Bill: Draft Inaccessible Chestshops Act

[Angryhamdog]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A BILL TO

Establish Consumer Rights and Standards for Retail Establishments



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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:


PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1 - Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Inaccessible Chestshops Act.’

(2) This Act shall take effect fourteen (14) days after signage to allow shop owners time to review their /find visibility settings.

(3) This Act has been authored by Citizen TheTomToms.

(a) This Act has been co-edited by Kiwi_Boi_Gamer.

(4) This Act has been proposed by Angryhamdog.

(5) This Act has been sponsored by Representative Just_Jada, Representative Angryhamdog, Senator zLost, and Speaker of the House Kaiserin.

(6) This Act amends the following Acts:

(a) Civil Code Act

2 - Reasons

(1) There are public chestshops which are currently inaccessible.

(2) Players are wasting time attempting to access public chestshops which are inaccessible .

(3) Mechanics already exist to allow inaccessible chestshops to become private. The /find toggle visibility [true/false] command provides reasonable implementation.

(4) Currently no law encourages or ensures accessibility to public chestshops.

(5) This Act will encourage and ensure public chestshops are accessible which will directly save players time and improve the overall player experience.

3 - Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Publicly Listed” — A chestshop that is visible to consumers through the /find command, ads listed in chat, or any other server-provided public interface.

(b) “Physically Accessible” — A chestshop that a consumer can reach and interact with through normal navigation of the retail establishment without requiring special permissions, unconventional movement techniques, or knowledge of hidden pathways.

PART II — AMENDMENTS AND VIOLATION PROCESS

4 - Amendment to the Civil Code Act

(1) The following offence shall be added to PART VIII: PROPERTY OFFENCES:

14 - Publicly Inaccessible Chestshop

Violation Type: Administrative

Remedy:

(a) Administrative action; 3 Civil Penalty Units per chestshop in violation

A person commits an offence if the person:

(a) has publicly listed a chestshop (as defined in the Criminal Terminology Act); and

(b) that chestshop is inaccessible; and

(c) a violation has been reported; and

(d) they were notified of the violation by the Department of Construction and Transport (DCT) and failed to remedy it within forty-eight (48) hours.

This offense shall not occur in cases where:

(i) conduct violates any offence under PART VII: CORPORATE OFFENCES; or

(ii) inaccessibility is due to any construction/renovation which the public have been notified of through signage; or

(iii) inaccessibility is caused by any uncontrollable event including: any server malfunction (bug, plugin error, etc), or any real-life issues (sick, family, internet, etc); or

(iv) chestshop is located outside of Redmont; or

(v) all containers (as defined in the Criminal Terminology Act) are used exclusively for manufacturing or storage provided there is signage to notify consumers.

Relevant Law:

[Link to the Inaccessible Chestshops Act]


5 - Violation Process

(1) Anyone who encounters an inaccessible publicly listed chestshop may:

(a) Report the chestshop via a DCT ticket;

(b) If the DCT finds that the chestshop is publicly listed and inaccessible they must notify the shop owner directly through in-game mail or Discord.

(c) If after 48 hours the shop owner has failed to remedy the violation the Department of Justice must punish the shop owner unless one of the exceptions applies.

(2) Before filing a report, consumers are encouraged to notify the shop owner to ensure the issue can be resolved more diplomatically.