EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 2022
An Act to re-establish the provisions of employment positions; to allow the FBI to maintain candidates; to allow SCFD to maintain employees; to allow those within academies to have protections; to update legislation to reflect actual practice; to codify regulations entrances to elected office; to prevent excessive position holding
BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FIRESTONE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
SECTION 1: Only Citizens of the State of Firestone may hold any Position prescribed by this Act or other state, county, or municipal law.
SECTION 2: Citizens shall, at any time, hold no more than one Primary Position and two Secondary Positions. There shall be no limit on the number of Voluntary Positions a Citizen can hold.
SECTION 3: A Citizen may, irrespective of Positions, only hold one of the following offices at any time:
(i) Governor
(ii) Lieutenant Governor
(iii) Chief Court Justice
(iv) Cabinet Member
(v) Sub-Cabinet Member
(vi) Representative
(vii) Senator
(viii) County Executive
(ix) County Council Chair
(x) Judges and Justices of any Circuit, excluding the Chief Court Justice
SECTION 4: Employment in any of the following shall be considered a Primary Position, unless explicitly stated otherwise:
(ii) Firestone Department of Homeland Security
(iii) Firestone Bureau of Investigations
(iv) Stapleton County Fire Department
(v) Stapleton County Sheriff’s Office
SECTION 5: Employment in any of the following shall be considered a Secondary Position unless explicitly stated otherwise:
(i) Firestone Department of Health
(ii) Firestone Department of Justice
(iii) Firestone Department of Transportation
(iv) Firestone Department of Public Works
(v) Firestone Department of Corrections
(vi) Firestone Department of Public Safety
(vii) Firestone Department of Aviation
SECTION 5A: If a citizen is not employed in any department as prescribed in section 5 of this act, the positions prescribed in section 3 sub-section vi and vii shall be considered a Secondary Position.
SECTION 6: Employment in any of the following shall be considered a Voluntary Position, unless explicitly stated otherwise:
(i) Firestone Department of State
(ii) Firestone Department of Boating and Waterways
(iii) Firestone Peace Officer Standards and Training
(v) Firestone Department of Commerce
SECTION 7: The following positions shall be additionally recognized as a Primary Position:
(i) Governor
(ii) Lieutenant Governor
(iii) Chief Court Justice
(iv) Senator
(v) Representative, including the Speaker of the House
(vi) County Executive
(vii) Judges and Justices of any Circuit, excluding the Chief Court Justice
SECTION 8: The following positions shall be additionally recognized as a Secondary Position:
(i) County Council
(ii) Municipal Mayor
SECTION 9: Any Position that is not expressly assigned as a Primary or Secondary Position shall be considered a Voluntary Position under this Act.
SECTION 10A: Employees of the Stapleton County Fire Department who hold the rank of “Firefighter”, “Paramedic”, or “Candidate” shall be considered to be holding a Secondary Position.
SECTION 10B: Should an employee of the Stapleton County Fire Department hold the rank of “Administrative Leave” but were immediately previously ranked “Firefighter”, “Paramedic”, or “Candidate”, they shall be considered to be holding a Secondary Position.
SECTION 11A: Cabinet or Sub-Cabinet members shall be recognized as occupying a Position identical to that of the department they direct. For instance, the department head of a Primary department shall be recognized as occupying a Primary position.
SECTION 11B: Cabinet or Sub-Cabinet members that do not have any direct department shall be recognized as holding a Voluntary Position.
SECTION 11C: An individual shall not hold the Cabinet or Sub-Cabinet Position to more than one department.
SECTION 12: The following acts, and any subsequent amendments, shall be considered null and void:
(i) Careers and Employment Act
SECTION 13A: Serving as a “Candidate” within the Firestone Bureau of Investigations shall not be construed as being a Law Enforcement Officer. Candidate(s) shall not conduct arrests, issue citations, or make detainments, unless granted authorization to do so by an individual ranked “Special Agent” or above in the Firestone Bureau of Investigations group.
SECTION 13B: For the purposes of this Act, serving as a “Candidate” within the Firestone Bureau of Investigations shall be construed as a Voluntary Position.
SECTION 14: Former Positions shall not, in any way, be reflective of the number of occupancy of a Citizen’s Positions.
SECTION 15: Ranks within the State of Firestone or any other group, server, etc. shall not be legally binding, and the holding of any position shall be considered to only be lawful if the individual lawfully and/or constitutionally holds their Position.
(i) For instance, a citizen ranked Senator in the State of Firestone group is not to be officially recognized as a Senator unless they were elected as per the Constitution.
SECTION 16: Should an individual enter a Position, but they are at the maximum for that type of Position (or are otherwise ineligible, such as due to holding duplicate governmental offices), they must resign from a Position within 120 hours or they will automatically forfeit the Position they entered.
(i) In the instance that an individual is in violation of this Act, but not as the result of the entrance of Position but rather due to alternate circumstances (such as an amendment of this Act), then they must make themselves in accordance of this Act within 120 hours of notice that they are in violation.
(ii) The Courts of the State of Firestone shall be authorized to utilize court action (including Court Orders) at its discretion to mandate that an individual becomes compliant with this Act, regardless if the aforementioned individual has received prior notice of such violation.
(iii) Any individual shall have standing to seek judicial action against an individual in violation of this Act, even if prior notice was not delivered. Individuals may not face multiple petitions for judicial action (or equivalent thereof) for one singular violation. Therefore, only the first individual to lawfully seek judicial action would effectively have standing.
SECTION 17: Should any part of this Act be declared unconstitutional or otherwise struck down, the rest shall remain in effect unless all is struck down or declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 18: This legislation shall be brought into law, given that it follows the procedures to do so, as outlined by the Constitution.
Respectfully submitted to the State of Firestone Congress.
CHIEF SPONSORS :
The Honorable wierdo25, President pro tempore
The Honorable Automationeer, Former President pro tempore
CO-SPONSORS :
The Honorable DiazEdmundo, Senator
The Honorable chckin, Senator
The Honorable surfinpacific, Senator
The Honorable BlueLineEnforcement, Representative
The Honorable antwanmid, Representative
The Honorable addierxse, Senate Clerk