Stapleton County Government Act of 2022
To legislate the basics of the County Government and its subordinates; to fix legal issues in existing state-level legislation pertaining to the county; to clarify the duties executive and legislative branches of the county; and to concur with county legislature requests.Chief Sponsor(s): Senator urdadcaleb
Co-Sponsor(s): Councilmember DavidForged, The Right and Honorable Former Executive AestheticallyHappy, Chairman dangerzone1111, Councilman P_olishRBLX
Author: Senator urdadcaleb
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Firestone in Congress assembled,
§1. Title
(a) This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the “Stapleton County Government Act of 2022 (“SCGA”)”
§2. Enactment
(a) This Bill shall go into effect as an Act of Congress one week after completing the processes constitutionally required.
§3. Severability
(a) Should any part of this Act be struck down and/or declared unenforceable, then that part shall be severed with the rest remaining in full force and effect unless all is struck down and/or declared unenforceable.
§4. Enforcement
(a) This Act shall be enforced by any relevant parties.
§5. Definitions
(a) The Stapleton County Government official Roblox group shall be defined as this, and official government officials of the county shall only include individuals who have been elected and or appointed, and currently hold office, through the due processes defined in county or state legislation, regardless of their rank within the official Roblox group.
(b) “A Bill to Define County Executive Terms and Limitations” shall be defined as this
(c) “A Bill to Save the Stapleton County Government” shall be defined as this
(d) “(“Stapleton”) county department(s)” shall be defined as the following—
   (i) Stapleton County Sheriff’s Office;
   (ii) Stapleton County Fire Department
§6. Repealments
(a) A Bill to Define County Executive Terms and Limitations shall be repealed in its entirety and declared null and void.
(b) A Bill to Save the Stapleton County Government shall be repealed in its entirety and declared null and void.
(c) All legislation nullified by A Bill to Define County Executive Terms and Limitations and or A Bill to Save the Stapleton County Government shall remain nullified and unenforceable. Amendments made by A Bill to Define County Executive Terms and Limitations and A Bill to Save the Stapleton County Government shall remain active and enforceable unless otherwise declared by state legislation.
PART ONE
Information pertaining to the County Executive§7. Office of the County Executive
(a) The Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall retain the ability to host County Executive elections when the Office of the County Executive is vacant and unoccupied. The Office of the County Executive may become vacant through resignation, impeachment, etc. The County Executive position shall only be an elected position.
(b) A full County Executive term shall be only last four (4) months. The County Council may legislate how many times an individual may be elected to the Office of the County Executive. Once the individual’s term is over, the Governor, or Lieutenant Governor (acting within the capacity of the Governor in his or her absence, who shall be defined as the “Governor” throughout this act in that circumstance), shall host County Executive Elections.
   (i) The County Council must legislate how many terms an individual may serve as County Executive before July 1st, 2022, or it shall be automatically set to a maximum of four (4) terms.
(c) It is at the discretion of the Governor to determine how long campaigning and voting will last for County Executive elections.
(d) Any elected County Executive shall be subject to impeachment by either the House of Representatives or the County Council.
PART TWO
Information pertaining to the entirety of the county government§8. County Government Information
(a) The Stapleton County Government shall be established and recognized as an inferior government entity within the State of Firestone. The Stapleton County Government shall consist of two branches; the Executive Branch, and the Legislative Branch. The Stapleton County Government shall be tasked with legislating county departments, regulating its roads, and anything else pertaining to the county.
   (i) Legislating county departments shall be defined as Acts, Amendments, Bills, Confirmations, Ordinances, and Resolutions that affect Stapleton County departments.
   (ii) Regulating its roads shall be defined as Acts, Amendments, Bills, Ordinances, and Resolutions that impact Stapleton County and its roads.
(b) The Stapleton County Government shall be required to pass a Charter, serving as the highest county governing document explaining how the county government will be run, how county departments will operate, and anything else pertaining to such. The duties and obligations of both the county legislative branch and county executive branch shall be explicitly defined within the Charter. The State Congress of Firestone may nullify the aforementioned charter with a supermajority (2/3) vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(c) The Stapleton County Government shall be a superior entity to municipal governments within the jurisdiction of Stapleton County. Municipal governments may be defined by existing or future county legislation.
   (i) The Stapleton County Government shall retain the ability to nullify municipal legislation and or executive order/decree through processes defined within the County Charter.
   (ii) Any other necessary characteristics regarding municipal governments shall be outlined within the County Charter.
(d) State law & legislation shall overrule any county or municipal legislation. Congress may nullify county/municipal legislation and or executive order/decree with a simple-majority (1/2) vote by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
PART THREE
Conclusive declarations§9. Conclusive Declarations
(a) During the transition of this bill and in accordance with the county charter, all current members of the county government shall remain incumbent to their positions.
(b) No county-level or municipal-level legislation and or executive order/decree may be in conflict with this Act.