Bill: Draft Oakridge Spending Act

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BILL
To​

<To Increase Oakridge's Spending on the Public>

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 'Oakridge Spending Act'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: Wander1ng_Trader
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by:

2 - Reasons
1) The Oakridge treasury has begun to balloon and its important that we increase spending and improve our local economy and assist the Oakridge Citizens
2) The revised omnibus Act needs to be updated in order to compete with aventura news
3) More grants to support other sectors of Oakridge

3 - Amendments to the bylaws

Refresh Grants Act

Definitions
(1) For the purposes of this Act, "company" is to refer to any legal entity registered with the Department of Commerce.
(2) For the purpose of this Act, "new player" is to be defined as someone with a join date of less than 60 days ago
Grant Categories
(1) The following grant types are established under the Business Grants category:
(a) Business Startup Grant
(i) This grant is intended for new businesses in need of funds to purchase tools, rent, property, etc., to jumpstart production, sales, or services.
(ii) A maximum of $20,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(b) Business Expansion Grant
(i) This grant is intended for established businesses to purchase property, renovations or anything else needed to facilitate the expansion of their business into Oakridge. The applicant must not own commercial property in Oakridge.
(ii) A maximum of $17,500 25,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(c) Business Property Grant
(i) This grant is intended for businesses both new and established to purchase commercial property in Oakridge. The applicant must not own commercial property in Oakridge.
(ii) A maximum of $12,500 15,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(d) Crisis Recovery Grant
(i) This grant is intended for businesses recovering from unexpected crises or economic downturns, in need of funds to regain stability.
(ii) A maximum of $15,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(e) Sectoral Grant
(i) This grant is intended to fund start-ups, advancements, and innovation within specific industries. The applicant must own a business in one of the following industries: Lumber; Newspaper/media; Food service; Arts; Arms; Vehicles; Manufacturing; or Tourism.
(ii) A maximum of $10,000 25,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(f) New Player Grant
(i) This grant is intended to support new players that are active Oakridge citizens
(ii) A maximum of $5,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(iii) A player can only apply to this grant once

(2) The following grant types are established under the Activity Grants category:
(a) Active Business Bonus Grant
(i) This grant is intended to encourage businesses to stay active within the town. The applicant must own a business, and must keep that business stocked, active, and operational.
(ii) A maximum of $5,000 8,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(iii) This grant must be renewed once a month if the applicant continues to desire the grant money.
(b) Oakridge Event Assistance Grant
(i) This grant is intended to maintain private event hosting within the town. The applicant must own a business and have already hosted two prior events within the town of Oakridge.
(ii) A maximum of $10,000 may be awarded through this grant.
(iii) This grant must be renewed once a month if the applicant continues to desire the grant money.

Revised Omnibus Agenda Act​

#news Payments
(1) The Office of Commerce is in charge of administering payments for articles posted in the Oakridge discord's #news channel.
(2) Any article posted there is to be sent to the Office of Commerce, who may determine if it should get the payment.
(a) This may primarily be determined based on relevance to Oakridge, and quality.
(3) The payment is to be up to $3000 6,000 per article (Type A), and up to 50% 75% of payment to the articles author(s) by the news company (Type B).
(a) This is to be capped at $30000 60,000 for Type A and $20000 35,000 for Type B for any given news company, or subsidiary in any given month.
(4) The news company must reasonably have communicated a place, or person it can be contacted by, or the DB.
(a) This can be done via the authorship being noted in the article, reasonably communicating it via an advertisement channel, or contacting the Office of Commerce.
(5) This is not a right, and should not be an expected feature of posting an article in #news.