To provide the towns of Cornwall with the ability to enact local town regulations, the Council of Cornwall provides the following law:
1. Regulations can only be proposed by the mayor.
2. The proposed regulation must be sent to the County Council. The Council will advise the TA on why it is not a county law, and/or their thoughts on how it will effect the town and county. It is assigned to a councilmember for coordination with the town (preferably a member residing in the town).
3. It must then be debated on by the Town Administration for a minimum of 2 days, more if there is an active debate.
4. It is then voted upon, and must pass by a majority vote (greater than 50%). Each member of the TA must send their vote to the designated councilmember. All members must vote.
5. The final copy is then sent to council for review, which for a minimum of 2 days.
6. The council can reject the regulation with a 2/3 vote. It is only to be used on laws that violate parts of this document, or are deemed detrimental to the town or county.
7. The regulation must be posted in the Town Hall mayor’s message, and in the appropriate town forum, and go into effect on the second reset after this is done.
There should be a “Stickied” Thread in the Town forum that lists any and all regulations. If the proposed regulation fails any of these steps, it is dead, and can either be dropped, or rewritten, and begin again.
Restrictions on Town Regulations:
1. County laws supersede town regulations. This means that a regulation cannot directly contradict a law.
2. Penalties must coincide with the penalties of existing laws. Remember that all fines go to the king, not the county or town.
3. Town regulations must not be in violation with county interests. In order to facilitate this, regulations cannot be on the County Interest List. This is a temporary list of one or two laws that can be provided to any mayor asking for it. It is only to be used in conjunction with current projects. Cornwall Council decides what is on this list by vote.
4. In order to repeal a regulation, the TA must follow the same procedure as above.
The town will prosecute those people that violate these regulations. However, in times of need, the TA can ask the county to prosecute. The decision of whether to prosecute will be decided by vote of the Council.