Bill: Draft Presidential Succession Insurance Act

[HatManMC]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO
AMEND THE CONSTITUTION


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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 'Presidential Succession Insurance Act" or "PSIA".

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative HatManMC with review and revision from Representative _GreyMC, President xXTheoryXx, and Stanley582.

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

(5) This Act amends the following acts:
(a) Constitution of the Commonwealth of Redmont

2: Reasons and Intent
(1) After the succession crisis involving the dissolving of both House and Senate, the resignation of the Presidency under Multiman155, and the resignation of the Presidency under Just_Jada, it was proven that our current succession provisions in the Constitution are not extensive enough.
(2) By expanding the order of succession to a total of 12 consecutive successions after the President, we can help better ensure the safety of the Executive Branch.

PART II - AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

Part III, section 26 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Redmont shall be amended as follows:
26. Order of Succession

(1) Presidential Succession. In the event that the President is incapacitated, removed from office, or inactive for more than 7 days unannounced, the Vice President will assume the Presidency.

(2) Dual Succession. If the Vice Presidency is vacant in s26(1), the President of the Senate will temporarily assume a caretaker administration and will immediately facilitate a presidential election.

(a) The President of the Senate will maintain their role within Congress throughout this period.

(b) In the case of a vacancy within the offices of the Presidency, Vice Presidency, and Presidency of the Senate, order of succession to the Presidency to establish a caretaker administration as said in §26(2) shall follow a set order determined by Congress in an act of legislation.

(bd) If 30 days or less remain, the newly elected administration will serve through the upcoming electoral month until the next presidential election. This results in a maximum term length of five months during a dual succession special electionspecial election involving a succession involving the President of the Senate or further down the list.