Landsraad Procedure Act, Take 2

[Scott Alexander]

This is the same act as below, but edited a bit - most important is that I added friendly amendments, a procedure for impeaching the Praetor, and lowered voting time to 4 days with another 3 at Praetor discretionAs the Constitution is pretty pitiful in its sections detailing Landsraad procedure, this act intends to clarify various details, especially the ending of votes. 1. A bill may be presented to the Landsraad by any noble or by the Praetor. Any commoner who wishes to propose legislation to the Landsraad may do so only via one of these two sources. Each bill should have a name by which citizens can identify it, and this name should be the title of the Landsraad post proposing it.2. Voting will occur on the bill as per the Constitution. Affirmative votes will include "aye", "yea", "yes", "good", "maybe", "kyllä", "okey-dokey", "let it be so", and anything else sounding vaguely affirmative. Negative votes will include "nay", "no", "en pidä", "AAAAH! EVIL BILL! EVIL BILL!", and anything else sounding vaguely negative. This is under the discretion of the Praetor.3. A bill will be on the voting floor for the space of four days, or until a majority is obtained. At any time before the week is up, the Praetor may choose to extend the voting period an additional three days if and only if he or she believes that nobles with an active interest in it have not gotten a chance to vote, and that these nobles could significantly impact the outcome. In all other cases, the Praetor should declare the vote passed or failed, close, and archive it after the four days are up. If the Praetor fails to do so, the vote is nevertheless considered unofficially passed.4. At any time within the first two days of a bill being on the Landsraad floor, the noble who proposed it and THIS NOBLE ALONE may make changes to the wording of the bill in response to comments and suggestions from other Landsraad members. If this is done, a post must be made CLEARLY STATING that such changes have occurred. Every noble who has voted on the bill will then be allowed to change their vote in response to the changes in the bill. If the first two days of voting have already passed, then any changes will have to be made by an entirely new bill through the standard procedures.4. A emergency bill can be put before the floor by any noble with a voting period of two days, if and only if the bill addresses a matter which is a serious and immediate threat to Shireroth's well-being. If the Praetor does not agree that an emergency bill meets these conditions, he or she can remove it from the floor and ask it to be resubmitted as an ordinary bill. Generally emergencies should be dealt with by the Kaiser anyway, and this sort of thing should only be resorted to if the Kaiser is away or if the Kaiser *is* the emergency.5. In case of a lengthy planned absence (one week or more) by any ruling noble, the noble may designate another person to serve as a proxy in Landsraad voting by informing the Praetor beforehand. This proxy must be from the same fiefdom as the absent noble, unless there are no other people in the noble's fiefdom.6. In the case of inability to serve on the part of a ruling noble due to temporary or permanent insanity, who'd even notice?7. In the case of bad behavior and abuse of the Landsraad by any noble, the Praetor may submit a recommendation to the Kaiser for a fining, banning, or otherwise punishing the perpetrator. The Kaiser may, as usual, do what he wants with it.8. The Praetor may be impeached at any time before his or her term is up by a supermajority of 67%. This impeachment vote will be moderated by the Kaiser, and will be closed to votes from the Praetor him/herself if the Praetor is a ruling noble. If the vote passes, a new election for Praetor shall immediately be organized by the Kaiser to be held not more than seven days after the impeachment bill passes. The Kaiser may also choose to dismiss the Praetor, after which he will be similarly responsible for organizing an election for a replacement. If the Landsraad reelects the dismissed Praetor, it will be interesting to see who caves in first.9. Fiefdoms may enter into whatever agreements as to distribution of Landsraad votes they wish, so long as both sides agree and the Praetor is kept informed. Hyperborea still votes AYE.

[Jadie Steffke]

This half of Goldshire votes Aye

[Mattlore Devious]

Loth AYE (6)

[Kaiser Raynor X]

"At any time before the week is up" need I say more? week=7.... hint hint... Raynor M'JiliadKaiser of Shireroth

[Harvey the Blue]

Having viewed the fate fo the previous incarnation of this bill, lesser Goldshire shall ABSTAIN for now until everyone is satisfied with how things look. Harvey SteffkeJadie's Lesser HalfSaves the worldProud bearer of the Shirerothian Silver Sword Award and Imperial Star

[Harvey the Blue]

Since no one apparently is going to change anything, and in the interests of creating a new post as to light this topic up again, Lesser Goldshire votes YEA. Harvey SteffkeJadie's Lesser HalfSaves the worldProud bearer of the Shirerothian Silver Sword Award and Imperial Star

[Stone Jackabar]

kildare votes AYE!!! *pirite accent*arr..... YAY!!! we're doooomed!!!!!!

[Jadie Steffke]

Okie....This bill has passed*puts stamp of approval on it*And this thread is closed and moved...*starts directing traffic*