N°A009 - Amendment of Bills n°2

The Parliament of the UEPU Federal Republic,

Aware that the Constitutional Amendment n°6 will make the Codification both irrelevant and unconstitutional, due to the addition of the categories of bills in the Constitution ;

Affirming that therefore, the Codification of Bills has no raison d'être ;

Hereby repeals the Codification of Bills, and empowers the Speaker and the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament to change the codification and the organisation of all passed bills, including repealed bills, in categories and sub-categories according to the Constitution.

The Parliament of the UEPU Federal Republic,

Conscious that the residents of the UEPU Federal Republic can be both serious, silly and snarky ;

Therefore wondering why the tags Serious, Silly and Snarky have never been added to the list of the regional tags ;

Hereby :

• Replaces the paragraph 2 of the Tags Bill by "The list of regional tags shall be the following : Anti-Fascist, Casual, Defender, Democratic, Eco-Friendly, Egalitarian, Feminist, Free Trade, General Assembly, Independent, LGBT, Liberal, Modern Tech, Neutral, Pacifist, Regional Government, Role Player, Security Council, Serious, Silly, Snarky, Social, World Assembly."

• Replaces the paragraph 1 of the Tags Bill by "The tags of the UEPU Federal Republic shall only be changed by the Parliament with an amendment changing this bill ; no one may be able to change a tag unilaterally, unless it is done to comply with parliamentary decisions." to avoid enumerating all positions of the UEPU Federal Republic.

• Replaces the title of the Tags Bill by "Tags Law", in order to better fit with the new categories of bills provided by the Constitution.

The Parliament of the UEPU Federal Republic,

Acknowledging that the regional embassy policy currently bans fascism ;

Worried that stalinism, which is also a totalitarian and oppressive ideology, is not banned ;

Further worried that while racism, homophobia and transphobia are banned, other kinds of problematic behaviour are not banned, such as sexual messages or Holocaust denial ;

Desirous to not create an imprecise category "problematic" and to instead define precisely what is problematic ;

Additionally willing to ensure the compliance of this bill with the new Constitutional Amendment ;

Hereby :

1. Replaces the article 1 point iii, "Advocates for genocide or incites to hatred. Persistent inaction towards hateful speech may be subject to deferral of the embassy program." by "Advocates for genocide or incites to hatred, or does not act against hateful speech." ;

2. Adds the following paragraph as the article 1 point vi : "Promotes Stalinism or any other totalitarian ideology advocating racial, ethnic, religious, gender-based, or other forms of systematic discrimination or persecution." ;

3. Adds the following paragraph as the article 1 point vii : "Promotes or consistently tolerates sexual contents or messages.".

The Parliament of the UEPU Federal Republic,

Aware that advertisement on the RMB needs to be regulated ;

However concerned that outright banning advertisement unless it is endorsed by the Regional Government or a political party impedes too much on freedom of speech, reduces the possibilities for the Governorate Office and the Speakership Office to act, and reduces the possibilities to have interregional events ;

Further acknowledging that recruitment for foreign regions is already specifically forbidden by the article 4 of these RMB Rules ;

Therefore convinced that regulations on advertisement, if created, should constitute a separate law ;

Further aware that these RMB Rules only apply to the RMB and to the Discord server of the UEPU Federal Republic, therefore effectively allowing residents to violate these rules as long as it is through telegrams, on the forums, or in embassy regions RMBs ;

Utterly convinced that the scope of these RMB Rules should be extended ;

Hereby :

1. Replaces the paragraph 1 of the article 1, "Spamming on the RMB, defined as sending 3 or more messages successively, either with one nation or with multiple puppet nations, or sending meaningless content." by "Spamming on the RMB, defined as sending 3 or more messages successively, either with one nation or with multiple puppet nations (two messages posted at least 12 hours apart shall not be considered as successive), except if it is done for announcements from the Executive branch, the Governorate Office or the Speakership Office, when it is limited to 4 successive messages, or sending meaningless content."

2. Replaces the paragraph 5 of the article 1 of the RMB Rules, "Excessive use of smileys." by "Excessive or garish use of text formatting, including but not limited to bold, italics, capitalization, decorative emojis, or similar methods, where such formatting unreasonably disrupts the readability of the message." ;

3. Replaces "Governor" by "Governorate Office" in the paragraph 10 of the article 1 ;

4. Deletes the paragraph 9 of the article 1, "Advertisement on the RMB, unless it is endorsed by the Regional Government or by a regional political party." ;

5. Deletes the first occurrence of the word "be" in the paragraph 6 of the article 4 ;

6. Replaces the paragraph 4 of the article 5, "For Tier 3 offences, the sanction is a temporary ban from the RMB of the UEPU Federal Republic, which can last from 7 to 28 days." by "For Tier 3 offences, the sanction is a temporary ejection from the UEPU Federal Republic, which can last from 7 to 28 days, as well as a loss of citizenship." ;

7. Replaces the paragraph 1 of the article 6, "3 offences of Tier 3 in 365 days." by "2 offences of Tier 3 in 365 days." ;

8. Replaces the expression "RMB ban" by "temporary ejection" in the paragraph 2 of the article 6.

9. Replaces the paragraph 4 of the article 7, "The Governor has final say on all judicial matters. He may also, in exceptional circumstances, decide a different sanction than what would be required by these RMB Rules. He may delegate this power to one or more members of the Governorate Office." by "The Governor has final say on all judicial matters according to the Constitution." ;

10. Adds an article, the article 10, which shall have the title "ARTICLE 10 - Sanctions for other RMBs and forum threads", and which shall contain the following paragraph : "These RMB Rules are also applicable for content posted by residents of the UEPU Federal Republic on NationStates forums and on other RMBs and Discord servers, even if they did so through alternative nations, unless the rules of these RMBs and of these forums explicitly allow it, and this only for Tier 1 offences."

1. The title of the bill shall be replaced by "Formalisation of Ministry of Culture".

2. In the paragraph 2a of the section II, the expression "under Article II of" shall be replaced by the word "by".

Author: Eieryn