Senate of Benito, 49th Cosa

[Istefan Perþonest]

Welcome to the chamber of the Senate of Benito.

The returning permanent Senators are:

Senator	Office	Notes
Iason Bitxichë Taiwos	Deputy Maestro	Former Senator
Tric'hard Carschaleir		Former Senator
Flip Molinar		Former Senator
Nic Casálmac'h		Former Senator
Lüc da Schir		Order of Benito recipient
Istefan Perþonest		Order of Benito recipient

We are, of course, waiting on the Assembly to be constituted before we find out who's Maestro and thus how many appointed Senators we will have this term.  As soon as that is set, we'll go to our first order of business, which is electing a Speaker for this term.

[Istefan Perþonest]

And with no appointments, the above is the full roster of Senators in the Senate of Benito.

First order of business here, then, is selecting a new Speaker for this term. Any volunteers?

[Istefan Perþonest]

Iason Bitxichë Taiwos , Tric'hard Carschaleir , Flip Molinar , Nic Casálmac'h , Lüc da Schir : We're still looking for a nominee for Speaker of the Benitan Senate.

[Lüc da Schir]

Well, if no one's willing, I'll step forward, then.

[Istefan Perþonest]

Okay, Lüc da Schir is nominated for Speaker of the Benito Senate. All in favor?

[Iason Bitxichë Taiwos]

Aye.

[Lüc da Schir]

Üc

[Istefan Perþonest]

Üc

[Istefan Perþonest]

And with a week passed, I'm going to declare Lüc da Schir the new Speaker, and put down the gavel in here.

[Lüc da Schir]

Very well! Thanks for your votes, and with this matter sorted out I believe that the long list of stuff that needed to be done before starting to legislate has been completed.

[Lüc da Schir]

I would like to inform the Senate that a bill, the Judiciary Act of 2016, has passed the Assembly on June 6th, having been introduced there on May 25th. It now falls upon the Senate to either pass the bill as it stands, send an amended version back to the Assembly, or reject it outright.

The vote is scheduled for Sunday 12th, or later if amendments are accepted. For the purpose of "accepting" an amendment without a vote (like it happened in the lower house last week), since the sponsor does not sit in the Senate, I propose that, seeing as the sponsor is the Maestro, the Deputy Maestro be put in charge of accepting amendments to the bill without a vote, should they arise. This might also become a general rule, eventually. We do need to estabilish some kind of formal set of rules of order, but in the meantime this might work.

The Judiciary Act of 2016 (proposed by Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu)

WHEREAS referring all matters of provincial justice is an abdication of our responsibilities, and

WHEREAS the justice system established in the past has sat moribund for over half a decade, and

WHEREAS there is no need to create additional titles for an institution that is already stretched for personnel,

THEREFOR the Legislative Chancellory of the Province of Benito enacts the following:

A.) The "High Court Act" is repealed in its entirety.

B.) The Judiciary of the province of Benito is hereby established as a system of binding, voluntary, and citizen-led arbitration.

C.) In the case of a conflict over provincial law, the aggreived shal publicly declare their grievance and the two shall find a mutually agreeable party to function as arbiter.

D.) An arbiter may be any full Benitian citizen in good standing.

E.) Should the parties be unable to agree on an arbiter, the office of the Arvitieir Prima shall be charged with finding an arbiter, from outside the province if needs be.

F.) Upon appointment of an arbiter, each side shall plead their case. The arbiter shall not issue a ruling until both sides of the case have been heard.

G.) The arbiter shall base their decision on appropriate provincial and national law as well as custom and judicial precedent with an eye toward fair play.

H.) The arbiter's decision is final and binding upon all parties. All such decisions may be appealed to the national court system.

I.) While conducting judiciary business, the arbiter shall wear a special hat of their own devising. For the interests of cultural legacy, the province will maintain a registry of all such hats.

J.) This law shall take effect upon the passage of an amendment to the provincial Constitution giving original jurisdiction to the provincial judiciary system.

[Lüc da Schir]

No amendments have been received, so I am moving the bill to a vote.
The question is that the Judiciary Law of 2016, having been approved by both Houses of the Benitian Legislative Chancellery, be signed into law. Those in favour vote Aye, otherwise No. Iason Bitxichë Taiwos Tric'hard Carschaleir Istefan Perþonest  Flip Molinar  Nic Casálmac'h

[Istefan Perþonest]

Aye.

[Iason Bitxichë Taiwos]

Aye.

[Lüc da Schir]

Aye