CDS Citizens' Cultural Fund Bill
Preamble:
The CDS Citizens' Cultural Fund is intended to encourage the cultural development and patrimony of the CDS and its citizens in order to provide a free and open estate for Second Life residents to live in. The fund is intended to reimburse CDS citizens who have been burdened by putting on cultural events, while also respecting the CDS's conventions on transparency and impartiality.
Section 1. Purpose, Organisation, Fund:
1. The CDS Citizens' Cultural Fund is under the control of the Chancellor, pursuant to Article II, Section 2 of the CDS Constitution.
2. Only the Chancellor has the power to dispense public money from the fund, though this provision recognises the Scientific Council's power over ensuring the equitable and fair dispensation of public money from the fund.
3. The Chancellor shall streamline and make public the process for requesting a reimbursement, but shall encourage transparency of the use of funds.
4. The fund shall be comprised of 21,000L per CDS term sequestered in order to be dispensed over the course of the entire term on a first-come, first-serve basis. It is recommended that no more than 3,500L be spent per month.
5. The Chancellor is entitled to request the RA to sequester more money.
Section 2. Specifications for Reimbursement:
1. Any event, project, object, exhibit, concert, program, rally, parade, march, build, et cetera is entitled to be reimbursed, so long as the event, etc.:
a. is open to public attendance and is advertised on public groups and other public communications media.
b. is advertised on the CDS and other related groups significantly but not in a manner which might be considered spam.
c. is preferably held on public land; an event, etc., can be located on private land, but a rationale must be given to the Chancellor.
d. does not exclude any individual except those who are banned in the CDS at large.
e. is not considered obscene or should violate the LL Terms of Service or community standards.
2. Any event, project, object, exhibit, concert, program, rally, parade, march, build, et cetera is entitled to be reimbursed up to 2,000L or 20% of the entire cost of the event, etc., whichever is less; all reimbursements require a detailed line-by-line budget of all expenses related to the reimbursement.
3. No public money from the fund is allowed to be used to pay for tier, any other fees, or transactions related to private land, with the exception of fees associated with advertising an event, etc., through the Destination Guide, the search function, or any other function related to advertisement.
4. Reimbursements are given only after an event has been held.
Section 3. Rights and Public Property:
1. Objects which are used in an event, etc., should be made public property following the event or should be purchased through the CDS Archive; it is encouraged that objects are purchased first from other CDS citizens and vendors before purchasing objects outside of the CDS.
2. Scripts and textures are encouraged to be given to the CDS Archive if they are able to be reused for other purposes, however, in compliance with copyright and licensing restrictions; posters and advertisements related to the event, etc., should be sent to the CDS Archive as a "receipt" of reimbursement.
3. Non-transferable items are objected from the above requirements and are eligible to be reimbursed at the discretion of the Chancellor.
4. It is expected that all items related to a semi-public/semi-private event, etc., should be turned over to the CDS Archive in good faith and in the spirit of this law.
Section 4. Transparency and the Judicious and Equitable Usage of Funds:
1. At the conclusion of each month, the Chancellor should report and make public the transactions deducted from the fund; this function can be delegated to the CDS treasurer.
2. The Chancellor should make public the available public money remaining in the fund.
3. The reimbursement of funds ought to be done in fair and equitable manner while respecting both community standards and private initiative. If an event, etc., is rejected, however, a citizen may request that the Scientific Council or Representative Assembly to ensure that the Chancellor's decision was not arbitrary and capricious.
4. The Chancellor shall not dispense money from the fund in a manner which is contrary to good faith or which may be a conflict of interest, whether real or perceived.