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1. This act shall be cited as the Omnibus Underhusen Amendment Act.

The Fundamental Laws Amendments
2. Article I of the Fundamental Laws shall be amended as follows:

Article I: The Storting

1. The legislative and judicial authorities and duties of Wintreath shall be vested in a bicameral legislature called the Storting, which shall consist of a lower chamber called the Underhusen and an upper chamber called the Overhusen.

The Underhusen
2. The Underhusen shall consist of all Citizens of Wintreath, with the exception of those serving in the Overhusen.

The Overhusen
3. The Overhusen shall be comprised of no less than three and no more than five Peers appointed by the Monarch of Wintreath, who shall also determine the exact number of Peers during each session.

4. The Monarch shall announce his or her appointments and reappointments to the Overhusen on the first day of the months of December, March, June, and September. The Monarch shall at the same time also appoint a Chairperson of the Overhusen, who shall execute the procedural rules established by the Overhusen. In the event of a vacancy, the Monarch shall have the authority to appoint a new Peer to fill the vacancy.

The Legislative Process
5. All legislation shall be initially introduced only in the Underhusen.

6. The Overhusen shall vote to pass or veto the legislation upon passage by the Underhusen. The Overhusen shall not amend legislation in any way.

7. Should the Overhusen veto any legislation, the legislation may be reintroduced in the Underhusen for the purposes of either revising the proposal or overriding the veto. The Underhusen may overturn a veto by a two-thirds supermajority vote.

Authorities and Duties of the Storting
8. The Storting shall have the authority to pass legislation, repeal previously passed legislation, propose amendments to these Fundamental Laws, and take any other action deemed necessary and proper to execute the authorities and duties vested in the Storting by these Fundamental Laws.

9. Each chamber of the Storting shall have the authority to create and revise their own procedural rules.

10. The Storting shall have the authority to declare war upon another region or organization.

11. The Storting shall have the authority to ratify or reject treaties with other regions or organizations.

12. Each chamber of the Storting shall have the authority to issue non-binding resolutions expressing the sense of their chamber in relation to all matters.

13. The Storting shall have the authority to interpret these Fundamental Laws and statutory laws and consider the constitutionality over laws brought before the Storting, determine rulings and verdicts in regard to violations of these laws, and determine punishments for violations of these laws within the parameters of these Fundamental Laws and any other laws.

14. The Storting shall have the authority to issue advisory opinions on matters of constitutionality and legality to anyone whom the Storting has determined has standing to seek an advisory opinion.

15. The Storting shall have the authority to create and revise the rules of judicial proceedings for judicial panels.

3. Article III Section 1 of the Fundamental Laws shall be amended as follows:

1. Upon the filing of cases within the Storting, the Monarch shall select at random a Peer of the Overhusen and two citizens to serve as judges in a judicial panel, provided the selected person is not the plaintiff/defendant. The Peer shall serve as Chief Judge, and the citizens shall serve as Associate Judges.  The Monarch is ineligible to serve on judicial panels.

4. Article IV Sections 4-11 of the Fundamental Laws shall be removed.

5. Article VII shall be amended as follows:

1. No section under Administration may be amended without the consent of The Winter Nomad.

2. The Storting shall have the authority to propose amendments to these Fundamental Laws by a two-thirds supermajority vote of those voting, after which amendments shall require consent of the Monarch to be considered ratified.

6. This act shall go into effect at the conclusion of the 27th session of the Underhusen.

Skrifa have forty-eight hours to discuss after which a motion to vote may be made, absent a motion to expedite.
@Chanku @Crushita @Doc @Mathyland

Special thanks to @Barnes, because I borrowed some of their framework.

In accordance with His Majesty @Wintermoot's suggestion, I've changed Overhusen appointments and reappointments to December, March, June, and October to match thane and delegate elections.

That should have been September instead of October...what happens when I try to post things at 3am.

So updated

I motion to vote.

Do we have a second?

@Crushita @Doc @Mathyland

I second this motion.

The motion passes