Council Accountability and Public Will Act(CAPWA)

20260405-3 \\ ??? words \\ Passed \\ No summary

">DISCLAIMER">DISCLAIMER* : This is not related to Council Accountability and Representation Amendment proposed by
">CONTEXT">CONTEXT* : This act is aimed for strengthening grassroot democracy in the sub. As of my observations the council votings over a bill, as displayed by the transparency posts, doesn't provide much subject matter over the actual opinion of the council members on the bill, nor is there a way a citizen can discuss or negotiate their bill with the council. This act aims to provide a solution to the same.
">ARTICLE 1. COUNCIL STATEMENT">ARTICLE 1. COUNCIL STATEMENT*
">1.1">1.1* If a bill proposed by a citizen is rejected, but there is not clear explanation available justifying the rejection, the original proposer can ask the council for providing a statement on the reasons rejection.
">1.2">1.2* Only original proposer can ask for statement over their bills
">1.3">1.3* In order to request a statement, the proposer should make a dedicated post for the same.
">1.4">1.4* The Statement can be provided by anyone of the council members through a comment on the request post if explanation is concise or short.
">1.5">1.5* If the council wants to provide a detailed overview they should make a separate post for providing the statement. This post should also be made by any one of the council members.
">1.6">1.6* Posts by proposers demanding statement from council should have a newly created post flair - Clarification from council.
">ARTICLE 2. BILL NEGOTIATION">ARTICLE 2. BILL NEGOTIATION*
">2.1">2.1* If the council observes that the bill is eligible to be passed if certain articles/sections of a bill are deleted/added/modified, they should clarify these bill negotiations under their "statement" over the bill(statement meaning the same as in article 1)
">2.2">2.2* If the proposer agrees with the article deletion/addition/modification proposed by the council, then he can do the same and post the refined bill again, which the council is obliged to pass after ensuring the article negotiations are met.
">Article 3.">Article 3.* This act could be exercised only for bills made after passing of the act.
(Thanks to u/SrijitDas2010 for suggesting article 1.6)

***DISCLAIMER*** : This is not related to Council Accountability and Representation Amendment proposed by ***CONTEXT*** : This act is aimed for strengthening grassroot democracy in the sub. As of my observations the council votings over a bill, as displayed by the transparency posts, doesn't provide much subject matter over the actual opinion of the council members on the bill, nor is there a way a citizen can discuss or negotiate their bill with the council. This act aims to provide a solution to the same. ***ARTICLE 1. COUNCIL STATEMENT*** ***1.1*** If a bill proposed by a citizen is rejected, but there is not clear explanation available justifying the rejection, the original proposer can ask the council for providing a statement on the reasons rejection. ***1.2*** Only original proposer can ask for statement over their bills ***1.3*** In order to request a statement, the proposer should make a dedicated post for the same. ***1.4*** The Statement can be provided by anyone of the council members through a comment on the request post if explanation is concise or short. ***1.5*** If the council wants to provide a detailed overview they should make a separate post for providing the statement. This post should also be made by any one of the council members. ***1.6*** Posts by proposers demanding statement from council should have a newly created post flair - Clarification from council. ***ARTICLE 2. BILL NEGOTIATION*** ***2.1*** If the council observes that the bill is eligible to be passed if certain articles/sections of a bill are deleted/added/modified, they should clarify these bill negotiations under their "statement" over the bill(statement meaning the same as in article 1) ***2.2*** If the proposer agrees with the article deletion/addition/modification proposed by the council, then he can do the same and post the refined bill again, which the council is obliged to pass after ensuring the article negotiations are met. ***Article 3.*** This act could be exercised only for bills made after passing of the act. (Thanks to u/SrijitDas2010 for suggesting article 1.6)

Metadata

Internal ID: 292
Bill proposed(Unix Epoch): 1775413174
Proposer: geek-nerd-331
Original link: https://www.reddit.com/r/TeenGovernment/comments/1sdavqp/council_accountability_and_public_will_actcapwa
Approval admin:
Approval link: https://www.reddit.com/r/TeenGovernment/comments/1sdavqp/council_accountability_and_public_will_actcapwa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/TeenGovernment/comments/1sdavqp/council_accountability_and_public_will_actcapwa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
ARPD-Curator: Floyd B. Olson Fan

Council Accountability and Public Will Act(CAPWA)

History