Railway Infrastructure Support Act of 1867

ACTION by the Grand Senate in the year ####, ## AYE, ## NAY, ## WITHHELD

An act by the Grand Senate of the United Kingdom of Thegye to improve the infrastructure and state of the railways & transportation around the United Kingdom of Thegye

Section One
The section aims for the Ministry of Transportation to be created which oversees the creation & management of all roads, railways, ports and all other means of passage.
 * 1.1 The Ministry of Transportation is assigned the powers to tax, construct and otherwise regulate all roads, railways, ports and related infrastructure to grow these industries without consultation of the Senate, Diarchs or other positions of influence with the exception of the Minister of Transportation.
 * 1.1.1 The Ministry of Transportation must act in an effort to advance these industries in all achievable means.
 * 1.2 The Department of Rail shall be created as a division of the Ministry of Transportation to further manage rail lines and all associated infrastructure.
 * 1.3 Inbound, outbound or otherwise movement throughout the nation of Thegye shall not be impeded upon for any purpose by the Ministry of Transportation or its Departments

Section Two
This section aims for railways to be constructed to cover a majority of the nation to serve the population.
 * 2.1 The Department of Rail shall construct rail to interconnect all major cities & consistencies containing over 15,000 citizens across the nation with the exception of the Dominion of South Yatar due to physical distance from mainland.
 * 2.1.1 Low cost tickets for a weekly train must be offered to citizens for transportation between major cities.
 * 2.1.2 Industries may request for a railway to be constructed to them assuming that they are near at hand to the rail line, and pay a biannual stipend accounted to one fifth of the goods valued transported on the line to the Ministry of Transportation.
 * 2.2 The Department of Rail oversees the construction & management of all new locomotives and must ensure a suitable measure are kept in operation for loan to suitable industries along with operation of all public fare lines.
 * 2.2.1 In the event of fuel becoming unreasonable to purchase or otherwise obtain producers must offer priority and a decreased price while not becoming unprofitable to the Department of Rail.

Presented by Aristides Karpouzos, Senator for Helianthos