Bill: Draft Text Me Back Notification Act

[Angryhamdog]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO
Speed up applications and prevent idle applications to earn money


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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 'Text Me Back Notification Act’
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Angryhamdog.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by <user>.
(5) This Act modifies the following act:
(a) Text Me Back Act

2 - Reasons
(1) Departments can make mistakes on failing to decide on an individual. Often times, there is a concensus and other applications make it difficult to see, and it is not acted upon. Occasionally, applications are decided firmly in the negative but departments want to avoid a denial only hours after the application is submitted, casuing the deaprtments to forget.
(2) The increase from 4.2x^3 + 200 to 7.3x^3 + 500 will make the max after 15 days past notification (for a total of a month after the application is submitted).
(3) To prevent the practice of submitting an application and then staying quiet about it for a payout.

PART II — TERMS

3 - Text Me Back Act amendments:

3 - Terms
(1) Executive Departments are required to provide a final decision on any new applications within a period of 14 days. If a Department fails to provide an acceptance or a denial within the specified time frame, they are obligated to compensate the applicant with a late fee.
(a) If a Department fails to provide an acceptance of a denial within the specified time frame, they are obligated to compensate the applicant with a late fee.
(b) In order to be eligible for the late fee, the applicant must open a Discord Ticket, after the expiry of the 14 day period in (1), and remind the department of the unanswered status of the application and the date the application was submitted.
(i) This ticket shall not be closed until the application has been answered, and the individual has been compensated under this act.
(c) The late fee will be calculated using the formula (4.2x^3 + 2007.3x^3+500) dollars, where x represents the number of days that pass after the notification, with each day's fee being added to the cumulative total amount owed.
(i) The cumulative late fees owed by a Department per application cannot exceed a total of $25,000 and shall not be less than $500.
(d) The cumulative late fees owed by a Department per application cannot exceed a total of $25,000.
(d) Congress retains the authority to access information regarding Departmental payments, enabling them to question the Executive in cases where late fees have been incurred due to delayed application processing.