Quads Discord Reform Act

Quads Discord Reform Act

Passed on September the 6th of 2025 and signed on the same day

Authored by Quad

Preamble

Whereas, the current regulations surrounding roles and channels make no sense;

Whereas, significant inflation has occurred since the statutory prices for channels, roles, stickers, and emojis have been initially set;

Whereas, citizens should be allowed to buy soundboard sounds;

Whereas, I have significant experience with the systems regulating privately owned channels, roles, stickers, and emojis as former Secretary of Expansion and current Deputy Secretary of Expansion;

Explanatory Notes: This Act fully reforms the system our discord server is governed by cleaning up old confusing and conflicting statutes. It also allows the government to sell soundboard sounds, and to dynamically adjust the prices of channels, roles, stickers, emojis, and the aforementioned soundboard sounds in order to accommodate for potential inflation or deflation. Furthermore, the government would be forced to produce a public spreadsheet of all cosmetics sold.

Article 1 - Amendments to other Acts or Bills

AC Note: Article Heading added

§1. The Discord Channels and Roles Bill shall be repealed.

§2. The third Article of the Sixth Discord Act shall be replaced by the following text:

Article 3 - Roles

§1. Roles on the discord server of SimDemocracy shall be created by the Discord Supervisor, or an authorized government official, at the discretion of the provisions laid out in this Article or further legislation.

§2. There shall exist two categories of roles:

§2.1. Publicly owned roles, that are owned by the government, and

§2.2. Privately owned roles, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§3. Publicly owned roles shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§4. There shall at all times exist a publicly owned role named “Duck” with the hex colour code #fee781, and which shall have “Display role members separately from online members” set to true, and which shall be given to any member of SimDemocracy with the word “duck” in their username at their discretion.

§5. Citizens of SimDemocracy or validly registered corporations shall have the ability to buy privately owned roles from the government. §5.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of privately owned roles.

§6. The price for privately owned roles shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§7. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of one of the roles they owned shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the role, unless such an involuntary deletion is due to §9 of this Article.

§8. A fee shall be required to be paid by all owners of a privately owned role every two months, within the first week of every month whose enumeration is an uneven number.

§8.1. The size of the fee shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§9. When the aforementioned fee is not paid by the owner of a role within the specified timeframe, their role must be deleted. They shall not receive compensation as per §7 of this Article.

§10. In the discord role list, all privately owned roles shall be grouped next to one another.

§10.1. Privately owned roles shall always be as close as possible to the bottom of the discord role list.

§11. The owners of a privately owned role shall be given broad discretion over the attributes of their role, including but not limited to, its colour, its name, and its role icon.

§11.1. The text “(Privately Owned Role)” shall be added as a suffix to the name of every privately owned role.

§12. The owner of a privately owned role shall be able to request the relevant government agency to give it to any person they desire it to be given to. Such a request must always be followed by the relevant government agency, unless the individual whom the role should be given to actively disagrees.

§13. Owners of a privately owned role shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their role at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the role.

§3. The following paragraphs shall be added to Article 4 “Channels and Categories” of the Sixth Discord Act:

§4. There shall exist two categories of channels:

§4.1. Publicly owned channels, that are owned by the government, and

§4.2. Privately owned channels, that are owned by individuals, corporations, or political parties.

§4a. Publicly owned channels shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§5. Privately owned channels shall further be divided into three subcategories:

§5.1. Member fun channels,

§5.2. Business channels, and

§5.3. Party channels.

§5a. Party channels shall be created by the Electoral Commission or the relevant government agency they delegate this task to and shall always be placed within the “Political Parties” category of the discord server.

§5b. Party channels shall be deleted upon the political party that owned them ceasing to exist.

§5c. Party channels may only be owned by validly registered political parties.

§6. Member fun channels shall always be placed in the “Member Fun” category of the discord server, whereas business channels shall always be placed in either the “News” or “Business Park” category of the discord server.

§6.1. Citizens who buy a business channel shall be able to choose in which category their channel shall initially be in.

§7. Citizens of SimDemocracy or validly registered corporations shall have the ability to buy privately owned channels from the government.

§7.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of member fun channels and business channels.

§7.2. The Electoral Commission shall be responsible for the creation and management of party channels.

§8. The price for member fun channels and business channels shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy. The price for party channels shall be set via internal Electoral Commission policy.

§9. Changing a privately owned channel’s channel type shall incur a fee, even if the channel type is being changed to “Text” paid to the Department of Expansion. Only the owner of a privately owned channel shall be able to request such a change of a channel’s type.

§9.1. The size of the fee shall be determined via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§10. Changing the category a channel is located within shall incur a fee paid to the Department of Expansion. Only the owner of a channel shall be able to request such a change of a channel’s category.

§10.1. The size of the fee shall be determined via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§10a. Party channels shall always be of the channel type “Text”.

§11. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion or archival of one of the channels they owned shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the channel, unless such an involuntary deletion is due to §13 of this Article.

§12. A fee shall be required to be paid by all owners of a privately owned channel every two months, within the first week of every month whose enumeration is an uneven number, unless that channel is a party channel. §12.1. The size of the fee shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§13. When the aforementioned fee is not paid by the owner of a channel within the specified timeframe, their privately owned channel must be deleted. They shall not receive compensation as per §11 of this Article.

§14. The owners of a privately owned channel shall be given broad discretion over the attributes of their channel, including but not limited to, its permissions, its name, and its other settings.

§15. Owners of a privately owned channel shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion or archival of their channel at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the channel.

§16. Persons who previously owned a privately owned channel that has since been archived shall be able to buy that channel back for a price, thus unarchiving it.

§16.1. The price for unarchiving a channel shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§4. The following paragraphs shall be added to Article 6 “Emojis” of the Sixth Discord Act:

§4. There shall exist three categories of emojis:

§4.1. Publicly owned emojis, that are owned by the government,

§4.2. Party emojis, that are owned by a political party, and

§4.3. Privately owned emojis, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§4a. The Electoral Commission shall create a party emoji for every existing party. The icon shall be the logo of the party.

§4b. Publicly owned emojis shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§5. Citizens of SimDemocracy shall have the ability to buy privately owned emojis from the government.

§5.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of emojis.

§6. The price for emojis shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§7. The Department of Expansion shall, at its own discretion, delete emojis that have not been used for a long time.

§8. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of one of the emojis they owned as per §7 of this Article or otherwise shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the emoji.

§9. Owners of a privately owned emoji shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their emoji at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the emoji.

§5. The following Article 7 shall be added to Part 1 of the Sixth Discord Act:

Article 7 - Stickers

§1. There shall exist two categories of stickers:

§1.1. Publicly owned stickers, that are owned by the government,

§1.2. Privately owned stickers, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§1a. Publicly owned stickers shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§2. Citizens of SimDemocracy shall have the ability to buy privately owned stickers from the government.

§2.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of stickers.

§3. The price of a sticker shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§4. The Department of Expansion shall, at its own discretion, delete stickers that have not been used for a long time.

§5. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of a sticker they owned as per §7 of this Article or otherwise shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the sticker.

§6. Owners of a privately owned sticker shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their sticker at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the sticker.

§6. The following Article 8 shall be added to Part 1 of the Sixth Discord Act:

Article 8 - Soundboard Sounds

§1. There shall exist two categories of soundboard sounds: §1.1. Publicly owned soundboard sounds, that are owned by the government, §1.2. Privately owned soundboard sounds, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§2. Publicly owned soundboard sounds shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§3. Citizens of SimDemocracy shall have the ability to buy privately owned soundboard sounds from the government. §3.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of soundboard sounds.

§4. The price of a soundboard sound shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§5. The Department of Expansion shall, at its own discretion, delete soundboard sounds that have not been used for a long time.

§6. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of a soundboard sound they owned as per §7 of this Article or otherwise shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the soundboard sound.

§7. Owners of a privately owned soundboard sound shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their soundboard sound at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the soundboard sound.

§7. There shall be a new Part 1a added to the Sixth Discord Act. It shall be titled “Recordkeeping”. It shall be located directly below Part 1. It shall read as follows:

Part 1a - Recordkeeping

§1. The Department of Expansion shall maintain records of all channels, roles, stickers, emojis, and soundboard sounds that are privately owned.

§2. These records shall be publicly available to any citizen of SimDemocracy.

§8. The Free Eggs Act 2025 shall be repealed.

§9. There shall be a new Article 5a added to the Political Parties and Communities Act 2023. It shall be titled “Party Economy Accounts”. It shall read as follows:

Article 5a - Party Economy Accounts

§1. All political parties shall be entitled to a taubot account within SimDemocracy’s economy.

§2. It shall be accessible to all party leaders, or to anyone else as specified through internal party policies.

§3. It shall be deleted upon a political party ceasing to exist as per Article 5.

§4. Upon its deletion, all the pecuniary funds it contained shall be transferred to the government.

§10. Part 3 of the Sixth Discord Act shall be amended to read as follows:

§1. The order of the categories within the Discord shall be:
§1.1. Information
§1.2 Border
§1.3. General
§1.4. News
§1.5. Legislative Categories
§1.6. Judicial Categories
§1.7. Executive Categories
§1.8. Miscellaneous Categories
§1.9. Business Park
§1.10. Other Economy-Related Categories
§1.11. Member Fun
§1.12. Administrative Categories
§1.13. Archival Categories