Bill: Draft Warrant Fix Act

[Pepecuu]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Judicial Standards Act to Change Warrant Requirements​

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 'Warrant Fix Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Avaneesh2008.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. Pepecuu.

2 - Reasons
(1) Currently, the Department of Commerce and Department of Justice can’t request a warrant with the courts to investigate crimes. This is necessary for the departments to be able to have access to warrants to secure evidence for possible crimes in their jurisdiction.
(2) The Department of Homeland Security doesn’t have the authority to do Asset Seizures, the Department of Justice does. This is not true and is a left over from the DOJ to DHS switch in 2024.
(3) Expands search warrants to allow searching through digital documents and private assets

3 - Amendment
(1) Section 17 of the Judicial Standards Act shall be amended to the following:
“(1) The court may issue warrants - court orders that allow actions that would otherwise be unlawful - for the following:
a. Search - Expresses permission for a Police Officer, Investigator, or Compliance Officer, accompanied or unaccompanied, to enter private property, view private assets, or access digital documents in order to search for evidence or contraband. Staff will be required to assist with searching chests if required, however the Officer will not have direct access. Search Warrants must detail exactly what is being requested and judges must include any modifications to the request they have made when approving the warrant. This warrant can be requested by authorized members in the DoJ, DHS, and DoC.
b. Asset Seizure - to seize assets when an individual does not have sufficient monetary funds to pay a court order or unsettled fines. The unpaid fines must have been standing for at least 2 months and can be seen in the DoJ DHS #fines channel. A DoJ DHS employee must also /mail the person about their fines at least three days prior to requesting an asset seizure warrant. If a government agency requires an asset to be transferred to itself within its lawful actions (ie: Eminent Domain by the DCT or Seizing Bank assets by the DOC), they may request a warrant or ask the DHS to do so on their behalf to be able to gain possession of said asset. Asset Warrants must detail exactly what is being seized and judges must include any modifications to the request they made when approving the warrant.
c. Arrest Warrant - for entering private property to arrest a wanted individual. This warrant can only be executed by authorized members in the DHS.

d. Investigative - Expresses permission for a Detective, accompanied or unaccompanied, to enter private property in order to search for clues relating to an active case.
(2) The Debtor must be given a 5-day notice by the Department of Justice. The Debtor must be informed that they provide the outstanding money needed to pay off their debt within a period of 5 days or assets will be seized to cover their outstanding debt.”