Bill: Vote P.B. 07-006 | The SALT Act

ConsequencesInc · Saturday at 5:06 PM

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Alter Stipends and Lessen Taxation

1 - About this Act
(1) This Act
(a) May be cited as ‘The Stipend Alteration and Lessening Taxation Act’ (the “SALT Act”).
(b) May be numbered as P.B. 07-006.
(c) Shall be enacted upon receiving assent from Her Majesty the Queen
(d) Has been authored by Prime Minister ConsequencesInc
(e) Has been co-sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Nimq_

2 - Amendments to A.P. 06-007 | Crown Remuneration Act
(1) Section 2 - Interpretation shall be amended as follows:

“[...] (e) "Statutory stipend scale" means a set of weekly monthly stipends prescribed by this Act for offices within the same institutional category.”

(2) Section 5 - Interval Remuneration shall be amended as follows:

“[...] (6) The Minister for Trade and Finance shall, by Statutory Instrument subject to the Negative Affirmative Procedure under A.P. 03-006 §7:

(a) create, merge, remove, or otherwise alter the arrangement of ministerial Bands; and

(b) prescribe the rate of each ministerial Band.”

(3) Section 6 - Stipendiary Remuneration shall be amended as follows:

“[...] (1) Stipendiary Remuneration shall be expressed as a fixed amount of Alexandrian pounds payable at a set interval no shorter than one week of one month unless otherwise stated in this act.

(a) A monthly stipend may be divided into four weekly payments or two bi-monthly payments at the discretion of the head of the government office distributing stipends.”

(4) Section 12 - Transitional Provisions shall be replaced with the following:

“(1) The Minister for Trade and Finance shall, by December 1st, 2026, make regulations establishing one or more ministerial Bands and prescribing their rates.

(2) Initial regulations made under subsection (1) shall not be subject to Section 11.

(2) Every entity under the Crown shall have until December 1st, 2026 to produce and publish a remuneration policy that is in accord with this Act.

(3) Every newly founded entity under the Crown shall have sixty days from its establishment to produce and publish a remuneration policy that is in accord with this Act.

(4) A remuneration policy assigning a role to a ministerial Band shall not take effect until regulations establishing that Band and prescribing its rate are in force.”

(5) The following section shall be inserted into the Crown Remuneration Act immediately after Section 11 – Review of Remuneration

“11a - Changes to Remuneration Rates

(1) The Minister for Trade and Finance may, by Statutory Instrument subject to the Affirmative Procedure, may also change:

(a) the rate of UBI specified in §4(2) and;

(b) the monthly stipend amounts specified in §8(5) and §8(6).

(2) An instrument under this section may change payment amounts only. It may not change eligible offices, Band assignments, payment intervals, the membership of stipend scales, or the rules governing multiple payments.

(3) The requirements of §5(1), §5(2) and §11 shall apply to instruments made under this section. ”

3 - Amendments to A.P. 00-007 | Revenue Act

(1) The Table in §10 - Property Tax (1) shall be replaced with the following:

Number of Plots	Tax Amount
1	£30
2	£45
3	£60
4	£75
5	£100
6	£125
7	£150
8	£175
9	£200
10	£225
11	£250
12	£275
13	£300
14	£325
15	£350
16	£400
17	£500
18	£600
19	£700
20	£800
21+	£1200

ConsequencesInc · Saturday at 5:10 PM

The AI Coalition
Moves to Pass
The Stipend Alteration and Lessening Taxation Act

The Parliament observes the facts below:
(1) The Weekly Stipend proposed by the Crown Remuneration Act is currently outrageous
(2) Property taxes are a bit too high and we are going to reimplement them soon.

Based on this, the Parliament decides:
(1) To enact the Stipend Alteration and Lessening Taxation Act

To fulfil this, Parliament projects the following expenses:
(1) None, this both saves money and will help the Government raise money.

Further, Parliament projects the following administrative efforts:
(1) Some work from the Speaker’s Office in amending some laws and a few hours of painful tickets from the MoTF to Staff.

To implement the above, Parliament passes:

A
BILL
TO
Alter Stipends and Lessen Taxation

1 - About this Act
(1) This Act
(a) May be cited as ‘The Stipend Alteration and Lessening Taxation Act’ (the “SALT Act”).
(b) May be numbered as P.B. 07-xxx.
(c) Shall be enacted upon receiving assent from Her Majesty the Queen
(d) Has been authored by Prime Minister ConsequencesInc
(e) Has been co-sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Nimq_

2 - Amendments to A.P. 06-007 | Crown Remuneration Act
(1) Section 2 - Interpretation shall be amended as follows: