Procedures Amendment

[Li Naomiai]

Lord Prætor

I move to adopt the following amendment to the first section of the Procedures:

Section 1. Membership.

1. By being a member of the Landsraad, the member owns zir own seat in the Landsraad (“the seat”). A member is titled, if a man, Lord Elector of the Imperial Republic, or, if a woman, Lady Elector of the Imperial Republic.
2. A member can only be separated from zir seat by dying, by gifting the seat to another citizen, by losing citizenship, by resigning the seat, or by forefeiting the seat. A member's seat is forefeited upon the member's failure to attend the session in the Landsraad for four continuous (Norton) years. Upon resignation or forefeiture, the seat is destroyed.
3. Upon the death of a member, zir seat is transferred to zir legitimate issue, with preference to the older and their descendants over the younger and their descendants, not counting any non-citizens, unless a last will and testament should provide that some other citizen should inherit the seat.
4. A member may by communicating to the Prætor appoint a representative for a given time for zir seat. The representative shall have, for the duration of zir representation, the full rights associated to that seat.
5. The Kaiser shall appoint a representative for any child under the age of 15 who may own a seat. No child under the age of 15 may take part in the deliberations of the Landsraad.
6. The owner decides zir seat’s name.
7. Upon loss of citizenship of a member, zir seat is destroyed.
8. The Prætor shall record the seat and zir owner, and any transactions made to that seat, as well as any representatives for that seat.
9. Should any person at any given point in time own more than one seats, zir seats shall permanently merge to become one seat.
10. The Kaiser may[strikethrough], on the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council,[/strikethrough] create and grant a seat for a citizen of the Imperial Republic.
11. The Landsraad may, by resolution of three quarters' majority, cause a member's forefeiture of a seat.

The amendment has two parts intrinsically linked to one another. The first part makes its easier for the Kaiser to appoint members to the Landsraad. It is good not to involve the executive power in legislative matters. The second part allows for the Landsraad to control its membership by voting out members it doesn't want. So that this isn't used as a political weapon, 3/4 majority is required.

[Sprocket]

My Lords

Voting can start on the motion to adopt this amendment.

[Li Naomiai]

Aye

[Lamar Anschutz]

Aye

[Sprocket]

My Lords

Voting has ended. The amendment has been adopted.