This is most of my proposal for a new CoL. The entire proposal wouldn't fit. This is most of the old CoL with some changes. Keep in mind that this is only a very rough draft.
Code:
A. The Executive Branch
1. Presidency
A. The Leader of the Executive Branch is the President.
B. The Deputy of the Presidency is the Vice President.
C. The Vice President assumes all powers and responsibilities of the Presidency during the absence of the President.
D. May initiate Administrative, Legislative, Mobilization and Spot Council Votes.
E. Casts a tie-breaking vote in Council Votes.
F. Organizes decisions on what to do with Great Leaders.
G. Organizes worker activities.
H. Has veto power over Legislative Council Votes (votes on Standards).
I. Organizes policy, plans and agendas for departments when these have not been set by a department.
J. Organizes policy, plans and agendas for items and activities that have not been defined as a task of an individual department or leader.
2. Council
A. The Council of the Executive Branch consists of the Leaders of the 6 departments.
B. Each department will have a deputy. The departmental deputy assumes all powers and responsibilities of the department during the absence of the leader.
C. Each department may also have one or more chat representatives. The chat representative assumes all powers and responsibilities of the department during the absence of the leader and deputy in a turn chat only.
D. Department Leaders share several powers and responsibilities, regardless of department.
1. Post polls and discussions to determine citizen desires for departmental policies, plans and agendas.
2. Cast a tie-breaking vote in the polls determining their departmental policies, plans and agendas.
3. Formulate departmental policies, plans and agendas based on citizen feedback.
4. Formulate departmental policies, plans and agendas of their own in the absence of citizen feedback (forum outage, low participation, etc).
5. Convey these policies, plans and agendas to the President for play in the game.
6. Call Legislative and Override Council Votes.
7. Vote in Council Votes of all types.
E. Some departmental powers and responsibilities overlap. If overlap should cause the creation of non-complementary plans, departmental precedence will be determined by rank in the Chain of Command.
F. Domestic Department
1. Organize decisions about settler placement.
2. Organize the science/tax/luxury rate.
3. Organize departmental and provincial budgets.
4. Governor of cities that do not have a provincial governor.
5. Call a Mobilization Council Vote to determine if the economy should be mobilized.
6. Organize mapping of Provincial Borders.
G. Military Department
1. Organize decisions on troop movements.
2. Organize decisions on defensive plans.
3. Organize decisions on offensive plans.
4. Organize decisions on troop upgrades and terminations.
5. Call a Mobilization Council Vote to determine if the economy should be mobilized.
6. When the economy is mobilized for war, becomes the de facto President, superceding the President in the Chain of Command.
7. Can supercede a provincial build queue with military units or improvements during time of invasion.
a. Invasion is the presence of offensive troops belonging to a country we are at war with inside the borders of the province to be superceded.
H. Foreign Affairs Department
[B] 1. Organize decisions on declarations of war, peace treaties, embassy construction, rights of passage, trade embargoes, mutual protection pacts, spy placement, and espionage. [/B]
I. Science Department
1. Organize tech research queue.
[B] 2. Has approval power over tech trades.[/B]
3. Organize tech espionage.
J. Culture Department
1. Can supercede a provincial build queue with cultural improvements when:
a. The city does not control its full 20 tile radius due to lack of cultural expansion; or
b. The city does not control its full cultural radius due to foreign cultural borders.
[B]2. Organize decisions on wonder building [/B]
K. Trade Department
1. Organize trade deals.
2. Track the status and expiration of established deals.
3. Council Votes (Executive Branch)
A. A quorum requires the attendance of 2/3 of the Council.
B. Administrative Council Vote
1. Called by the President.
2. Affirmative result overrules an elected officials instructions and decisions for game play.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to override the official.
C. Legislative Council Vote
1. Called by any Department Leader or the President.
2. An affirmative result amends the Code of Standards.
a. The President can veto a legislative vote.
b. The Presidential veto can be overruled by an Override Vote.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to pass the proposed measure to amend the Code of Standards.
[B] 4. A standard may also be amended by a vote of the citizenry. [/B]
5. Judicial Review may occur at any time when requested by the sponsor of the proposal or immediately upon the vote being posted.
D. Override Council Vote
1. Called by any Department Leader.
2. An affirmative result overrules a presidential veto.
[B] 3. The support of 4 of 6 council members and no negative votes are required to override the veto. [/B]
E. Confirmation Council Vote
1. Called by the President.
2. An affirmative result confirms a Legislative, Judicial or Provincial Governor position.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to confirm the official.
F. Mobilization Council Vote.
1. Called by the President, Military Leader or Domestic Leader.
2. An affirmative result mobilizes the economy.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to mobilize the economy.
G. Spot Council Vote
1. An Administrative vote called and carried out in the turn chat.
2. Tallied immediately in the turn chat.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to pass the proposed measure.
H. Process and Procedure
1. Poll is posted by the sponsoring official.
2. Proposal must be in Yes/No/Abstain format.
3. Forum polls will stay open until:
a. All votes have been cast, or;
b. A quorum has responded and further votes cannot affect the outcome of the vote, or;
c. The posted poll closing time has been reached.
d. Minimum duration to run a poll is 48 hours.
4. Each Department Leader casts one vote.
5. In the event of a tie where a simple majority is required, the President will cast the deciding vote.
B. The Legislative Branch
1. The Senate (Governors)
[B] A. The vice president will be the president of the Senate and may cast a tie-breaking vote in Senate polls.
1. The vice president is responsible to post the decisions of the Senate regarding budget issues in the turn chat thread.
2. The vice president is not eligible to be a provincial governor or a senator-at-large.
B. If, at the start of a term, there are fewer than three active provinces, additional senators-at-large may be elected so that there are three senators for that term.
C. The Senate is responsible for decisions regarding the budget. The budget decisions made by the Senate may be overruled by an Administrative Council Vote. [/B]
D. Provinces
1. Provincial borders are geography based and will be approved by the Congress.
2. A province may contain any number of cities.
3. Provincial borders shall be defined well ahead of expansion.
E. Each province will have a deputy. The Deputy Governor assumes all powers and responsibilities of the provincial office during the absence of the governor.
F. A governor organizes the production (building queues) of the cities in a province.
1. A governors build queues may be preempted under certain circumstances:
a. Presidential decree supported by Administrative Council Vote.
b. Military Leader decree during invasion of the province.
c. Cultural Leader decree for cultural border expansion or defense.
G. A governor organizes the tile use in his province.
1. If a tile is unused, it may be used by a city in a neighboring province.
H. A governor organizes tile development in his province.
I. The Domestic Leader is the governor of all cities that lack a provincial governor.
1. When a defined province has at least one city during an election term, a provincial governor may be appointed.
2. The Congress (Citizens)
A. Comprised of all registered citizens of Fanatika.
3. Legislative Votes
A. Poll mechanics
1. Congressional and Senatorial polls will be posted by the Judiciary upon completion of Judicial Review.
a. Congressional polls are in anonymous responder format (standard Forum poll option).
b. Senatorial polls are in open response format (normal thread, no Forum poll option).
2. Proposal must be in Yes/No/Abstain format.
3. Polls will stay open until:
a. All votes have been cast, or;
b. A quorum has responded and further votes cannot affect the outcome of the vote, or;
c. The posted poll closing time has been reached.
i. Minimum duration to run a poll is 48 hours.
[B] 4. The quorum for changes in the Code of Laws is one-half of the active census and two-thirds of the Senate.
5. The Code of Laws may be altered by a majority vote of both the Senate and the Congress. [/B]
C. The Judicial Branch
1. The judiciary is comprised of three members, the Chief Justice, the Public Defender and the Judge Advocate.
2. All members of the judiciary share several rights and responsibilities.
A. Post polls and discussion on interpretations of the Constitution, Code of Laws, and Code of Standards.
B. Do not have Deputies but may appoint Pro-Tem officials (Pro-Tem Justice, Pro-Tem Defendant and Pro-Tem Advocate) if they are unable to fulfill their duties. Pro-Tem officials have all of the rights and responsibilities of the officials they are filling in for but are a temporary position and must surrender their pro-tem status upon the request of the official.
C. Participate in Judicial Review to determine the legality of proposed amendments, laws and standards.
D. Initiate and participate in Judicial Review to interpret and clarify existing amendments, laws and standards.
E. Initiate and participate in Judicial Review to dismiss investigations as having "No Merit".
F. Post Legislative polls that have passed Judicial Review.
[B] G. Initiate and participate in Judicial Review to determine the legality of official polls. [/B]
3. The Chief Justice
A. Perform as needed in the positions of Public Defender and Judge Advocate in the absence of either official.
B. Is responsible for posting the current full census and current active census at the beginning of each term.
C. Is responsible for updating and maintaining the Judicial Log.
D. Is responsible for monitoring investigation threads to keep them on topic and accurate.
[B] E. Will open and close discussions and polls as appropriate to the trial.
F. Is tasked with the mechanics of investigation and trial.
G. Is tasked with ensuring all public investigations are performed correctly with deference to the presumed innocence of the accused. [/B]
4. The Public Defender
A. Will ensure that the accused understands the charges against them and what rules were purportedly broken so the accused can mount a valid defense.
[B] B. Will perform as defender [/B]
5. The Judge Advocate
[B] A. Files full charges with the Chief Justice to begin an investigation
B. Will perform as prosecutor. [/B]
