Act of Congress Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act

[Lord_Donuticus]

A
BILL
To

Establish Offences under the Standardized Criminal Code​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: The_Donuticus
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by: VanillaChai79

2 - Reasons
The current system of sorting crimes is too chaotic and messy. This Act exists as part of the Standardized Criminal Code package of bills to address this.

3 - Criminal Code
The Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act will establish the crimes outlined in '5 - Offences' as an extension of the Standardized Criminal Code Act.

4 - Legal Processes
(1) Congress shall determine which substances are considered illicit or licit through bills. These bills will follow the normal voting procedure.
(a) At any point, Congress may change which substances are considered licit or illicit through the creation of bills which will also follow normal voting procedure.
(b) As with any other bill, the President has the power to veto the bill.
(c) The effects of the bills relating to substances must not take effect until at least a week after passing.
(2) Once a bill is passed by the Congress relating to illicit substances, it is the job of the Department of Health and the Department of Justice to enforce it.
(a) The Department of Health shall enforce those laws by making sure that the general public is adequately informed.
(i) The Department of Heath must maintain a list on the Forums listing all illegal substances.
(b) The Department of Justice shall enforce those laws by ensuring that lawbreakers are adequately punished.
(3) If at any point the Congress fails to have a bill specifying which substances are illicit or licit, the Secretary of Health, until a time as such the Congress has passed a bill specifying which substances are illicit or not, shall himself/herself decide which substances are illicit or not.
(a) This shall only last for a period of 30 days. If Congress cannot pass a bill specifying which substances are illicit or licit during this timeframe, all substances will be considered illegal.

5 - Offences
(1) Donation of Illicit Items (Original: Taro - Jan 12, 2022)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of donating illicit arms, weapons of mass destruction, or illicit substances to government donation chests.
Per Offense: $100 Fine

(2) Buffing (Original: A__C - Jun 19, 2022)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of using buffs on another person without their consent or on an animal (pet, livestock, etc.) without the owner’s consent.
Per Offense: $500 Fine + 5 Minutes Jail Time

(3) Illicit Arms Trafficking (Original: LilDigiVert - Dec 5, 2021)
(i) Classification: Indictable Criminal Offense
The act of selling, distributing, and or trafficking any weapons without possessing the armourer qualification.
Per Offense: $500 Fine

(4) Illicit Substance Possession (Original: Westray - Dec 10, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of possessing any substance deemed to be illicit.
Per Offense: $100 Fine

(5) Illicit Substance Trafficking (Original: Westray - Dec 10, 2021)
(i) Classification: Indictable Criminal Offense
The act of selling, distributing, and or trafficking any substance deemed to be illicit.
Minimum Sentencing: $1,000 Fine
Maximum Sentencing: $10,000 Fine + 60 Minutes Jail Time

(6) Weapon of Mass Destruction Possession (Original: xEndeavour - Oct 24, 2020)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of possessing any item deemed to be a weapon of mass destruction.
Per Offense: $500 Fine

(7) Weapon of Mass Destruction Trafficking (Original: xEndeavour - Oct 24, 2020)
(i) Classification: Indictable Criminal Offense
The act of selling, distributing, and or trafficking any substance deemed to be a weapon of mass destruction.
Minimum Sentencing: $1,000 Fine
Maximum Sentencing: $10,000 Fine + 60 Minutes Jail Time

6 - Illicit Substances
(1) The following buffs are hereby deemed illicit:
(a) Quix
(b) Tyalus Erthro
(c) Meep
(d) Fuchsin
(e) Hite
(f) Sleepitol
(g) Lerf
(h) Ermiya
(i) Glisp
(j) Azamath
(2) The following elixirs are hereby deemed illicit:
(a) Irish Shine Elixir
(b) Fire Shine Elixir
(c) Potato Shine Elixir
(d) Carrot Shine Elixir
(e) Spirit Shine Elixir
(f) Glow Berry Shine Elixir
(g) Sweet Berry Shine Elixir
(3) The ingredients to these substances are not illicit.

7 - Weapons of Mass Destruction
(1) The following items are hereby deemed to be weapons of mass destruction:
(a) Fatman
(b) Mininuke
(2) The ingredients to these items are not illicit.

 

[Derpy_Bird]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

 

[pepper5980]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act of 2022​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Illicit Trafficking Offenses Amendment Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: pepper5980.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by: bigpappa140

2 - Definition of Terms
(1) "ITO" shall refer to the Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act of 2022.
(2) "SoH" shall refer to the Secretary of Health.
(3) "Substances" shall refer to any item commonly considered an illegal drug by the court of public opinion; any drug that causes impairment; or any substance that, when ingested in any way, is harmful to the user. Alcohol is not included in this definition, with the exception of Moonshine.

3 - Reasons
(1) This Act shall amend the ITO, section 4, subsection 1, due to the following reasons:
(a) Congress, as the People's Body, should remain the sole authority in determining which substances are considered illicit.
(b) The SoH should not have the authority to decide which substances are considered illegal or not due to the fact that the SoH is an unelected official who should not be given power outside of his or her powers over the Department of Health.
(c) It is important to note that the Justice Secretary does not get to decide what crimes are illegal, and neither does the Secretary of the Interior get to decide when a situation is considered animal abuse; both are settled by laws created by Congress. Illicit substances should be no different.

4 - Terms
(1) The following changes will be made to section (4) of the ITO:

From:

4 - Legal Processes
(1) Illicit Substances (Original: Westray - Dec 10, 2021)
(i) The Department of Health may, in pursuit of public health, formally declare any substance to be considered an Illicit Substances provided they follow the provisions below:
(a) Any declaration naming a substance to be illicit under this act must be done with the signature of the Health Secretary in a government announcement.
(b) The ban on such a substance would not take effect until a week after such declaration.
(c) The Department of Heath must maintain a list on the Forums listing all illegal substances.

To:

4 - Legal Processes
(1) Congress shall determine which substances are considered illicit or licit through bills. These bills will follow the normal voting procedure.
(a) At any point, Congress may change which substances are considered licit or illicit through the creation of bills which will also follow normal voting procedure.
(b) As with any other bill, the President has the power to veto the bill.
(c) The effects of the bills relating to substances must not take effect until at least a week after passing.
(2) Once a bill is passed by the Congress relating to illicit substances, it is the job of the Department of Health and the Department of Justice to enforce it.
(a) The Department of Health shall enforce those laws by making sure that the general public is adequately informed.
(i) The Department of Heath must maintain a list on the Forums listing all illegal substances.
(b) The Department of Justice shall enforce those laws by ensuring that lawbreakers are adequately punished.
(3) If at any point the Congress fails to have a bill specifying which substances are illicit or licit, the Secretary of Health, until a time as such the Congress has passed a bill specifying which substances are illicit or not, shall himself/herself decide which substances are illicit or not.
(a) This shall only last for a period of 30 days. If Congress cannot pass a bill specifying which substances are illicit or licit during this timeframe, all substances will be considered illegal.

(2) The following grammatical change shall be made to Section 3 of the ITO to improve clarity:

3 - Criminal Code
The Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act will establish the crimes outlined in '4 5 - Offences' as an extension of the Standardized Criminal Code Act.

 

[Twixted]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

 

[Real42]

House: 8-0-0
Senate: 4-0-1

A
BILL
To
Illegalize the Possession of Buffs & Update Related Laws​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the Constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Buffs Update Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative TheReal42Person.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. Snowy_Heart.

2 - Reasons
(1) “Drugging” still state “drugs” instead of “buffs”. This means, the current buffs are all legalized.
(2) The Department of Health has not kept an updated illicit substance list.
(3) This act seeks to illegalize certain substances, to further enhance criminal roleplay beyond murdering people.

3 - Amendments to the “Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act”
“(2) Drugging Buffing (Original: A__C - Jun 19, 2022)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of using drugs buffs on another person without their consent or on an animal (pet, livestock, etc.) without the owner’s consent.
Per Offense: $500 Fine + 5 Minutes Jail Time”

4 - Illicit Substances
(1) The following substances are hereby deemed illicit:
(a) Quix
(b) Tyalus Erthro
(c) Meep
(d) Fuchsin
(e) Hite
(f) Sleepitol
(g) Lerf
(h) Ermiya
(i) Glisp
(j) Azamath
(2) The ingredients to these buffs are not illicit.

 

[Real42]

House: 8-1-0
Senate: 4-0-0

A
BILL
To
Amend the Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the Constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Fix the Guns Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative TheReal42Person.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. CopTop_YT.

2 - Reasons
(1) The gun license was removed a long time ago.
(2) This law was not correctly amended to go along with this change.

3 - The “Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act” shall be amended as follows:
“(3) Illicit Arms Possession (Original: LilDigiVert - Dec 5, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of possessing weaponry without a gun license.
Per Offense: $100 Fine”

The numbering shall be amended to reflect this change.

 

[xLayzur]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

 

[xLayzur]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

 

[CaseyLeFaye]

House Vote: 8-0-0
Senate Vote: 5-0-0

A
BILL
To

Provide a List of Illicit Items within the Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Illicit List Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Rep. CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. TheReal42Person.

2 - Reasons
(1) The Buffs Update Act failed to put the list of illicit substances in the Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act itself. Although it is still valid law, it would be easier for readers if it was in the act itself.
(2) Shine Elixirs are not arguably not illicit due to the name change.
(3) There is no current law deeming Fatmans and Mininukes to be weapons of mass destruction.
(4) Since buff trafficking is now made illegal by the Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act, the Buff Trafficking Act should be repealed.

3 - Repealed Laws
(1) The Buff Trafficking Act is hereby repealed in its entirety.

4 - Amendments
(1) The Illicit Trafficking Offenses Act shall be amended as follows:

“5 - Offences
(1) Donation of Illicit Items (Original: Taro - Jan 12, 2022)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of donating illicit arms, weapons of mass destruction, or illicit substances to government donation chests.
Per Offense: $100 Fine

6 - Illicit Substances
(1) The following buffs are hereby deemed illicit:
(a) Quix
(b) Tyalus Erthro
(c) Meep
(d) Fuchsin
(e) Hite
(f) Sleepitol
(g) Lerf
(h) Ermiya
(i) Glisp
(j) Azamath
(2) The following elixirs are hereby deemed illicit:
(a) Irish Shine Elixir
(b) Fire Shine Elixir
(c) Potato Shine Elixir
(d) Carrot Shine Elixir
(e) Spirit Shine Elixir
(f) Glow Berry Shine Elixir
(g) Sweet Berry Shine Elixir
(3) The ingredients to these substances are not illicit.

7 - Weapons of Mass Destruction
(1) The following items are hereby deemed to be weapons of mass destruction:
(a) Fatman
(b) Mininuke
(2) The ingredients to these items are not illicit.”

 

[GoldBlooded]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.