WHEREAS Very few people are technically allowed to submit bills to the Hopper right now, and
WHEREAS I can because the MM Senatorial election is not conducted by the Chancery, so I do not have to wait around for the EC to finish, and
WHEREAS I figured I might as well give people something to look at while they wait, and
WHEREAS Immigration law mandates that the Interior Minister collect the address of all applicants, and
WHEREAS During my tenure as Interior Minister, there have been multiple times when someone under the age of 18 could not apply because they could not share their address, and
WHEREAS That is a bummer, and
WHEREAS We don't really need the addresses of applicants as long as we know which province we should put them in
THEREFORE Lex.E.2, which currently reads:
2. The Minister of Interior shall ascertain to his own satisfaction, through correspondence or conversation, that the prospective immigrant is a real human being with genuine interest in becoming a citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa. The Minister shall be free to inquire of the applicant on any and every subject, and shall be required to collect the name, postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address(es) of the candidate, which information the Minister shall communicate to the Secretary of State. Additionally, the Interior Minister shall be required to collect an essay, written by the applicant, entitled "Why I am Interested in Becoming a Talossan."
shall be amended to read:
2. The Minister of Interior shall ascertain to his own satisfaction, through correspondence or conversation, that the prospective immigrant is a real human being with genuine interest in becoming a citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa. The Minister shall be free to inquire of the applicant on any and every subject, and shall be required to collect the name, postal address (optional if the applicant is under 18 years of age, except for information needed to assign the applicant to a province), telephone number, and e-mail address(es) of the candidate, which information the Minister shall communicate to the Secretary of State. Additionally, the Interior Minister shall be required to collect an essay, written by the applicant, entitled "Why I am Interested in Becoming a Talossan."
Uréu q'estadra så,
Sir Ian Plätschisch (Senator-MM)