THE PETITIONS COMMITTEE, 1770

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House of Commons

Committee of Petitions, 1770

 

As mandated by the Sixteenth Imperial Diet, the Petitions Committee, composed of both Everardine and Josephite Members of the House of Commons, is charged with the oversight of passing or denying petitional legislative bills from the general public for the House to review as well as drafting these bills in their official capacity. It is also the duty of the Petitions Committee to respond to public protest and consensual opinion regarding an existing bill or a prospective bill and vote on the acceptance or denial to bring forth the proposition to the House consensually.

 

Composition:

 

• MHC Winston Rothesay, Chairman; @Proddy

• MHC Amadeus d’Aryn, Member; @Caranthir_

• MHC Angelika Bykov, Member; @AnonymousAlexa

• MHC Konstantin Wick, Member; @Xarkly

• MHC Sigmar Baruch, Member; @Drew2_dude

 

Annual Agenda:

 

• To meet and assess future prospective petitional bills and legislation from the general public.

• To convene and vote on whether a petitional bill should be passed or denied review in the House of Commons, once it has reached a minimum of five signatories.

• To draft legislative petitional bills to present to the House of Commons should it be passed by the Committee or reach a minimum of ten signatories - in which the bill shall be passed for review by default, though a hearing may still be required with the bills creator in question to detail its major points and contents.

 

Petitional Bill Format

 

Find attached below the Petitional Bill Format which should be used to write petitions and should be submitted to the Committee upon reaching a signatory count of approximately five.

 

Please keep in mind that for a petitional bill to be valid for consideration, it’s writer must be a registered citizen on the most recent Imperial Census. Signatories must also be registered Imperial Citizens or else their signatory will be counted as invalid.

 

 

 

 

* When the bill has reached 5 signatures and is ready for review by the Petitions Committee, please message Proddy#6458 or any other member listed above on Discord with your prospective bill. The format will have to be copy and pasted onto another google document where you can then write it unhindered *

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Z7mjqoHbu0kZL_pQPmxAfI49ZbsMTUfFt_YXsYji4A/edit?usp=sharing