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7. Local (County) Objects
  
  Article 59-Local Parliament  
59.1 Local Parliament  
  1. Legislative power  
  All local legislative Powers shall be vested in a Local Parliament (County Parliament), which shall consist of one houses- a College. The College shall be elected representatives.
  
  2. Parliamentary sessions  
  Excepting a County election year, every year there shall be four sessions of fixed days corresponding to equal divisions of the year whereby members of Parliament are summonsed to attend.
 
  Each of these sessions shall be named for the season to which they correspond, namely Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Session. A day within a session when members of Parliament are summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a County Sitting Session Day.
 
  A day within a session when members of Parliament are not summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a Non-Sitting Session Day.
 
  3. Local (County) Election Year  
  During a year in which a local election is to be called, the County Parliament shall not sit for the Spring session. Instead the last session of County Parliament before it is dissolved shall be the Winter session.
  
  4. Life of Parliament  
  Parliament shall exist for a fixed period of two (2) years before being dissolved ahead of County Elections for a new Parliament.
  
  5. Dissolution of Parliament  
  Parliament shall be dissolved every two years following that last day of the Winter Session of Parliament.
 
  The instrument of dissolution shall be three writs issued by the Mayor:  
  (1) To the leader of the College ordering the chamber to be sealed until a new Parliament is elected.
  
  (2) To the local (County) Board of Directors ordering the government to institute caretaker provisions which forbids the appointment of any new positions, the announcement of any new projects or the commissioning of any new expenditure.
  
  (3) To the State director of the National Election Commission requiring the commencement of County Election provisions for the conduct of Local Election to elect a new Executive Government and Parliament.
  
  6. Date of State Election  
  The date of a national election shall always occur within the Spring months, allowing 40 days prior to the date of the election for the official campaign period.
 
  7. Formation of new Parliament  
  The formation of a new Parliament shall occur within 14 days after the Local Election day following the count and verification of all votes.
  
  The instrument of formation of a new Local (County) Parliament shall be three declarations from the State Director of the National Election Commission:
  
  (1) To each successful candidate for election to College confirming their validity as the rightful representative of their constituency;
  
  (2) To the successful candidate for election as Mayor confirming their validity as the rightful executive to form government;
  
  (3) To the caretaker Mayor that the election result has been verified and that writs to summons successful candidates to be sworn into Local Parliament and form the new Local Executive must now be issued.
  
  Upon receipt of the declaration, the caretaker Mayor shall be required to issue writs within seven (7) days for the summonsing to Parliament of successful candidates to form the new Parliament and Executive.
  
  8. Quorum  
  The minimum number of members (quorum) required to be present within the chamber of a House of Parliament to permit the full exercise of its powers shall be one third the total number of members of that house.
  
  The College shall not be permitted to undertake procedures that require a quorum if the total number of members in that House is not equal or greater to the quorum.
  
  9. Voting  
  Voting in Local Parliament shall be by open vote expressed as either Yes or No to the proposition before the chamber.
  
  Voting shall always require a quorum and shall follow the standard procedures listed in this Constitution.
  
  Total votes shall be tallied as either Yes, or No to the proposition expressed by the Bill. A higher total number of Yes votes to No votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been passed. A higher total number of No votes to Yes votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been defeated.
  
  The record, attendance and vote of all members of Local Parliament shall be recorded on the public record.
  
59.2 County College  
  1. Construction of County College  
  A County College shall be composed of members directly chosen by the people of the County with the total number of such members fixed at 36 with each member of the County College having one vote.

  
  Members of a County College shall be elected by registered voters in their Local Electoral Countys (Wards) for a term of two years corresponding to the cycle of Local (County) Elections.
  
  2. Power of State Assembly  
  Vested by the Constitution, a College shall have the power to create new bills and amend existing laws into bills for review.
  
  The College shall also have the power to create new budgets for expenditure and financial management of the County as well as to review the appointments of any person by the local executive to a permanent position prescribed by this Constitution.
 
  A local College also has vested by this Constitution the power to commission a County Impeachment for the forced removal of any elected official from the Mayor to any position within any branch of government in the County.
  
  3. Office of Speaker of Local College (County Speaker)  
  Responsibility for good conduct and control of the College and the scheduling of business within the chamber shall be vested in the Office of Speaker of County College (County Speaker).
  
  The Speaker of a County College shall be an independent role, free from political party preferences. The candidate shall be elected by new college themselves on the first day of sitting of the new parliament after a Local Election.
  
  5. County College session length  
  The total length of a County College session shall be determined by the County Speaker and shall not be permitted to exceed 20 Sitting Session Days.
 
  6. County College attendance
  
  The County Speaker shall be responsible for the issuing of summons to individual College members for their attendance to Parliament.
 
  Excepting special leave granted by the County Speaker due to matters of local security, health or extended personal matters, all members of the College shall be required to attend the Sitting Session Days as listed in the summons.
  
  Failure of a member of a County College to attend six (6) or more Session Sitting Days within one Session shall be deemed a failure to discharge the duties of their office and the County Speaker shall be responsible for immediately initiating an County College Expulsion Motion.
  
 
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 

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