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AN ACT

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BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Senate of the Republic of Steamhappia, as follows:

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Ministries of the State Bill

STATUS: DRAFT

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AN ACT

To establish executive ministries and officers of ministers to direct the operations of the Republic.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Senate of the Republic of Steamhappia, as follows:

Ministries and Ministers

1    Ministries

(1) The term "Ministry" means an organisation that operates under the Executive of the Republic administered by a member of the President's Cabinet.

(2) A Ministry may have operational Departments which allow for its operations to be split up and organised, a Department may also be administered by a Civil Officer.

(3) A Ministry can be created and defined by law along with its-

(a) name,

(a) relevant Secretary position and title,

(b) powers and duties,

(c) various departments dealing with parts of the ministries operations,

(d) an order of succession should a secretary or ministerial position become vacant.

2    Ministers

(1) A Ministry is to be lead by a Secretary and may have additional Ministers running departments within the ministry.

(2) Secretaries are Cabinet members and Ministers are Civil Officers and must be nominated by the President to be confirmed by the Senate.

(3) Ministers are accountable for, the chiefs of and principal representatives of their Ministry or Department.

(4) Ministers serve at the pleasure of the President who may remove or appoint to a lower position within the Ministry at any time.

Ministry of State and Finance

3    Ministry of State

(1) The Ministry of State is to be established as a Ministry overseen by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.

(2) The Ministry of State is tasked with-

(a) policing and crime prevention,

(b) immigration and visa's,

(c) business affairs,

(d) universal credit and income,

(e) state events,

(f) detention and timeouts,

(g) other affairs relating to the operations State.

4    Ministry of Finance

(1) The Ministry of Finance is to be established as a Ministry overseen by the Secretary of State for Financial Affairs.

(2) The Ministry of State is tasked with-

(a) managing, allocating and paying state finances,

(b) collecting taxes,

(c) operating the Central Reserve by

(i) buying or selling bonds or other company assets,

(ii) lending to other financial institutions,

(iii) setting an exchange rate to lend at,

(iv) and other monetary policy.

(3) The Senate may pass laws to create money which shall be fulfilled by the Ministry of Finance.

(4) Money may only be created or destroyed by law through budgets passed by the Senate.

National Police Service Bill

STATUS: DRAFT

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AN ACT

To establish and lay out the duties and powers of the National Police Service in order to make sure that the Republic is able to act upon criminal activity and keep the Republic a safe space for all.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Senate of the Republic of Steamhappia, as follows:

National Police Service

1    Establishment of the NPS

(1) The National Police Service is established.

(2) In this act the service is referred to as the "NPS".

(3) The NPS is a Department operating under the Ministry of State.

2    Functions of the NPS

(1) The NPS has a duty to-

(a) protect the peace and public safety of the State.

(b) uphold the law and the Constitution.

(c) respect and defend the rights of the People.

(2) The NPS is an impartial agency that can be held accountable by the Courts and Senate.

3    Officers of the NPS

(1) Officers of the NPS or "Officer(s)" are dutybound to uphold the law and follow the duties of the NPS

(2) Before being designated an Officer a person must-

(a) be deemed fit and able to perform their duties.

(b) have no interests that could conflict with their operations.

(c) be a citizen of the state and clean criminal record.

(3) Officers of the NPS are appointed and removed by the Chief of Police of the NPS.

(4) Officers that are deemed unfit for duty as specified by Subsection 1 are to be dismissed from duty.

4   Chief Of Police of the NPS

(1) The Chief of Police or the "Chief" is the head of the NPS and serves under the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.

(2) The Chief is a Civil Officer and is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

(3) In order to be appointed the Chief of police must comply with the terms set by Section 3 Subsection 1.

(4) The Chief of Police has a duty to-

(a) appoint and remove Officers.

(b) manage day to day operations of the NPS.

(c) write rules and guidelines for the operations of the NPS.

(d) manage the budget of the NPS.

5    Budget of the NPS

(1) The budget of the NPS is to be set in law by the Senate.

(2) The budget is to be spent on-

(a) Salaries of Officers, the Chief and other staff.

(b) Day to day operations of the agency.

(c) Crime prevention programs.

(d) Outreach, advertisement and recruitment.

Companies Bill

STATUS: DRAFT

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AN ACT

To establish the Companies House and the procedures to make private and government Companies for which the Companies House oversees.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Senate of the Republic of Steamhappia, as follows:

The Companies House

1    The Companies House

(1) The Companies House, a Department of the Ministry of State is established.

(2) Companies house is to be an authority that oversees and documents companies in Steamhappia.

(3) The Companies House is lead by a Chief Executive whom is a Civil Officer serving under the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and Nominated by the President and Confirmed by the Senate.

2    Duties of the Companies House

(1) The Companies House has the powers to:

(a) Create companies

(b) Dissolve companies

(c) Transfer companies

(d) Audit companies

(2) The Companies House must respect private property and ownership principals may only use its powers if-

(a) they are legally empowered to either through-

(i) the Law or Constitution, or

(ii) by order of a Court of the State.

(b) they are acting on the consent of the Business owner.

(3) The Companies House has a responsibility to-

(a) Ensure that citizens have a pathway of opening a private Business

(b) Act to stop business crime and/or crime committed through business

(c) Create government/public entities as required by Law or the Constitution

(d) Keep a record and/or database of all current and past companies with accompanying information.

Companies and other Corporate Bodies

3    Company Definition

(1) A Company is an entity which-

(a) Has an owner

(b) Can have executives appointed by the owner

(c) Has a pool of Steamshillings which

(i) can be deposited into, or

(ii) can be withdrawn or,

(iii) can be paid out to others.

(2) Companies can be dissolved and transferred after creation.

4    Registration of a Company

(1) In order to register a company a Citizen must apply to the Companies House with the following information:

(a) The name of the company

(b) A basic description of the company

(c) An initial amount of capital they wish to deposit into the company

(b) A list of executives they want to appoint

(2) The fee of  incorporating a Company is to be set by the Chief Executive of the Companies House and may be no more than Fifty Thousand (50,000) and no less than Ten Thousand (10,000) Steam Shillings.

(3) Companies house may refuse to register should they believe the company may be used for criminal activity.

5   Transfer and Dissolution of a Company

(1) The owner of a company may request to dissolve or transfer a company to another and such should be carried out by Companies House as long as-

(a) the company remains unfrozen

(b) a court has not blocked it

(c) it is not under investigation for criminal activity by the NPS

(d) companies house reasonably believes that it is not going to be used in future criminal activity.

(2) The price of dissolving and transferring companies is to be set by the Chief Executive of Companies House and must be no more than Twenty Five Thousand (25,000) Steam Shillings.

6   Company Naming

(1) No two companies should have the same name or names that are too similar and Companies House may refuse to register on grounds of such.

(2) Companies that are registered to a private individual must contain the suffix "Co" or "Company" in their name.

(3) Companies registered under the Government must contain the suffix "Gov" in their name.