Since it has been brought up, again, I figured it is time to bring up a bill from last year. We will start with the bill that was rejected and see where we can go from there:
Dnate Mars wrote:Article II - The Executive
Section 1 - The Chancellor
The Chancellor will serve as the executive of CDS, working to coordinate and plan community projects, and to act as a head of the State for the CDS project.
Section 2 - Powers of the Chancellor
The Chancellor of CDS shall, subject to the laws of CDS, have the power:
(a) to determine the use to which any and all land in CDS shall be put;
(b) to expend monies held by the Office of the Chancellor of CDS for the administration and management of public facilities (including, but not limited to, roadways, signage, public buildings, public events and similar), and to discharge any other duties or powers of the Office of the Chancellor conferred by this Act or any other Act of the Representative Assembly;
(c) to publicize CDS;
(d) to appoint and pay deputies or other staff to hold office in the Office of the Chancellor of CDS to facilitate the discharge of any function of the Office of the Chancellor conferred by this Act or any other Act of the Representative Assembly.
(i)Staff that is mandated by the RA that the Chancellor must appoint will require a majority approvial by the RA before that person will be placed into the position. To remove this appointed person from office, the RA must appove of the removal also.
(ii)Staff that is not mandated by the RA will serve at the will of the Chancellor. This means that these people can be removed form their positions with or without reason by the Chancellor.
(e) subject to the payment of adequate compensation to any citizen or citizens thereby affected, reclaim or swap any land held by any citizen of CDS for the purposes of discharging any function of the Office of the Chancellor conferred by this Act or any other Act of the Representative Assembly, provided always that no citizen of CDS shall not be caused to have no holding in CDS at all thereby;
(f) to make regulations pursuant to the above;
(g) to enforce such regulations in accordance with law;
(h) to act as the head of the state in dealing with outside entities such as foreign nations or Linden Lab.
Section 3 - Public Oversight
The Chancellor must provide for regular and active citizen participation and public review of any decision concerning land use or the aesthetic or functional environment.
The Chancellor will deliver a public report on the State of the CDS in March and October of each year.
Section 4 - Themes
Nothing in this Act shall give the Chancellor of CDS any power to change the overall theme of Neufriestadt or any other sim or administered component of the CDS.
Section 5 - Chancellor Selection Process
The Chancellor of the CDS shall be selected by the people of the CDS from among any CDS citizen who shall make application to the SC. Each voter will rank the Chancellors running as to order of perferance. To be elected as Chancellor, at least 50% of the votes must be in favor of the Chancellor. If the first count does not elect an chancellor, the candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated until the single candidate receives 50% of the votes.
The application period shall end fifteen (15) days before the next general election. This provision shall come into force with the next RA election following passage and ratification of this amendment.
The chancellor will serve a term ending with the election of the next chancellor.
The Chancellor may not be elected to or serve on the Representative Assembly, nor serve on the Scientific Council.
Section 6 - The Chancellor's Veto
The Chancellor shall have the power to veto any act of the Representative Assembly, except any bill to remove the Chancellor from office. The Representative Assembly may override a veto with a vote by at least a two-thirds majority. In order to exercise the power of veto, the Chancellor shall post a public declaration of her or his intention to exercise that power, together with the name of the Act in respect of which he or she seeks so to exercise, and the reasons for exercising it in respect of that Act, on the Confederation of Democratic Simulators web forums or wiki within seven days of the posting to the wiki of the Act in respect of which he or she seeks to exercise that power.
Section 7 - Removal from Office
The Chancellor may be removed from office prior to the expiration of the term of office by a bill passed with a two-thirds majority by the RA calling for the removal of the Chancellor. A vote by the citizens of the CDS will be held within 7 days of passing the bill lasting 7 days. If a majority of the votes are for the removal of the Chancellor, the Chancellor will be removed from office immediately.
Section 8 - RA Oversight
Each month the Chancellor shall attend a meeting of the Representative Assembly, and fully and truthfully answer there any questions posed by any citizen about any aspect of the affairs of the CDS or of the Office of the Chancellor. The Chancellor will also attend upon seven days notice at the written request from any member of the Representative Assembly.
Section 9 - AC Overlap
Any power or responsibility assigned to the Artisan's Collective by the constitution and precedent that overlaps those provided to the Chancellor in this amendment will be assigned to the Chancellor.
