Anti-Corruption Resolution, 645

A resolution to combat rising corruption within the Civil Service. PASSED 06 October 2022 with 6 Aye, 3 Nay, 0 Abstain.

Be it resolved

IDENTIFYING the present lack of government accountability;

RECOGNISING the exponential loss of public funds via corruption;

HEREBY alters Title 1 of the Kodiak Law Code to:


 * Amend The Kodiak Felony Act (637)
 * Repeal The National Kodiak Police Act (Inter)
 * Enact The Policing Act, 645
 * Enact The Centralized Justice Act, 645
 * Enact The Monitoring Act, 645

Amendment of The Kodiak Felony Act (637)
To refine judicial process through the creation of a State Crimes category. Enacted ## MONTH 2022.

Amends the aforementioned act, combining Articles 6,7,8 into a central State Crimes. Article 7 Repurposed for untraceable Wealth. Article 10 adjusted due to previous articles being renumbered.

Article 6 - State Crimes

 * 6.1 - Treason and Conspiracy to Commit Treason
 * 6.1.1 - Any Act planned to weaken or start war against the Republic or aiding the enemies of the State.
 * 6.1.2 - Punishable by a maximum of 30 years in Federal Prison.
 * 6.2 - Espionage
 * 6.2.1 - Any Act in service to another state or non state organization with intent to obtain information for malicious purposes.
 * 6.2.2 - Punishable by a maximum of 20 years in Federal Prison.
 * 6.3 - Sedition
 * 6.3.1 - Any Act in which two or more people conspire to overthrow the government or oppose the legal authority of the nation by force
 * 6.3.2 - Incitement to Insurrection shall be a charge defined as provocation of unlawful behaviour,
 * 6.3.3 - Insurrection is defined as a violent uprising against an authority or government.
 * 6.3.4 - Punishable by a maximum of 20 years in Federal Prison
 * 6.4 - Corruption
 * 6.4.1 - Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in service to the government of the Kodiak Republic.
 * 6.4.2 - Subcategories of Corruption shall include charges of bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement.
 * 6.4.3 - Punishable by a maximum of 20 years in Federal Prison

Article 7 - Untraceable Wealth

 * 7.1 - An Act to deliberately hide sources of income
 * 7.2 - Punishable by fines with a maximum of 250% the hidden value of wealth.

Article 8 - Disclaimer
''This is not an explicit list of crimes in Kodiak. It should not be assumed that all crimes not in the Felony Code are legal and these offenses can also result in dire consequences by judicial trial. This is just a tool to give the Police flexibility to make decisions on the spot when the facts of a case are clear.''

Enact The Policing Act, 645
To grant additional authorities to combat corruption. Enacted ## MONTH 2022.

Article 1 - The National Kodiak Police

 * 1.1 - Establishes the central bureau of the National Kodiak Police (NKP) in the capital of Rykkburgh.
 * 1.2 - Further central branches of the NKP shall be located within the Provincial Capitals.
 * 1.3 - The NKP shall be quarterly funded with ₣1,000,000,000.
 * 1.4 - Establishes The NKP Academy at Rykkburgh
 * 1.5 - Creates the Drug Enforcement Task Force
 * 1.5.1 - Empowers the DETF with exclusive jurisdiction concerning the Controlled Substance Act
 * 1.5.2 - Grants quarterly budget of ₣50M.
 * 1.6 - Establishes the Witness Protection Program
 * 1.6.1 - Allocates ₣110M quarterly to the NKP for purposes to fund, allocate resources and personnel for the protection of key witnesses for the judicial process.
 * 1.7 - Grants ₣500M quarterly for training and outfitting of local police departments.
 * 1.8 - Creates the Office of the Police Commissioner
 * 1.8.1 - The Police Commissioner is appointed by the Ministry of Law and Order until such a time replaced or retired from service.
 * 1.8.2 - The Commissioner shall oversee the enforcement of all police regulations and administrations
 * 1.8.3 - The Commissioner shall hold regular, public meetings to discuss community concerns and policy issues related to law enforcement.

Article 2 - The State Bureau of Investigations

 * 2.1 - Reforms the Kodiak Intelligence Agency into the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI).
 * 2.2 - Empowers the SBI to monitor, disrupt, and investigate syndicates of organised crime, internal terrorist threats, and incidents of foreign interference inside the Kodiaker Republic.
 * 2.3 - Empowers the SBI with exclusive jurisdiction concerning Title 1, The Kodiak Felony Act, Article 6.
 * 2.4 - Empowers the SBI with exclusive jurisdiction concerning Title 1, The Kodiak Felony Act, Article 7.
 * 2.5 - The SBI shall be quarterly funded with ₣600,000,000 for baseline operations.
 * 2.5.1 - Grants additional ₣20,000,000 quarterly for State Crimes Investigations
 * 2.5.2 - Grants additional ₣15,000,000 quarterly for Unaccounted Wealth Investigations

The Centralized Justice Act, 645
''An act to codify the court systems of the Republic not specified within the Constitution of the Kodiak Republic. Enforces the Legal Code of the Kodiak Republic under a system of Common Law.''

Enacted ## MONTH 2022.

Article 1 - Federal Court System

 * 1.1 - Establishes the Federal Court of Appeals.
 * 1.1.1 - The Federal Court of Appeals shall consist of eleven (11) appellate courts to hear appeals throughout the Republic.
 * 1.1.2 - Empowers the Federal Court of Appeals to adjudicate cases stemming from appeals of Provincial Trial Courts or Federal District Courts
 * 1.1.3 - Each appellate court shall consist of three (3) judges without a jury.
 * 1.2 - Establishes the Federal District Court
 * 1.2.1 - Each Province shall have at least one (1) Federal District Court to hear cases.  Additional Courts shall be established by the Ministry of Justice
 * 1.2.2 - Empowers the Federal District Court to try cases involving disputes of the Public Law Code.
 * 1.2.3 - Empowers this court with the exclusive right to try Bankruptcy cases.
 * 1.2.4 - Shall consist of a federal judge to try the case and Jury to decide the case.
 * 1.3 - Establishes the Federal Tax Court.
 * 1.3.1 - Empowered with exclusive right to try cases involving Kodiak Tax Code disputes.
 * 1.3.2 - Shall consist of one (1) judge and no jury.
 * 1.4 - Establishes the Special Court for State Crimes
 * 1.4.1 - Shall consist of three (3) judges and no jury.
 * 1.4.2 - Empowers this court to exclusively try crimes against the government of The Kodiak Republic.
 * 1.4.3 - Proceedings are closed to the public.
 * 1.5 - Establishes the Courts of Military Tribunal
 * 1.5.1 - Empowers the Ministry of Defense to regulate guidelines and policies related to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
 * 1.5.2 - Establishes jurisdiction to all cases that fall within UCMJ or within areas that are directly administered by Military Officials.
 * 1.5.3 - Proceedings are closed to the public.

Article 2 - Provincial Court System

 * 2.1 - Establishes the Provincial Trail Courts
 * 2.1.1 - Shall consist of a judge to try the case and jury to decide the case.
 * 2.1.2 - Empowers the court to try civil and criminal cases involving violations of law codes within provincial borders.
 * 2.1.3 - Local and provisional elections shall detirmine the selection of judges at the appropriate levels.
 * 2.2 - Provinces may further refine Provincial Law systems subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and subject to review by the High Court of the Republic

The Monitoring Act, 645
Require Judaical Warrants for Voice-Interception Methods. Enacted ## MONTH 2022.

Article 1 - Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications

 * 1.1 - Defined as monitoring of one party through technological means to intercept the voice communications of another party. Otherwise known as Wiretapping.
 * 1.2 - Grants jurisdiction of Wiretapping to the Federal District Court judges.
 * 1.3 - Establishes Single-Party consent as the requirement for application.

Written and Proposed by Chancellor Oskar Luchens, MGA, NUP