO will designated another case owner to the individual's application for political asylum, but the same individual may only appeal the decision a maximum of 2 times;
The AVIO shall be responsible for coordinating with the RRC case owners to provide the following documents:
A signed document, with an imprinted deadline, for political asylum-seekers awaiting a decision by their relevant case owners, proving that the applicant is a pending applicant for political asylum during a designated period of time and the ABP has no authority to deport or detain the applicant during that period of time;
A signed refugee-based immigration visa and residence permit with biometric recognition and photo identification to individuals who have been granted political asylum and refugee status, as well as the right to live in the Aurentine Commonwealth;
For individuals granted political asylum within the Aurentine Commonwealth, their dependents will also be granted political asylum and the successful applicant, as well as the applicant's relevant dependents, will be allowed to legally reside and work within the Aurentine Commonwealth, as well as gain access to any relevant humanitarian provisions for individuals with refugee status, for a maximum of 5 years, before the successful applicant and his or her relevant dependents must either return to his or her country of origin as per clause (42) of this Act, be deported back to his or her country of origin as per clause (33) of this Act, or re-apply to the RRC to renew his or her application for political asylum in the Aurentine Commonwealth;
For individuals who have been rejected political asylum within the Aurentine Commonwealth and have exhausted all chances of appeal to the AVIO office for a re-considering of his or her application as per clause (49) of this Act, they may either return to his or her country of origin voluntarily as per clause (42) of this Act or be deported back to his or her country of origin as per clause (33) of this Act;
The RRC and AVIO are allowed to grant a maximum of 40,000 refugee-based visas under clause (50) of this Act per annum;

Not sure if this was seen earlier.

I am not sure if my predecessor missed it or not, I will investigate and make sure it's where it should be.

Costa Alegria wrote:Could you also add my bill please? I know we've begun debate on the section in question, but it was submitted before the end of the Presidential elections.

I will add it and then investigate. Given that I started off the debate from scratch again you may be lucky and have it voted on this time around.

by **The United Colonies of Earth** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:47 pm

The United Colonies of Earth wrote:Marcus Jenkins's vote on the Domestic Development package:
An Act for the Establishment of National Honours for Extraordinary Achievements in the Arts- I approve. Aye.
Repeal of the First Amendment to the Limiting Legislation Act- I disapprove. Nay.
Transport Safety Act-I approve. Aye.
Motor Vehicle Licencing and Registration Act- I approve. Aye.
Sign Language Standardisation Act- I approve. Aye.
Post-Care Youth Accommodation Act- I approve strongly. Aye.
Careers Advice 12-18 Year Old Act- I approve. Aye.
Marcus Wallace Jenkins, Senator for the 120th constituency

Ah crap, sorry.
Bills read, opinions provided for slaughter.
An Act for the Establishment of National Honours for Extraordinary Achievements in the Arts- It is an honor to have a great artist help contribute to the pride of the nation, and must we not record all our great history so that no one shall be unable to find whatever truth lies within it?
Repeal of the First Amendment to the Limiting Legislation Act- I do not believe that advocating the ownership of firearms as a right without rational limits is something any modern nation ought to do.
Transport Safety Act- It seems like we need this law rather badly.
Motor Vehicle Licencing and Registration Act- It almost could be folded into the above, but it's not all related to transport safety.
Sign Language Standardisation Act- We needed this rather much as well, especially the deaf community.
Post-Care Youth Accommodation Act- I am happy to see that young adults will receive some assistance. But I'd like to see tuitions cut down and improvements in the employment markets for the young while they receive education, or do whatever productive and non-harmful activity, as a form of assistance.
Careers Advice 12-18 Year Old Act- I am glad to see this as well. We're helping to equip our students for the future.

by **President Pro-Tempore of the Senate** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:18 pm

Important information

The confirmation vote for the prime minister will begin at 9 am on the 25th of November. The vote will last for exactly forty eight hours and will thus finish on the last day of the current incumbents term at 9 am on the 27th of November. Hopefully this will allow for a seamless handover of government to the new prime minister who will be able to immediately appoint his cabinet.

First I require the official nomination by the president of his proposed candidate, secondly the proposed candidate will be allowed to make a speech in this chamber. Then the President will be allowed to make a speech. Finally the unofficial leader of the opposition (i.e the closest challenger in the presidential elections in this case) will then have the chance to make a speech if they so choose all before the vote begins.

by **New Bierstaat** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:24 pm

President Pro-Tempore of the Senate wrote:
Important information

The confirmation vote for the prime minister will begin at 9 am on the 25th of November. The vote will last for exactly forty eight hours and will thus finish on the last day of the current incumbents term at 9 am on the 27th of November. Hopefully this will allow for a seamless handover of government to the new prime minister who will be able to immediately appoint his cabinet.

First I require the official nomination by the president of his proposed candidate, secondly the proposed candidate will be allowed to make a speech in this chamber. Then the President will be allowed to make a speech. Finally the unofficial leader of the opposition (i.e the closest challenger in the presidential elections in this case) will then have the chance to make a speech if they so choose all before the vote begins.

Ok, let's get the ball rolling.

I officially nominate Titollo de Medici of the Classical Monarchist Party for the office of Prime Minister.

by **Ainin** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:24 pm

Last-minute comments on the Transport Safety Act other than "da ebul government shouldn't mess with major accident investigations and let the free market handle it"?

by **Corenea** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:34 pm

Ainin wrote:Last-minute comments on the Transport Safety Act other than "da ebul government shouldn't mess with major accident investigations and let the free market handle it"?

What about the "Why do you anarchists hate dem roads so much?"

by **Phalnia** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:36 pm

Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act

Author: Timothy McAllister (CMP) | Urgency: Moderate | Category: Order
Sponsors: Wulukuno Maklohi Porunalakai (ND), Otto Karl Ludwig, Graf von Tyrannien (CMP), Miles Jay III (CMP), Titolli de Medici (CMP), Cengiz Harun (PDP), Rupert Weinthal (ALM), Zephiniah Nuckerberg (ND)

The Senate of Aurentina,

Recognizing, that institutions exist to keep, study, and exhibit animals.

Noting, that currently no regulations exist to ensure the safety and well-being of such animals.

Defines:
A Zoo as: an establishment that maintains a collection of animals, for study, conservation, or display to the public

An Aquarium as: an establishment that maintains a collection of marine animals study, conservation, or display to the public

Surroundings: habitat that a specimen is held in

Hereby, mandates:

1. A commission shall be established to oversee all zoos and aquariums(both public and private) within Aurentina, hereafter known as the Aurentine Zoo and Aquarium Commission(AZAC).
1a. This AZAC shall be under the purview of the Ministry of the Interior and its members shall be appointed by the Minister of the Interior.
1b. The membership of the AZAC shall be made up of no less than two veterinarians, two zoologists, two habitat specialists.
1c. Any other positions on the AZAC are optional and the Minister of the Interior shall have the power to add or remove any positions not mandated by this Act.

2.The AZAC shall be responsible for establishing standards for all Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina.
2a. When drafting these guidelines the Commission shall take into account the following:
I. The necessary nourishment for various species.
Ia. All specimens shall receive food and water appropriate in both quantity and quality.
II. The necessary space for various species.
IIa. All specimens shall be allotted enough room to move freely and without restraint.
III. The necessary surroundings for various species.
IIIa. The surroundings for anyone specimen shall be as near as possible to that which one would find in the wild.
IV. The appropriate treatment for various species.
IVa. All specimens shall be free from unnecessary handling and any form of cruelty as described in the Animal Protection Act.
V. The appropriate medical care for various species.
Va. All specimens shall receive medical treatment from a licensed veterinarian when needed.

3. The AZAC shall have the power to recruit Inspectors.
3a. Inspectors shall be charged with the following duties:
I. Inspecting Zoos and Aquariums.
II. Reporting failures to comply with AZAC standards.
III. Closing Zoos and Aquariums with poor records for following AZAC standards.
IV. Removing animals living in conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards.
3b. Inspectors shall be granted the following powers and rights:
I. The right to access areas normally off-limits to the public in Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina in the performance of their duties.
II. The power to temporarily or permanently close Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina.
III. The power to remove live and deceased animals from conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards.
3c. Inspectors must be fully trained and qualified so as to meet requirements, to be set by the AZAC.

4. The AZAC shall charged with following responsibilities:
4a. The AZAC shall contact and inform the Animal Protection Force of any failures to meet AZAC standards
I. The responsibility to determine if a crime has been committed shall rest with the Animal Protection Force.
II. The responsibility to seize animals shall be shared among AZAC Inspectors and Animal Protection Force Officers.
IIa. The decision as to who will take custody of animals shall be determined on site and is dependent on available facilities and training of personnel present.

5. The AZAC and AZAC Inspectors shall close Zoos and Aquariums operating in Aurentina that are found to be in repeated violation of AZAC standards
5a. Any Zoo or Aquarium operating in Aurentina that fails to meet AZAC standards in a one-year period shall be closed pending the correction of failures to meet AZAC standards
5b. Any Zoo or Aquarium closed by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors five-times shall be closed until such time as the AZAC determines the facility fit to open.
5c. During the closure of a Zoo r Aquarium by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors the care of animals present shall be supervised by AZAC appointed and qualified individuals.

Hereby passes the Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act

Code: Select all: [box][size=150][align=center]Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act[/align][/size] [align=center]Author: Timothy McAllister (CMP) | Urgency: Moderate | Category: Order Sponsors: Wulukuno Maklohi Porunalakai (ND), Otto Karl Ludwig, Graf von Tyrannien (CMP), Miles Jay III (CMP), Titolli de Medici (CMP), Cengiz Harun (PDP), Rupert Weinthal (ALM), Zephiniah Nuckerberg (ND)[/align] [hr][/hr] The Senate of Aurentina, [i]Recognizing,[/i] that institutions exist to keep, study, and exhibit animals. [i]Noting,[/i] that currently no regulations exist to ensure the safety and well-being of such animals. [i]Defines:[/i] A Zoo as: an establishment that maintains a collection of animals, for study, conservation, or display to the public An Aquarium as: an establishment that maintains a collection of marine animals study, conservation, or display to the public Surroundings: habitat that a specimen is held in [i]Hereby,[/i] mandates: [hr][/hr] 1. A commission shall be established to oversee all zoos and aquariums(both public and private) within Aurentina, hereafter known as the Aurentine Zoo and Aquarium Commission(AZAC). 1a. This AZAC shall be under the purview of the Ministry of the Interior and its members shall be appointed by the Minister of the Interior. 1b. The membership of the AZAC shall be made up of no less than two veterinarians, two zoologists, two habitat specialists. 1c. Any other positions on the AZAC are optional and the Minister of the Interior shall have the power to add or remove any positions not mandated by this Act. 2.The AZAC shall be responsible for establishing standards for all Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina. 2a. When drafting these guidelines the Commission shall take into account the following: I. The necessary nourishment for various species. Ia. All specimens shall receive food and water appropriate in both quantity and quality. II. The necessary space for various species. IIa. All specimens shall be allotted enough room to move freely and without restraint. III. The necessary surroundings for various species. IIIa. The surroundings for anyone specimen shall be as near as possible to that which one would find in the wild. IV. The appropriate treatment for various species. IVa. All specimens shall be free from unnecessary handling and any form of cruelty as described in the [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15020124#p15020124]Animal Protection Act.[/url] V. The appropriate medical care for various species. Va. All specimens shall receive medical treatment from a licensed veterinarian when needed. 3. The AZAC shall have the power to recruit Inspectors. 3a. Inspectors shall be charged with the following duties: I. Inspecting Zoos and Aquariums. II. Reporting failures to comply with AZAC standards. III. Closing Zoos and Aquariums with poor records for following AZAC standards. IV. Removing animals living in conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards. 3b. Inspectors shall be granted the following powers and rights: I. The right to access areas normally off-limits to the public in Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina in the performance of their duties. II. The power to temporarily or permanently close Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina. III. The power to remove live and deceased animals from conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards. 3c. Inspectors must be fully trained and qualified so as to meet requirements, to be set by the AZAC. 4. The AZAC shall charged with following responsibilities: 4a. The AZAC shall contact and inform the [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15702109#p15702109]Animal Protection Force[/url] of any failures to meet AZAC standards I. The responsibility to determine if a crime has been committed shall rest with the Animal Protection Force. II. The responsibility to seize animals shall be shared among AZAC Inspectors and Animal Protection Force Officers. IIa. The decision as to who will take custody of animals shall be determined on site and is dependent on available facilities and training of personnel present. 5. The AZAC and AZAC Inspectors shall close Zoos and Aquariums operating in Aurentina that are found to be in repeated violation of AZAC standards 5a. Any Zoo or Aquarium operating in Aurentina that fails to meet AZAC standards in a one-year period shall be closed pending the correction of failures to meet AZAC standards 5b. Any Zoo or Aquarium closed by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors five-times shall be closed until such time as the AZAC determines the facility fit to open. 5c. During the closure of a Zoo r Aquarium by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors the care of animals present shall be supervised by AZAC appointed and qualified individuals. [i]Hereby[/i] passes the Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act[/box]

Please add this to the queue.

by **President Pro-Tempore of the Senate** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:41 pm

New Bierstaat wrote:
President Pro-Tempore of the Senate wrote:
Important information

The confirmation vote for the prime minister will begin at 9 am on the 25th of November. The vote will last for exactly forty eight hours and will thus finish on the last day of the current incumbents term at 9 am on the 27th of November. Hopefully this will allow for a seamless handover of government to the new prime minister who will be able to immediately appoint his cabinet.

First I require the official nomination by the president of his proposed candidate, secondly the proposed candidate will be allowed to make a speech in this chamber. Then the President will be allowed to make a speech. Finally the unofficial leader of the opposition (i.e the closest challenger in the presidential elections in this case) will then have the chance to make a speech if they so choose all before the vote begins.

Ok, let's get the ball rolling.

I officially nominate Titollo de Medici of the Classical Monarchist Party for the office of Prime Minister.

Thank you, good luck to the candidate. I will inform him he has the chance to make a speech if he so chooses before the vote takes place. You as well Mr President should you choose when the time comes.

by **New Bierstaat** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:43 pm

Corenea wrote:
Ainin wrote:Last-minute comments on the Transport Safety Act other than "da ebul government shouldn't mess with major accident investigations and let the free market handle it"?

What about the "Why do you anarchists hate dem roads so much?"

Or the one about how roads are a tool of the bourgeois used to oppress the proletariat?

The Nihilistic view wrote:Thank you, good luck to the candidate. I will inform him he has the chance to make a speech if he so chooses before the vote takes place. You as well Mr President should you choose when the time comes.

I will make a speech, when the time comes. I've got to support my main man!

by **Geilinor** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:45 pm

New Bierstaat wrote:
Corenea wrote:What about the "Why do you anarchists hate dem roads so much?"

Or the one about how roads are a tool of the bourgeois used to oppress the proletariat?

I don't think anyone has said that, not even Kam.

by **New Bierstaat** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:47 pm

Geilinor wrote:
New Bierstaat wrote:Or the one about how roads are a tool of the bourgeois used to oppress the proletariat?

I don't think anyone has said that, not even Kam.

Somewhere in this world, someone believes that.

Maybe CTALNH.

by **President Pro-Tempore of the Senate** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:48 pm

Phalnia wrote:
Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act

Author: Timothy McAllister (CMP) | Urgency: Moderate | Category: Order
Sponsors: Wulukuno Maklohi Porunalakai (ND), Otto Karl Ludwig, Graf von Tyrannien (CMP), Miles Jay III (CMP), Titolli de Medici (CMP), Cengiz Harun (PDP), Rupert Weinthal (ALM), Zephiniah Nuckerberg (ND)

The Senate of Aurentina,

Recognizing, that institutions exist to keep, study, and exhibit animals.

Noting, that currently no regulations exist to ensure the safety and well-being of such animals.

Defines:
A Zoo as: an establishment that maintains a collection of animals, for study, conservation, or display to the public

An Aquarium as: an establishment that maintains a collection of marine animals study, conservation, or display to the public

Surroundings: habitat that a specimen is held in

Hereby, mandates:

1. A commission shall be established to oversee all zoos and aquariums(both public and private) within Aurentina, hereafter known as the Aurentine Zoo and Aquarium Commission(AZAC).
1a. This AZAC shall be under the purview of the Ministry of the Interior and its members shall be appointed by the Minister of the Interior.
1b. The membership of the AZAC shall be made up of no less than two veterinarians, two zoologists, two habitat specialists.
1c. Any other positions on the AZAC are optional and the Minister of the Interior shall have the power to add or remove any positions not mandated by this Act.

2.The AZAC shall be responsible for establishing standards for all Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina.
2a. When drafting these guidelines the Commission shall take into account the following:
I. The necessary nourishment for various species.
Ia. All specimens shall receive food and water appropriate in both quantity and quality.
II. The necessary space for various species.
IIa. All specimens shall be allotted enough room to move freely and without restraint.
III. The necessary surroundings for various species.
IIIa. The surroundings for anyone specimen shall be as near as possible to that which one would find in the wild.
IV. The appropriate treatment for various species.
IVa. All specimens shall be free from unnecessary handling and any form of cruelty as described in the Animal Protection Act.
V. The appropriate medical care for various species.
Va. All specimens shall receive medical treatment from a licensed veterinarian when needed.

3. The AZAC shall have the power to recruit Inspectors.
3a. Inspectors shall be charged with the following duties:
I. Inspecting Zoos and Aquariums.
II. Reporting failures to comply with AZAC standards.
III. Closing Zoos and Aquariums with poor records for following AZAC standards.
IV. Removing animals living in conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards.
3b. Inspectors shall be granted the following powers and rights:
I. The right to access areas normally off-limits to the public in Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina in the performance of their duties.
II. The power to temporarily or permanently close Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina.
III. The power to remove live and deceased animals from conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards.
3c. Inspectors must be fully trained and qualified so as to meet requirements, to be set by the AZAC.

4. The AZAC shall charged with following responsibilities:
4a. The AZAC shall contact and inform the Animal Protection Force of any failures to meet AZAC standards
I. The responsibility to determine if a crime has been committed shall rest with the Animal Protection Force.
II. The responsibility to seize animals shall be shared among AZAC Inspectors and Animal Protection Force Officers.
IIa. The decision as to who will take custody of animals shall be determined on site and is dependent on available facilities and training of personnel present.

5. The AZAC and AZAC Inspectors shall close Zoos and Aquariums operating in Aurentina that are found to be in repeated violation of AZAC standards
5a. Any Zoo or Aquarium operating in Aurentina that fails to meet AZAC standards in a one-year period shall be closed pending the correction of failures to meet AZAC standards
5b. Any Zoo or Aquarium closed by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors five-times shall be closed until such time as the AZAC determines the facility fit to open.
5c. During the closure of a Zoo r Aquarium by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors the care of animals present shall be supervised by AZAC appointed and qualified individuals.

Hereby passes the Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act

Code: Select all
[box][size=150][align=center]Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act[/align][/size] [align=center]Author: Timothy McAllister (CMP) | Urgency: Moderate | Category: Order Sponsors: Wulukuno Maklohi Porunalakai (ND), Otto Karl Ludwig, Graf von Tyrannien (CMP), Miles Jay III (CMP), Titolli de Medici (CMP), Cengiz Harun (PDP), Rupert Weinthal (ALM), Zephiniah Nuckerberg (ND)[/align] [hr][/hr] The Senate of Aurentina, [i]Recognizing,[/i] that institutions exist to keep, study, and exhibit animals. [i]Noting,[/i] that currently no regulations exist to ensure the safety and well-being of such animals. [i]Defines:[/i] A Zoo as: an establishment that maintains a collection of animals, for study, conservation, or display to the public An Aquarium as: an establishment that maintains a collection of marine animals study, conservation, or display to the public Surroundings: habitat that a specimen is held in [i]Hereby,[/i] mandates: [hr][/hr] 1. A commission shall be established to oversee all zoos and aquariums(both public and private) within Aurentina, hereafter known as the Aurentine Zoo and Aquarium Commission(AZAC). 1a. This AZAC shall be under the purview of the Ministry of the Interior and its members shall be appointed by the Minister of the Interior. 1b. The membership of the AZAC shall be made up of no less than two veterinarians, two zoologists, two habitat specialists. 1c. Any other positions on the AZAC are optional and the Minister of the Interior shall have the power to add or remove any positions not mandated by this Act. 2.The AZAC shall be responsible for establishing standards for all Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina. 2a. When drafting these guidelines the Commission shall take into account the following: I. The necessary nourishment for various species. Ia. All specimens shall receive food and water appropriate in both quantity and quality. II. The necessary space for various species. IIa. All specimens shall be allotted enough room to move freely and without restraint. III. The necessary surroundings for various species. IIIa. The surroundings for anyone specimen shall be as near as possible to that which one would find in the wild. IV. The appropriate treatment for various species. IVa. All specimens shall be free from unnecessary handling and any form of cruelty as described in the [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15020124#p15020124]Animal Protection Act.[/url] V. The appropriate medical care for various species. Va. All specimens shall receive medical treatment from a licensed veterinarian when needed. 3. The AZAC shall have the power to recruit Inspectors. 3a. Inspectors shall be charged with the following duties: I. Inspecting Zoos and Aquariums. II. Reporting failures to comply with AZAC standards. III. Closing Zoos and Aquariums with poor records for following AZAC standards. IV. Removing animals living in conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards. 3b. Inspectors shall be granted the following powers and rights: I. The right to access areas normally off-limits to the public in Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina in the performance of their duties. II. The power to temporarily or permanently close Zoos and Aquariums operating within Aurentina. III. The power to remove live and deceased animals from conditions which fail to meet AZAC standards. 3c. Inspectors must be fully trained and qualified so as to meet requirements, to be set by the AZAC. 4. The AZAC shall charged with following responsibilities: 4a. The AZAC shall contact and inform the [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15702109#p15702109]Animal Protection Force[/url] of any failures to meet AZAC standards I. The responsibility to determine if a crime has been committed shall rest with the Animal Protection Force. II. The responsibility to seize animals shall be shared among AZAC Inspectors and Animal Protection Force Officers. IIa. The decision as to who will take custody of animals shall be determined on site and is dependent on available facilities and training of personnel present. 5. The AZAC and AZAC Inspectors shall close Zoos and Aquariums operating in Aurentina that are found to be in repeated violation of AZAC standards 5a. Any Zoo or Aquarium operating in Aurentina that fails to meet AZAC standards in a one-year period shall be closed pending the correction of failures to meet AZAC standards 5b. Any Zoo or Aquarium closed by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors five-times shall be closed until such time as the AZAC determines the facility fit to open. 5c. During the closure of a Zoo r Aquarium by order of the AZAC or its Inspectors the care of animals present shall be supervised by AZAC appointed and qualified individuals. [i]Hereby[/i] passes the Zoo and Aquarium Standards Act[/box]

Please add this to the queue.

After looking for loopholes, I recommend that you withdraw the bill for a minute and correct one small but potentially serious flaw. The bill does not include safari parks. I would think it best if you would edit the bill to include them and re-sponsor and re-submit. Unless of course you and your sponsors intended to leave them un-regulated.

This is un-official advice, and you have no obligation to take and if you are ok with how it is I will put it on the list, but in my experience with loopholes I recommend that you do.

by **Libertechie** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:52 pm

New Bierstaat wrote:
Corenea wrote:What about the "Why do you anarchists hate dem roads so much?"

Or the one about how roads are a tool of the bourgeois used to oppress the proletariat?

The Nihilistic view wrote:Thank you, good luck to the candidate. I will inform him he has the chance to make a speech if he so chooses before the vote takes place. You as well Mr President should you choose when the time comes.

I will make a speech, when the time comes. I've got to support my main man!

Could you link the original bill?

by **Minarchist States** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:08 pm

Ainin wrote:Last-minute comments on the Transport Safety Act other than "da ebul government shouldn't mess with major accident investigations and let the free market handle it"?

Well you stole the words out of my mouth.

One day, long after the NDP is gone, II shall come back and undo it all. Heheh

by **President Pro-Tempore of the Senate** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:53 pm

Libertechie wrote:
New Bierstaat wrote:Or the one about how roads are a tool of the bourgeois used to oppress the proletariat?

I will make a speech, when the time comes. I've got to support my main man!

Could you link the original bill?

Which bill?

by **Skeckoa** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:16 pm

First Amendment to the Bestiality (Zoophilia) Act
Author: Squecoa (LPA) Sponsors: Divitean (CMP), Minarchist States (LPA), New Zepuha (ALM), Gellinor (NDP), Coronea (RefP)
Urgency: Moderate
Section: Order

Noting that

(1) The prohibition of those who have committed Bestiality from Zoos and places of business that sell animals as well is absolutely unenforceable due to the fact that the database of offenders is only accessible to police due to the parameters of the original Bestiality (Zoophilia) Act and

(2) The required time to see a psychiatrist is by far too lengthy given the circumstances of this act and does not specify with how much frequency should this psychiatrist should be visited by the said violator of the act

HEREBY RENDERS NULL and VOID the following lines from the act:

“The person who commits such an act shall also be banned... going into zoos and places of business that sell animals”

and

“Bestiality shall be punished with a minimum time with a psychiatrist for two years”

Replacing the latter with the following:

“Bestiality shall be punished with a minimum of 7 visits of an hour or more each with a psychiatrist over a minimum period of at least 6 months. This minimum can be raised at the discretion of a judge depending on the severity of the specific case or culprit.”

Those who have been charged and found guilty of Bestiality before the passing of this Amendment shall be made subject to the requirements set out in this bill's requirements as opposed to those set out in the original, unamended bill.

Code: Select all: [box][size=150][b]First Amendment to the Bestiality (Zoophilia) Act[/b][/size] Author: Squecoa (LPA) Sponsors: Divitean (CMP), Minarchist States (LPA), New Zepuha (ALM), Gellinor (NDP), Coronea (RefP) Urgency: Moderate Section: Order Noting that (1) The prohibition of those who have committed Bestiality from Zoos and places of business that sell animals as well is absolutely unenforceable due to the fact that the database of offenders is only accessible to police due to the parameters of the original Bestiality (Zoophilia) Act and (2) The required time to see a psychiatrist is by far too lengthy given the circumstances of this act and does not specify with how much frequency should this psychiatrist should be visited by the said violator of the act HEREBY RENDERS NULL and VOID the following lines from the act: “The person who commits such an act shall also be banned... going into zoos and places of business that sell animals” and “Bestiality shall be punished with a minimum time with a psychiatrist for two years” Replacing the latter with the following: “Bestiality shall be punished with a minimum of 7 visits of an hour or more each with a psychiatrist over a minimum period of at least 6 months. This minimum can be raised at the discretion of a judge depending on the severity of the specific case or culprit.” Those who have been charged and found guilty of Bestiality before the passing of this Amendment shall be made subject to the requirements set out in this bill's requirements as opposed to those set out in the original, unamended bill.[/box]

I would like to request that this bill be added to the whatchamacallit. (the queeu? queau? queue?)

by **Beta Test** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:02 am

Senators, I rise today to implore you all to vote in favour of the confirmation of Titello de Medici as Prime Minister.

It has come to my knowledge that a many great deal of you intend to vote against the confirmation. That is, of course, your right to do so. There are many reasons however, to put ideology aside and agree to his appointment.

Senator Medici has over his time in the Senate proven himself to be a leader, a bipartisan worker and most of all, to be a good politician. He is a capable man and a fair man and I find it disappointing that many in the Progress Coalition are out to persue a policy of obstructionism. Not only is this unnecessary, it is unfair on the Senator, as rather than vote yes or no on his merits, people intend to vote against him simply because they don't like the right wing government. There are some who intend to vote no because the Senator is a libertarian monarchist. This ignores the fact that in his cabinet there will be many moderates and centrists.

I'm sure that all of you here know about the latest case of radical obstructionism; the shutdown crisis and the Obamacare standoff that nearly did the global economy significant damage. The actions of one man Ted Cruz and his allies did so much to halt the American political process. While there is no threat of impending global disaster in this vote, the local effect could be notable. It is vital for the stability of the nation that this nominee be approved by this honourable chamber.

Thank you.

by **Divitaen** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:19 am

Beta Test wrote:Senators, I rise today to implore you all to vote in favour of the confirmation of Titello de Medici as Prime Minister.

It has come to my knowledge that a many great deal of you intend to vote against the confirmation. That is, of course, your right to do so. There are many reasons however, to put ideology aside and agree to his appointment.

Senator Medici has over his time in the Senate proven himself to be a leader, a bipartisan worker and most of all, to be a good politician. He is a capable man and a fair man and I find it disappointing that many in the Progress Coalition are out to persue a policy of obstructionism. Not only is this unnecessary, it is unfair on the Senator, as rather than vote yes or no on his merits, people intend to vote against him simply because they don't like the right wing government. There are some who intend to vote no because the Senator is a libertarian monarchist. This ignores the fact that in his cabinet there will be many moderates and centrists.

I'm sure that all of you here know about the latest case of radical obstructionism; the shutdown crisis and the Obamacare standoff that nearly did the global economy significant damage. The actions of one man Ted Cruz and his allies did so much to halt the American political process. While there is no threat of impending global disaster in this vote, the local effect could be notable. It is vital for the stability of the nation that this nominee be approved by this honourable chamber.

Thank you.

Amen, Senator, but if I'm not mistaken, it is currently debate on Domestic Development.

by **Beta Test** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:23 am

Divitaen wrote:
Beta Test wrote:Senators, I rise today to implore you all to vote in favour of the confirmation of Titello de Medici as Prime Minister.

It has come to my knowledge that a many great deal of you intend to vote against the confirmation. That is, of course, your right to do so. There are many reasons however, to put ideology aside and agree to his appointment.

Senator Medici has over his time in the Senate proven himself to be a leader, a bipartisan worker and most of all, to be a good politician. He is a capable man and a fair man and I find it disappointing that many in the Progress Coalition are out to persue a policy of obstructionism. Not only is this unnecessary, it is unfair on the Senator, as rather than vote yes or no on his merits, people intend to vote against him simply because they don't like the right wing government. There are some who intend to vote no because the Senator is a libertarian monarchist. This ignores the fact that in his cabinet there will be many moderates and centrists.

I'm sure that all of you here know about the latest case of radical obstructionism; the shutdown crisis and the Obamacare standoff that nearly did the global economy significant damage. The actions of one man Ted Cruz and his allies did so much to halt the American political process. While there is no threat of impending global disaster in this vote, the local effect could be notable. It is vital for the stability of the nation that this nominee be approved by this honourable chamber.

Thank you.

Amen, Senator, but if I'm not mistaken, it is currently debate on Domestic Development.

Indeed it is. However, the vote on the Prime Ministership so to begin shortly and this was my last opportunity to say my words.

by **Oneracon** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:53 am

This is why we need a Speaker of the Senate, while Senator Weinthal's remarks were eloquent (though highly generalizing) they were out of order in the current debate.

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