Bill: Draft Legislative Process Fix Act

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Fix the Legislative Process to work with permission restraints on the server​

The citizens of Oakridge, through their elected Representatives in the Town-Council and the force of law ordained to that Town-Council by the people through the constitution of Oakridge, do hereby enact the following provisions into the by-laws:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Legislative Process Fix Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: Mayor and Councillor asdertplays
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by:

2 - Reasons
(1) The Legislative process is currently

3 - Amendments:
The Town Bylaws are amended as follows:

Legislative Process Act
1. All Council Members have the ability to officially propose bills to the Town Council. In order to propose a bill, Council Members must follow the legislative process outlined in this Act.
2. A bill is first proposed by being posted into the Oakridge Council thread with the prefix 'Bill: Draft'.
a. All bills that amends the Town Constitution must exclusively amend the Town Constitution.
3. In order to be put to vote, a bill must have at least one co-sponsor.
a. A co-sponsor must be a Council Member who is not the poster of the bill and must be willing to be listed as a co-sponsor.
4. The Chief of Staff will put a bill to vote by changing the bills prefix to 'Bill: Vote' and by alerting Council Members of the vote in #┃𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 on Discord.
4. The Chief of Staff will put the bill to vote in a publicly viewable channel in the Town of Oakridge Discord Server, and alert Council Member of the vote in the same place.
5. Voting will be opened for 48 hours.
6. In order for a bill to pass the Town Council, it must be voted on by a majority of the Council Members and must receive a majority of votes in favor. In the event of a tie, the Deputy Mayor Chief of Staff of Oakridge shall decide whether it passes or fails.
a. A bill that amends the Constitution of Oakridge must receive a supermajority votes in favor to pass the Town Council.
7. In order for a bill passed by the Town Council to be made into law, the Mayor must approve and sign the bill into law. If the Mayor does not approve, they shall return it to the Town Council, with objections. The Town Council may, with a supermajority vote of approval among its members, override the Mayor's objections and have the bill made into law.
a. If the bill is passed, the prefix of the bill will be changed to 'Act of Council' and the bill will be moved to the Acts of Council thread.
b. If the bill has failed, the prefix of the bill will be changed to 'Bill: Rejected' and the bill will be moved to the Rejected/Rescinded Bills thread.
8. In the event the Chief of Staff is unable to perform any of these duties, they may give written permission to a Councillor of Oakridge or the Mayor of Oakridge to perform the duties in their place