The Regional Officers Act

Magisterium · February 3, 2020, 2:51pm

Current as of 2024-05-17T00:00:00Z

SECTION I. CITATION

…1.1. This Act shall be known and cited as “The Regional Officers Act”.

SECTION II. GENERAL DEFINITIONS

…2.1. For the purposes of this act, the following are hereby defined as:
……2.1.1. “Delegate”- The legitimate Delegate or Acting Delegate of the East Pacific as defined by the Concordat.
…2.1.2. “In-game Delegate”- A nation who holds the in-game Delegate seat (“in-game Delegacy”) of the East Pacific region.
……2.1.3. “Position”- The post of a Regional Officer upon which their titles and Powers are granted.
……2.1.4. “Regional Officer” or “RO”- Someone appointed to the in-game Position of “Regional Officer” by the in-game Delegate.
……2.1.5. “Regional Page”- The in-game location where all Regional Officers of the East Pacific are noted.
……2.1.6. “Designated Vizier”- A Vizier chosen by the Praesidium to serve as a Regional Officer primarily to preform Vizier duties.
…2.1.7. “The East Pacific Electoral Commission”- The entity tasked by the relevant law to run the Delegate Elections and Concordat Referenda of the East Pacific.
…2.1. The in-game powers that may be given to a Regional Officer (herein “Powers”) are defined as the following:
……2.1.1. “Appearance”- The power to change the flag, world factbook entry, or tags of the East Pacific.
……2.1.2. “Border Control”- The power to eject/ban nations.
……2.1.3. “Embassies”- The power to accept, reject, and/or send in-game embassy requests from/to another region.
……2.1.4. “Communications”- The power to send out region-wide telegrams without stamps and the power to suppress messages on the Regional Message Board.
……2.1.5. “Polls”- The power to host polls on the in-game page of the East Pacific.
……2.1.6. “World Assembly”- The power to cast a vote on the behalf of the East Pacific in an on-going World Assembly resolution vote. By merit, this power shall only be given to the in-game Delegate.

SECTION III. POWERS

…3.1. Anyone with the “Appearance” Power shall not be allowed to instate the following tags: Imperialist, Mercenary, Defender, Invader, Independent, Neutral.

…3.2. The ability to utilize the Embassies power, or accept/reject requests for forum embassies, shall be left at the discretion of the Delegate or anyone the Delegate appoints to complete such a purpose.

…3.3. The “Border Control” power is reserved solely to the Delegate, the Viziers, including all Designated Viziers defined by this Act, and any individuals approved by the Regional Administration, as defined by Article G of the Concordat, to be Regional Message Board Moderators. Granting the “Border Control” power to any individual not listed in this Section is unlawful.

SECTION IV. THE DELEGATE

…4.1. By merit, the Delegate shall have all Powers as defined by this Act and shall be the in-game Delegate.

…4.2. A Delegate shall be given a Position with all Powers as defined by this Act whenever they are unable to hold the in-game Delegacy.

…4.3. When an individual who is not the current Delegate occupies the in-game Delegacy, they shall only use their Powers as in-game Delegate upon the explicit instructions of the Delegate.
…4.3.1. However, in cases in which there is a military attack on the East Pacific region that is soon to occur or is on-going and the current Delegate cannot give said individual instructions on using the in-game Delegacy, the Praesidium may give instructions to the individual on using the in-game Delegacy’s powers in order to secure the region. Such instructions may only encompass actions the current Delegate can do legally.

…4.4. If deemed necessary, the Delegate may order a Vizier to assume the in-game Delegacy at any time (“ordered Vizier”); the Delegate may also retake the in-game Delegacy at any time. Non-Viziers cannot be ordered by the Delegate to assume the in-game Delegacy.

…4.5. Viziers who accidentally seize the in-game Delegacy without being ordered to do so by the Delegate shall work to restore the in-game Delegacy to the Delegate or to an ordered Vizier.

…4.6. In cases wherein the in-game Delegacy is being transitioned from an individual who has just concluded service as Delegate to the current Delegate or ordered Vizier, said individual may hold the in-game Delegacy until any Vizier (whether ordered to or not) or the Delegate takes the in-game Delegacy.

SECTION V. REGIONAL OFFICERS

…5.1. The Delegate may appoint any Resident as a Regional Officer, and grant them any of the Powers defined within this Act. The Delegate may also dismiss a Regional Officer at any time for any reason as well as change an RO’s Powers or titles at any time.

…5.2. The Magisterium may, through ⅔ affirmative majority vote, order the Delegate to dismiss a Regional Officer for reasons of inactivity or abuse of power OR order the Delegate to change the titles and/or Powers granted to a Regional Officer. Such removals and changes may be appealed to the Conclave.

…5.3. At the start of a new delegate tenure, all Regional Officers may be dismissed by the Delegate.

…5.4. The Conclave may dismiss a Regional Officer by 2/3 majority vote or through trial verdict.

SECTION VI. DESIGNATED VIZIERS

…6.1. The Praesidium shall publicly designate four Viziers to serve as Regional Officers, whom shall be known as ‘Designated Viziers’. Designated Viziers shall have the Powers of ‘Border Control’ and ‘Communications’ as well as the title of ‘Vizier’ granted to their Positions. Designated Viziers shall be excluded from the provisions of Section V of this Act and shall instead be subject to the procedures in Section VI.

…6.2. The Delegate shall be required to appoint as Regional Officer any Vizier designated by the Praesidium. In instances where four or less Viziers exist, all Viziers shall automatically become Designated Viziers.

…6.3. The process for Vizier designation and removal of Vizier designation, by the Viziers, shall be dictated within the Standing Orders of the Viziers.

…6.4. The Delegate may assign to a Designated Vizier any additional Power or title whose implementation is not regulated by law or the Standing Orders of the Viziers. The Magisterium may order, via a 2/3 majority vote, the Delegate to change or remove any such unregulated titles or Powers of/from a Designated Vizier. Changes and removals may be appealed to the Conclave.

…6.5. The Delegate may dismiss a Designated Vizier only as dictated in law and/or the Standing Orders of the Viziers. The Delegate may not dismiss a Designated Vizier at the start of a new Delegate tenure.

…6.6. The Conclave may dismiss a Designated Vizier by 2/3 majority vote or through trial verdict.

…6.7. The Magisterium may only dismiss a Designated Vizier, through a 2/3 majority vote, for failure to comply with action on any nation violating an endorsement cap, following procedures in regional law. Such removals may be appealed to the Conclave.

SECTION VII. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER

…7.1. The Viceroy shall publicly designate an individual on the East Pacific Electoral Commission to serve as a Regional Officer on behalf of the Commission. Said Commissioner shall be excluded from the provisions of Section V of this Act and shall instead by subject to the procedures in Section VII. The individual’s Regional Officer title shall include “Election Commissioner” and they shall be known as the same. They shall be given Communications and Appearance powers.

…7.2. The Delegate shall be required to appoint the Election Commissioner as Regional Officer from the opening of Delegate elections until the announcement of a Delegate-Elect. The Election Commissioner shall only be dismissed by the Delegate following the end of Delegate Elections, the announcement of a new Election Commissioner, or order from the Conclave.

…7.3. The Delegate may assign the Election Commissioner any additional Power or title whose implementation is not regulated by law or the Standing Orders of the Conclave.

…7.4- The Election Commissioner serves at the pleasure of the Viceroy or Viceroy Designee, in the case of a conflict of interest. Conclave may additionally regulate the office through Standing Orders.

…7.5. The Magisterium may dismiss the Election Commissioner, through a 2/3 majority vote, for failure to complete actions necessary to their duties, following procedures in regional law and the Standing Orders of the Conclave. Such removals may be appealed to the Conclave.

…7.6. Any individual who is running for Delegate may not be the Election Commissioner. Should a standing Election Commissioner accept a nomination in the Delegate Elections, they shall no longer hold their office, and the Viceroy must appoint another, unless the Viceroy is also running for Delegate in which case the Viceroy Designee shall appoint the Commissioner.

…7.7. The Delegate or any Designated Vizier must announce the beginning of a Referendum to amend the Concordat if and when ordered to by the Election Commissioner, through their communications powers in a region-wide telegram.

A_mean_old_man · April 18, 2020, 11:40pm

The Magisterium https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_east_pacific/vote-the-regional-officers-act-amendment-t16619.html#p220302 the original Regional Officers Act on December 29th, 2019. The Delegate did not sign or veto this Act, and it became law 10 days later on January 8th, 2020.

[spoiler]BE IT ENACTED by the Magisterium of the East Pacific:

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

This act shall be known and cited as the “The Regional Officers Act”

SECTION II. FINDINGS.

The Magisterium finds that –
(1) Many in-game features are not currently defined by our compendium of laws.
(2) Said features, outlined in the admin section of The East Pacific Regional Page, provide various powers not currently defined by our laws.
(3) Many nations are assigned these features.

SECTION III. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this act –
(1) Concordat is the main set of laws defined as The Concordat of The East Pacific
(2) Delegate as it is defined in Section A of the Concordat
(3) Viziers as they are defined in Section D of the Concordat
(4) Citizen as it is defined in Section E of the Concordat
(5) Regional Officers as they are defined, one-by-one, by their in-game characteristics and regional powers. These are not to be confused with minister or cabinet positions; rather, they can utilize the below powers ascribed to each particular position. Only citizens may be Regional Officers.
…(a) World Assembly administers regional voting power on World Assembly resolutions, reserved exclusively to the delegate.
…(b) Appearance may change the regions flag/world factbook entry.
…(c) Border Control may eject or eject/ban a nation from the region, following provisions outlined in Section F of the Concordat or decree by the Conclave
…(d) Embassies may accept requests, close, and make requests with other regions for embassies.
…(e) Communications may send regional TG’s without stamps and may suppress RMB messages.
…(f) Polls can routinely set polls on the regional page of The East Pacific.
(6) Authority is the in-game ability of an Officer to wield said power defined by the particular Officer title.
(7) Standing Orders of the Magisterium is the defined set of protocols and procedures followed by the Magisterium to conduct routine business.
(8) Non-Vizier Officer are any citizens promoted as officers that do not relate to the Vizier role defined by this document.
(9) Regional Page is the in-game location where Regional Officers are denoted.
(10) New Delegate is a delegate who has either been elected or is a Vizier acting as a Delegate as defined in the Concordat of The East Pacific.
(11) Former Delegate is an ex-delegate that still possesses the in-game Delegate title.

SECTION IV. PROVISIONS.

(a) By merit, the Delegate shall have authority in the World Assembly, Appearance, Border Control, Embassies, Communications, and Polls Regional Officer positions. This grouping shall only be referred to as “WA Delegate” on the Regional Page.

(b) Viziers shall, by merit of being a Vizier of The East Pacific, have authority in at least Border Control and Communications Regional Officer positions. This grouping shall only be referred to as “Vizier” on the Regional Page. The amount of Viziers that have Border Control and its implementation may be further defined in law.

(c) All other titles not defined in the Concordat (Non-Vizier Officers) must be disclosed by the Delegate or a citizen appointed by the delegate to the Magisterium prior to implementation. This disclosure must outline the position title and description, the Regional Officer position(s) requested, and which citizen the delegate wishes to appoint to this position.
…(i) Magisterium will discuss and vote on said appointments as outlined in the Standing Orders of the Magisterium
…(ii) If appointment passes, the Delegate may immediately instate the appointee
…(iii) If appointment fails, the Delegate may amend the Regional Officer position(s) requested and/or citizen, beginning process IV(c) over again.
…(iv) Later changes to the particular office may be rejected by the Magisterium by simple majority vote as outlined in the Standing Orders of the Magisterium.

(d) The Conclave may dismiss a Non-Vizier Officer in a manner to be determined by The Concordat of The East Pacific. If no protocol exists, the Conclave may dismiss a Non-Vizier Officer by simple majority vote.

(e) The Delegate may dismiss a Non-Vizier Officer at any time.

(f) The Delegate may dismiss a Vizier Officer only as it is defined in law.

(g) At the start of a new delegate tenure, all Non-Vizier Officers may be dismissed by the Delegate, leaving only the Delegate and Viziers as Regional Officers.

(h) A New Delegate shall assume the Delegate authority and shall only be referred to as “Incoming Delegate” (or another title requested by the incoming delegate) on the Regional Page. The Former Delegate will also have the Delegate authority by merit of the in-game position until they are overtaken or resign. The Former Delegate may not exercise any Delegate Regional Officer power unless instructed by the New Delegate.

SECTION V. ENACTMENT.

(a) This bill shall be enacted upon its signature by the Delegate, except if the Magisterium votes to override a veto of this bill by the Delegate.

(b) All Non-Vizier Officer citizens will be subjected to a vote as outlined in Section IV, c. If after five calendar days the position remains unconfirmed, the Non-Vizier Officer citizen will be dismissed and the Regional Officer position will be removed. Procedure outlined in Section IV, c may be followed thereafter.
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The Magisterium https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_east_pacific/vote-amendment-to-the-regional-officers-act-t16860.html The Regional Officers Act on April 7th, 2020. It was not vetoed by the Delegate and took effect at 5:38 AM UTC on April 17th, 2020.

The following is the amended text of Section IV, clause c:
spoiler All other titles not defined in the Concordat (Non-Vizier Officers) must be publicly disclosed by the Delegate or a Citizen appointed by the Delegate to the Magisterium prior to implementation. This disclosure must outline the position title and description, the Regional Officer position(s) requested, and which Citizen the Delegate wishes to appoint to this position. The disclosure must be posted in a thread within the Magisterium sub-forum.
…(i) For 72-hours after the posting of the disclosure, objections may be made against the appointment. Should two Magisters object to the appointment, a debate and vote shall be held on the appointment following the procedures of the Standing Orders of the Magisterium.
…(ii) Should no objections be made during the 72 hour period, the Provost shall approve the disclosure. Once the disclosure has been approved by the Provost, the Delegate may instate the appointee.
…(iii) If appointment passes through vote, the Delegate may immediately instate the appointee
…(iv) If appointment fails, the Delegate may amend the Regional Officer position(s) requested and/or the appointed Citizen, and bring back the Officer proposal for discussion and vote, following the procedures laid out in the Standing Orders of the Magisterium and in section c…iii and c…iv of this act.
…(v) The Delegate shall disclose any changes to the authorities or titles of a Regional Officer to the Magisterium, following the same procedures for the appointment of a Regional Officer under this Act.
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[spoiler]BE IT ENACTED by the Magisterium of the East Pacific:

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

This act shall be known and cited as the “The Regional Officers Act”

SECTION II. FINDINGS.

The Magisterium finds that –
(1) Many in-game features are not currently defined by our compendium of laws.
(2) Said features, outlined in the admin section of The East Pacific Regional Page, provide various powers not currently defined by our laws.
(3) Many nations are assigned these features.

SECTION III. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this act –
(1) Concordat is the main set of laws defined as The Concordat of The East Pacific
(2) Delegate as it is defined in Section A of the Concordat
(3) Viziers as they are defined in Section D of the Concordat
(4) Citizen as it is defined in Section E of the Concordat
(5) Regional Officers as they are defined, one-by-one, by their in-game characteristics and regional powers. These are not to be confused with minister or cabinet positions; rather, they can utilize the below powers ascribed to each particular position. Only citizens may be Regional Officers.
…(a) World Assembly administers regional voting power on World Assembly resolutions, reserved exclusively to the delegate.
…(b) Appearance may change the regions flag/world factbook entry.
…(c) Border Control may eject or eject/ban a nation from the region, following provisions outlined in Section F of the Concordat or decree by the Conclave
…(d) Embassies may accept requests, close, and make requests with other regions for embassies.
…(e) Communications may send regional TG’s without stamps and may suppress RMB messages.
…(f) Polls can routinely set polls on the regional page of The East Pacific.
(6) Authority is the in-game ability of an Officer to wield said power defined by the particular Officer title.
(7) Standing Orders of the Magisterium is the defined set of protocols and procedures followed by the Magisterium to conduct routine business.
(8) Non-Vizier Officer are any citizens promoted as officers that do not relate to the Vizier role defined by this document.
(9) Regional Page is the in-game location where Regional Officers are denoted.
(10) New Delegate is a delegate who has either been elected or is a Vizier acting as a Delegate as defined in the Concordat of The East Pacific.
(11) Former Delegate is an ex-delegate that still possesses the in-game Delegate title.

SECTION IV. PROVISIONS.

(a) By merit, the Delegate shall have authority in the World Assembly, Appearance, Border Control, Embassies, Communications, and Polls Regional Officer positions. This grouping shall only be referred to as “WA Delegate” on the Regional Page.

(b) Viziers shall, by merit of being a Vizier of The East Pacific, have authority in at least Border Control and Communications Regional Officer positions. This grouping shall only be referred to as “Vizier” on the Regional Page. The amount of Viziers that have Border Control and its implementation may be further defined in law.

(c) All other titles not defined in the Concordat (Non-Vizier Officers) must be publicly disclosed by the Delegate or a Citizen appointed by the Delegate to the Magisterium prior to implementation. This disclosure must outline the position title and description, the Regional Officer position(s) requested, and which Citizen the Delegate wishes to appoint to this position. The disclosure must be posted in a thread within the Magisterium sub-forum.
…(i) For 72-hours after the posting of the disclosure, objections may be made against the appointment. Should two Magisters object to the appointment, a debate and vote shall be held on the appointment following the procedures of the Standing Orders of the Magisterium.
…(ii) Should no objections be made during the 72 hour period, the Provost shall approve the disclosure. Once the disclosure has been approved by the Provost, the Delegate may instate the appointee.
…(iii) If appointment passes through vote, the Delegate may immediately instate the appointee
…(iv) If appointment fails, the Delegate may amend the Regional Officer position(s) requested and/or the appointed Citizen, and bring back the Officer proposal for discussion and vote, following the procedures laid out in the Standing Orders of the Magisterium and in section c…iii and c…iv of this act.
…(v) The Delegate shall disclose any changes to the authorities or titles of a Regional Officer to the Magisterium, following the same procedures for the appointment of a Regional Officer under this Act.

(d) The Conclave may dismiss a Non-Vizier Officer in a manner to be determined by The Concordat of The East Pacific. If no protocol exists, the Conclave may dismiss a Non-Vizier Officer by simple majority vote.

(e) The Delegate may dismiss a Non-Vizier Officer at any time.

(f) The Delegate may dismiss a Vizier Officer only as it is defined in law.

(g) At the start of a new delegate tenure, all Non-Vizier Officers may be dismissed by the Delegate, leaving only the Delegate and Viziers as Regional Officers.

(h) A New Delegate shall assume the Delegate authority and shall only be referred to as “Incoming Delegate” (or another title requested by the incoming delegate) on the Regional Page. The Former Delegate will also have the Delegate authority by merit of the in-game position until they are overtaken or resign. The Former Delegate may not exercise any Delegate Regional Officer power unless instructed by the New Delegate.

SECTION V. ENACTMENT.

(a) This bill shall be enacted upon its signature by the Delegate, except if the Magisterium votes to override a veto of this bill by the Delegate.

(b) All Non-Vizier Officer citizens will be subjected to a vote as outlined in Section IV, c. If after five calendar days the position remains unconfirmed, the Non-Vizier Officer citizen will be dismissed and the Regional Officer position will be removed. Procedure outlined in Section IV, c may be followed thereafter.
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A_mean_old_man · May 27, 2020, 10:02pm

The Magisterium https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_east_pacific/vote-amendment-to-the-regional-officers-act-t17078.html The Regional Officers Act and the amendment was Notice from the Magisterium - Page 13 - The East Pacific - Tapatalk by Delegate Marrabuk on May 22, 2020. The amendment, which constitutes the insertion of a single clause into Section IV of the Act and is intended to replace the repealed “Identity Act”, reads as follows:

spoiler The Delegate, and any Regional Officer (Non-Vizier Officers and Vizier Officers) with the “Appearance” Power, shall not be allowed to instate the following tags: Imperialist, Mercenary, Defender, Invader, Independent, Neutral.
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[spoiler]BE IT ENACTED by the Magisterium of the East Pacific: