Awaiting Assent New Player's UBI Increase Act

[xSyncx]

A
BILL
To
Amend the Universal Basic Income 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 ' New Player’s UBI Increase Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative xSyncx.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative MathTech .

2 - Reasons
(1) Despite the raising of vote rewards, business remains largely stagnant in Redmont, as this money is often put straight into savings accounts or toward eviction auctions.
(2) There are few definable groups of low-income earners without the tools of applicable income or asset tests.
(3) New players are some of the biggest small business spenders in the economy as more experienced players primarily focus on empire-building and specialisation. Increasing the new player UBI may increase sales volume at a small businesses level, in a wide range of industries.
(4) Server staff have stated that using playtime as a basis for the bonus is not possible

3 - Section 3 of the Universal Basic Income Act shall be amended from
(1) For every 15 minutes of playtime, player’s holding “Profession” and “Regular” jobs shall be paid $5 from the DCGovernment balance. This will not stack with other salaries. The Executive may choose to increase or decrease the disbursement amount, but may not go under $2/15 mins.
(a) Players with less than 48 hours playtime shall receive an additional $10 from the DCGovernment balance every 15 minutes. This shall be paid regardless of their job status.
(2) Any playtime accumulated before the passage of this bill will not result in the player receiving any funds. Funding disbursement intervals begin when the bill goes into effect.

To:

(1) For every 15 minutes of playtime, player’s holding “Profession” and “Regular” jobs shall be paid $5 from the DCGovernment balance. This will not stack with other salaries. The Executive may choose to increase or decrease the disbursement amount, but may not go under $2/15 mins.
(a) Players who have joined the server less than two weeks ago shall receive an additional $20 from the DCGovernment balance every 15 minutes. This shall be paid regardless of their job status.
(2) Any playtime accumulated before the passage of this bill will not result in the player receiving any funds. Funding disbursement intervals begin when the bill goes into effect.