[AMENDMENT] Amendment to Public Official Disclosure Act

[lime_30000]

Hello I hope i have everything correct this way.

I noticed 2 things i would like to change. First the inclusion of former government positions held within 12 months. If an public office had been heald this could cause Conflicts of interest since there is still a connection to the former region which can cause potential problems. An other lesser benefit is the providing of prior experience. The second thing is the lack of standardization. I noticed that most people follow a different format for their disclosure post. This causes confusion and is easily avoidable.

changes:

2.1.2

Added:

3.2.3

@Magisterium

SECTION I. CITATION

…1.1-This act shall be known and cited as the “Public Official Disclosure Act.”

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS.

…2.1-For the purposes of this act:
…2.1.1. “Public Officials” includes the Delegate, all Magisters, all Arbiters, all Viziers, all Ministers, all Deputy Ministers, and any other position explicitly designed as such in relevant legislation or Executive Order.
…2.1.2. “Positions of interest” includes all current and any governmental positions held within the last twelve (12) month in other regions, all citizenship in other regions, all leadership or membership in cross-regional organizations, and all foreign titles received.
…2.1.3. “Conflicts of Interest” as a situation in which a public official’s impartiality is in question due to Positions of Interest in other regions.

SECTION III. PROVISIONS.

…3.1-All Residents will have 7 (seven) days to comply with these provisions following their election, admission, appointment, or confirmation as a public official.

…3.2. A subforum entitled, “Public Disclosure Forms,” will be created in “The Plaza” of The East Pacific forum.
…3.2.1. All public officials are required to disclose their aliases and positions of interest.
…3.2.2. Whenever there is a change in these positions or aliases, the public official must update their public disclosure form within 7 days of the change.

…3.2.3. All Public Disclosure Forms must follow a standardized format established and pinned by the East Pacific Police Service (EPPS).

…3.2.3.1. This format shall include, at minimum:

1. A section for all aliases used by the public official;
2. A section listing all current Positions of Interest;
3. A section for the date of the last change

SECTION IV. EXCEPTIONS.

…4.1. Interpersonal relationships that are unrelated to governmental associations do not have to be disclosed.

…4.2. In order to withhold a Position of Interest or an alias from a disclosure, permission must be attained by at least two of the following officials: The Delegate, Provost, Grand Vizier, and/or the Viceroy.

…4.2.1. If approved under 5.2, notification of approval, alongside disclosure of said position of interest or alias must be sent by the applicant to all four officials listed above. Withheld positions of interest or aliases must be held in the strictest confidence these public officials, regardless of whether they approved of the withholding.

…4.2.2. The public disclosure thread for that public official must include this statement, “ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OR ALIASES HAVE NOT BEEN DISCLOSED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE [INSERT APPROVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS].”

SECTION V. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE.

…5.1. The Eastern Pacific Police Service (EPPS) is charged with monitoring compliance with this Act.
…5.1.1. Any Vizier may choose to act as a Compliance Officer under this act, and nothing in this act shall constitute an activity requirement on any Vizier.

…5.2. If a public official appears to be out of compliance, a Compliance Officer will contact one of their valid Citizenship nations via telegram. Notification may also be sent on any other relevant service in a private manner, so long as the official can reliably receive the notice.

…5.3. After contact from the Compliance Officer, the public official will have 14 days to apply for an exemption or comply with this Act.

…5.4. Failure to comply with this Act may result in a trial before the Conclave for an indictable offence, any sentence to not exceed banishment from The East Pacific for one year.

[Zukchiva]

I would suggest marking your changes in red for removals (like this (Code = [remove]like this[/remove]) and adding additions in green (like this (Code = [add]like this[/add] )) so we know what the changes are.

Regarding 2.1.2., I guess I can see the benefit. I wouldn’t expect this to be actively enforced as it’d be near impossible, but as long as that is kept in mind it seems fine to me.

3.2.3. seems fine. Since EPPS is enforcing the Act it should be EPPS who makes the standardized form IMO.

That being said, I don’t really thing either is harmful but I also don’t see a pressing need, honestly? And making a standardized format could make it harder for people to publish a PDF - which we could argue shouldn’t be a huge difficulty but as we’ve established in a thousand conversations re: the RMB, what’s easy for one isn’t easy for another.

[lime_30000]

I tried to format it this way but i kept getting an error thats why i didn’t use it