[Formal Debate] SCAA Minor Typo Fix Act

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What it says on the tin. It was pointed out to me that the language that the Regional Assembly voted on for the recent Security Council Adjustment Act contained a typo, and now said typo is in the Legal Code. The Speaker doesn’t have the power to fix a minor typo and it was ruled unconstitutional in 2013, so here I present a fix:

Section 5.1 of the Legal Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 5.1: Requirements and Admission
4. Any person with an account on the regional forum and a nation in The North Pacific may apply to join the Council, as long as their nation satisfies any influence and endorsement requirements for membership. Any applicant who does not meet the appropriate requirements, or who ceases to meet them, is automatically rejected.
5. Security Councilors must meet the same influence and endorsement requirements as applicants to the Council, and may be suspended or removed if they fail to do so.
6. The influence requirement is a Soft Power Disbursement Rating within The North Pacific greater than or equal to 65% of the WA Delegate's endorsements multiplied by 360. The endorsement requirement is greater than or equal to 65% of the WA Delegate's endorsement count.
7. By a two-thirds majority vote, the Security Council may exempt nations who have expended their influence in service to the region from any influence requirements to join the Council or to remain a member. Exemptions granted in such a manner remain valid until the exempted nation regains the required influence level.
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Section 5.1: Requirements and Admission
4. Any person with an account on the regional forum and a nation in The North Pacific may apply to join the Council, as long as their nation satisfies any influence and endorsement requirements for membership. Any applicant who does not meet the appropriate requirements, or who ceases to meet them, is automatically rejected.
5. Security Councilors must meet the same influence and endorsement requirements as applicants to the Council, and may be suspended or removed if they fail to do so.
6. The influence requirement is a Soft Power Disbursement Rating within The North Pacific greater than or equal to 65% of the WA Delegate's endorsements multiplied by 360. The endorsement requirement is greater than or equal to 65% of the WA Delegate's WA Delegate's endorsement count.
7. By a two-thirds majority vote, the Security Council may exempt nations who have expended their influence in service to the region from any influence requirements to join the Council or to remain a member. Exemptions granted in such a manner remain valid until the exempted nation regains the required influence level.
 
GFY, Mall. The Speaker, as the proposer of the bill, should immediately motion this to vote, shorten formal debate, and shorten the voting period. It's what I would have done.

Granted, none of this would have happened if the Speaker's Office would have taken the actual content of the bill and not the markup. Don't do that in the future.

Also, if a bill doesn't have an enacting clause, it shouldn't become law. My original bill would have qualified as a legal bill. The markup alone would have not. But, I'm not willing to waste time on an R4R to make that case law. Just f****** fix it when we vote for you to do so.
 
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I move this to a vote and request a shortened formal debate period of 48 hours.

And as Speaker, I recognise the motion and grant the request. This will now be in formal debate for 48 hours, with a vote scheduled to begin immediately after.
Sil Dorsett:
Granted, none of this would have happened if the Speaker's Office would have taken the actual content of the bill and not the markup. Don't do that in the future.
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Never happening again. That I guarantee.
 
Mall:
I pre-emptively object to any vote being scheduled on this. People get what they voted for.
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They did get what they voted for. And if they vote for this new bill, they will get what that entails too. Feel free to vote against this one if you like the duplicate language so much.
 
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