Bill: Proposed Industrial Regulation Act

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Author: Octavian Russell
Type: Act of Parliament

A
BILL
TO
Regulate Industry​

Preamble: This act aims to regulate industry in a proactive way. It also aims to improve factories overall usage of power and pollution.

1. Short Title
(a) This bill shall be referred to as the “Industrial Regulation Act.”
(b) This bill was authored by Octavian Russell.

2. Definitions

1. “Inspector” A property inspector employed from the Ministry Of Urban Development.

3. Industrial Inspections
(a) An Inspector will perform routine inspections on all industrial properties.

(i) Industrial Inspections must be performed once every month in the first week of the month, regardless of the last inspection date.​

(ii) If a property failed its inspection, then the inspector will schedule a follow up inspection within 3-7 days of the failed inspection date.​

(iii) Only properties with a owner need to have a inspection performed. If the owner is on an LOA any pending inspections must occur as soon the LOA has ended.​

(iv) When a new industrial property is sold in an auction, it is subject to inspection within 3-7 days of its purchase.​

(v) Failing an inspection is considered a crime as laid out in section 4. These fines and offenses occur on a per property basis. Though the owner of the property is solely responsible for the failure or success of an inspection.​

(vi) The inspection will use the breakdown provided in section 6 to determine if an inspection is failed or passed.​

(vii) The inspector may legally enter the premise of a property during the time of a industrial inspection, if they were granted permission to enter the property by the owner of said property. Denying entry will lead to a failure of inspection though.​

(viii) Inspectors may only do actions on the property that are related to the industrial inspection. Finding evidence of a crime or illegal activity of the owner outside of the fines listed here cannot be used in court in order to maintain the authenticity of these inspections.​

(b) An Inspector will use the Industrial Inspection Guidelines to determine if a inspection has failed or passed.​

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4. Industrial Crimes

(a) Any offense against a property is reset during the following events.​

(i) The property has passed an inspection.​

(ii) The property owner has been declared dead.​

(ii) The property owner was evicted from the property for any reason.​

(c) Failed Inspection​

(1) This crime is committed by a property owner that has failed an inspection.​

(2) Penalty: Dependent on repeat offenses​

(i) First Offense: $100 fine​

(ii) Second Offense: $500 fine​

(iii) Third Offense: $1000 fine​

(iv) Subsequent Offenses: $2000 fine​

(4) If a new owner purchases an industrial property, they inherit the current state of the industrial inspection, this includes its current offense and its next inspection date.​

(d) Failure to Monitor​

(1) This crime is committed when a property does not have a public production monitor & a public power pylon on every grid within the property for a inspector to use for an inspection.​

(i) First Offense: $100 fine​

(ii) Second Offense: $500 fine​

(iii) Third Offense: $1000 fine​

(iv) Subsequent Offenses: $2000 fine​

5. Industrial Inspection Guidelines

(a) Inspection Report​

(1) MUD will create and maintain a inspection report, in which inspectors will use to perform inspections. It must include the property ID, the owner of the property and held industrial crimes for the property if any. Most importantly it should indicate if the inspection failed or not.​

(2) The report should include a scoring system to allow for gradual improvements to be made.​

(3) An inspection report template is provided with the passage of this bill for MUD to start with.​

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6. Enactment

(a) This Act comes into force immediately upon passage.​

(b) All industrial properties will be scheduled and have an industrial inspection completed within 7 days upon passage.​