The Sub-Constitutional Augmentations.

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">The Sub-Constitutional Augmentations.">The Sub-Constitutional Augmentations.*
This bill aims to… Judiciary Mass Amendments but better written and not locked to the Judiciary.
Sec I: Shorthand name
(a) This law shall be referred to as the Sub-Constitutional Augmentations.
(b) Provisions enshrined within this law shall contain Constitutional Authority, and any legislation containing clauses conflicting with this law shall have those clauses voided.
">Sec II: Law I; Treaty Reforms">Sec II: Law I; Treaty Reforms*
(a) The following shall be considered law, upon passage of this law.
The Treaty Reform and Enacting Amendments Towards You
Sec I: Short name
(a) This law shall be referred to as the TREATY.
(b) Provisions within this law shall carry Constitutional Authority.
Sec II: Definitions.
(a) A passed treaty is hereinafter defined as one which has received ratification via the approval of necessary bodies, the process of obtaining said approval is to be referred to as ratification.
(b) A necessary body is hereinafter defined as a body needed for the ratification of a treaty, being the Necessary Teen Government Bodies and Necessary Opposing Bodies.
(c) the Necessary Teen Government Bodies are hereinafter defined as the following.
(i) The President’s, or otherwise Head of State of Teen Government’s, approval.
(ii) A 50%+1 Council approval, or in the circumstance of the President’s pocket, a Unanimous Council Vote.
(d) Necessary Opposing Bodies shall be hereinafter defined as the body defined as the State of Interest.
(e) A State of Interest is defined as a Political Simulation that Teen Government intends to enter a treaty with.
(f) A treaty is defined as a diplomatic agreement, wherein two Political Simulations consent to terms for mutual purposes.
(g) A Political Simulation is defined as a server created with the direct intent of simulating a Government within either Discord or Reddit.
(h) Authorized authorizing individuals are hereinafter defined as individuals permitted to author treaties within Teen Government.
(i) A treaty created via Authorized authorizing individuals shall be referred to as an Official Teen Government Draft.
(j) The Voting Chat is defined as any channel or server used for functions relating in Council Voting, wherein all Council Members have access within and are capable of voting.
(k) A Proposed Draft is defined as an Official Teen Government Draft whilst posted within the Voting Chat, awaiting Council Approval.
(l) Council Approval is defined as A Proposed Draft gaining 50%+1 or greater of Council Votes.
(m) A Pre-Enacted Treaty is defined as A Proposed Draft which has gained Council Approval, and awaits Presidential Approval.
(n) Signing is defined hereinafter as the President's action of approving a Pre-Enacted Treaty.
(o) A Treaty Veto is defined hereinafter as the President’s action of denying a Pre-Enacted Treaty.
(p) Pocket is defined hereinafter as the President’s inaction, failing to either do the action of Signing or Treaty Veto post 48 hours of the treaty being considered Pre-Enacted.
(q) A unanimous Council Vote is defined as a vote of Council, wherein all votes, excluding those of Abstain, have voted aye.
(r) An Approved Treaty of Teen Government shall be defined as a Pre-Enacted Treaty post obtaining Presidential approval or a Unanimous Council Vote. Upon approval by the State of Interest, an Approved Treaty of Teen Government shall be considered a passed treaty.
(s) A Failed Treaty shall be defined as a Pre-Enacted Treaty which has failed ratification, considered not in effect.
(t) 50%+1 or a Simple Majority means more than half of all non-abstaining votes cast.
Sec III: Drafting of an officialized treaty.
(a) Both the President and Foreign Minister shall be considered authorized authorizing individuals.
(b) No individual who isn’t an Authorized authorizing individual shall have their treaties considered valid or may they be considered passed treaties, regardless of whether they gain proper approval.
(c) An Official Teen Government Draft may be proposed to Council, via a Reddit post under the flair Proposition For Council.
Sec IV: Authorization of both bodies.
(a) Once a Teen Government Official Draft is posted, it is to be posted into the Voting Chat and considered A Proposed Draft.
(b) Once Council Approval occurs, it shall be considered a Pre-Enacted Treaty.
(c) Once a treaty is considered a Pre-Enacted Treaty, the President shall be given the legal permission to three possible actions.
(i) Signing.
(ii) Treaty Veto.
(iii) Pocket.
(d) If the President does the action called signing, they are to make an Official Reddit Post, wherein they state their approval of the treaty. Once this occurs, the treaty is labeled as An Approved Treaty of Teen Government, making the contents thereof hold the authority to hold legal effect, once approval of the State of Interest is met.
(e) If a President does the action called Treaty Veto, they are to announce a public statement, within 48 hours post the labeling of A Proposed Draft being labeled a Pre-Enacted Treaty, wherein they state their disapproval. In this circumstance, the treaty is labeled a Failed Treaty, wherein it shall be considered null, the contents thereof holding 0 authority.
(f) If the President fails to either do the action of Signing or action of Treaty Veto, after 48 hours, the treaty shall be considered Pocketed, wherein the following occurs.
(i) In the circumstance the treaty receives a unanimous Council Vote, and the President has yet to either do the action of Signing or Treaty Veto, the treaty shall be considered An Approved Treaty of Teen Government, making the contents thereof hold the authority to hold legal effect, once approval of the State of Interest is met.
(ii) In the circumstance the treaty fails to reach a unanimous Council Vote, and the President has yet to either do the action of Signing or Treaty Veto, the treaty shall be considered an Awaiting Treaty, wherein it shall hold no authority until given unanimous approval.
Sec V: Nullification
(a) Any individual may contest the terms within a treaty via Treaty Contention.
(b) If Treaty Contention occurs, a Referendum shall be held by the Referendum Minister.
(c) If a Treaty Contention’s Referendum’s results state approval within the contesting, the treaty shall be nullified immediately.
(d) If a Treaty Contention’s Referendum’s results state disapproval within the contesting, the treaty shall remain in effect.
(e) The results thereof shall only hold use post 48 hours of it reaching a Voters Count of 15 individuals.
Sec VI: Grandfathering.
(a) All previous treaties shall be grandfathered into effect, yet the President has the legal authority to nullify any grandfathered treaty, if accompanied by a public announcement.
Sec VII: Treaty Restrictions.
(a) A passed treaty shall be nullified in the following occurrences.
(1) The State of Interest fails to comply with terms stated within the passed treaty.
(2) The passed treaty outlines manners of self termination, wherein these are met.
(3) It contains an alteration, repealing, freezing, or otherwise action on TREATY.
(4)The President has failed to publicly announce the ratification thereof within 101 hours of its ratification.
Enactment.
(a) This law shall come into effect immediately.
(b) The Treaty clarification amendment shall be voided immediately, all contents thereof considered unusable, null, and void.
(c) The International Diplomacy Act shall be voided immediately.
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Sec III: Law II; Party Reforms
(a) The following law shall immediately pass.
Section I: Naming.
(a) This law shall be known as the SPA.
(b) This law shall be considered a Constitutional Amendment.
Section II: Definitions.
(a) A party is defined as a group of individuals who contribute towards a common goal, who have fulfilled the necessities found within Section III (a).
(b) A party member is an individual who consents towards being within a party, has done the Census with the party they are a party member of, listed clearly as their party.
(c) the Teen Government Census Recorded Population is hereinafter defined as the amount of individuals who have successfully completed the Census.
(d) A Party leader is defined hereinafter as the individual responsible for the inner functions within the party, given the most authority within a party. In the circumstance two or more individuals share equal power, and are considered the most authority, they shall all be labeled party leader.
Section III: Parties
(a) All parties must comply with the following.
(1) They have two or more party members, who have successfully done the Census with that party listed as their party.
(2) Their party has less than 45% of the Teen Government Census Recorded Population.
(3) Their party is not currently within a coalition, of which has a population greater than half of the Teen Government Census Recorded Population.
(b) Upon the release of the monthly Census, if a party has been found to be in breach of Section III: Parties (a), they are to be disbanded immediately; an announcement thereof shall be the responsibility of the Census Minister.
Section IV: Leadership.
(a) A party shall be capable of deciding its own leadership structure, and shan’t be prohibited in doing as such, excluding the following restriction.
(1) An individual who is labeled party leader, or otherwise is the individual with the highest authority within the party in inner functions, must be a party member thereof.
Section V: Enactment:
(a) This shall come into effect immediately upon passage.
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">Sec IV: Law III: Wills">Sec IV: Law III: Wills*
Sec I: Naming and status.
(a) This law shall be known as the Will Act of 143.
(b) Provisions within this law shall hold the power to amend the Constitution, and is treated as such. Considered a Constitutional Amendment.
Sec II: Definitions.
(a) A Will, hereinafter, is defined as a legal document outlining what possessions are distributed post-death.
(b) Post-death shall refer to the state an individual is labeled post exiting Teen Government.
(c) Will-Reading is defined as the act of stating the contents of the Will to the beneficiaries.
(d) The beneficiaries are defined as the individuals who gain possession of the deceased's estate, property, or other possessions on the conclusion of Will-Reading
(e) An individual who has experienced the state of post-death is considered deceased.
(f) Forging is considered the act of lying of the contents or existence of a Will.
Sec III: Great Britain.
(a) Any individual may register a Will, yet it must be registered with their lawyer.
(1) This will must be properly signed by the individual whose possessions may stand subject to being given to other individuals, post Will-Reading.
(b) Once an individual registers a Will with their lawyer, their lawyer is legally obligated to screenshot the evidence of the Will being consented to, via the individual whose possessions may stand subject to be given to other individuals, post Will-Reading.
(1) To ensure such occurs, and evidence to be provided as such, the lawyer shall be permitted to violate the Privacy Protection Act without legal consequence, as long as the material is reasonably related to the Will.
(c) Once an individual has been considered Post-Death, their lawyer has a legal obligation to the reading of the Will, and is to share the contents of the Will with all beneficiaries, considered the Will-Reading
(d) Once the Will-Reading concludes, the possessions the Will outlines to be transferred shall be legally mandated to be provided to those outlined within the Will, and the lawyer has an obligation to ensure the proper possessions are given (in the circumstance the lawyer is reasonably incapable of doing such, (i.e: the transferring of currency yet not having access to the individuals account), they shall be exempt.)
(e) The act of Forging shall be considered a crime.
Sec IV: Enactment:
(a) This law shall come into effect upon passage.
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">Sec V: Law IV; Economy Plan.">Sec V: Law IV; Economy Plan.*
(a) The following law shall come into immediate effect upon passage.
Sec I: Shorthand Name.
(a) This law shall be referred to as the Treasurer’s Plan.
(b) Provisions within this law shall hold the authority to augment the Constitution.
Sec II: Definitions
(a) A State is hereinafter defined as a Province of Teen Government, used interchangeably.
(b) A Governor is to be defined as the leading official of a State within Teen Government, of which has been elected in an election specifically for the seat of Governor.
(c) A loan shall be hereinafter defined as the requesting of funds, temporary funds, which must be repaid along interest to the Economy Minister.
(d) Taxation is to be hereinafter defined as the Governor accruing 𝕋 via payments of the people, from a Council approved count.
Sec III: Treasurer’s plan
(a) All Governors may request loans via the Economy Minister.
(b) The loans shall be of any size or amount, under the discretion of the Economy Minister and requesting the Governor.
(c) The Economy Minister and Governor shall be capable of arranging interest, and are to be solely responsible for the deciding thereof.
(d) All funding via loans accrued by a Governor shall be considered property of the State, and of the States responsibility to repay, in the insurance of this the State’s Governor shall be capable of implementing taxes.
(e) If a State fails to repay the loan, they are to accrue interest and gain debt to the Government until properly repaid.
Sec IV: Taxation.
(a) A Governor shall be capable of the establishment of taxation within the State, yet all taxation plans must be first approved in the following
(1) The amount of planned taxation and the periods of time they shall be paid must be posted and proposed to council.
(2) If council gives the taxation a simple majority approval, the taxation is considered legal.
(b) Taxation may only be of the Governor’s State.
(c) The location Taxation is sent shall be of the full discretion of the Governor, yet must be reasonably made public to all individuals within that State.
Sec V: Use of funds.
(a) The Governor shall hold full discretion in use of funds, yet is prohibited from the following uses.
(1) Political support or advertisement of a political campaign.
(2) For the use of, or encouragement of, a crime.
Sec VI: Restrictions from Conflict of Interest.
(a) The Economy Minister is prohibited from being Governor.
Sec VII: Enactment
(a) This law shall come into effect upon passage.
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">Sec VI: Law V; Welfare">Sec VI: Law V; Welfare*
(a) The following law shall come into immediate effect upon passage
Sec I: Shorthand
(a) This law shall be called the Health Happiness and Fortune Act (HHF)
(b) Provisions within this law shall hold Constitutional Authority.
Sec II: Definitions
(a) The Mental Health Minister is to be defined as the Executive Minister responsible for the upholding of the Teen Government’s Mental Health.
(b) Welfare is to be defined as the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
(c) Role-Play Welfare is hereinafter defined as the welfare of an individual within the Teen Government simulation.
(d) Welfare Funds are hereinafter defined as funds for the use of Role-Play Welfare.
(e) IRL WELFARE is hereinafter defined as the welfare of an individual of non-Teen Government Affairs.
Sec III: Welfare
(a) The Mental Health Minister is to be legally mandated to ensure the Welfare of all Teen Government members.
(b) The Mental Health Minister is to be capable of a Government Fund for the ensuring of Role-Play Welfare, as stated within Sec IV.
Sec IV: Role-Play Welfare
(a) The Mental Health Minister shall be legally permitted to request funds from the Economy Minister, of whom shall be legally given the authority to either accept or deny thereof.
(b) If the Economy Minister accepts the fund transferring, as stated within Sec IV: Role-Play Welfare (a), those funds shall be considered Welfare Funds.
(c) Any Welfare Funds accrued by the Mental Health Minister must be used towards reasonable welfare, in the circumstance a failure of which, wherein a case the Mental Health Minister fails to use the Welfare Funds for Role-Play Welfare, they shall be impeached immediately.
(d) All Welfare Funds are considered Government Funding.
(e) Welfare Funds are used for the improvement of Role-Play Welfare, in the case the Economy Minister believes the Mental Health Minister has failed to use the funds properly, they may demand all remaining Welfare Funds to be refunded.
(1) Refusal of such is a criminal offense, the remaining funds must be refunded within a reasonable time period.
Sec IV: IRL WELFARE
(a) The Mental Health Minister has a responsibility to assist Teen Government members in times of strife, yet has the legal ability to deny assisting an individual if they feel uncomfortable, unsafe, or otherwise cannot help them.
(b) The Mental Health Minister has a duty of positive impacts on Teen Government members; if the Mental Health Minister is found to be aggressive (in extreme degrees, wherein harm to others occurs), or otherwise in breach of Teen Government rules, they shall be immediately impeached, post-trial.
(c) The Mental Health Minister is to provide hotlines or otherwise areas of Mental Health support to those in strife, and is to be responsible for the distribution thereof.
Sec V: Enactment
(a) This law shall come into effect upon passage.
(b) This law is to be considered an exception to the SCHRO.
">Sec V: Enactment">Sec V: Enactment*
(a) All contents within this law shall come into effect upon passage of this law.
(b) All contents of this law are considered enshrined within the Constitution.
(c) All conflicting clauses of other laws, which contradict content within this law, shall be voided.
Footnote; augmented the minimum party size, and previous treaties are no longer null