From a542bd296d10bb5460e23221cdda0c24ac7b7f43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NewAthensGov Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 17:47:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add 2025/AMEND-2025-02: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code --- ...oposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code | 46 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2025/AMEND-2025-02: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code diff --git a/2025/AMEND-2025-02: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code b/2025/AMEND-2025-02: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b4f85a --- /dev/null +++ b/2025/AMEND-2025-02: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Title: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code +Amendment Number: AMEND-2025-02 +Author: HM King Tyler I +Sponsors: +Enacted By: Parliament +Date Ratified: TBD +NAD Date: TBD +Status: Proposed + +#### **A Bill to Amend the New Athens Constitution to Etsablish a Statutory Legal Code** + +#### **Purpose:** + +To formally establish the Legal Code of the Free Nation of New Athens as the official and authoritative record of all non-constitutional laws, ensuring transparency, consistency, and lawful organization of statutory legislation. + +#### **Section 1: Findings and Justification** + +1.1 A centralized and structured Legal Code is essential for the proper organization, publication, and interpretation of statutory laws enacted under the Constitution. + +1.2 The Legal Code enables citizens, government officials, and institutions to access and apply laws consistently, promoting legal clarity and public accountability. + +1.3 Recognizing both Parliament and the Reigning Monarch as legislative authorities, the Legal Code provides a unified repository for all binding laws not of constitutional rank, including Acts of Parliament, Royal Decrees, and Ministerial Orders. + +1.4 The use of a version-controlled, publicly accessible repository strengthens transparency, preserves historical records, and upholds the constitutional principles of the Free Nation of New Athens. + +#### **Section 2: Amendments to the Constitution** + +**Article III of the Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens shall be amended to add the following provision:** + “All legislative measures must be enacted in their appropriate form: provisions of constitutional character shall be incorporated by amendment to the Constitution, while other matters shall be enacted as part of the Legal Code.” + +**Constitutional Amendment III: Creation of a Statutory Legal Code shall be created with the following content:** + + 1. “The Legal Code of the Free Nation of New Athens shall serve as the authoritative body of statutory law enacted under this Constitution. + 2. All legislation of a non-constitutional nature shall be recorded in the Legal Code in an organized manner. + 3. The Legal Code shall be maintained by the Speaker of the People in a publicly accessible version-controlled repository and updated upon the passage of valid legislative acts, royal decrees, or ministerial orders, as defined by law. + 4. No provision of the Legal Code may conflict with this Constitution; in the event of such conflict, the Constitution shall prevail. + 5. Parliament may add, amend, or repeal any portion of the Legal Code in accordance with Article XV and Article IV. + 6. The Reigning Monarch and Ministers may add, amend, and repeal portions of the Legal Code by decree, to the extent of their powers as granted by this Constitution.” + +#### **Section 3: Limitations and Clarifications** + +3.1 None + +#### **Section 4: Effective Date** + +This amendment shall take effect immediately upon passage in accordance with Article XV of the Constitution.