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Writing A BillBill Drafting
A bill is a proposed law. In the Maine State Legislature, only members of the House or the Senate may submit bills. At Model Legislature and Assembly any participant may submit a bill. Any participants may submit more than one bill. Several participants may work together to co-sponsor a bill, but only 1 is to listed as the sponsor, the others will be listed as co-sponsors. We strongly suggest that every participant sponsor or co-sponsor a bill, it makes the weekend much more fun and interesting working to get your bill all the way through the process.
FOLLOWING ITEMS MUST BE INCLUDED FOR THE BILL TO BE SUBMITTEDBILL SPONSORS: There may be only 1 sponsor of a bill; you may have an unlimited number of Co-sponsors, they should all be listed on the bill.
FISCAL NOTE: There must be a section that includes the amount of money the bill will cost, or the amount of revenue that the bill will raise.
REFERENCES: Bills must have some references, what did you use as a resource to draft the bill, Maine State Laws, web pages, books, magazines, and interviews are all type of references that can be listed.
STAIGHT FACE TESTBills must follow a couple of general principals to be considered for submission to the Augusta Session. The bill must pass the straight face test.
a) Is this bill an original idea? (Bills having been submitted in previous Youth in Government programs will not be accepted unless there have been additions or deletions from the original bill)
b) Would you submit this bill to the actual legislature? (Would you be willing to stand before the actual legislature and defend this bill, and take the time of the actual legislature to hear this bill?)
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