Forum:Sylvania State Council

In Sylvania, the State Council is the legislative body that can change and alter the State Constitution and State Law. They meet in the Sylvania State Capitol]] in the forum and the building also houses the other various departments of the State Government including the offices of the State Governor, State Judge, Sylvania First Minister and Speaker. While the forum is not open to the public, Sylvanians are encouraged to get in touch with their locally elected Representatives and Senators. For current Sylvanian State Council compositions, see this.

A round of the State Council starts when a bill is proposed in the Council of Representatives when this happens, no other bills may be proposed until the round is over. The round is divided into a week of debate, four days of voting in the Council of Representatives and then three days of voting in the Senate. During the week of debate members may propose amendments to the bill. During the week of voting the bill may not be altered and members may vote on whether to pass the bill. Each member has one vote each and may cast it in favour of the bill or against it or not cast it at all, only cast votes are counted. If a bill passes through the Council of Representatives but not through the Senate, the Council of representatives may bypass the Senate through another round of voting excluding the Senate with the round lasting four days but in the case of veto's by the Governor, the Senate may not be bypassed.

Majorities needed to pass bills:
 * State Constitution
 * Two-thirds majority in the Council of Representatives, Two-thirds majority in the Senate then enshrinement in Law by Governor
 * If Senate Refuses Bill
 * Three-fourths majority in the Council of Representatives then enshrinement in Law by Governor
 * If Governor Vetoes Bill
 * Bill is refused
 * If Governor Vetoes Bill
 * Three-fourths majority in the Council of Representatives, Three-fourths majority in the Senate
 * If Senate Refuses Bill
 * Bill is refused


 * State Law
 * One-half majority in the Council of Representatives, One-half majority in the Senate
 * If Senate Refuses Bill
 * Two-thirds majority in the Council of Representatives then enshrinement in Law by Governor
 * If Governor Vetoes Bill
 * Bill is refused
 * If Governor Vetoes Bill
 * Two-thirds majority in the Council of Representatives, Two-thirds majority in the Senate
 * If Senate Refuses Bill
 * Bill is refused

People allowed in the Forum:
 * Governor: Lukas Hoffmann (User:Kunarian)
 * Deputy Governor: Marcus Villanova (User:Crystalbeastdeck09)
 * Judge of Sylvania: PL member (User:Pikapi)
 * All Councillors of the State (CotS)

Debate: Starting 2nd August, Ending 8th August
We have to sort out the organisation of the current State Council which is the 49th Sylvania State Council. The positions of Speaker and First Minister have to be assigned and we generally just need to get used to operating under this current system.

The position of First Minister is almost the same as Prime Minister, they are the leader of the council.

The position of Speaker has the roles of ensuring proper format and manage the debates of the council.

Joseph Fletcher's Proposal (CNP leader in the Sylvania State Council)
 * First Minister
 * Joseph Fletcher (User:Kunarian)
 * Speaker
 * GP leader in the Sylvania State Council (User:77topaz)

First of all I believe that a CNP First Minister is logical, we got the most seats in the actual election and we have made plans to work forwards in the short time this Council will be sitting. We also propose that a GP member be put in the position of speaker, as they could highly be considered a middle ground party and are in reasonably good relations with all parties and so can be a good mediator. While it might have been good to give PL a position so that they can reboot themselves, the Governor and Deputy have agreed to put a PL member in control of the position of Judge of Sylvania. This proposal also allows the left and right to be represented in the important offices of the State.

We are welcome to debate other ideas and we hope that we can build upon this proposal and ensure that a majority of Representatives can agree to this. Hoffmann Kunarian TALK 11:19, August 2, 2013 (UTC)