Procedures of the Landsraad

Procedures of the Landsraad

A. Members of the Landsraad

1. Membership in the Landsraad shall consist of all Full Citizens of Shireroth.

B. Votes

1. All members of the Landsraad are allocated 1 vote which they can cast as Aye, Nay or Abstain, or some other clear designation of the latter.

C. Bills

1. The Landsraad passes changes to the LawBook. Each bill is presented in the form of an unambiguous change to the LawBook, and must have a name used by no bill presented before it. Any member of the Landsraad, the Kaiser, and the Praetor, can present a bill for voting.
2. The Landsraad can also pass Resolutions, which is a non-binding opinion of the Landsraad.

D. Voting

1. After a bill has been presented to the Landsraad, there is a period of exactly four days (96 hours) during which the members of the Landsraad can then vote on it.
2. Each member, or their emissary, may cast zir complete vote in any unambiguous way to represent a vote of aye or nay.
3. A vote only applies to a bill exactly as it has been presented.
4. 4. When casting a vote a noble must state the title under which zie chooses to vote, and how many votes zie is casting.
5. At the end of the period, the Praetor counts the votes, announces the result, and if the ayes outnumber the nays, updates the LawBook with the changes.
6. Should the number of aye and nay votes be equal, the Prætor may act as tiebreaker.
7. The Landsraad voting shall be public.

E: The Prætor

1. Election
a. The Prætor of Shireroth may only be elected by the nobility of the land from among the Full-Citizens of the Land.
b. The Prætor does not have to be a Noble of Shireroth.
2. Powers
a. The Prætor of Shireroth shall preside over the Landsraad as chairman.
b. His/Her purpose and duty shall be to call a meeting of the Landsraad to order, tally votes, close votes, generally manage and keep order within the Landsraad; as well as keep records of all bills and resolutions passed during his/her tenure.
3. Deputy Prætor
a. The Deputy Prætor of Shireroth may only be elected by the nobility of the land from among the Full-Citizens of the Land.
b. The Deputy Prætor does not have to be a Noble of Shireroth.
c. The Deputy Praetor is held by the same restrictions as the Praetor.

F. Speech

1. Any member of the Landsraad, any duly appointed Emissary, and the Prætor, can freely express their opinion on any bill presented in the Landsraad. All others are barred from speaking in the Landsraad and are directed to speak at the Front Gate.

G. The Deputy Prætor

1. The Deputy Prætor shall act in stead of the Prætor should the Prætor not be available.
2. When acting as Prætor in the manner stated in 1., the Deputy Prætor shall have all powers and duties of the Prætor.
3. In G. 2., "not be available", shall be considered to mean either a stated leave of absence or if the Prætor does not, within 48 hours, fulfill zir obligations to the Landsraad.

H. Emissaries

1. A voting noble may appoint a representative known as an Emissary.
2. An Emissary shall be granted the vote and voice of a noble, to represent that noble within the Landsraad.
3. A noble's Emissary shall represent a noble only on behalf of the title under which that noble has chosen to vote, and no other, and shall be allotted votes accordingly.
4. While a noble has an Emissary appointed and active within the Landsraad, said noble may only speak or vote through that Emissary.
5. A noble may temporarily revoke the status of an appointed Emissary for a single debate, at which point the Emissary must retire from the debate without comment.
6. If an Emissary has been forced to retire from a debate by the Noble they represent, they cannot return to the debate, nor may another Emissary be appointed.
7. A noble's Emissary must reside within the subdivision that the Noble resides within or rules.
8. A noble may only have one Emissary appointed at any given time.

Amendment History

Landsraad Procedures Expansion Bill

• Changed B & D to allow for the Big Fat Vote Thread.

Landsraad Restructure 3763

• Totally changed
• 10 Votes per Duke system brought back
• Emissaries added

Procedural Amendment Bill 3757

• Changed 5. Speech to allow for Emissaries

Landsraad Procedure Amendment 3884

• Changed A to address implementation of House system on membership
  
• Changes B to give votes to Patricians, and speach to Equestian rank nobles.

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See also: Lawbook, Old Procedures of the Landsraad, Procedures of the Landsraad 3009