Constitution Town Constitution

[Town of Oakridge]

We the residents of the Town of Oakridge, in order to form a more perfect country, establish this Constitution to guarantee the preservation and protection of Justice, promote the general welfare of our residents, and secure the liberty of our participation in the governance of this town. All the residents and the Government of the Town of Oakridge will abide by these here set principles to play and unite as a town, the Town of Oakridge , hereinafter called Oakridge.

PREAMBLE

The Oakridge Town Council consists of 2 branches, the Executive and the Legislative. All laws passed by the Federal Government of the Commonwealth of Redmont are to be binding and enforceable within the bounds of the Town of Oakridge.

SECTION I. GOVERNMENT

Article I – The Executives of Oakridge shall consist of the Mayor and any departments which might be created through the legislative process. The Mayor shall have the power to veto any bill passed by the Town Council. The Council can override a Mayoral veto through a supermajority vote. Once a bill is vetoed by the mayor one of similar nature may not be proposed again for 14 days. The Town Council shall have the power to appoint or remove any of the Councillors / Town Council members in the Town Council and can remove the Mayor or Deputy Mayor with a Supermajority (excluding the vote of the person being removed).

Article II – The Legislature of Oakridge shall consist of a single, unicameral Town Council which will consist of Councillors, also known as Council Members. The Town Council shall have the power to author, propose, and pass laws on any topic through a majority of its members with the only stipulations that such legislation may not conflict with laws passed by the Federal Government of Redmont and any bill which intends to modify this Constitution must abide by the process outlined in Article III. Additionally, any resident of Oakridge may author legislation and petition the Town Council to consider it. The means by which the Town Council will consider legislation proposed to it through petition shall be established through law outside the Constitution.

Article III – Amendments to this Constitution Any bill which seeks to modify this Constitution must receive a supermajority vote from the Town Council.

SECTION II. DEPARTMENTS

Article IV - Oakridge shall have departments which will be created through the Legislative Process. Each department will have specific duties, responsibilities and powers which will be listed here. The head of a department will be a Town Council member who is assigned to that Department in this constitution. The head of a department will decide the rank structure of their respective department. The following are Departments of Oakridge:

a) Department of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs is charged with the following responsibilities:
(1) Facilitation of any and all elections in the Town of Oakridge, other than elections which are the Department of State's responsibility stated outside of this Constitution.
(2) Foreign Relations.
(3) Communications with other towns and Reveille.
(4) Evaluation and oversight of the Town Council.
(5) Providing transparency to the Citizens of Oakridge.

Leadership:
(1) Head of Internal Affairs

SECTION III. ELECTORAL SYSTEM

Article V - a) A term of the Oakridge Town Council Advisor shall last for 2 months. No person shall serve more than 3 consecutive terms in any position.
b) A term of the Oakridge Mayor shall last for 4 months. No person shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms as Oakridge Mayor.

Article VI - Elections will take place on the 30th of each assigned month (with the exception of February, which will take place on the 28th). The election will be handled by the Department of Internal Affairs to ensure the integrity of the election. During this time, the council or the mayor shall not be able to pass new bylaws, constitutional changes, or resolutions that may affect the new incoming mayor/council.

Article VII - All elected positions within Oakridge shall be elected by a majority of votes, that being 50%+1 or more. If no candidate receives a majority of votes in an election, a second election shall be held between the two candidates with the most votes in the first election. If there is only one candidate for any position, a vote of confidence shall be held for that candidate. The candidate must receive a majority of votes in favor, not counting undecided votes.

Article VIII - In the case that no citizen of Oakridge nominates themselves for an office in Oakridge, the incumbent holder of that Office shall be placed on the ballot. The ballot question shall be as follows; “Do you approve of [Incumbent] to remain as [Office Title]." If the Incumbent Officeholder does not attain a majority of votes cast in their vote of confidence, a new period of declarations shall be opened and a subsequent election held.

SECTION IV. RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

The Resident of Oakridge has the following rights and freedoms added to the Redmont Rights and Freedoms:

Article IX - The Right to vote in the Town Council of Oakridge.

Article X - The Right to be an elected member of the Town Council of Oakridge.

Article XI - The right to keep and bear arms within town limits shall not be infringed. All weapons, excluding ‘MAD’ weapons, are able to be held in possession of the people of Oakridge. Citizens with the job title “armorer” are able to sell all weapons excluding ‘MAD’ weapons. A firearms license is still required to buy and sell weapons within the town. ‘MAD’ weapons are defined as mini-nukes and other weapons banned by Redmont.

The Town Council
of
Oakridge

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