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Bill #93

GRAHAM Amendment

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Written by
Speaker WesGutt
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Status
Failed in the Commons
Originated in Chamber
Commons
Type
Bill
Sponsors
None
Summary
Expands automatic NPS protections to Atolls and Mountains, Allows the Legislature to plan and create larger National Parks

Amendments

Bill History
  1. Failed in Commons Session #9

  2. This bill is an amendment to bill #28.

  3. Submitted to Commons Session #9

Greater Reservations for Atolls, Hinterlands, and Mountains (GRAHAM) Amendment

Author: WesGutt

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The Sacred Environment Act

Author : Sun_Tzu_Warrior, Quaerendo_Invenietis, PaintHouses, Taylor

Purpose: An act to preserve the environment for future generations.


Section 1: National Parks Service (NPS)

  1. By vote of the Commons and Senate, any tile within five (5) tiles of a Celtic control city-center can be deemed a National Park. Any tile declared a National Park will have all improvements removed and any future improvements prohibited.
  1. No natural features may be removed from National Park tiles except by the act of settling a city.
  1. All atolls, mountains, jungles, and forests without known resources or Antiquity Sites and within five (5) tiles of a Celtic city-center, but not within the borders of another Civilization or City-State, are automatically enrolled into the NPS.
  1. If resources or Antiquity Sites are discovered, or the tile is within the borders of another Civilization or City-State, the tile will be automatically removed from the NPS and is eligible to be worked baring any other restrictions.
  1. The President or Streamer may not have Workers remove any Forests or Jungles anywhere, unless one of the following conditions obtains:
  1. The feature’s removal would be necessary to connect a Luxury Resource.
  2. The feature’s removal would be necessary to connect a Strategic Resource.
  3. The feature’s removal would be necessary to Construct an Archeological Dig.
  1. All Natural Wonders and their adjacent tiles are automatically enrolled into the NPS.

Section 2: Animal Protection

  1. All roads must have established animal crossings.
  2. The government is limited to improving only 1 tile per animal resource if identified as a “protected species”.
  1. Animal resources considered “protected species” are as follows:        
  1. Bison, Furs, Ivory, Whales, Seals
  1. Animal resources not listed as “protected species” are as follows:
  1. Fish, Lake Fish, Crab, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Deer
  1. All animal husbandry will be subject to strict ethical guidelines
  2. The government is banned from the import and export of animal resources listed as “protected species.”