THE DRUNK DRIVING COMPENSATION ACT
Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Significant
The World Assembly,
Realizing that the negative effects of alcohol does not stop the people from drinking, accompanying the fact that no matter the strength of police forces, drunk driving incidents are inevitable, this enacts the following provisions:
- The following is defined and stipulated under this resolution.
- "drunk driving" is the event of driving while considered to be at or above the legal limit determined by a WA member nation to be safe to drive.
- "drunker" is defined as any individual at or above the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) determined by a WA member nation to not be considered drunk.
- "victim" is defined as any parent or legal guardian that dies at the hands of a drunk driving incident that they did not cause.
- Member nations shall:
- Enact laws requiring any person who causes the death of a victim while drunk driving to pay child support dues.
- If a lawsuit is filed by the victim's surviving family, and the lawsuit is to succeed, the child support settlement must be reduced proportionate to how much the lawsuit got.
- A child support settlement may only be extinguished if the amount of the lawsuit exceeds the settlement of child support, upon the discretion of the WA member nation's judicial system.
- Enact a law establishing an official BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) if the WA member nation in question has or is preparing the use of, automobiles and automobile infrastructure (Ex. roads).
- Not impose an undue burden on drunkers via any case to be imposed upon by a WA member nation via any stipulation under this resolution.
- Child support dues under this resolution shall follow these provisions:
- Payment will be made to the surviving child's family until they are of the age of majority in their home WA member nation.
- Child support dues, if made during a drunkers sentence, shall be taken out of prison pay, or any pay they shall receive while incarcerated.
- Child support dues shall be set at or above an amount to fulfill the monthly responsibilities of the surviving child, such as food, housing, etc.
- If the parent of a surviving child is the drunker in question, then a trust shall be established to be managed by the WA member nation that will be paid for by the parent, for a monthly amount to be set by the child support provisions under this resolution, and will be given to the child upon reaching the age of majority.
- If a WA member nation chooses, they may exercise their sovereign right to take custody over said minor(s) and put them into support services. This does not exempt the trust clause stipulated above.
- To prevent lack of payment of child support under this resolution, it therefore mandates WA member nations establish:
- Support programs including but not limited to, payment plans, extensions, dynamically changable payment periods, etc.
- Punishment thereof to be decided by the WA member nation's government, and via drafted local legislation.