It has come to the attention of the Scriuerïă d'Abbavilla that clarked bill no. 58RZ11 has an error in its formatting. The coordinated text of El Lexhatx maintained by the Scriuerïă since the 27th of March - as noted in the coordinated text itself - and as notified in the update of the ongoing revision published on the 17th of April, incorporates the changes required by 53RZ11 and 53RZ22. The list of Days of Observance is now in Title F Section 5 and not 4.

The Scriuerïă, in the person of Distain Grefieir Üc R. Tärfă, therefore hereby publicise the following proposed change to 58RZ11, agreed by the author of the bill, in compliance with Lexh.C.1.3.4.:

that in the operative part of the bill, the words «adding subsection 4.3.8 of» shall be modified to read «adding a new subsubsection 5.2.2 to».

According with Lexh.C.1.3.5. the proposed change shall take effect the 10th of the month at h 19:30 TST, unless a petition of Membreux dal Cosă representing at least 1/3 of the seats, or a petition of at least 1/3 of the Senators protesting this proposed change is posted in this thread.

Márcuri, li 3. Mai dallas 2023/XLIV.



Üc R. Tärfă
Distain Grefieir d'Abbavilla

Referéu acest proxhet àl Comità.

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Edited (see here):

Ün proxhet [legeu] per inovar el CRL - The Update of the CRL Bill [Act].

WHEREAS given the nature of the Ziu, it is important to try to improve the quality of legislation;

WHEREAS the CRL's task in the legislative process should not be a duplication of the Hopper but should be focused primarily on the technical quality of legislation;

WHEREAS it is better to make this purposes explicit in the law;

WHEREAS it is considered appropriate for Scribery to fulfil its advisory role in this regard already provided for in Lexh.C.1.3.2;

WHEREAS in view of the other tasks of the Mençéi and the Túischac'h, it is appropriate to add potential flexibility providing for the possibility to appoint a Senator or MC to carry out their role in the CRL on the condition that they remain the ex officio members so that the CRL always has a quorum and that they can revoke this delegation at any time;

BE IT ENACTED by Regeu, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that Lexhatx § H.6.5 which currently reads

Quote6.5. A Legislative Advisory Committee of Talossa (in Talossan, el Comità da Redacziun Legislatïu; and hereinafter, "the CRL") shall review or revise all legislative items from the Hopper once they have moved to committee; and may recommend acceptance or rejection, or suggest amendments in their best judgment.
6.5.1 The CRL shall conduct all its deliberations openly in the Hopper.
6.5.2 The CRL shall consist of the incumbent Mençéi, Túischac'h, and Avocat-Xheneral.
6.5.3. The CRL may create further committees to which their functions may be delegated, as concerns any bill or category of bills. Such a committee must have at least 3 members, including at least 1 MC and at least 1 Senator.

shall be amended to read as follows:

Quote6.5. For each Cosă term is created a Comità da Redacziun Legislatïu (in english Legislative Advisory Committee),  hereinafter "the CRL", which shall review or revise all legislative items from the Hopper once they have moved to committee; and may recommend acceptance or rejection, or suggest amendments in their best judgment.
    6.5.1 The main, but not exclusive, purpose of the CRL, with the assistance of the Scribery, shall be to evaluate bills from the technical point of view of the quality of the legislation, the correctness of the language, the internal consistency of the document and consistency with existing legislation.
    6.5.2. The CRL shall conduct all its deliberations openly in the Hopper.
    6.5.3. The CRL shall consist of the incumbent Mençéi, Túischac'h, and Avocat-Xheneral.
          6.5.3.1. The Mençéi and the Túischac'h may at any time appoint and dismiss one Senator and one Membreu dal Cosă, respectively, to serve as a member of the CRL in their place.
    6.5.4. The CRL may create further committees to which their functions may be delegated, as concerns any bill or category of bills. Such a committee must have at least 3 members, including at least 1 Membreu dal Cosă and 1 Senator.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Üc R. Tärfâ (MC, FREEDEM)

Referéu acest proxhet àl Comità.

Estimat Túischac'h, me alçéu per deliverar va zesclaraziun da votă sür 58RZ10.

þon. Membreux dal Cosă,

el Governamaintsch as required by law sent to the Ziu in this Clark the Budget and Financial Planning Bill for the 58th Cosă to be voted. El sagrüt dels Democrätici Livereschti da Talossa doesn't have principled objections to the Budget as clarked, after a long debate on it in the Hopper, but as we strongly believe in parliamentary system, we do believe that budget (and supply) are akin to a Vote of Confidence on the Governamaintsch.

As we commands the majority of the Senäts, we recongise that our vote would have made the difference between approving the Budget and rejecting it. Since we are a serious party that cares about Talossa and the functioning of the state, we decided to allow with our vote that the Ziu would approve the Budget despite the fact that this Governamaintsch does not have our confidence.

We consider this a due gesture in the interest of the Regipäts. We hope that the Government recognises this, and that it recognises that it is only through collaboration and compromise between the Majority and the Opposition that this Ziu will be able to complete initiatives necessary for the good governance of the country.

Per acestilor raziuns, els Democrätici Livereschti da Talossa austanent sür 58RZ10.

Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.

Ün proxhet [legeu] per clarificar l'aðmistraziun financial - The Better Know Your Finances Bill [Act].

WHEREAS a debate emerged on the importance on release financial data also before the elections;

WHEREAS it is convenient to put order in the financial and economic sections of el Lexhatx creating a new Title;

WHEREAS it seems reasonable to de jure transfer the Royal Bank & Post from the Ministry of Finance to the Royal Treasury, but still under the direction of the Ministry, because of the functions of the Chairman more akin to a Civil Servant and the importance of storing coins, stamps, etc... with a more permanent officer rather than an elected official;

BE IT ENACTED by Regeu, Cosă and Senäts that

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1. Lexh.C.1.5 which now reads

1.5. The Royal Treasury, headed by the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue. The function of the treasury is to:
  1.5.1. collect all revenues due to the King,
  1.5.2. maintain and report to the Finance Minister and the Government on the fiduciary health of the Kingdom, at least once in every two calendar months and whenever else requested
  1.5.3. disburse from the treasury all funds legitimately appropriated by the Ziu,
  1.5.4. keep a record of all changes in the account balances of the Royal Treasury.
  1.5.5. audit the reported financial condition of His Majesty's investments at any time.
  1.5.6. provide, upon request of the Minister of Finance and any other time stated in law, a Financial Report containing the following information:
    1.5.6.1. the amount, location, liquidity, and availability of all funds held by or for the Royal Treasury,
    1.5.6.2. a detailed list of all changes in the account balances of the Royal Treasury since the last Report,
    1.5.6.3. a balance sheet which clearly lists all expenses linking them to the relative sheet items in the budget bills approved in the Cosa,
    1.5.6.4. the total amount of louise and postal items in circulation;
  1.5.7. All accounts and other monies held by the Royal Treasury shall be held in the name of both the King and the Burgermeister, in such a way that the King shall be able to perform the functions of the Burgermeister in case of the Burgermeister's absence, on his own initiative or upon request of the Minister of Finance.

shall be amended to read as follows:

Quote1.5. The Fisc Rexhital (in english, the Royal Treasury), headed by the Citanal dels Revenüns Inphätsilor (in english, Burgermeister of Inland Revenue).
  1.5.1. The function of the Treasury is to:
    1.5.1.1. collect all revenues;
    1.5.1.2. maintain and report to the Minister of Finance and the Government on the fiduciary health of the Kingdom, at least once in every two calendar months and whenever else requested;
    1.5.1.3. disburse from the Treasury all funds legitimately appropriated in compliance with Title M;
    1.5.1.4. keep a record of all changes in the account balances and special funds;
    1.5.1.5. audit the reported financial condition of investments at any time;
    1.5.1.6. provide at any time stated in M.2.1. Financial Reports and Statements in compliance with M.2.;
  1.5.2. The Burgermeister is ex officio the Aðmistreir del Banqeu es Post Rexhital (in english, Chairman of the Royal Bank & Post), unless the Minister of Finance appoints a Deputy of the Fisc Rexhital to that position.

2. Lexh.D.2.6.6 which now reads

2.6.6 The Bureau for Humanitarian Aid and International Development (The Bureau) shall serve as the hub for the Kingdom of Talossa's support for disaster and poverty relief and other forms of humanitarian assistance, emergency response and the promotion of efforts towards socioeconomic development.
  2.6.6.1 The Bureau shall operate under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Bureau shall be administered by an Administrator to be appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  2.6.6.2 The Bureau shall be funded by contributions from individuals, nonprofit organizations and where deemed appropriate by the Ziu, legislative appropriations.
  2.6.6.3 The Administrator shall make every effort to ensure that Bureau's funds are donated to humanitarian organizations in a timely manner, and shall notify the public when outgoing donations are made. This notice shall include at least the amount, date, and beneficiary of the outgoing donation(s).
    2.6.6.3.1 Other provisions of el Lexhatx notwithstanding, outgoing donations made with money contributed by private parties shall not require the approval of the Ziu.

shall be amended to read as follows:

Quote2.6.6. The Bureau for Humanitarian Aid and International Development (The Bureau) shall serve as the hub for the Kingdom of Talossa's support for disaster and poverty relief and other forms of humanitarian assistance, emergency response and the promotion of efforts towards socioeconomic development. It shall operate under the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and be administered by an Administrator to be appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  2.6.6.1. The Bureau shall administer the "BHAID Fund" as provided in M.9.3.

3. Lexh D.2.8 which now reads

2.8. The Finance Minister, heading the Ministry of Finance.
  2.8.1 The Ministrà dal Finançù (Ministry of Finance) is responsible for setting and implementing the economic policies of the Kingdom, for drawing up the national Budget, and directing the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue as to the investment of that portion of the Royal Treasury set aside by said Budget.
  2.8.2. The Finance Minister also serves as the Chairman of the Banqeu es Post Rexhital (Royal Bank & Post) unless he gets too lazy and appoints a Chairman. The Royal Bank and Post is responsible for issuing and regulating the currency and postal paraphernalia of the Kingdom.
    2.8.2.1. Base Unit of Account. The base unit of account for the Kingdom of Talossa is hereby established and styled the "BENT." The plural of the bent is "BENCE." Convenient shortenings such as "tubbence" and "thrubbence" shall be understood and recognised by the government, and may appear on collectable tokens (colloquially "coinage", though they shall not constitute current money). This unit of account is fixed to $0.025 in the currency of the United States of America.
    2.8.2.2. Second Unit of Account. A second unit of account, which shall have the fixed denomination of sixty (60) bence, is hereby established and styled the "LOUIS," which shall also be officially recognised by the shortened name "LOU." The plural of the lou is "LOUISE." Convenient colloqualisms for the denominations of louise are encouraged, specifically "Brock" for a single lou, "Costello" for five louise, "Ferrigno" for ten louise, "Rawls" for twenty louise, and so forth.
      2.8.2.2.1. The commonly-used symbols ℓ and ¤ shall be officially adopted for the louis and bent, respectively, and these symbols shall be used in accordance with common practice: ¤ to be used as a separator of the two denominations, with louise on the left of the symbol and bence on the right; ℓ may also be used to indicate amounts in whole louise, by placing the symbol to the left of the amount.
    2.8.2.3. Creation and Issuance of Collectable Tokens. The Royal Bank & Post is exclusively authorised to design, cause to be created, issue, and distribute collectable tokens (colloquially "coinage", though they shall not constitute current money) in any denomination of whole bence. The Royal Bank & Post is authorised to imprint the denomination of any coinage with its price in louise, rather than in bence, as it sees fit.
      2.8.2.3.1 Current Token Design. The first issue of Talossan collectable tokens ("coins") shall have, on the obverse, the Chinese character "ben" upon a shield, with a crown above the shield; above the crown shall be the curved inscription "REGIPÄTS TALOSSÁN", and below the shield shall be the curved inscription of the year of issue (both the Common Era in Arabic numerals and the year of the Kingdom of Talossa in Roman numerals). On the reverse shall be an image to be determined by the Royal Bank and Post representative of some aspect of Talossan culture, a large "ℓ" with an amount representing the coin denomination being minted, and an inscription of the denomination of the coin in the Talossan language.
    2.8.2.4 Creation and Sale of Postal Paraphernalia. The Royal Bank & Post may design, create, issue, and sell postage items, such as stamps and imprinted envelopes, in any denomination, and sell the same at a cost exceeding that expended for their creation. Postal items may be purchased by private individuals or organizations (such as those established to provide postal delivery services) and may be re-sold to the public in exchange for postal delivery or other services. The Royal Bank & Post is empowered to print denominations on postal items which are above the original sale value of postal items charged to a private organization purchasing the same, so to ease any resale of these items by the private organization to the general public, by providing on the face of the item the intended retail purchase price.
    2.8.2.5. Redemption of Postal Items Forbidden. Postal items may never be redeemed to the Royal Bank & Post for their face value or any other value.
    2.8.2.6 Creation and Sale of Commemorative Items. The Royal Bank & Post shall design, create, issue, and sell any commemorative items of the Kingdom of Talossa. Such items may be purchased by the general public at a cost at or above that expended for their manufacture, such valuation to be determined by the Royal Bank & Post.
    2.8.2.7 Disposition of Profit. All profit in the form of foreign currency which is realized from the sale of currency, postal items, and commemoratives or by donations from citizens shall be duly tendered by the Royal Bank & Post to the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue for deposit and safe-keeping within the Royal Treasury.
    2.8.2.8
    2.8.2.9
    2.8.2.10
    2.8.2.11 Banking Operations. The Royal Bank & Post is empowered to act as a banking facility to serve citizens of the Kingdom of Talossa. The deposit and lending policies of the Bank shall be freely established by the Royal Bank & Post but may be modified by law by action of the Ziu. The safety of all funds deposited with the Royal Bank & Post shall be guaranteed by the government.
  2.8.3. The Minister of Finance (or, if the Minister of Finance is not a Member of the Cosa, an MC designated by the Minister of Finance) shall be required to submit to the Ziu, in time for consideration by the second Clark of the Cosa, a government bill approved by the whole Cabinet, to be entitled the Budget and Financial Planning Bill for the (X)th Cosa, which shall contain the following:
    2.8.3.1. a Financial Report as provided in El Lexhatx C.1.5.6;
    2.8.3.2. a detailed Budget of the Kingdom of Talossa, listing all planned expenses of the State through the current Cosa, specifying the amounts to be requisitioned for each Cabinet Ministry or Officer of the Royal Household and the purpose of each such expense, sufficient to provide for all expenses of the Kingdom of Talossa until the next budget shall be presented, during the subsequent Cosa;
    2.8.3.3. any amount of the Treasury to be set aside for investment, and the investment policy that will be pursued;
    2.8.3.4. the total amount in louise of any planned currency minting and printing, and postage issuance to be executed by the Royal Bank & Post during the term of the current Cosa;
    2.8.3.5. the total amount in louise of any planned donations proposed to be requested from Talossan citizens towards the upkeep of the State. Neither this nor any other section of el Lexhatx shall be interpreted in such a way as to require compulsory taxation or mandatory donations of any kind.
  2.8.4. The Budget of the Kingdom of Talossa shall always include funds for re-imbursing the Talossan Web Registrant and others for any payments towards domain registration and hosting on talossa.com and other government run websites made during the previous Cosa term that were not re-imbursed during the previous Cosa term, provided that the government or the previous government has been informed about these payments properly and on time.
    2.8.4.1 The Ziu hereby authorizes the annual and ongoing expenditure of 60 louis by the Burgermeister of Internal Revenue for the specific and sole purpose of paying for the annual domain name registration of talossa.com and for associated webhosting services as selected by the Seneschal or their designated representative. All payments made under direction of this authority should be reported as according to normal procedure by the Burgermeister.
  2.8.5 All withdrawals from the Royal Treasury (except as provided for by D.2.8.6, below) must be authorized by action of the Ziu approving the expense for which the withdrawal is made, either in the Budget and Financial Planning Bill required by D.2.8.3 above, or by supplemental budgeting legislation. In accordance with such authorized budgeted expenses, the Government of the day is empowered to requisition such funds from the Royal Treasury (said withdrawal to be performed in fact only by the Burgermeister of Internal Revenue or an authorised deputy).
  2.8.6. Emergency Spending. During times when any budgeted funds have been exhausted, when no budget has been approved due to rejection by the Ziu, lack of the Financial Report or dissolution of the Cosa without action on a budget; the Prime Minister[252] may issue a Prime Dictate to provide only for emergency spending, but may not act to cause withdrawal of funds from the Royal Treasury to fulfill the terms of any Prime Dictate unless and until the King has explicitly assented to the Prime Dictate.
  2.8.7. Spending Authority Removal. At any time before an allocation is disbursed by the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue, members representing at least one-third of the Cosâ by seats may petition the government that such spending shall not be incurred until such issuance shall be ordered by an act of the Ziu. The Burgermeister of Inland Revenue shall be required to grant all such petitions until such time as an act of the Ziu restores the funding.
2.8.8. The Minister of Finance may take such actions as might be necessary to create, manage, and promote a voluntary fundraising campaign to the citizens of Talossa and other interested parties each year. The targeted amount for this campaign shall be the amount given in D.2.8.3.5. Unless otherwise authorized by the Ziu, the fundraising campaign will be concluded in a given term once that targeted amount is reached. Unless otherwise authorized by the Ziu, no more than one fundraising campaign per term will be conducted.
  2.8.9. The Minister of Finance shall publish information as to the value of the Talossan louis against other currencies as and when necessary, desired or requested.
  2.8.10 The Finance Minister shall create a Register of Talossan Enterprises, available to all Talossan citizens. Any Talossan who produces goods and services, whether commercially or as a hobby, may provide a description, no longer than 100 words, of their enterprise together with their contact details, for the purposes of advertisement and information. An enterprise shall be removed from the register at the request of the registrant; or by a determination by the Finance Minister that the enterprise is no longer active, or not of a character with which the Kingdom of Talossa wishes to be associated. Such determinations shall be subject to judicial review.

shall be amended to read as follows:

Quote2.8. The Ministreu dal Finançù (in english, the Minister of Finance), heading the Ministrà dal Finançù (in english, Ministry of Finance). The Ministrà is responsible for
  2.8.1. setting and implementing the financial and economic policies of the Kingdom;
  2.8.2. drawing up the Budget and Financial Planning Bill, in compliance with M.3.;
  2.8.3. directing the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue as to the investment of that portion of the Fisc Rexhital set aside by the Budget according with M.3.1.3.;
  2.8.4. directing the Chairman of the Banqeu es Post Rexhital as to the regulation and issuing of tokens and postal paraphernalia according with M.3.1.5 and the production of commemorative items;
  2.8.5. managing voluntary fundraising campaigns, in compliance with M.8.4;
  2.8.6. managing the Register of Talossan Enterprises, as provided in M.11.;
  2.8.7. publishing information as to the value of the Talossan Units of Account against other currencies as and when necessary, desired or requested.

4. Lexh.H.6 which now reads

6. No bill may be published in a Clark unless it has passed the Hopper, as provided in this section.

shall be amended to read as follows:

Quote6. A proposal for Resoluziun del Ziu shall be published in a Clark only if it has passed the Hopper as provided in the following subsections, with the only exception being the "Resolution of approval of the Final Financial Report" sumbitted by the Secretary of State as provided in M.2.3. that shall be considered to pass the Hopper as soon as the Final Financial Report is published in the Hopper in compliance with M.2.4.

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Presentation and a debate on M.1.1 with suggestions from the Burgermeister was here.

EDIT: I removed also the section that allows the RB&P to funtcions as a Bank (now Lexh.D.2.8.2.11), because that section - I'm not sure if it would be possible under US laws without proper language to be a sort of loan and not banking operations - needs details to operate so it is just a "dead" section.

Ün proxhet [legeu] dallas 2023/XLIV per mamtenençar el Lexhatx | The 2023/XLIV Upkeep of the Lexhatx Bill [Act]

I post this mainly as a placeholder, as I haven't yet fully processed Title D and Title H. They will be added soon. (BTW: boxed scribe notes and most highlights on El Lexhatx will soon be removed they are only temporary.)

Most of the bill is almost ready, and I post it here so we can begin discuss it.

I'll post a link to the page where I'm writing the bill because it's easier to modify it and keep track of it as it's a long text. Commentary is provided there as well.

I'll edit and post here the final text of the bill when it will be ready.

Edited 30-03-2023 according with this post.

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Ün proxhet [legeu] per regular els Prüms Diktats - The This is Not a PD Bill [Act]

WHEREAS Article VI Section 4 of the Legeu Orgänic states that

QuotePrime Dictates (PDs) are public declarations which affect government policy and have the force of law. They take effect upon their countersignature by the King and function as laws for all purposes, with such exceptions and subject to such conditions as the Ziu may enact by statute. Prime Dictates are exempt from all provisions relating unto legislative proposals, but may never be used to amend this Organic Law.

WHEREAS Lexh.D.2.1.2 states that

Quote2.1.1. The Ziu strongly urges the current and future Prime Ministers of Talossa to use the power of the Prime Dictate with caution and respect, limiting its usage to memorials, congratulatory notices, internal Government organization, executive policy clarification, and other appropriate and limited governmental matters, and leave legislation solely for democratic consideration by the whole Ziu.

WHEREAS the combination of these two legal provisions makes the King's countersignature necessary to be enforceable for all types of PDs including those listed and merely organisational ones;

WHEREAS PDs have been used for various purposes, e.g. in the Observance Day declarations, without the King's countersignature and in the absence of a specific exclusion of countersignature, their organicity for Org.VI.4 might be doubtful;

WHEREAS the law already gives the Seneschal authority to act alone without the King's countersignature and those acts shall note take the form of a Prime Dictate;

WHEREAS it is convenient that there should be defined by statute a decree for those actions the Seneschal is authorised to act alone and those pertaining to the day-by-day management of the government function;

WHEREAS using the same abbreviation PD for both keeps the system simple and allows an easy record of them under PD like RZ is used for every act of the Ziu;

WHEREAS in the 1988 Constituziun the name "Prime Directive" was used until 1989 for Prime Dictates, and using that name is an hommage to the long history of our nation;

BE IT ENACTED by Regeu, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that Lexh.D.2.1 and D.2.1.1 which currently read

Quote2.1. The Seneschal, heading the Prüma Ministrà (Prime Ministry), is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the government, and shall perform all duties assigned to his office by Organic Law. All other Cabinet officers are appointed by the Seneschal (Prime Minister), serve at his pleasure, are responsible to him, and derive their powers from him. Accordingly, anything that any Minister can do (officially), the Seneschal may (if he desires) do himself.
     2.1.1. The Ziu strongly urges the current and future Prime Ministers of Talossa to use the power of the Prime Dictate with caution and respect, limiting its usage to memorials, congratulatory notices, internal Government organization, executive policy clarification, and other appropriate and limited governmental matters, and leave legislation solely for democratic consideration by the whole Ziu.

shall be amended to read as follows:

Quote2.1. The Seneschal (in english, Prime Minister), heading the Prüma Ministrà (in english, Prime Ministry), is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the government, and shall perform all duties assigned to his office by Organic Law. All other Cabinet officers are appointed by the Seneschal, serve at his pleasure, are responsible to him, and derive their powers from him. Accordingly, anything that any Minister can do (officially), the Seneschal may (if he desires) do himself.
     2.1.1. All acts, decisions and policy statements by the Seneschal shall be issued by executive orders, collectively known as Prüms Dideux (in english, Prime Deeds). These can be of two kinds:
          2.1.1.1. A Prüm Diktat (in english, Prime Dictate), as provided by Article VI Section 4 of the Legeu Orgänic, requires the King's countersignature to become enforceable and has the force of law. It's used:
               2.1.1.1.1. to enact or amend statutes;
               2.1.1.1.2. to authorise emergency spending, as provided in D.2.8.6;
               2.1.1.1.3. to remove the Clerk of the Court, as provided in G.4.9;
               2.1.1.1.4. in all situations where the Legeu Orgänic or Lexhatx explicitly require for it or for the King's countersignature.
         2.1.1.2. A Prüm Dirixhaziun (in english, Prime Directive) doesn't met the conditions of Org.VI.4. It's used:
               2.1.1.2.1. to declare a month of recess, as provided by Article VI Section 8 of the Legeu Orgänic;
               2.1.1.2.2. to issue memorials, congratulatory notices, internal Government organisation decisions and policy statements, executive policy clarifications, and other appropriate and limited governmental matters;
               2.1.1.2.3. in all situations where the law provides for the Seneschal to act alone without the King's assent.
          2.1.1.3. The Seneschal shall use Prüms Diktats with caution and respect and leave legislation solely for democratic consideration by the whole Ziu except when is deemed necessary an urgent action.

FURTHERMORE throught all Lexhatx the words
- "Prime Dictate" are amended to read "Prüm Diktat" (except in the amended section D.2.1.1. as provided in the previous section),
- "Prime Minister" are amended to read "Seneschal" (except in the amended section D.2.1. as provided in the previous section),
- "Seneschál" is amended to read "Seneschal" (except in the talossan text of the Oath in Lexh.H.1.2).

Uréu q'estadra så:
Üc R. Tärfâ (MC, FREEDEM)

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I think the discursive part of this bill is quite explanatory of what the starting point of the argument is and its purpose.

Indeed, the use that is made of PDs is extremely wide and many of them are issued and registered without the King's countersignature when it would be an organic requirement for any type of PD unless expressly excluded by law. A recent example of this are the Days of Observance that have been and continue to be issued by PD.

I am convinced that it is simpler and more practical to work the other way around, and I have formulated the rule so that it can be organic.

Obviously, it is worth emphasising, the organic law and principles always take precedence. The purpose of the rule is not to stipulate the cases in which it is required but to stipulate the conditions, as OrgLaw provides, for which it is not required. Let me give an example: if "2.1.2.1. enact or amend statutes" was deleted from the proposed rule, it would render the whole section inorganic because it is clear that the organic principle requires the countersignature.

I browsed all the Lexhatx and I included all the situations where the countersignature is explicitly required.

Of course, we can add more conditions if we feel they should be included.

2.1.2.4 works as a safeguard clause in situations were the law will explicitly provides for the countersignature without having them added to the list.

Ün proxhet [legeu] per inovar el CRL - The Update of the CRL Bill [Act].

WHEREAS given tha nature of the Ziu, it is important to try to improve the quality of legislation;

WHEREAS the CRL's task in the legislative process should not be a duplication of the Hopper but should be focused primarily on the technical quality of legislation;

WHEREAS it is better to make this purposes explicit in the law;

WHEREAS it is considered appropriate for Scribery to fulfil its advisory role in this regard already provided for in Lexh.C.1.3.2;

WHEREAS in view of the other tasks of the Mençéi and the Túischac'h, it is appropriate to add potential felxibility providing for the possibility to appoint a Senator or MC to carry out their role in the CRL on the condition that they remain the ex officio members so that the CRL always has a quorum and that they can revoke this delegation at any time;

BE IT ENACTED by Regeu, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that Lexhatx § H.6.5 which currently reads

Quote6.5. A Legislative Advisory Committee of Talossa (in Talossan, el Comità da Redacziun Legislatïu; and hereinafter, "the CRL") shall review or revise all legislative items from the Hopper once they have moved to committee; and may recommend acceptance or rejection, or suggest amendments in their best judgment.
6.5.1 The CRL shall conduct all its deliberations openly in the Hopper.
6.5.2 The CRL shall consist of the incumbent Mençéi, Túischac'h, and Avocat-Xheneral.
6.5.3. The CRL may create further committees to which their functions may be delegated, as concerns any bill or category of bills. Such a committee must have at least 3 members, including at least 1 MC and at least 1 Senator.

is amended to read as follows:

Quote6.5. For each Cosă term is created a Comità da Redacziun Legislatïu (in english Legislative Advisory Committee),  hereinafter "the CRL", which shall review or revise all legislative items from the Hopper once they have moved to committee; and may recommend acceptance or rejection, or suggest amendments in their best judgment.
    6.5.1 The main, but not exclusive, purpose of the CRL, with the assistance of the Scribery, shall be to evaluate bills from the technical point of view of the quality of the legislation, the correctness of the language, the internal consistency of the document and consistency with existing legislation.
    6.5.2. The CRL shall conduct all its deliberations openly in the Hopper.
    6.5.3. Ex officio members of the CRL are the incumbent Avocat-Xheneral, Mençéi and Túischac'h.
          6.5.3.1. The Mençéi and the Túischac'h may at any time appoint and dismiss one Senator and one Membreu dal Cosă, respectively, to serve as a member of the CRL in their place.
    6.5.4. The CRL may create further committees to which their functions may be delegated, as concerns any bill or category of bills. Such a committee must have at least 3 members, including at least 1 Membreu dal Cosă and 1 Senator.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Üc R. Tärfâ (MC, FREEDEM)

Referéu acest proxhet àl Comità.

QuoteLexh.C.1.3.1. The Scribe of Abbavilla shall maintain all laws in L'Anuntzia dels Legeux, insofar as possible, with the same content that was approved by the Ziu, except that amending acts that refer to section numbers in pre-existing statutes that were changed by the Scribery shall be construed as referring to the equivalent section numbers in the amended statutes as originally enacted.

I would like to have a confrontation in the interpretation of this passage, which is a bit complex.

Am I correct in interpreting this passage as authorising me to proceed with a renumbering required by a law but never carried out, and to consider subsequent laws amending the text of the Lexhatx absent of renumbering as referring to the equivalent section in the then published non-renumbered text?

Example:

1. Cat
2. Mouse
3. Dog
4. Banana
5. Whale

Law 1: remove 3 and renumbers the following.
The renumbering wasn't carried out.

1. Cat
2. Mouse
3.
4. Banana
5. Whale

Law 2: amends 4 in "Dolphin

1. Cat
2. Mouse
3.
4. Dolphin
5. Whale

Now: oh, the renumbering wasn't carried out, I can do it now and Lexh.C.1.3.1. says to me "it's ok, you are authorised to consider Law 2 as refereing to 3. even if it says 4.

1. Cat
2. Mouse
3. Dolphin
4. Whale

That part allows me now to do that? Otherwise, I must also include these cases in the maintenance bill.

• 53RZ11 was put to override the veto on 53RZ4
• the then-Attorney General - before the results were certified - filed a Petition for Injunctive Relief before the CpI that as far as I can tell was never decided upon. I searched old witt, this witt, and the wiki and there's nothing on that matter.
• the Chancery certified the result and the King expressely assented to it.
• however el Lexhatx was never amended accordingly

Am I missing something? A document, a decision that stopped a Law approved by Cosa, Senats and assented by the King to be acted upon?

Because otherwise, 53RZ11 is valid and since july 2019 Lexh.F.2 and Lexh.F.4 are different from those written, and I'll modify it accordingly.

There's no real conflict - from a legal point of view - with 53RZ22 and 57RZ6: yes the results will be a mess but unless there's a decision I am missing, that is the law and I cannot act otherwise.

I completed a full review of the text of our Legeu Orgänic.

After 53RZ18 came into force, 12 amendments were passed that made changes to the text. (You can find them here).

After a double check, I had to make two changes to the numbering of the sections:

1)
The sections following Org.IV.7 in compliance with 54RZ23 § 2 should have been renumbered, but they weren't (Section 8 of Article IV of the Organic Law, which concerns warrants of prorogation, is repealed in whole and the subsequent sections of the same Article are accordingly renumbered.). I have correctly renumbered them now as there is no conflict with subsequent amendments, with the only exception that 56RZ10 expressly gives the added section the number 12, thus creating de facto a "non existing" empty section 11 that never existed.

2)
The previous renumbering of the sections following Org.VII.5 has been REVERSED as 56RZ9 only provided for the deletion of former Section 6 but not for the renumbering of the following sections. So there's now an empty Section 6.

I have added a temporary Scribe Note box to report changes. They will stay there for a while to make sure everyone can get the information in case they have a different text, before being removed.

I also added those as a footnote (with other useful informations), and I have transferred indications of amending laws into footnotes so that they are not intrusive, and we don't run the risk due to 'copy and paste' in the preparation of laws of turning previous brackets into part of the text. Sometimes this has unfortunately happened, and I have highlighted in yellow those brackets that have been introduced as text by law and therefore can now only be removed by amendment.

I suggest to do this only in the 6th Clark to not create conflicts with legislative proposals that might be hoppered.

I'll hopper just a "placeholder" bill carefully worded.

Any references in the Lexhatx to the Legeu Orgänic that might turn out to be wrong as a result of the review are not a 'big problem' because Lexh already has wrong references that need to be corrected. I am already working on a review of the code (much more complex) and a technical draft law for its maintenance.
More info on that here.

Moreover, old wiki template {{Org|#|#}} is now working again. One of the changes that will be implemented is to add non-intrusive references (footnotes) in the lexhatx which directly links to the relevant organic article/section. I made a template for Lexh too but I won't add anchor link until the review will be completed.

WHEREAS the Eurovision Song Contest is the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes and the most watched non-sporting television event;

WHEREAS el Regipäts has long associated himself with Berbers;

WHEREAS pop singer Loreen, who won the ESC for Sweden in 2012 with Euphoria one of the most successful song  in the history of the contest, will again represent Sweden in this year ESC next May with Tatoo;

AND WHEREAS she is of berber descent;

BE IT RESOLVED by Regeu, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that:

1. Loreen receives the Talossan Invincible Moral Support in this year competition;

2. All citizens of the Regipäts who are eligible to vote in ESC are encouraged to give at least 1 of their votes to Sweden.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Üc R. Tärfâ (MC, FREEDEM)

Estimat Túischac'h, me alçéu à terpelar el þon. Ministreu dàl Tec'hnoloxhà.

Tandi qe

• in the Budget bill submitted in the Hopper the Ministreu dal Finançù is proposing to appropriate 133¤20 ($200 USD) to his Ministrà; and
• the Ministreu dal Finançù, replying to my question, specified that those are in addition to the ℓ60 ($90 USD) permanently authorized each year by Lexh.D.2.8.4.1 «for the specific and sole purpose of paying for the annual domain name registration of talossa.com and for associated webhosting services as selected by the Seneschal or their designated representative»;
• Lexh.D.2.9.2.  says «The Government shall own the domain name talossa.com, and may purchase and maintain any other Talossa-related domain names as they see fit, following normal budgetary procedures.»;
• the Ministreu appointed himself as Registrar;
• both the Seneschal and the Distain said multiple time that the Ministreu is working on a detailed report on both what happened in the last week and what he is planning to do for the future of our hostings;

terpeléu el Ministreu per säpar

• which domains will expire during this Cosă term, which will be renewed and what is the estimated cost of their renewal;
• when the Ministreu expects his report to be ready and can be submitted to Ziu;
• if the Ministreu expects part of the appropriated money to be spent before the report will be ready;
• where are at the moment hosted the state-owned web services;
• where is hosted the website on talossa.com and who has access to it.

Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.

Estimat Túischac'h, me alçéu à terpelar el þon. Ministreu dels Afaes Utphätseschti.

Tandi qe

• in the Budget bill submitted in the Hopper the Ministreu dal Finançù is proposing to appropriate 66¤40 ($100 USD) to the Bureau for Humanitarian Aid and International Development; and
• the Distain, replying to my observation on the fact that in the Budget he is asking the Ziu to appropriate funds to BHAID without knowing to what cause they will be donated, said that «A dollar the first week is worth ten a month late»; and
• in a now lost post in the Hopper before the first data loss, the Distain said that the Ministreu had some ideas - if I recollect that correctly - on how to set up a permanent mechanism to allow BHAID to donate to disaster relief;

terpeléu el Ministreu per säpar

• which are those ideas;
• if the Ministreu is aware that in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, BHAID can donate «in the first week» according with Lexh.D.2.6.6.3.1 only money «contributed by private parties» because they don't require the approval of the Ziu, while the 66¤40 ($100 USD) appropriated by the Budget are under the requirement of a 14 day in advance disbursement notice prior to be donated;
• if the Ministreu agrees with me that, in light of the above, the better way to have BHAID able to help in a disaster relief «in the first week» is to use money not appropriated by the Budget;
• in light of the above, how the 66¤40 ($100 USD) appropriated by the Budget will be used;
• if, when, and how the Ministreu intends to organise a drive for donations from private parties to BHAID;
• how much money is currently in the BHAID's possession, where it came from and where this money is currently kept.

Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.

Estimat Túischac'h, me alçéu à terpelar el trei-þon. Seneschal.

Considering that because of bank and website security the process of transferring access to the accounts of the Fisc Rexhital to the newly appointed Burgermeister of Inland Revenue is still ongoing and as of today, to quote the Ministreu dal Finançù own words, «the current Burgermeister does not yet have access to Paypal» and «it does not appear likely that the matter will be remedied before this bill is submitted. More information will be provided as it becomes available, but the financial report will be incomplete.»;
does the Seneschal agree with me that:

• the possible failure to deliver a Financial Report in compliance with the law, which is a required part of the Budget and Financial Planning Bill, is also a consequence of the unmotivated rush of this Government to appoint the new Burgermeister, like others officers, immediately after having been sworn in;
• it would have been better and more logical to ask the outgoing Burgermeister to prepare the Financial Report and only after it had been delivered to appoint a new officer?

Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.

Ün proxhet [legeu] per ultimar la coreziun dal lemă | The We Need to Correct the Motto Again Bill [Act].

WHEREAS 37RZ10 corrected the motto of the Regipäts to "Miehen Huone on Hänen Valtakuntansa";

WHEREAS when the amendment was transcribed in the Legeu Orgänic it was erroneously spelled "Miehen Huone on Hänen Valtakuntasna";

WHEREAS that section was removed from the Legeu Orgänic by 53RZ14;

WHEREAS 53RZ22 copied the erroneous spelling into the Lexhatx § L.5.1 and because of that the Scribe no longer has the authority to rectify the spelling:

WHEREAS the Legeu Orgänic Article I Section 7 has the correct spelling "Miehen Huone on Hänen Valtakuntansa";

WHEREAS the Greater State Arms is incorrectly blazoned with "Miehen Huone on Hänen Valtakuntasna";

WHEREAS it is necessary to finally complete the process of correction of our motto started 16 years ago;

BE IT ENACTED by Regeu, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that Lexh.L.5.1 be amended to read as follows:

Quote5.1 The Coat of Arms of Talossa shall exist in two forms: the Lesser State Arms and the Greater State Arms. The Lesser State Arms is thus blazoned: "Argent the Chinese Character 'Ben' meaning energetic Sable. Surrounding the Escutcheon an Annulet Azure fimbriated Or bearing the words 'Regipäts Talossán Kingdom * 26.12.1979 *' Or. For the Crest a Royal Crown Proper." The Greater State Arms consists of the Lesser State Arms with the following supporters and base: "Two Talossan Squirrels Proper standing upon a Ribbon Argent fimbriated at the chief Vert and at the base Gules bearing the motto 'Miehen Huone on Hänen Valtakuntansa'". Either form of the Coat of Arms of Talossa may be used for official and patriotic purposes.

FURTHERMORE the Ziu hereby honours the memory of the late Xhorxh Asmour who first proposed 37RZ10.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Üc R. Tärfâ (MC, FREEDEM)

Estimat Túischac'h, me alçéu à terpelar el þon. Ministreu à Savanar da Talossa àls Ultra-Fiovaes Folăs.

Considering that in the Budget bill submitted in the Hopper the Ministreu dal Finançù is proposing to appropriate 66¤40 ($100 USD) to his Ministrà in order to "accommodate a cost-effective and high-impact future advertising campaigns", can the Ministreu share with the Ziu the general ideas, even if they are vague, he has that will be better and througly explored and considered during the course of this term to elaborate such a plan?

To be clear S:reu Túischac'h, I'm not asking the Ministreu the details of the plan that I understand doesn't exist yet.

Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.

I'm not a member of the College of Arms, but back in the day when I made the vector version of our National Coat of Arms that it is still used today, I tried to make a new vector version of the Greater one. I still think that we should have a new vector version to go along with the simpler CoA. The current file is too old and too ancient (and they don't match).



Can I offer to you for discussion/consideration the last version I came up with 9 years ago?

Estimat Túischac'h, me alçéu à deliverar va zesclaraziun da votă sür 58RZ3.

þon. Membreux dal Cosă,

although I can understand the reasons behind this bill and I engaged with its proponent, my honourable friend the Distain, in el Funal, I still have some issues with its final form as clarked and that's why I'd like to explain to all of you the reasoning behind my vote.

I do consider the Preamble to be not just a part of the law, but rather the act through which the new Legeu Orgänic is perfected and promulgated as the supreme law of the Regipäts. And, as I commented elsewhere, I do strongly believe the Preamble, in its capacity as the promulgating instrument, to be the terminus a quo of a new Legeu Orgänic that is distinct from the previous one originally promulgated in 1997 and many times amended through the years.

In its capacity as the promulgating instrument of the Legeu Orgänic I do believe we should restrain to amend it ordinarily as it has a peculiar and quite distinct juridical nature from any other part of the Legeu Orgänic itself. The promulgating instrument has an ephemeral nature that starts and ends with the proclamation of the LegOrg If I can make a comparison, it is like a law which only amends el Lextatx (or the LegOrg): as soon as it is perfected it has no longer any juridical power in itself because its only function was to amend another law - el Lextatx - which is the one which is in force. If another law repeals the amending law, el Lextatx is not amended as well (resuscitating the old text) as the amending law has already exausted its function the moment it became en force: it is just a relic.
Can we amend a relic, a legal document with an ephemeral nature that no longer emanates power - i.e. juridical consequences - from it? And if we do, aren't we de facto and de jure creating "a new proclamation" which requires itself to be promulgated in 2023?

Keeping this in mind, I believe that if we might collectively decide to endeavour to amend the Preamble - but I'm not sure, as I stated above, that we actually can or should without creating a new proclamation - we should at least limit ourselves to correct blatant mistakes or scribal errors for the sake of posterity and not alter it for any other motivation.

In this particular situation, I think that the "2017" reference in the Preamble is just a scribal error originated in copy-and-pasting the original draft (which was made in 2017) in the final form of the bill, and although it has became customarily to refer to it as the "2017 Organic Law", the Preamble should have had the date of the coming into force of the Legeu Orgänic at the end of the legislative process, which is the date when it was promulgated. Only the promulgation date has a legal meaning worth to be used as a reference and to be included in the Preamble while the drafting date has only an archivist interest.

To conclude, this amendment doesn't satisfy what my conscience believes to be the right course of action in this matter.

Per această raziun, eu vot contră.

Méirci à toct, smestéu el tarleu.