Department of Culture Recognition Act
Department of Culture Recognition Act
Passed by the Senate on the 1st of April and not vetoed by the President within 72 Hours
Article 1: Recognition
§1. The Executive Departments Act 2025, Part 2: Statutory Departments, shall add, and adjust to accommodate its addition, the following article:
§1. The Secretary of Culture (SoC), an Executive Officer, shall be the head of the DoC which shall be responsible for creating, collecting, and disseminating cultural artifacts such as visual art, literature, music, etc. This shall be done for the purposes of elevating culture within SimDemocracy. §2. The Secretary of Culture shall have the ability to make calls to action for any artistic project utilizing the government announcement ping or tag.
- §2.1. The Department of Culture, or any equivalent authority shall the DoC cease to exist, is directed to create a quarterly literary magazine for SimDemocracy.
- §2.1.1. Submissions shall remain open for two months at a time, with the third month in each quarter being used to select pieces, compile and organize them, and publish the magazine to all available platforms through collaboration with the DoEx.
- §2.1.2. Individuals who submit work and have said work be chosen for publication shall receive a stipend of 1,000 tau upon publication.
- §2.1.3. Work submitted for publication must stay within common "PG-13" or similar guidelines in order to be considered for publication.
- §2.1.4. The first issue shall be published on June 27th, 2026.
- §2.2. The Department of Culture shall be granted two new channels in the News category called the “DoC General Chat” and “Literary Magazine Submissions.” The former “DoC General Chat” channel shall be a text-style channel, and the latter “Literary Magazine Submissions” shall be a forum-style channel.
Article 2: Repeals
The following executive orders are repealed: EO 162-03 Department of Culture and EO 162-04 SimLit Magazine.
Article 3: Implementation
This act shall go into effect upon passage.