Rules on the Conduct of the Legislature
An act to clarify the modus operandi of the Legislature
Section 1. All future acts submitted before the legislature shall be formatted in the same way as this act, with a title in 18-point bold font at the top, a description in italics below it, and the body of the bill being divided into sections based on content with section titles bolded.
Section 1.1 – Subsections may be appended to sections. In this case, a subsection's title shall be italicized.
Section 2. Upon being submitted before either branch of the legislature, a bill shall be debated for at least 24 hours.
Section 2.1 – After the passage of at least 24 hours after the submission of a bill before the ULA, any member of the ULA may move to end debate on the bill and hold a vote on it. Voting shall begin and the debate ended after this motion has been seconded. Voting shall last 48 hours, but may be extended up to 24 additional hours by request of the Speaker of the Legislature. A bill must receive an absolute majority of votes cast in order to be approved and then sent before the Senate, where a vote shall commence lasting at least 24 hours in order to determine whether or not the bill shall become a law. This vote may be extended by up to 96 hours by request of the Speaker of the Legislature. No prohibition on debating while voting is going on shall exist.
Section 2.2 – After the passage of at least 24 hours after the submission of a bill before the Senate, any member of the Senate may move to end debate on the bill and hold a vote on it. Voting shall begin and the debate ended after this motion has been seconded. Voting shall last 48 hours, but may be extended up to 24 additional hours by request of the Speaker of the Legislature. A bill must receive an absolute majority of votes cast in order to be approved and then sent before the ULA, where a vote shall commence lasting at least 48 hours in order to determine whether or not the bill shall become a law. This vote may be extended by up to 96 hours by request of the Speaker of the Legislature. No prohibition on debating while voting is going on shall exist.
Section 3. The position of Speaker of the Legislature is hereby established. The Speaker of the Legislature shall be considered a Minister of State and thus a member of the Cabinet. The Speaker must be a member of both the Senate and the ULA, and shall be appointed through agreement of both houses. The Speaker's job shall be to allow the Legislature to function as smoothly as possible, and he shall perform duties as assigned to him by law.
Section 4. The Speaker of the Legislature may throw a bill which has been submitted but not motioned to vote out of a house should he consider it frivolous, a waste of the legislature's time, or if it is so clearly unconstitutional as to not even require a case before the IWC to determine whether or not it would be legal. However, any decision to throw a bill out may be overturned by the Chief Justice should he consider it an abuse of the Speaker of the Legislature's power, or should a petition to return the bill to the floor of the legislature be supported by four different citizens.
Section 5. A bill and the post in which it is contained may not be edited after a motion to vote has been passed and seconded.
Section 6. Should two bills passed by the Legislature conflict, then the more recently passed bill shall take precedence.
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