Miscellaneous Act

SENATE PROCEDURES:

THE GOVERNMENT of THE CELTS

ARTICLE I: THE CABINET

Section 1. The Senator Presiding shall be elected by Senators and shall be in charge of overseeing the actions of the Senate.

1. The Senate may establish additional offices by motion or legislation.
2. All senate offices shall collectively be referred to as the cabinet.
3. The procedures below shall apply to any internal position created by the senate unless explicitly stated otherwise in relevant legislation.
4. All offices shall be considered vacant upon the conclusion of a term; each term requires its own election unless specified in legislation.

Section 2. The first 24 hours after election results are posted at the beginning of a term shall be the candidacy announcement period for those interested in running for the cabinet.

1. Senators may announce their candidacy for
2. Senators may nominate other Senators, but the nominee must publicly accept by the end of the 24 hour period in order to be considered for the election.
3. All announcements, nominations, and acceptance must be in the #senate-floor channel.

Section 3. The cabinet election shall begin following the conclusion of the candidacy announcement period, shall last 24 hours, and shall be conducted by emoji reaction vote.

1. In a tie, or failure to elect, the winner shall be decided at random by moderation.
2. A senator may motion to end the cabinet election only if all senators have voted.
3. If a position is uncontested, then the senator in the running is automatically chosen to fill said position without the need for a vote.

Section 4. In the event of a vacancy the senate shall follow the steps prescribed below:

1. From the moment of the vacancy a 24 hour timeframe will open for senators to either announce their candidacy or accept nomination in the #senate-floor channel.
2. The next 24 hour timeframe will consist of a vote unless the position is uncontested.
3. This process shall be used to elect the first Senator Presiding if a vacancy exists at the time of the adoption of these procedures.

ARTICLE II: SENATE SESSION

Section 1. Senate Sessions shall operate on a 5-day cycle with 3 periods.

1. The start of the cycle is chosen by the Senator Presiding and initiated using ‘-senate session open’ or the appropriate bot command in the #senate-floor channel.
2. The Senator Presiding may keep any period open past its prescribed time limit.

1. The Senate may force a period to close with a 3/5 vote in favor given that the minimum timeframe for each period has passed.

Section 2. The first 48 hours shall be the proposal period.

1. During this period Senators may propose bills.
2. Bills must be written onto a google doc, and be submitted using ‘-senate submit’ or the appropriate bot command in the #senate-floor channel or the #bot channel.
3. In the event of no bot; the bill document link must be posted in the #senate-floor channel.
4. Any bill passed by the Commons, that has not been introduced to the Senate, shall be considered by the Senate.
5. All bills will be added to a google sheet by the Senator Presiding or their delegate.
6. The Senator Presiding may end the period & prevent further submissions by using ‘-senate session lock’ or the appropriate bot command once 48 hours have transpired.

Section 3. The 48 hours after the end of the proposal period shall be the discussion period.

1. During Up until the end of this period, senators may adjust/amend their proposed bills.

i. Following each edit in the google doc, Senators must announce in the #senate-floor channel that their bill has been edited and how.

ii. The Senator Presiding may use the ‘-bill synchronize’ command or other appropriate bot command to synchronize the changes.

2. The Senator Presiding may plan a synchronous discussion time on a voice channel.
3. The Senator Presiding may end the period & prevent further amendment by using ‘-senate session vote’ or the appropriate bot command once 48 hours have transpired.

Section 4. The 24 hours following ‘-senate session vote’ or the appropriate command shall be the voting period.

1. During this period senators may vote on bills.
2. Senators shall mark their vote in the google sheet.
3. The Senator Presiding may close voting early if all senators have voted.
4. A bill is considered approved if a majority (3/5) of senators vote in favor.
5. The Senator Presiding may use ‘-senate session close’ or the appropriate command to end the session.

ARTICLE III: EMERGENCY SESSIONS

Section 1. The Senator Presiding may call an emergency session,

1. Senators may motion to overrule and cancel the emergency session with a 3/5 vote as long as the motion is made within 24 hours of the emergency session being declared.
2. They may run concurrent to a regular session and in which case will not be required to use bot commands; the Senator Presiding shall give clear instructions on the step by step process in #senate-floor.
3. The emergency session shall be a three day cycle; a 24 hour proposal period, 24 hour discussion period, and 24 hour voting period.
4. The Senator Presiding may keep any period open past its prescribed time limit.

Section 2. The first 24 hours after the emergency session starts shall be the proposal period.

1. During this period each senator may propose up to three bills.
2. Bills must be written onto a google doc, and be submitted using the appropriate bot command in the #senate-floor channel or the #bot channel.
3. In the event of no bot; the bill document link must be posted in the #senate-floor channel and the Senator Presiding shall be pinged.
4. Any bill passed by the Commons, that has not been introduced to the Senate, may be considered by the Senate.
5. All bills will be added to a google sheet by the Senator Presiding or their delegate.
6. The Senator Presiding may end the period & prevent further submissions by declaring so in #senate-floor or by using the appropriate bot command once 24 hours have transpired.

Section 3. The next 24 hours after the proposal period ends shall be the discussion period.

1. During Up until the end of this period, senators may adjust/amend their proposed bills.

i.        Following each edit in the google doc, Senators must announce in the #senate-floor channel that their bill has been edited and how.

ii. The Senator Presiding may use the ‘-bill synchronize’ command or other appropriate bot command to synchronize the changes.

2. The Senator Presiding may plan a synchronous discussion time on a voice channel.
3. The Senator Presiding may end the period & prevent further amendment by declaring so in #senate-floor or by using ‘-senate session vote’ or the appropriate bot command once 24 hours has transpired.

Section 4. The next 24 hours after the discussion period ends shall be the voting period.

1. During this period senators may vote on bills.
2. Senators shall mark their vote in the google sheet.
3. The Senator Presiding may close voting early if a majority decision has been reached on each bill.
4. A bill is considered approved if a majority (3/5) of senators vote in favor.
5. The Senator Presiding may use ‘-senate session close’ or the appropriate command to end the session.

ARTICLE IV: IMPEACHMENT TRIALS

Section 1. After the Commons initiates impeachment proceedings the Senate shall hold a trial in order to determine whether to convict or acquit the defendant.

Section 2. The trial shall take place outside of any senate session; a channel for the trial shall be determined.

Section 3. Senators shall act as a jury while the Chief Justice presides.

1. If the Chief Justice is the defendant the other justices - or remaining justice - shall serve.
2. If the entire Supreme Court is the defendant then the Senator Presiding shall preside.
3. If the defendant is a senator, said senator shall retain their power to vote in the ruling.

Section 4. The appropriate entities shall submit to the Senate a prosecutor and defense for the defendant.

Section 5. The conduct, timeline, and rules for a trial shall be determined by the presiding official; however both prosecution and defense must have an opportunity to argue their case.

Section 6. The Senate shall vote to convict or acquit the defendant based on the charge(s) at the conclusion of arguments.

ARTICLE V: MOTIONS

Section 1. The Senate shall have the ability to enact administrative motions.

1. Administrative Motions are different from bot motions; administrative motions are listed below in Section 2 through Section 7.
2. Senators may make a motion by pinging the Senator Presiding and stating their motion.
3. The Senator Presiding must determine if the motion is in order within 12 hours.
4. If the motion is out of order then the Senator Presiding must explain why.
5. If the motion is acceptable then the Senator Presiding must ping all senators, restate the motion, and hold a vote to approve or reject the motion.
6. A motion is approved with 3/5 vote in favor unless otherwise stated; and a motion fails if it does not get approved within 24 hours.
7. Motions that result in a bill becoming law should be recorded in the google sheet.

Section 2. Motion to Close the ___ period: To end a period of a standard or emergency session.

Section 3. Motion to Extend the ___ period: To extend a period of a standard or emergency session.

Section 4. Motion to Fast Track: Used on a single piece of legislation at a time, this motion can make a bill immediately have a 24 voting period [requires 4/5 to approve this motion].

Section 5. Motion to Quick-Override: To override a presidential veto; this motion should explicitly name a vetoed bill; upon a 4/5 vote in approval the veto is considered overturned.

Section 6. Motion to Approve with Unanimous Consent: Used on a single piece of legislation at a time, this motion automatically passes the named bill if all five senators approve within 24 hours & there is no vote in opposition.

Section 7. Motion to Suspend the Rules: Briefly suspends procedural rules to achieve an objective [requires unanimous approval to adopt this motion].

ARTICLE VI: MICELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1. The Senator Presiding retains the power to use emoji votes, voice votes, text channel votes, or standard google sheet votes.

Section 2. The Senator Presiding shall act as legal counsel for the Senate in absence of a formal position tasked with such responsibility; this responsibility may be delegated.

Section 3. No lawsuit shall be filed in the name of the Senate without a vote approving such; any case filed by a member of the senate does not entail responsibility to the entirety of the senate.

Section 4. If a senator has been inactive for ten (10) or more days, as determined by the Supreme Court, the member may be removed.

Section 5. These procedures shall remain in effect henceforth; amendments may be approved.

Section 6. The Senator Presiding may also be referred to as the First Senator.