40RZ01 - The TAIAD Act

WHEREAS Talossa is a community of individuals from diverse backgrounds with many who have direct knowledge of the frailty and insecurity of the human condition; and

WHEREAS Talossa is a member of the community of nations and has both the wherewithal and the responsibility to contribute to its maintenance and general welfare; and

WHEREAS Talossa will exceed such responsibility and by doing so continue its long tradition as a beacon of freedom, uniqueness and goodwill towards all other peoples of goodwill; and

THEREFORE, the sense of the Ziu is that, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a new agency to administer such humanitarian efforts known as the Talossan Agency for International Aid and Development (TAIAD) should be created, with the follows points of operation:

I. The TAIAD shall be administered by a Director to be appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the approval of the Seneschal.

II. Activities of the TAIAD shall be funded by donations from individuals or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and, where deemed appropriate by the Ziu, legislative appropriations

III. All TAIAD funding decisions are subject to the following approval protocol: (i). The TAIAD Director (ii). The Minister of Foreign Affairs (iii). The Seneschal

IV. All funding decisions must be preceded by notification of the Ziu by the Agency Director and the Minister of Foreign Affairs within the Clark that such decision will be implemented, including full details of recipient(s) and funds assigned, at least 7 days before the planned date of donation.

V. To ensure transparency and accountability, the Agency Director shall be responsible for the development and maintenance of an agency website providing the total amount of funds at the Agency's disposal, a history of all agency funding decisions and information on the donation/appropriation process.

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