Clerk Powers Quickfix Act

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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

FIX §6(9) OF THE LEGISLATIVE STANDARDS ACT




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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Clerk Powers Fix Act’

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative Antonfr.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative Emeraldguuy.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Legislative Standards Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) §6(9) of the Legislative Standards Act has become unclear due to the accumulation of multiple Clerk's Notes following the passage of the Clerk Empowerment Act.

(2) This bill resolves those issues by consolidating the relevant provisions and restoring clarity to the Legislative Standards Act.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. Amendments

(1) §6 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

"(8) The OCA is authorised to correct section and subsection numbering within Acts, provided such corrections do not alter the substantive meaning of any provision and are limited solely to administrative numbering errors.

(9) The Presiding Officers fund the OCA's activities through provisions in the Legislative budget.

(8) The OCA is authorised to make any of the following corrections to Acts of Congress, provided that such corrections do not alter the substantive meaning of the Act and are made with the permission of at least one Presiding Officer:

(a) Adjust the numbering of sections and subsections to correct errors;

(b) Correct obvious spelling errors that are not the result of regional differences in spelling;

(c) Update names of offices and organisations when the name of that office or organisation has changed since the passage of the original Act;

(d) Remove provisions that have been explicitly declared invalid or unenforceable by another Act of Congress.

(9) The Presiding Officers shall fund the OCA's activities through provisions in the Legislative budget."

(2) Subsections 6(8)-(9) of the Legislative Standards Act, together with any corresponding Clerk Notes are repealed and replaced as shown above.