Secondary Endorsement Cap Reform Act
Passed October 6, 2010 (6 MA-1)
Amended March 27, 2011 (9 MA-2)
Section I. Citation.
This Act may be cited as the Secondary Endorsement Cap Reform Act.
Section II. Definitions.
For the purposes of this act -
(1) an “East Pacific nation” is any nation within The East Pacific region, in particular, regardless of whether it has the status of citizen or has ratified the Concordat;
(2) an “endorsement cap” is a limit on the number of endorsements that an East Pacific nation may accumulate;
(3) the “Primary Endorsement Cap” is the endorsement cap established per the Endorsement Cap Act, 1st Assembly, Bill MA-4;
(3) an “established nation of the East Pacific” is a nation that has resided in the East Pacific for no less than one year; and
(4) a “puppet” is a nation controlled by the player that controls another nation.
Section III. Repeal of Original Legislation.
The Secondary Endorsement Cap Act is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section IV. Secondary Endorsement Cap.
(a) The Delegate shall create a second endorsement cap, which shall be referred to as the “Secondary Endorsement Cap.”
(b) The Delegate may determine the secondary endorsement cap at will but the Delegate shall:
(1) not reduce the Secondary Endorsement Cap without the approval of the Magisterium; and
(2) not reduce the Secondary Endorsement Cap to less than fifteen endorsements greater than the Primary Endorsement Cap.
c) An East Pacific nation may exceed the Primary Endorsement Cap, but not the Secondary Endorsement Cap, if that nation –
(1) is an established nation of the East Pacific;
(2) has actively contributed to the East Pacific community via the regional message board or regional forum; and
(3) has received the express consent of the Delegate to do so.
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(d) An East Pacific nation may not transfer the privilege accorded in subsection © of this section to a puppet except if that nation verifies, via telegram from the original nation and the puppet nation to the Delegate, that the puppet nation is indeed a puppet nation.
Section V. Enactment.
This act shall be enacted upon its passage pursuant to the Concordat.