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Title
1. This act is to be cited as the Procedural Rules Officers Amendment.

Amendments
2. Section 2, Subsection A is stricken and considered null.
3. A new Section 13 is placed before the heading titled "Amendments of the Procedural Rules", and reads as follows:

The Speaker has the authority to create and dissolve Offices of the Underhusen at their will, and is to grant such officer positions a mandate. The Speaker has the authority to appoint or dismiss any citizen as an Officer of the Underhusen, and may title or style the Officer at the discretion of the Speaker. No Officer that is not an elected member of the Underhusen is empowered or allowed to cast a vote within the Underhusen.

4. Subsection A is added to the new Section 13, which reads as follows:

The Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore of the Underhusen are to be Permanent Offices of the Underhusen, and the mandate and the positions can not be amended by the Speaker, amended by a vote of the Underhusen, nor may it be dissolved by the Speaker or dissolved by a vote of the Underhusen, outside of an amendment to this document. The Speaker may add additions onto the mandate of the Speaker or Speaker Pro Tempore, but may not restrict it past the mandate established by this document.

5. Subsection B is added to the new Section 13, which reads as follows:

Any Skrifa may introduce a motion to create an Office of the Underhusen. The motion must outline the mandate of the Office of the Underhusen, as well as its title. Upon the motion being seconded, the Underhusen is to hold a vote on the matter. If the motion succeeds with a two-thirds (2/3rds) supermajority vote, then the officer position is created and is to be considered a Standing Office of the Underhusen. The Speaker must fill a Standing Office so long as it remains a Standing Office.

6. Subsection C is added to the new Section 13, which reads as follows:

Any Skrifa may introduce a motion to amend an Office of the Underhusen. The motion must outline the changes to the mandate and/or to the title. Upon the motion being seconded, the Underhusen is to hold a vote on the matter. If the Office of the Underhusen is a Standing Office, then the vote must pass with a simple majority vote. If the Office of the Underhusen being amended is not a Standing Office, then the vote must pass with a two-thirds (2/3rds) supermajority vote. If the vote passes, the amendments are to be enacted. If the Office of the Underhusen in question is not a Standing Office, then the Office becomes a Standing Office.

7. Subsection D is added to the new Section 13, which reads as follows:

Any Skrifa may introduce a motion to dissolve an Office of the Underhusen. The motion must name the Office being dissolved and the reason as to why. Upon the motion being seconded, the Underhusen is to hold a vote on the matter. If the Office of the Underhusen in question is a Standing Office, then the vote must pass with a simple majority vote. If the Office of the Underhusen in question is not a Standing Office of the Underhusen, then the vote must pass with a two-thirds (2/3rds) supermajority vote. If the vote passes, the Office is to be dissolved. If the Office is not a Standing Office, then the Office is to be prohibited from being reformed, and no office can hold that mandate for the duration of the session. If the Office is a Standing Office then the Office is simply dissolved, and the Speaker may create a new office with that mandate.

8. Subsection E is added to the new Section 13, which reads as follows:

Any Skrifa may introduce a motion to appoint an Officer of the Underhusen. The motion must name the person nominated, and is to name the Office of the Underhusen they are being appointed to. After the motion is seconded, the matter goes to a vote. If the matter gets a simple majority vote in favor, the person is appointed to the position. Likewise, any Skrifa may introduce a motion to dismiss an Officer of the Underhusen. The motion must name the person to be dismissed, and the reason as to the dismissal. After the motion is seconded the matter goes to a vote. If the matter gets a simple majority vote in favor, the person is dismissed from the position, and a new person must be appointed. In a motion to appoint, the position must be vacant and not held by a citizen. Likewise, in a motion to dismiss, the position must be held by a citizen.

9. Subsection F is added to the new Section 13, which reads as follows:

No prohibition on a mandate for an Office of the Underhusen is to continue after the end of the session, without an amendment to this document. The Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore are to be dismissed automatically, and any extension to their mandate ends upon the start of a new session.

10. The second Section 13 is to be renumbered, and any subsequent sections are also to be renumbered. Any numbers related to sections after Section 13 refer to the renumbered sections.
11. Subsection F is added to Section 12, which reads as follows:

The Speaker Pro Tempore may be dismissed at the discretion of the Speaker, provided that the Speaker appoint a replacement within twenty-four (24) hours. The dismissed Speaker Pro Tempore remains in their position until a replacement is appointed. If no replacement is appointed within twenty-four (24) hours, then the Speaker Pro Tempore remains, and the Speaker may not dismiss the Speaker Pro Tempore for the remainder of that session, or until the Underhusen dismisses the Speaker Pro Tempore by a vote.

12. Subsection B is added to Section 11, which reads as follows:

All officers of the Underhusen are permitted to have a standing invitation to speak before the Underhusen

13. Section 17 is added which reads as follows:

The term "mandate" is defined within this document as: A statement or declaration outlining the duties, responsibilities, and authorities that an Office holds, and that which an Officer may have the entirety or any subset of such duties.

Skrifa may vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

@Mathyland
@Doc
@Chanku

Abstain.
I don't think it should be rejected outright, but there's just some things about it that I'm kind of, but not incredibly strongly, opposed to - mostly on the grounds of 'what real value does this add'? What kind of offices need to be created?

Aye.

@taulover
@Mathyland

As Speaker, I prefer to vote last, so I'm waiting on Mathy to vote.

Aye.

I'm not completely sold on this being strictly necessary, but as I've said before, it's definitely interesting and probably worth trying out.
Aye.

The bill passes with three votes for and one abstention, and now becomes part of Underhusen procedure.