Call for bills - 53rd Cosa, 3rd Clark - July 2019

[Glüc da Dhi]

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the July 2019 Clark. Apologies for the delay

Bills can be posted here (please include a link to the hopper thread) or submitted directly using the database).

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=53&clark=3 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=53&clark=3 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 30th of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 20th, of course. I will make the Clark on July 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 20th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of July), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which requires manual activation on my part).

Glüc da Dhi
Secretary of State

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

I wish to Clark the Wittenberg Transition Act, please:

The Wittenberg Transition Act

Whereas a series of forums owned by private individuals, going by the generic name of "Wittenberg", have been one of the central forums of Talossanity since 1997, and whereas "Witt" is often the public face of our country, and

Whereas Witt is an internet forum, and while Talossans are the most extraordinary people on the Earth, sometimes things can get out of hand, and we do need a small group of people empowered to bring it back in hand, and

Whereas it's probably no longer a good idea to split up the increasingly-quiet Witt into other boards, and

Whereas basically we just want pretty obvious and common-sense moderation, but done under the rule of law, and whereas el Lexhatx makes common reference to Wittenberg, but nowhere defines what it actually is,

THEREFORE the Ziu hereby deletes Title J of el Lexhatx in its entirety, replacing it with the following:

TITLE J: Wittenberg

1. The Chancery shall be responsible for providing an official internet message board or forum, hosted on Talossa.com or another official website of the kingdom as described in Lexh. D.2.10 for the express use of the Civil Service, the Government, or provincial business. The Secretary of State or their designated representative within the Chancery shall make all reasonable effort to maintain and make available this board for all offices of the Civil Service, Government, or provinces that so request. The Secretary of State shall have ultimate discretion in the question of infrastructure, although they are highly advised to take the wishes of officials into account in their decision-making. Other boards shall be provided for socialization at the discretion of the Secretary of State or their designated representative.

2. Each officeholder or head of agency shall be responsible for monitoring any boards provided for their use, and reporting any problems to the Chancery as needed. The Secretary of State or their designated representative(s) shall act to maintain a minimum level of acceptable behavior on these boards when such action is requested whensoever their own judgment directs that it is necessary. This behavior is not defined in specifics, but shall include generally treating others in a manner that respects Talossa as a community.

3. This board shall include the necessary infrastructure to allow the Ziu to fulfill its functions, including proposing, debating, and considering bills and the posing of Terpelaziuns. This board will also provide a place for citizens to register their votes in elections. This board shall be known as "Wittenberg," and it will be considered the property of the nation as a whole.

FURTHERMORE, until such a time as the Chancery officially certifies the new official board as ready for occupancy, "Wittenberg" shall be taken to mean the forum at talossa.proboards.com which currently goes by that name.

FURTHERMORE, Lex.D.2.10.3 shall be amended to read as below:

The Ministry of Stuff shall be responsible for managing and making available the content of the publicly-readable Internet presence of the Kingdom, excluding those websites under the jurisdiction of other entities of the Kingdom as described elsewhere in el Lexhatx.

FURTHERMORE, 47RZ22 and 48RZ24 are hereby repealed.

[Ian Plätschisch]

I would like to attempt veto overrides for the Still Into This Amendment and the Slimming Down Title I Act (sorry for not linking to them but the internet on my computer currently isn’t working)