Cynosure

Cynosure Citizenship Act
Originally written Nov 23, 2015, Modified June 20, 2019.

Title

1. This Act shall be cited as the Cynosure Citizenship Act.

Purpose

2. This act shall fulfil the citizenship process of the region as defined in the Constitution.

Definitions

3. In this act, the Citizenship Granter is defined as a Councillor of the Council of Brilliance, or anyone allowed by the Council of Brilliance to accept citizenship requests under a Directive of Citizenship.

4. In this act, the Citizenship Remover is defined as the Councillor of Security or Grand Master.

Eligibility for Citizenship

5. Any person who is eligible for citizenship must;
(a) Have a nation in the region of Cynosure;
(b) Not already hold citizenship in the region of Cynosure; and
(c) Not be lawfully banned from the forum, nor designated Persona non Grata by The Council of Brilliance or the Senate.

6. Any person who meets all the above-stated requirements is able to apply for Citizenship.

7. Any Member of the Council Of Brilliance may guide the manner in which a person can apply for citizenship, provided that it is accessible to all eligible persons.

8. A Citizenship Granter shall determine whether citizenship shall be granted to an applicant on submission of an application.

Removal

9. A Citizenship Remover shall review the status of each citizen’s nation on at least one occasion per month, and publicly post a list of citizens whose nations no longer reside in Cynosure.
(a) These nations will be taken from the Nation field of all registered citizens on the forum.
(b) One week after the post, any citizen whose nation is not located in Cynosure, or who had not moved another nation into Cynosure and informed the Citizenship Remover who performed the check, shall be considered to have resigned their citizenship.

Directive 003

10. In accordance with Section 4 of Directive 003, Directive 003 is Repealed on the passing of this act.

Original Document from 2015

I'm glad the Senate hasn't specifically stated that this act has passed. I would like to suggest a few changes.

Firstly, that this:

3. In this act, the Citizenship Granter is defined as the Councillor, or anyone allowed by the Councillor to accept citizenship requests under a Directive of Citizenship.

4. In this act, the Citizenship Remover is defined as the Councillor or Grand Master.

5. In this Act, the Councillor is defined as the Councillor of the Senate, who at the time of writing is Xah.

Becomes this (with subsequent renumbering):

3. In this act, the Citizenship Granter is defined as a Councillor of the Council of Brilliance, or anyone allowed by the Council of Brilliance to accept citizenship requests under a Directive of Citizenship.

4. In this act, the Citizenship Remover is defined as the Councillor of Security or Grand Master.

This is because technically, the passage of this act would restrict Xah as the only person who could grant citizenship until such time as a Directive of Citizenship were passed.

Secondly, sections 6c and 8 should change from Councillor of the Senate and Councillor, respectively, to Council of Brilliance, as the Council is the one who passes Persona non Grata and manages citizenship forms.

Thirdly, could a section be added that states that this act repeals Directive 003 in accordance with Section 4 of that directive.

Otherwise, this looks good!