I declare the voting period has been more than adequate and the bill has passed by a 2-0 margin. Now if I only knew how to add it to the wiki it would be in writing LOL

Interprovincial Diplomacy Bill

An act of the Estats Xhenerais of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg to deepen ties among Vuode and its fellow provinces and territories in Talossa.

Section 1: Consulates

(1)(a) A consulate is a mission representing the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg (hereafter referred to as "Vuode") within a fellow province or territory of Talossa (hereafter referred to as "fellow province") to which it is assigned, and a reciprocal mission representing a fellow province within Vuode.
(b) Vuode recognizes that consulates representing fellow provinces within its territories may have different terminologies, structures, and procedures than those described in this act.

(2)(a) A consulate ceremonially occupies space and possibly infrastructure within the province to which it is assigned.
(b) Vuode recognizes that the national government of Talossa, and the province in which a consulate is located, retain, to the extent granted by the Organic Law, authority over all space and any infrastructure occupied by that consulate.
(c) Vuode recognizes that a consulate may be unilateral closed by either the province which it represents or the province in which it is located.
(d) Vuode asserts for itself the authority described in Section 1(2)(b) and Section 1(2)(c) of this act.

(3)(a) The functions of a consulate include, but are not limited to, resolution of any interprovincial disputes, as an alternative to calling upon the national government;
(b) Service as an official channel by which Vuode may offer commentary about the affairs of a fellow province, and vice-versa;
(c ) Coordination of joint political and humanitarian efforts and statements
(d) Facilitation of cross-cultural exchange.

Section 2: Consular Staff

(1)(a) A consul is the leading and, unless deemed necessary, only member of the consular staff.
(b) A consul is responsible for representing the interests of Vuode in discussions with the appropriate leadership of the fellow province in which their consulate is located, and for maintaining records of any significant materials arising from these discussions.
(c) A single citizen of Vuode may serve as more than one consul simultaneously.
(d) A consul is totally subject to first to the authority of the Estats Xhenerais and then to the authority of the Premier of Vuode.

Section 3: Establishment, Maintenance, and Revocation of Diplomacy

(1)(a) The procedure to establish diplomacy between Vuode and a fellow province begins with a tentative agreement, negotiated between the Premier of Vuode and the appropriate leadership of the fellow province, to exchange consultes at particular locations.
(b) The Premier enters into such negotiations at the direction of the Estats Xhenerais or of the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais, or by the initiative of the Premier.
(c) Should the Premier enter into such negotiations by their own initiative, they must inform the Estats Xhenerais.
(d) The tentative agreement is then proposed to the Estats Xhenerais.
(e) Diplomacy is established if both the Estats Xhenerais and its counterpart in the fellow province approve of the agreement.

(2)(a) To appoint a consul, the Premier designates a citizen of Vuode to present their credentials to the appropriate leadership of the fellow province.
(b) The consul-designate presents their credentials by issuing the following statement to the appropriate leadership of the fellow province:

I, (name of consul-designate), as a representative of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg, do humbly submit my credentials to (name of appropriate leadership of fellow province), (title of appropriate leadership of fellow province) of (longform name of fellow province).

(c) The consul-designate becomes the consul upon the approval of the appropriate leadership.
(d) The consul may be recalled by the Premier.

(3)(a) Credentials from consul-designates from the fellow province are to be submitted to the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais.
(b) The Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais notifies the Estats Xhenerais of the submission of credentials and, should not objection be raised within three days of notice, receives the credentials.
(c) Should a councillor of the Estats Xhenerais object to the credentials of a consul-designated of the fellow province, the Estats Xhenerais will hold a vote to direct the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais to receive or reject those credentials.
(d) Should he credentials of a consul-designated of the fellow province, the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais will issue the reasons for the rejection.
(e) Any consul from a fellow province may be expelled at the direction of the Premier or the Estats Xhenerais.

(4) Diplomacy with a fellow province may be revoked by act of the Estats Xhenerais.

RZ2 Con
RZ3 Per
RZ4 Con
RZ5 Per

Per

Local Autonomy Bill

A proposed act of the Estats Xhenerais of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandeberg to establish mechanisms of local autonomy, for the purpose of advancing provincial activity and cultivating contributions to the social, historical, and cultural tapestry of Vuode and of Talossa at large.

Section 1: Localities

(1) The localities of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg (hereafter referred to as "Vuode") are the parishes and townships.

(2) The names and boundaries of the parishes and townships of Vuode are determined by the Parishes and Township Decree (UPD-2013-001), issued by Éovart Grischun on 7 March 2013/XXXIV.

Section 2: Residence

(1)(a) Residence is the condition of a provincial citizen of Vuode (hereafter referred to as "citizen" unless otherwise noted) of being assigned to a locality, in similar fashion as a citizen of Talossa is assigned to a province.
(b) Residence in a particular township implies residence in the parish in which that particular township is located.
(c) Residence is actual in the case that the personal domicile of a citizen is within the locality in which that citizen resides.
(d) Residence is ceremonial otherwise.
(e) No citizen may reside in more than one township or more than one parish at any given time.
(f) The number of residents in each township must be as close to equal as possible.

(2)(a) Any citizen may publicly petition the Premier of Vuode or another citizen or citizens deputized by the Premier of Vuode for such purposes (both hereafter referred to as "Premier") for residence in a particular township of the petitioner's choosing
(b) Should the petitioner not already reside in a township and should residence by the petitioner in the township of the petitioner's choosing not contradict Section 2(1)(f) of this Act, the Premier will grant the petitioner residence in the township of the petitioner's choosing within a period of no less than seven days and no more than fourteen days.
(c) Any citizen already residing in a township may request to transfer residence by similar process.

(3)(a) Should more than one citizen request residence in a township during the same period specified in Section (2)(2)(b) of this Act, so that Section 2(1)(f) of this Act would be contradicted by the granting of residence to all petitioners, the issue will be resolved by the following protocol.
(b) The petitions of citizens for actual residence will be given priority over the petitions of citizens for ceremonial residence.
(c) Should more than one citizen petition for actual residence in the same township, all such petitioners will be granted residence, regardless of Section 2(1)(f) of this Act.
(d) Should a citizen petition for actual residence in a township in which ceremonial residents already reside, residence will be granted to the petitioner but the ceremonial residents will not be compelled to leave, regardless of Section 2(1)(f) of this Act.
(f) Should more than one citizen petition for ceremonial residence in the same township, residence will be granted to one such petitioner selected at random.

(4) No citizen will be compelled to leave their township of residence except by act of the Estats Xhenerais.

Section 3: Incorporation

(1)(a) The residents of a township may choose to incorporate their township if, by majority vote, they submit a proposed charter to the Premier for approval.
(b) The proposed charter details the proposed mechanisms, institutions, and terminology of local governance.
(c) The proposed charter must be consistent with the principles of democracy and with national and provincial law.
(d) The township is incorporated upon the approval of its charter by the Premier.
(e) Should the Premier deny approval for the proposed charter, or fail to respond within fourteen days of its submission, the residents of the township may appeal to the Estats Xhenerais.

(2) Any parish, in which at least half of the townships are incorporated, may incorporate by the same process.

(3) The Estats Xhenerais has the power to amend or abrogate the charter of any locality, at any time, for any reason.

(4) A locality becomes disincorporated should it no longer contain any residents.

Section 4: Autonomy

(1) An incorporated locality has the right to establish ordinances, in accordance with its charter, that affect matters entirely within its boundaries.

(2) Ordinances may affect matters including, but not necessarily limited to, the establishment of local symbols, the naming of local features, and the proclamation of days of observance.

(3) The Estats Xhenerais has the power to amend or abrogate any ordinance of any locality, at any time, for any reason.

(4) Should a locality become disincorporated, its ordinances will remain established until amended or abrogated by the Estas Xhenerais or, should that locality become reincorporated, by the new local authorities.

Section 5: Records

(1) The Premier will maintain a record of citizens that reside in particular localities and whether such residence is actual or ceremonial.

(2) The local authorities and the Premier will maintain records of the charter and ordinances of incorporated localities, as well as records of local officeholders.

Well I'm not seeing much discussion on this bill so I guess we can move forward and put it to a vote. I will start a new thread for the purpose and copy and paste the bill in the thread.

I'm with you GV I'm not sure what to do but just in case I vote Per on RZ1

This is a call for new bills and business for The United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg. (Sorry it took me so long to post.

I guess the best way to proceed would be for me to create a thread calling for bills (similar to how the Ziu works). We don't really have the ability or the people to do a hopper thread for the purpose of debating or creating a waiting period like the Ziu so it would just be a thread for posting the bill and debating and then we can vote. Does this sound good to you?

Quote from: Bentxami Puntmasleu on October 30, 2023, 07:25:09 PMI nominate Tric'hard Lenxheir. He is active and experienced in Vuodean affairs. I am confident he will work successfully for the good of Vuode.

I accept the nomination

Quote from: Bentxami Puntmasleu on October 30, 2023, 07:15:45 PM

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on October 30, 2023, 07:07:07 PM

Quote from: Bentxami Puntmasleu on October 30, 2023, 06:58:34 PMGiven that I am the sole nominee after the nomination window has closed, should it be considered that I have been elected Premier, or should a single-candidate election be held anyway (for the sake of constitutional conformity)? The Constitution says the Grand Session's first order of business is to nominate AND elect the Premier. I suggest that, as I am the sole nominee and for the sake of expediency (the next order of business is to nominate and elect the Presiding Officer), that this election only last until 12:00 (noon) TST, October 31. That is about 17 hours and 10 minutes from now. At that time, I suggest I take office and the process of nominating and electing the Presiding Officer begin.

After the Presiding Officer takes office, I suggest we try to fix some ambiguities in our procedures. We wouldn't necessarily have to amend the Constitution for this. I would argue that, by legislative act, the Estats Xhenerais could simply explicitly reserve the right to determine its own procedures where the Constitution does not specify. Further, the Estat Xhenerais could delegate procedure-determining authority to the Presiding Officer in cases where neither the Constitution nor provincial statute specify. It seems as if that has been the custom anyway and, in my opinion, it would be good to have it in written form.

I support considering you as the elected Premier and having @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB swear you in. I also agree that there are many ambiguities in our Constitution and laws and would support someone much smarter than me trying to clean up the process.

I will concur in that case. By the way, I intend to nominate you for Presiding Officer, unless you object.

That is fine, if elected I will have to go and look at what my duties will be. I looked once a couple of years ago but forgot since then LOL

Quote from: Bentxami Puntmasleu on October 30, 2023, 06:58:34 PMGiven that I am the sole nominee after the nomination window has closed, should it be considered that I have been elected Premier, or should a single-candidate election be held anyway (for the sake of constitutional conformity)? The Constitution says the Grand Session's first order of business is to nominate AND elect the Premier. I suggest that, as I am the sole nominee and for the sake of expediency (the next order of business is to nominate and elect the Presiding Officer), that this election only last until 12:00 (noon) TST, October 31. That is about 17 hours and 10 minutes from now. At that time, I suggest I take office and the process of nominating and electing the Presiding Officer begin.

After the Presiding Officer takes office, I suggest we try to fix some ambiguities in our procedures. We wouldn't necessarily have to amend the Constitution for this. I would argue that, by legislative act, the Estats Xhenerais could simply explicitly reserve the right to determine its own procedures where the Constitution does not specify. Further, the Estat Xhenerais could delegate procedure-determining authority to the Presiding Officer in cases where neither the Constitution nor provincial statute specify. It seems as if that has been the custom anyway and, in my opinion, it would be good to have it in written form.

I support considering you as the elected Premier and having @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB swear you in. I also agree that there are many ambiguities in our Constitution and laws and would support someone much smarter than me trying to clean up the process.

@Ian Feliceu I just wanted to make sure you saw that you need to take the oath

Due to his interest and knowledge of Vuodean politics and the Constitution I nominate Bentxamì Puntmasleu for premier!

This will be the thread for nominating a Premier for Grand Session XVI. The nomination period shall last 3 days (until 08:30 Talossan Time Monday). I would have liked to go a bit longer but in the interest of expediency I chose a shorter period.