The party of smaller government
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February 21st, 2011 at 10:59 am
But each bill is short enough that you can actually read them.
Every bill has what’s called “The Caption.” In Tennessee, if the contents of the bill are not related to The Caption then the bill is invalid. The famous “and for other purposes” caption at the federal level isn’t present.
This is how 2,000 page bills that are supposed to be about one subject but end up addressing many subjects are avoided.
Now, if it were up to me, they’d have to have an up or down vote on every existing law before they’d be allowed to introduce new legislation. That way things like rape, murder, and robbery would continue to be illegal but the apparently-once-rampant problem of aquariums in barber shops would stop seeming significant.
February 21st, 2011 at 11:49 am
And looking through Ketron’s list of sponsored bills, I’m actually suprised at the content. A whole lot of them are about reducing government interference in business or making governments be more transparent.
He’s got a whole slew of bills aimed at making alcohol more accessible (there are 5 that I’ve counted so far dedicated to Wine at Kroger), but he’s also got a bunch that show he really, really hates tobacco. Your beer can have up to 12% alcohol, but you better not sell single cigarrettes within 500 feet of a school!
February 21st, 2011 at 11:58 am
I’m curious as to how many of these are just “housekeeping” bills, e.g. “The deputy chief may do X when the chief’s position is vacant,” “insert ‘or’ to clarify either of the two conditions must be met,” “the boundary between X and Y county shall follow the new course of the river,” etc.