Version 15 Oct 2014
1. CDSL 13-03 (the current law in effect regarding land sales and reclamation) is obsolete and alignment is needed with CDSL 16-03, the Citizenship Establishment Act, and applicable parts of CDSL 13-10 the Citizenship Bill.
2. CDSL 13-03 pertains to a since-retired proprietary tier collection system. SInce the system has changed, it is impossible for the Executive to comply with CDSL 13-03. Therefore we propose this Tier Collection and Land Reclamation Bill
NL 4-3 Land Sales Reporting Act - Obsolete
NL 5-5 Is Section 2, Duties of the Treasurer obsolete?
Three sections: Tier Collection, Timing, Reclamation - Special Circumstances
Part One: Tier Collection
Since 2011, CDS has used the Hippo Rental system; significantly altering the method by which CDS collects tier.
1. Tier is paid, to the Estate Owner, in advance of use, beginning on the date a citizen acquires a parcel. Citizens pay tier via the Hippo object assigned to their parcel. They have the option to pay for one, two or three months at a time. Citizens must pay tier – via the Hippo object – on a parcel that lists them as the owner in the land tool.
2. Through the Hippo object, a citizen can collect a refund when selling or abandoning a parcel. There are three types of abandonment and/or ownership termination events and appropriate procedures and responsibilities associated with each.
3. The Executive shall employ the following procedures for tier collection, reclaiming parcels under ordinary circumstances and clearing (resetting) Hippo objects.
a. Parcel abandoned from the land tool only - Executive clears the Hippo object and returns any outstanding funds. (If a search does not show that the avatar is still in SL, there can be no refund.)
b. Parcel abandoned (ownership terminated) via Hippo only - Executive reclaims the land within 48 hours and resets the Hippo object. (see Part Two.)
c. Parcel abandoned from land tool and ownership terminated via Hippo - Executive resets the land for sale.
d. Before resetting the hippo object, the Executive informs the Treasurer – via email – of the name of the avatar , the refund amount or the balance due per the Hippp object.
4. The Hippo objects shall be set to use the notice functions that alert landowners of the expiration of their tier in advance of due date, and the days remaining until they are due. The Hippo object also announce numbers of days overdue. Landowners are expected to be in world frequently enough to receive such notices and/or have provided LL with an email address allowing them to receive IMs while offline. Landowners are expected to set preferences to receive IMs when off line.
Landowners who choose to neither provide LL or the Executive with an email and don't come inworld to retrieve IMs, cannot expect notification are still responsible for timely payments.
5. Because the Hippo object sometimes fails to send IMs, there are shared responsibilities. The Executive Office drops a notecard, sends an IM and sends an email to landowners who have provide their email address.
The Chancellor shall maintain a list of citizens and the email addresses they’ve provided. Upon leaving office, the outgoing Chancellor will transfer that list to the incoming Chancellor.
6. The Estate Owner should include the following reclamation language in the CDS Covenant land tool: “The right to vote and stand for election is reserved for citizens in good standing. Pay your tier!”
Part Two: (Timing) When Tier Expires
1. Beginning three days before tier expires, the Hippo object is supposed to begin sending IMs to the parcel owner.
2. Within 7 days of being in arrears:
• The remaining time shows up on the Chancellor’s Hippo spreadsheet,
• The Executive notifies citizens of impending land reclamation at 14 days of delinquency and loss of voting rights once tier expires. Refer to CDSL 16-03, Item 2 regarding potential loss of voting rights.
3. Once tier runs out
• Hippo continues to send IMs until the object is reset
• The Executive once again drops a notecard, email and IM to the (now probationary) citizen.
• The 14 day time period begins in which the citizen can reclaim their parcel by paying all owed amounts. (Notification by IM, notecard and email - or IM when the citizen is not logged in.)
• The Executive announces the date of the impending land sale, both in the Forums and as a Group notice.
4.In addition to the census, CDS has the right to make public the lists of provisional citizens from time to time, as reasonably needed for its administration of government. The Treasurer creates the list, the Executive posts it to the Forum using the subject line “Census, (month, day, year)." or “Provisional Citizens, (month, day, year). Treasurer adds the both to the Praetorium census dispenser. Additionally, the Executive posts an notice to CDS group, announcing the publication of the list and it’s availability via the Forum or the Census Dispenser at the Praetorium.
5.At fourteen days overdue, if the landowner has failed to pay the full amount outstanding and absent a declaration of ‘special circumstances.’ then the Executive shall reclaim the parcel. Objects on the parcel shall be returned to the landowner and the parcels set for sale unless there are plans to redraw parcel lines or the parcel added - temporarily – to the public parcel holdings.
Part Three: Reclamation - Special Circumstances
From time to time, real life circumstances – either personal or technical – prevent a citizen from keeping current with tier (coming in-world and paying). On the ‘in-world’ side, Hippo objects sometime fail to send proper notification; IMs are sometimes capped per LL and may prevent a citizen from receiving email. We refer to these as ‘special circumstances.’
In the event of special circumstances either before or after reclamation – where the Citizen does not intend to let tier lapse – the Citizen, members of a group to which the parcel is assigned, friends of the citizen, the community at large, and the Executive might
• offer to pay tier (parcel owner or partner of)
• contact the parcel owner
• notify the Executive of special circumstances
• notify the community of special circumstances and call for help
• petition the SC for relief
Citizens whose circumstances advise using the partner option on the Hippo object, can recruit someone to cover their tier. Note, paying tier as a partner does not confer citizenship. Repeated payment by the named partner can result in status change to ‘provisional’ and put voting rights in jeopardy.
This law repeals and replaces CDSL 13-03, any provisions of prior CDS laws (including CDSL 13-03) that specify land reclamation or rent payment methods, to the extent that they contradict the explicit terms of this law.
Reference CDS: 16-04 “ re voting rights…” the Estate Manager or his or her designate, will generate both a Hippo list of tier payors and a Land Scanner list of parcel owners. They will then compare these two lists to determine that a given name appears on both lists, and that that given name is current in at least one parcel tier payment. The Estate Manager or his or her designate will use these lists to create one list of the citizens who are qualified to run for office or vote, the Citizen List. (In the event that the upgrade to the Land Scanner is not available in time for the generation of the Citizen List for the June 2012 elections, the Hippo List alone will be used).”
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Resources & Discussion
Privacy:
Anyone in a region can check Hippo boxes to determine the number of day remaining or days in arrears. Although not everyone checks them, Hippo info is already publicly available information.
For people to respond on behalf of a citizen, they need to know a problem exists. When and how should a list be published? A monthly census is taken and available on the Forums and in the Census box at the Praetorium. Adding to it a list of people within X days of defaulting on tier or within y days of reclamation, would cover some, but not all circumstances.
Land and Landscape Management in CDS
by Arria Perreault » Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:35 am
CDSL 13-03 Motion to amend NL 9-2 the Land Sales Reclamation Act
Given the the Chancellor, Treasurer and the people assembled in commission meetings find the current collection rules ineffective, confusing and a hindrance to the effective management of tier collection, the following amendments are proposed to the Land Sales Reclamation Act.
1. Citizens of CDS are expected to pay tier rentals to the CDS Treasurer in a timely fashion. The Treasurer shall set (by posting to the CDS Forums) due dates for tier, which shall be the due date thereafter. The due date will be no earlier than five days after payment boxes are open to accept tier payments. Landowoners must contact the treasurer directly to arrange pre-payment as necessary. obsolete, different system
2. The CDS Executive Branch shall provide for notice (which may be by IM or notecard) to each land owner when they have failed to pay tier rental by the established due date within 5 days of the delinquency.
3. Five calendar days after the due date, a landowner who has failed timely to pay rental tier becomes a ‘provisional citizen’, and shall not have the right to vote or hold office in the CDS until and unless all amounts overdue to CDS are paid in full. The citizen shall receive a notice (by IM or notecard) advising her or him of this risk and imminent change is status, and noting the deadline for final payment pursuant to this Act. - adaptable
4. CDS has the right to make public the lists of provisional citizens from time to time, as reasonably needed for its administration of government. - adaptable
5. Fourteen days after the due date, if the landowner has continued to fail to pay the full amount then overdue to CDS, then CDS shall reclaim all parcels owned by the landowner and hold all parcels in reserve. Objects on the parcels will be be returned to the landowner and the parcels be set for re-sale - OBSOLETE
6. If a landowner who has failed to pay rental tier owns more than one CDS property, all of that owner’s properties are subject to the reclamation rules specified above. - obsolete
7. The CDS Executive Branch is encouraged to take reasonable additional steps to notify citizens of past due amounts and all other matters described in this Act, but timely rent payment primarily is the citizen’s responsibility to monitor. - adaptable
8. This law repeals any provisions of prior CDS laws (including NL 7-6) that specify land reclamation or rent payment methods, to the extent that they contradict the explicit terms of this law.- adapt
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LAWS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED
NL 4-3 Land Sales Reporting Act - repeal
Any citizen selling land in Neualtenburg must report the buyer’s name, lot name, and purchase price to the city treasurer within 5 days of the transfer.
passed 8 February 2006
Explanatory notes
Collection of this information is required to facilitate collection of the Land Transfer Tax documented in Neualtenburg land deeds. Note: obsolete, Hippo reports parcel transfers to the Treasurer
NL 5-5 Treasurer Act Note - is this obsolete?
TREASURER
The responsibility of the Treasurer is defined as follows:
Duties of the Treasurer
2. To handle real estate transactions under the direction of the appropriate government bodies of Neufreistadt; e.g., to receive applications from new members and existing citizens for the purchase or transfer of sim(s) land; to prepare necessary the deeds, to guide applicants through the process to ensure transactions are properly executed, and to keep accurate public records regarding the sim(s); the land, the parcels, the ownership configuration, and the obligations of each citizen regarding their monthly fee.