Bill: Draft Dereliction Fix Part 2 Act

[zLost]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution​

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:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Dereliction Fix Part 2 Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative zLost.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative RealImza.

2 - Reasons
(1) This Act aims to fix contradictions and problems regarding dereliction by amending the Legislative Standards Act (link) and the Electoral Act (link).
(3) To legislate "Leave of Absences" in the Legislative Standards Act.
(2) Note: Dereliction is already defined in the Legislative Standards Act. This Act does not implement dereliction, rather it fixes problems with it. This Act should be passed alongside Dereliction Fix Part 1 Act (link), this Act is being split up as a bill amending the constitution may not amend any other bills.

3 - Amendment
The Legislative Standards Act will be amended as follows:
13 - Voting
(1) Conflict of Interests. If or when there is a motion against or relating specifically to a member of Congress, their vote shall not be included. (e.g. Motion of nomination, no confidence, removal)
(2) Abstentions. An abstention vote must be submitted during voting if the member is not voting for or against the matter before congress. An abstention vote is different from a Ffailure to vote at all in that a failure to vote will be considered a non-vote, and however for the purposes of all other acts will be counted as an abstention.

14 - Dereliction

(1) Congressional Members will be considered to have committed dereliction of their duties, if:

(a) they fail to vote on five or more bills/motions which fail due to not meeting quorum.

(b) they do not have enough playtime to vote in elections.

(2) Congressional Members will be exempt from this if they request a leave of absence before committing these acts.

14 - Leaves of Absence

(1) Congressional Members may, at any time during their term, request their respective presiding officer for a Leave of Absence along with their reason for it. The presiding officer will accept this leave of absence so long as it meets the following requirements:

(a) The reason for the Leave of Absence is appropriate and reasonable.

(b) The Leave of Absence is not requested in response to action taken against the Congressional Member for their inactivity.

(c) The time length of the Leave of Absence combined with any other previous Leaves of Absence the Congressional Member may have taken during their term does not exceed 1 month for Representatives and 2 months for Senators.

The Electoral Act will be amended as follows:
9 - Removal of Members of Congress

(1) If a Representative is no longer fit for office, they can be removed from Congress early by the relevant presiding officer with the consent of four-fifths of their chamber (Excluding the individual in question).

(2) If a Senator is no longer fit for office, they can be removed from Congress early by the relevant presiding officer with the consent of all members of their chamber (Excluding the individual in question).

(3) Removal shall require only a simple majority if the individual in question has committed dereliction of their duties.

Reason: This section is already stated in the Constitution, making it redundant in the Electoral Act.

Subsequent sections will be renumbered accordingly.