Republic Senate Bills 34022-39192

=== Republic Case 34022 - Ord Mantell Crises ===
1. The Senator from Merr Sonn has put forth a motion for the senate to issue a resolution condemning the following actions of one Amalfiel Daving as criminal and contrary to the laws of the Republic and the Rights and Privileges of Sentient Beings:
:A. Amalfiel has been guilty of deadly bombings killing hundreds of sentients on Corellia.
:B. Amalfiel was behind the Bombardment of Ord Mantell's traders district.
:C. Amalfiel attempted kidnapping of Corellian officials.
:D. Amalfiel has committed sentient rights violations including using sentient beings as shields.
:E. Amalfiel has stripped Ord Mantell of its infrastructure for his own ends, and this action is clearly corruption.
2. Furthermore, the resolution proposes that a package of material aid to be given to Ord Mantell to ease the suffering inflicted on the populace my Amalfiel under the following:
:A. A sum of 80,000 credits to be delivered only after Amalfiel has given up any claim to or control of Ord Mantell or has been taken into custody by lawful authorities.
:B. This aid package should be administered by the esteemed Senator from Alderaan, whose legendary pacifism and devotion to Sentient Rights places him beyond the suspicion of the populace, or such an administrator as the senator from Alderaan would appoint.
3. That the senate should grant Ord Mantell a non-voting advisory seat on the senate upon Amalfiel's removal from power and the restoration of a rightful government. This will be done by free elections supervised by agents of the Republic:
:A. Establish provision granting a non-voting advisory seat to all Republic colony worlds once the Ord Mantell crises has ended so that people may freely call for their grievances to be addressed in a public forum.
:B. Grant all non-voting advisory seats the power to propose legislation in the senate.
=== Republic Case 34183 - General Taxes ===
**Repealed by Republic Case 40334**
=== Republic Case 34230 - Rewarding Service ===
1. The Senator from Alderaan has put forth a motion for the senate to issue a resolution recognizing the following services of one Wilhuff Tarkin as highly admirable and heroic to the ideals of the Republic:
:A. Tarkin has endeavored to protect the life of Corellian civilians during the Daving bombings.
:B. Tarkin has knowingly endangered his own life in an attempt to bring the purpotrators of the Daving bombings to justice.
2. Furthermore, the resolution proposes that the senate recommend that the Republic Navy issue Lord Tarkin the Citizen's Star, a medal of honor established for those Republic civilians who go above and beyond the call of citizenship, endangering their lives for the good of the innocent citizens of the Republic.
=== Republic Case 34305 - Colonial Representation ===
1. The Senator from Alderaan has put forth a motion for the senate to issue a resolution establishing a comission for the implementation of Republic Law 3400961 (formerly known as Senate Motion 4), subsection 3, to be named the 'Ord Mantell Comission':
:A. That said comission be administered by a member of the Jedi Order, whoever the Jedi Council should deem fit to appoint.
:B. That said comission adopt as its charter the content of Republic Law 3400961 section 3, as said law pertain to Ord Mantell, with the specific caviat that:
:i. The democratic election mentioned in the aforementioned law be held on the world of Mantell.
:C. That said comission follow this charter through on the planet of Mantell.
2. That similar comissions be formed for each of the colony worlds in the Republic to fulfill Republic Law 3400961, except that:
:A. These commissions will be administered by Republic Naval officials, rather than apointees from the Jedi Council.
3. Before an election can be held on any colony world, the commission must present a full report to the Senate certifying that that world is not under the control of any underworld or illegal organization, and that the citizens of that world will be free to vote without fear of intimidation, economic pressure, or other offworld control or influence.
Amendment 20.4: All elections held to elect a nonvoting delegate must be held on the world which is electing the delegate, and only competent, adult, permanent residents of that world shall be eligible to vote.
Amendment 20.3: No commission shall be sent to a colony world to establish its nonvoting delegate while a state of civil war exists on that world; neither shall a commission be sent to a colony world if the citizens of that colony world have the right to vote in the elections of the mother planet, as that would create a situation in which some citizens would be able to elect two senators to this body.
Amendment 20.5: None of the provisions of this bill shall be construed to alter or abrogate the legal relationships and arrangements between a colony world and its mother planet.
Amendment 20.1: Add clause 3 to the Bill: <<Included>>
Amendment 20.2: When a colony world elects a nonvoting delegate to the Senate, that delegate shall be seated upon a majority vote of the Senate certifying the election as valid.
=== Republic Case 34424 - Implementation of Sales Tax ===
**Repealed by Republic Case 40334**
=== Republic Case 35601 - Jedi Knights===
... therefore, in light of ancient custom, eternal precedent, and the foundational role of the Jedi as the willing cornerstone of this Republic for over a thousand generations, they are and have always been considered 'positively autonomous'--that is, their actions, insofar as they conform to ancient Jedi custom and high-minded principle, are construed so as to fully honor the spirit of the Law. But it is to be understood that the actions of the Jedi are 'strictly non-precedentiferous'--which is to say, they do not constitute binding precedent for the people of the Republic, and cannot be cited as examples or extenuations in court cases. Furthermore, according to long-standing precedent and Senate acts three hundred times confirmed, the Jedi Knights are the 'prop of the Republic' ...
=== Republic Case 35690 - Battle Droids ===
The Senator of Alderaan has put forth a motion for the Senate to issue a resolution:
1. Private possession, sale, and ownership of battle droids in Republic territory is hereby prohibited. Sale of battle droids to private individuals, wherever located, is also prohibited.
:A. Definition: for the purposes of this act, 'battle droid' shall refer to any droid equipped with projectile weapons, missiles, or any other hardware designed to injure or immobilize a sentient being.
:B. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to prohibit members states of the Republic from purchasing and/or using battle droids as part of their military forces, nor shall it be interpreted to prohibit member states from selling battle droids to other Republic world governments or to legitimate planetary governments outside the boundaries of the Republic.
2. All private persons who are citizens or residents of the republic and currently own or possess a battle droid shall have thirty days from the date of passage of this bill to turn them over to Republic authorities.
3. The Republic Navy, the Republic Guard, and the security forces of any Member World of the Republic shall have authority to confiscate or destroy any battle droids that may be found within Republic territory and which are not owned by the Republic or by a member world.
4. Possession of a battle droid within Republic territory (except as part of an authorized military force of the Republic or a member world) shall be a crime punishable by a fine of ten thousand credits by Republic courts. No provision in this act shall be construed as preventing an individual from being liable to further penalties or punishments if their possession of a battle droid contravenes some other applicable law.
Amendment 27.1: <<Included>>
Amendment 27.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 27.3: <<Included>>
Amendment 27.4: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 35719 - Naval Oversight ===
Whereas current actions of the navy have taken place without appropriate consultation with the Senate, and in apparent disregard for the sovereignty of worlds outside the Republic, therefore, be it resolved that the Supreme Admiral of the Navy is to appear before a select committee of the Senate, consisting of Senators Gog, Bail Organa, Ksar Antilles, Meena Tills and Vulhel Ohl within two days of this bills' passage to give an accounting of the Navy's recent actions.
 
:If the Supreme Admiral does not appear before the Senate within two days of the passage of this bill, the Supreme Admiral will immediately be stripped of his rank and title. The next-in-command of the Republic Navy will then be required to report to the same committee within two days of the Supreme Commander's expulsion. If the next in command of the Republic Navy does not report within two days time of the Supreme Commander's expuslion, they will also be stripped of rank and title.
:This process will continue, proceding down the chain of command of the Republic Navy until a member of the Republic Navy appears before the committee, or every Officer of the Republic Navy has been discharged from service.
:Extensions may be granted to the two day time limits, if Senators are unable to be present, but the subject of the bill must wait in the Senate chamber for the committee to arive, or be stripped of their rank and title.
Amendment 31.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 31.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 35809 - Clarification of Sales Tax ===
1. Nothing in the law passed in Senate Bill 23 shall be interpreted as imposing a tariff on goods imported from outside the Republic.
2. Sales tax will only be liable on imported goods on resale. However, anyone who imports goods intended for resale shall be responsible to purchase tax stamps and affix them to imported goods before resale.
3. Knowingly selling goods liable to sales tax without affixing tax stamps shall be a crime punishable in Republic court by a fine of one thousand Republic credits per item sold unstamped.
=== Republic Case 36054 - Treasury ===
Seeing that the office of treasurer, established ten thousand years ago, has been vacant for the past thousand years in favor of automatic investment allocations, and seeing that the reestablishment of a sales tax requires Senate oversight of the expenditure of funds thus raised, therefore be it resolved that the post of Treasurer shall be reestablished, with the person thus appointed serving at the pleasure of the Senate, to be appointed by majority vote of the Senate in a straight up or down vote without amendments, and to be removed by a majority of the Senate if the Senate so judge.
Amendment 32.2: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 36056 - Senate Membership ===
1. No individual may take up a seat as a Senator while charges of treason or some other felony are open against them.
2. No person may be elected or appointed a Senator from two planets simultaneously.
Amendment 30.1: <<Included>>
Amendment 30.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 36071 - Chancellorship ===
1. Seeing that the office of chancellor, established ten thousand years ago, has been vacant for the past thousand years, and seeing that the currnet crisis requires someone be able to speak for the Senate and with its authority, the post of Chancellor shall be reestablished, with the person thus appointed serving at the pleasure of the Senate, to be appointed by majority vote of the Senate in a straight up or down vote without amendments, and to be removed by a vote of a majority of the Senate in a straight up or down vote without amendments, if the Senate so judge. The Chancellor must be a current Senator of the Republic. If a Chancellor is elected by the Senate, and looses his seat on the Senate for any reason, he or she will also be removed from the office of Chancellor, at which point the Senate may elect a new Chancellor.
2. The Chancellor shall have authority to implement existing Senate law, to issue orders to Republic officials necessary to implement existing Senate law, including specifically giving orders to officers of the Navy as long as such orders are consistent with existing Senate law, to discharge officers of the Navy for failure to obey lawful orders, and to nominate individuals to occupy posts in the Navy or other Republic bureaus subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Chancellor shall not have authority to enact law, nor shall the Chancellor have authority to issue decrees with the force of law. The Chancellor shall not have authority to act as a Judge, nor any authority to impose punishments or sanctions not specifically authorized by Senate decree. 
3. No one shall hold office as Chancellor for more than a year without being reconfirmed by a majority vote of the Senate.
Amendment 33.1: <<Included>>
Amendment 33.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 36160 - Repealment ===
I. The Senate mandates that a new form of movement shall be created, with the power to repeal any legislation passed in the Senate.
:i. These movements are to be a simple-majority, no-amendment vote.
:ii. Upon the passing of a repealing motion, the legislation it repeals will be immediately struck from the law and be considered null and void.
:iii. The no-amendment clause only applies to those bills which are wholly and completely repealment movements. Any movements which contain extraneous law will be subject to amendments.
=== Republic Case 36182 - Public Office Integrity Bill ===
To prevent dishonesty and conspiracy against the Republic, the Senate enacts the following law:
A.
:I. No public officials of the Republic or Republic member systems may hold office on any Outer Rim planet not currently Republic territory, or own any Outer Rim planet not currently Republic territory. These public offices include but are not limited to:
::i. Senators
::ii. Chief Executives
::iii. Viceroys
::iv. Judges
::v. Naval officers.
::vi. Officers in the Republic Guard.
:II. Any public official who currently holds an Outer Rim office in violation of Section I shall abdicate their Outer Rim position or their public office within one week of this bill's enacting.
:III. Any public official who currently holds an office and then takes office on an Outer Rim planet that would violate Section I must answer to his actions:
::i. The public official will be required to explain his actions in the Senate within three days of his new office.
::ii. If the public official remains in breach of Section I, the case of their position will be immediately transferred to the Supreme Court.
:IV. Anyone who violates these provisions is endonomous of High Treason against the Republic.
Amendment 35.1: <<Included>>
Amendment 35.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 35.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 35.2.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 36249 - Congratulations to Tarkin ===
The Senate moves to award Senator Tarkin a prize of 5 credits to congratulate him on his diplomatic, temperate, and most competent start to his term as Chancellor of the Senate.
=== Republic Case 36337 - Hall of Senators Act ===
1. This bill acknowledges that all serving senators are performing a vital duty to the Republic, necessary to ensure its function and well being. 
 
2. This bill authorizes the Republic to create a 'Hall of Senators', to preseve the memory of past significant Senators of note, when their terms have expired, so that the future may remember and learn from the past.
3. Add a provision to increase educational funds for Political Science and History classes in institutions of Higher Education currently receiving funds from the Republic.
Amendment 39.1: <<Included>>
 
=== Republic Case 36467 - Repealment of Motion 4 ===
As per Motion 36, the Senate moves that Section 2 of Motion 4 is to be struck from law and declared null and void.
:In accordance with Article One of Motion 36, this is to be a no-amendment, simple-majority vote.
=== Republic Case 36488 - Republic Obligations Bill ===
REPUBLIC OBLIGATIONS BILL
Given the current financial crisis of the Republic, where there is barely 100,000 in Republic credits available for all nonroutine expenditures, therefore the Senate adopts the following measures as law:
1. All bounties currently offered by the Republic, including the 500,000 credit bounty on Mandala, are cancelled. Individuals on whom bounties have been offered remain wanted, and are to be captured by any Republic forces that encounter them.
2. Any other financial obligations incurred by the Republic before this bill has been passed, other than those established as part of routine operational budgets, shall be classified as deferred obligations, to be paid when the Republic is on a sound financial footing as certified by the Treasurer.
=== Republic Case 36580 - Naval Reserves ===
Given the need for additional snubfighters in the navy, and the lack of funds in the Senate Treasury to effectively purchase them, the Senate therefore enacts the following measures into law:
1. The navy is hereby authorized to form a reserve force of pilots based on each member planet of the Republic. Reserve pilots must be approved by the Chancellor's office and by the head of the planetary government on which the reserve pilot will be stationed, and registered with the Supreme Admiral as Navy pilots (reserve status).
2. When a reserve pilot is approved, a snubfighter must be made available at the same time. The snubfighter shall be provided either by the navy or by the planetary government providing the reserve pilot. Ownership of the vehicle will be retained by Navy or by the planetary government, accordingly. Where planets are unable to afford purchase of snubfighters for the Reserve, the Treasury shall make every possible effort to provide the funds to purchase such snubfighters for the Navy, selecting ships of the highest possible quality, such as those of Corellian make.
3. The navy will provide extra training to each reserve pilot to bring them up to military skill levels, and will give them discounted access to astromech droids to assist them flying their snubfighters, and discounted access to purchase military supplies for the upkeep and equipment of their vehicles on Corus II.
4. In return for this training, the planetary government will pay the Republic Navy 50 credits per pilot per week, and the planet providing the pilot agrees that in the event of emergency, the Chancellor may call up reserve force pilots and snubfighters for a limited time to provide military support to Navy ships where needed.
=== Republic Case 36664 - Minister of the Navy ===
In light of the importance of the navy to the defense of the Republic, in order to establish clearly the principles under which the Navy operates in its connection to the Senate, the Senate enacts the provisions into law:
1. The position of Minister of the Navy is hereby converted from its present informal status to a formal office of the Senate, appointed on the same terms and held on the same conditions as the offices of Chancellor and Treasurer.
2. The present Minister of the Navy is hereby confirmed in his post.
3. The Minister of the Navy shall act as the Chancellor's agent and shall exercise his or her authority in naval matters in the course of daily business, freeing the Chancellor to focus on matters of general policy and diplomacy, and shall in particular be responsible for administering the dedicated naval budget, recommending officers for promotion, preparing plans for war and defense in consultation with the officers of the Navy and after due consultation with the Senate, and in general with maintaining the defense posture of the Republic in accordance with Republic Law and the will of the Senate.
4. In support of the principle that officers of the navy are to be dedicated solely and entirely to the defense of the Republic, no active duty officer of the navy may be nominated for, campaign for, be appointed as, or otherwise hold the position of Senator; nor may any active duty officer of the navy be nominated for, campaign for, be appointed as, or otherwise hold the position of planetary executive or its equivalent on any world. Reserve officers not serving on a Navy ship, retired officers, or officers on indefinite leave of absence are exempt from this rule as long as they leave office before resuming or entering into an active duty status.
=== Republic Case 36866 - Republic Day ===
1. This Bill recognizes that the Republic is an ancient and proud government with a grand tradition worthy of respect and honor. 
 
2. This bill recognizes that it is common among many sentients to celebrate the either the founding of their government, or various personages within it, or even the passing of times, as ways of encouraging celebration among the populace and merriment, as well as honoring the past and ensuring a better future. 
 
3. This bill hereby proclaims the Galactic Standard Date of <OOC: December 25th> as 'Republic Day,' a day for the celebration of the history and honor that brings all beings in the Republic together for common cause.
Amendment 41.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 36869 - State of Financial Emergancy ===
**Repealed by Republic Case 40334**
=== Republic Case 37020 - Preservation of Innocents Act ===
In response to the many thousands of lives lost over the recent days and weeks to explosives detonated in civilian areas, the Senate of the Republic hereby declares the following: 
 
1. That the perpetrator or perpetrators of these recent bombings are Enemies of the Republic, and the attacks themselves are condemned. All Republic Citizens, Representatives, and Military Officers, are hereby called to use their full will and resources to bring those responsable to Justice. 
 
2. That, as of this moment, the possession, manufacture, and sale of explosives for non-authorized civilian purposes is hereby BANNED; that all Republic Worlds are hereby instructed to instruct their customs agents search for such items on all incoming and outgoing star vessels. 
 
3. That the sale or purchase of such items without appropriate authorization (with such means to be determained by the Office of the Chancellor or legislated in the future by the senate) shall be fined by no less then 10,000 credits. 
 
4. The posession and smuggling of such items is to be fined no less then 20,000 credits, and imprisonment of a length of time to be left to the discretion of the presiding Republic Judge. 
5. The manufacture of these items requires a permit from the Republic. The office of the Chancellor is expected to make the process of obtaining these permits simple and straightforward for those with reasonable cause for such manufacture, and this bill shall not be construted in a fashion to limit their reasonable use by authorized authorities. The Republic Military is considered to have authorized access to these weapons for storage, defense of the Republic, or in the purpose of executing war or offense against Enemies of the Republic, and shall not be restricted in their usage. 
6. All vendors who sell these items shall be required to ensure they sell them only to those so authorized to purchase them. They shall be required to keep a list of those whom purchase them so that a paper trail of accountability will be left. Vendors caught aiding in the smuggling of these goods to unauthorized persons shall be subject to a fine of no less then 50,000 credits and the forfeiture of their facilities. 
 
7. All beings, including purchasers, buyers, owners, and vendors of the aforementioned items have 48 hours of immunity of possession with which to meet the requirements of this law, except in the case of intent to utilize the items against a civilian populace, or to knowingly provide them to a being whom intends such. 
 
8. If the Chancellor of the Republic has not in those 48 hours set up a clear system or rules for authorization, then this bill shall not go into effect until such is done.
=== Republic Case 37077 - Judicial Reform Act ===
Seeing as how the Republic has 10,000 years of Judicial history and precedents, it has in the natural course of history aquired many contradictory rulings which outperform any religious or scientific text in terms of complexity and contradiction. 
Moreover, as any being whom browses the Republic Judicial Library can see, the Republic Courts are in need of a reformation. In order to facilitate this reformation, this act will create a Judicial Reform Comission, to consist of the Supreme Justice, the Chancellor and the Treasurer. The three are thereby instructed to spend one month meeting and examining the situation, and are expected to offer a report on how best to reform the Republic Judicial system so that it may be reformed into a functional and coherent entity.
=== Republic Case 37158 - Sullust Protection Act ===
This act decrees that, due to its reknown commitment to the principles upon which the Republic stands, though Sulust is not a Republic world, invasion of Sullust or subjugation of its peoples shall be considered an Act of War against the Republic, the same as if a Republic World had been invaded. 
=== Republic Case 37238 - Minister of the Navy ===
The Senate moves that Senator Tarkin will be appointed Minister of the Navy, to take effect immediately in accordance with the laws estblishing the post.
=== Republic Case 37334 - Enemy of the Republic Act ===
This act moves that, as the Minister of the Navy Petrus Sabbaticus may be a Rogue Force User, and may have attempted to kill Jedi as well as a Senator of Ryloth and the Justicar of Ryloth, and may have attempted to have Hutts murder the aforementioned Senator, and may have betrayed Republic Military secrets to them...
And may have killed 6000 men, women and children on Ryloth, as well as possibly caused many bombings elsewhere...
That Petrus is hereby stripped of his status as Minister of the Navy and suspended from his duties as Senator pending outcome of the trial determining his guilt or innocence, and instructed to return to Coruscant for a trial forthwith.
Amendment 81.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 37386 - Coruscant Emergancy Act===
This act degrees that, should the unlikely event occur that Coruscant falls to hostile military action (noting that there has been no attack on Coruscant in many millenia) - and the Senate, Judiciary, and Functioning of the Government or Communication be significantly impaired, or the planet itself fall to hostile military, force, that the following will occur: 
 
That if more then one half the Senate dies or goes missing, that the remaining known total be held to be the effective number for purposes of Quorum. 
 
That if the Chancellor should die or go missing, that the next available officer of the Republic should temporarily serve in his or her place until a quorum of the Senate can be gathered, with the order of succession being as follows: first, the Minister of the Navy, then the Treasurer, then the Supreme Justice, then the Supreme Admiral of the Navy, then the Commander of the Republic Guard. The Acting Chancellor so selected shall serve only until a quorum of the Senate can be gathered to elect a replacement.
That if the Treasurer should die or go missing, that the next available officer of the Republic should temporarily serve in his or her place until a quorum of the Senate can be gathered, with the order of succession being as follows: first, the Supreme Justice, then any available Senator, as determined by vote of as many Senators as can be gathered at a place that the Chancellor shall name as the temporary capital of the Republic. The Acting Treasurer so selected shall serve only until a quorum of the Senate can be gathered to elect a replacement.
That if the Minister of the Navy should die or go missing, that the next ranking officer of the Republic Navy should temporarily serve in his or her place until a quorum of the Senate can be gathered The Acting Minister of the Navy so selected shall serve only until a quorum of the Senate can be gathered to elect a replacement.
 
That if Coruscant should fall to hostile military force, the planet which is deemed by the highest availiable Military Officer (or the Minister of Defense, if he is alive and can be found) to be the most defensible and industrious will be declared the temporary capital until Coruscant can be retaken.
That no person may hold two Senate-elected offices simultaneously; thus, that if a person holding such an office succeed to another Senate office under the provisions of this act, that they simultaneously vacate their prior office.
Amendment 73.1: <<Included>>
Amendment 73.1.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 37594 - Republic Space Act ===
1. Under the terms of this bill, 'Republic Space' refers to any location accessible from a member planet of the Republic without entering hyperspace, including both sovereign Republic planets and their dependencies.
2. Under the terms of this bill, 'warship' refers to gunboats, corvettes, frigates, light cruisers, heavy cruisers, battlecruisers, star destroyers, or other capital ships. Private yachts and passengerlines will not be considered capital ships unless they are armed and shielded to a level that makes them at least equivalent in the firepower to a light cruiser.
3. It shall be illegal for any warship belonging neither to the Navy, nor to the Republic Guard, nor to the Jedi, nor to the armed forces of a member planet of the Republic to cross Republic Space without a permit from the Chancellor, Minister of the Navy, or an Admiral of the Fleet.
4. An exception shall be made for ships crossing Ord Mantell space without entering planetary orbit, so as not to disrupt commerce on the Outer rim. All ships shall have free traversal of the Ord Mantell system in order to transit between the Tatooine and Y'Toub systems.
5. A warship that is found in Republic Space without a permit, except for ships legally allowed as specified in articles 3 and 4, shall be considered as committing an Act of War against the Republic, and the Navy shall be authorized to seize the ship as contraband of war. If the ship does not heave to and give control to the Navy after a warning, the Navy shall be authorized to use deadly force and destroy the ship if necessary.
6. Permits for warships to transit Republic space may be valid for no more than a week, and must specify the itinerary to be followed. A ship with a valid permit, that strays from its stated itinerary, shall be considered in violation of article 3.
7. Permits to transit Republic space may only be obtained upon payment of a fee of 5,000 credits to the Minister of the Navy, to cover costs of monitoring the actions of the warship while in Republic space. Funds paid in this way are to be invested in the naval investment account to fund future operations, not to be expended on ship construction, naval operations, or personal expenses. The Minister of the Navy is to submit monthly reports listing any permits granted and stating the current size of the naval investment account.
8. That the Chancellor, treasurer and minister of the navy be authorized to provide such material assistance requested by governments of member planets as may be required to repel an invasion or secure a system against raids by hostile warships.
Amendment 75.1: The chancellor may cancel open transit through Ord Mantell for a period of up to a month at a time as long as this cancellation is publicly announced 24 hours in advance. While open transit is canceled, the rules that apply elsewhere in Republic Space will apply in Ord Mantell space.
Amendment 75.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 75.3: The Chancellor or Minister of the Navy may issue blanket permits to classes of ships developed after this this law is passed.
Amendment 75.3.1: Add the following provision: that a simple majority of the senate, without amendments or debate, may set aside any exemptions made by the Chancellor.
Amendment 75.4: <<Included>>
Amendment 75.4.1: Add the following provision: In the absence of the Republic Navy, worlds approached by vessels in violation of articles 3 and 4 are legally authorized to react in self-defense. The member world may mobilize its personal navy to intervene, ideally to subdue until the Republic Navy arrives, but with permission to destroy if the offending forces are deemed a great enough threat.
Amendment 75.5: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 37762 - Republic Invitation Act ===
This act gives the Chancellor unilateral power to invite any system into the Republic that he wishes, providing an audit is done by a neutral party showing it to have not fixed its elections (if it has such) with the use of military force, is not an Enemy of the Republic, ruled by an Enemy of the Republic, or their agents, and meets the basic standards of human rights expected of a Republic world. 
 
Any worlds such admitted are to have the full rights conferred upon them of any Republic world; and elections shall be held immediately for Senator, with the initial Planetary Head to be considered Senator until such elections can be held.
Amendment 80.1: Planets wishing to enter the Republic under Motion 80 will be required to undergo an inspection by a special Senatorial commission. Planetary traits to be assessed for entry into the Republic will include the prerequisites mentioned in the original motion as well as a guage of economic stability.
Prospective Republic worlds will be required to submit a draft constitution and accord of allegience to the Republic prior to consideration by said special envoy.
Amendment 80.1.1: Define Special Senatorial commission as a simple majority ratification by the Senate .
=== Republic Case 37843 - Planetary Sovereignty Act ===
The Senate recognizes that the Republic exists from the unified desire of its member worlds and that these worlds have a basic sovereignty to manage affairs inside their own systems. As such, the Republic shall make no law or decree which contravenes the following basic rights of its member worlds. 
1) Governance: Each member world is free to set such criteria as they desire to choose its rulers and senators, as well as requirements for citizenship. The manner of choice made by each world may reflect the individual world's customs and traditions, but except for the customs peculiar to Vanix, may not involve the overthrow of a previous government by force. If the government of a world has been overthrown by force, the Republic will guarantee the return of the world to its previous government and constitution, and will supervise free and fair elections according to the customs of the planet to select a new government.
2) Rule of Law: Each member world shall create such laws as they see fit and in such a manner as is appropriate to each world, provided that planetary laws are restricted in scope to apply within the planet's territory, and to apply to its citizens, residents, or visitors. In any case of conflict between planetary and Republic law, conflicts will be resolved upon the principle that Republic law applies sovereignly to Republic citizens as individuals, and to interstellar space and interstellar trade, but that planetary law is sovereign within planetary space and cannot be set aside or annulled by Republic Law. 
3) Member worlds are free to train and equip planetary security forces as they see fit to ensure the protection of their world and enforcement of their law, provided that they do not employ those forces to attack another Republic planet or to invade and conquer another world. The Senate, acting through the Chancellor and the Minister of the Navy, shall have authority to regulate the movement of planetary forces outside their own systems, and shall issue appropriate regulations to guide individual member planets. In a time of crisis, by specific decree of the Senate, member worlds may be required to make their forces available to the Republic Navy as part of the general defense of the Republic.
4) Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this bill are not to be interpreted as grants of rights to the member worlds of the republic, but as being founded upon the immemorial basis for Republic governance, in which each world is sovereign within its own territory, and the Republic is sovereign over interplanetary space and over interstellar trade.
Amendment 92.4: <<Included>>
Amendment 92.3: <<Included>>
Amendment 92.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 92.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 38072 - Naval Appropriations ===
Due to the recent defections and mismanagement the Republic Navy is short of several systems and munitions that are key to the agency's functionality. The Minister of the Navy requests approval for the following appropriations from the Republic Treasury:
25,960 credits for the purchase of two Sentinel Dropships to be named in accordance with the conventions of the Republic Navy.
10,119 credits for the purchase of a single Theta Shuttle to be named in accordance with the conventions of the Republic Navy
20,000 credits for the purchase of ammunition. As this is a public document, please contact the Minister of the Navy with any inquiries concerning the state of the Republic Navy's supply depot.
=== Republic Case 38276 - Naval Supplemental App. ===
Due to the recent defections and mismanagement the Republic Navy is short of several systems and munitions that are key to the agency's functionality. The Minister of the Navy requests approval for the following appropriations from the Republic Treasury:
10,000 credits to be used at the discretion of the Minister of the Navy for the mitigation of hostile actions against Republic Navy personnel, resources, facilities and critical information.
=== Republic Case 38465 - Citizenship Bill===
In order to prevent abuses of the voting process, the Senate adopts the following measures as law:
After this bill is passed, it will be a felony under Republic law for an individual to register as a voter (or buy shares in voting stock of a corporation controlling a planet) on more than two Republic worlds. Existing registrations will not be covered by this law.
2. Violation of this law will be punishable by a fine of 10,000 credits per offense.
3. It is also a felony under this law to block voter registration areas or voting booths with armies.
Amendment 72.1: <<Included>>
 
Amendment 72.1.1: Change the text of the bill to read 'It is also a felony under this law to block voter registration areas or voting booths with armies except when blocking other armies.'
Amendment 72.1.1.1: Add the following language to the end of motion 72.1.1: Even when blocking armies, it remains a felony if individuals who wish to vote are prevented from approaching the polling stations.
Amendment 72.1.1.1.1: Stations issuing corporate stock, tracking control of corporate stock, and stockholder votes are excluded from the provision preventing police or military units from blocking access. Corporations, by tradition, are left to decide the amount of stock issued each year, the price of said stock, and the conditions under which it may be purchased.
Amendment 72.2: It shall be legal to close polling stations to reprogram computers or as part of defense against invasion, as temporary measures.
=== Republic Case 38474 - Emergency Tax Bill ===
Due to the invasion of the Republic and the inadequacy of treasury resources to cover military operations and a military buildup, the Senate enacts a ten percent tax on planetary incomes, to be paid directly to the treasury and reserved for the purpose of hiring soldiers, sailors, and marines, buying ships, vehicles and materiel, and any other expenses directly suppporting the Navy and the Guard.
=== Republic Case 38547 - War Council ===
Any attack on a Republic world should be considered an act of war. The Senate rules that such acts should induce the creation of a War Council to sort out Chain of Command issues and to deal with the strategies in responding to such threats. Both peaceful and military reactions should be considered. The War Council should consist of the major leaders of our Republic, the Supreme Justice, the Chancellor, the Treasurer, the Minister of the Navy, the Marshall of the Republic Guard and the head of the Jedi Order. All others who may attend will fall under the decision of their faction leaders. The War Council will decide when the threat has been sufficiently dealt with and normal Senatorial process will resume.
=== Republic Case 38783 - Treasury Transparency Act ===
This motion would oblige the Republic Treasurer to submit monthly financial statements to the Senate, accounting for how Republic funds have been used in detail. This detail shall comprise a detailed and accurate listing of any ships or vehicles purchased, facilities or structures created, or military units formed by treasury action.
Amendment 74.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 38979 - Resources Protection Act ===
Because the officers of the Navy seem to have shown a repeated and consistant lack of loyalty for the Republic, a lack of discipline, and a lack of respect for the laws that even the average citizen would have... 
 
The following is proposed: 
 
:1. All naval officers hereby undergo psychiatric evaluation by trained specialists, and those failing the basic, standard psychological evaluation (by provind themselves disposed towards murder, psychosis, treason, or other criminal intent, as determained by the evaluation) - the likes of which would have reasonably been conducted before they entered Naval Training Camp...are hereby discharged from the Navy. 
 
:2. As the Navy seems to have a repeated and consistent lack of Naval discipline, and it seems that Naval officers do not understand what it means to actually be a naval officer, all Naval Officers will be required to attend a 'Naval Officer Refresher Course', to be taught by Repuglic Guard Captain Menglor, whom has repeatedly shown an admirable amount of military discipline, so as to prove himself a model of such that others should strive towards. Captain Menglor will have leeway in the specifics of how to teach and the content of this course. 
 
:3. All movement of naval resources (armaments, ships, squadrons, etc) - in terms of transfer of absolute control, must be approved by the Chancellor and the Treasurer, to prevent naval resources from being stolen.
:4. No provisions in this bill shall be interpreted to prevent naval officers and others in the chain of command of the Navy making tactical decisions to preserve their ships or to win battles in the case of hostilities or crises.
:5. No provisions in this bill shall be interpreted to interrupt ongoing military actions in the defense of the Republic. Any retraining of officers shall be conducted so as not to disrupt operations.
Amendment 88.2: <<Included>>
Amendment 88.2.1: <<Included>>
Amendment 88.1: Clarify section 2 to understand that Captain Menglor cannot possibly teach /all/ Naval Officers, and may construct a program of study and appoint assistants to act as teachers in such a program as directed by the Chancellor.
Amendment 88.1.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 39040 - Absenteeism Bill ===
Any Senator who fails to attend to his duties on Coruscant for more than a month, and does not respond within a week after that to a request by the Chancellor to appear before the Chancellor on the Senate flooor, shall be presumed to have derelicted his or her post and shall be removed from office. In the event that a Senator will not be able to attend duties on Coruscant, they may request a reprieve from the demands of this bill by contacting the Chancellor. In light of the war currently taking place, space travel may occasionally pose an unreasonably dangerous risk to representatives and other political figures.
Amendment 105.1: <<Included>>
=== Republic Case 39167 - Committee on Slurm ===
With the growing use and distribution of this new Hutt produced product amongst the youth and Republic community. The Senator of Thyferra Dr. Zenbra calls upon the senate to form a medical investigative board to review and examine this product and its health effects upon Republic Citizens. 
The committee shall review said item and upon conclusion of review and general concessions of the committee members they present their report before the Senate of the Republic.
Senator Dr. Zenbra of Thyferra
=== Republic Case 39192 - Letters of Authorization ===
Given that the Black Empore has authorized issuing Letters of Marque allowing privateers to seize Republic shipping, and thereby threatening the economic health of the Republic, and seeing that private security will be necessary to enable trade to continue, therefore the Republic ...
1. Proclaims that anyone acting under a letter of Marque from the Black Empire is thereby an agent of same, and their property, goods, chattels, and person are forfeit as traitors to the peace and security of the Galaxy .
2. The same rules apply to anyone who owns property on a Black Imperium world and also seeks to do business in the Republic: unless they renounce their Imperial holdings, they are to be considered traitors to the Republic and their property shall be forfeit.
3. Members of the Command Council and Senators may issue Letters of Authorization to private individuals charged with providing security to private shipping and trade. Holders of such Letters may use any method legitimate in war to protect shipping and trade against raids by the Black Empire or holders of Black Empire letters of marque.
4. The Republic Courts shall hold bearers of a Letter of Authorization harmless against any act of war they take against the Black Empire, known traitors, or their property if conducted as part of their mission to protect the trade and security of the Republic on behalf of loyal Republic citizens.
5. Private owners of capital ships holding a letter of authorization shall be exempt from provisions of the Republic Space Act while the letter of authorization is in force. Letters of authorization may be canceled by the issuer or the Command Council at any time.
Amendment 107.1: <<Included>>
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