Update 2025/AMEND-2025-2: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code.md

2025/AMEND-2025-2: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code.md

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+Title: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code  
+Amendment Number: AMEND-2025-2  
+Author: HM King Tyler I  
+Sponsors:  
+Enacted By: Parliament  
+Date Ratified: TBD  
+NAD Date: TBD  
+Status: Proposed 
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+#### **A Bill to Amend the New Athens Constitution to Etsablish a Statutory Legal Code**
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+#### **Purpose:**
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+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.
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+#### **Section 1: Findings and Justification**
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+1.1 A centralized and structured Legal Code is essential for the proper organization, publication, and interpretation of statutory laws enacted under the Constitution.  
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+1.2 The Legal Code enables citizens, government officials, and institutions to access and apply laws consistently, promoting legal clarity and public accountability.  
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+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.  
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+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**
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+**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."
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+**Constitutional Amendment III: Creation of a Statutory Legal Code shall be created with the following content:**
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+    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.”  
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+#### **Section 3: Limitations and Clarifications**
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+3.1 None
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+#### **Section 4: Effective Date**
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+This amendment shall take effect immediately upon passage in accordance with Article XV of the Constitution.

Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens

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 1. The Speaker of the People will oversee all legislative meetings.
 2. All legislative meetings are public to all citizens.
-3. All parliamentary procedure will proceed in keeping with Robert's Rules of Order. \[See **Article XV \[VI\]\]**
+3. All parliamentary procedure will proceed in keeping with Robert’s Rules of Order. \[See **Article XV \[VI\]\]**
 4. All citizens of the Free Nation of New Athens may attend legislative meetings and maintain full voting powers.
 5. All citizens of the Free Nation of New Athens may propose legislation to be discussed, voted on, or both.
 6. All voting must proceed in keeping with Article XV.
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 **Article XV: Voting Procedure**
 
-1. Parliamentary voting of any kind must be overseen by the Speaker of the People and in keeping with Robert's Rules of Order to be valid. \[II\]\[VI\]
+1. Parliamentary voting of any kind must be overseen by the Speaker of the People and in keeping with Robert’s Rules of Order to be valid. \[II\]\[VI\]
 2. Only citizens of the Free Nation of New Athens may vote.
 3. For a vote to take place, quorum must be met.\[VI\]
     1. Quorum is defined as the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.
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 3. Citizens who are unable to attend a scheduled parliamentary vote may submit an absentee vote to the Speaker of the People or presiding speaker that includes their vote regarding the matters to be voted on in the scheduled parliamentary meeting.
 4. Absentee voters will be counted as present for quorum of that vote.
 5. An absentee vote must be submitted before the conclusion of the vote to be valid.
-6. Parliamentary meetings and business may take place virtually. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, deciding whether or not to adhere to Robert's Rules of Order will be decided by the presiding Speaker of the People. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, quorum does not have to be met, but all citizens must be given reasonable notice of when and where the meeting or business will take place.
+6. Parliamentary meetings and business may take place virtually. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, deciding whether or not to adhere to Robert’s Rules of Order will be decided by the presiding Speaker of the People. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, quorum does not have to be met, but all citizens must be given reasonable notice of when and where the meeting or business will take place.
 7. To satisfy quorum in all voting procedures in the Free Nation of New Athens, greater than half of all citizens must be present.
 
 **Article XVI: Honorary Titles**