A definition of gift needs to be established for this act. I propose

"A "gift" as mentioned in this act shall be defined as something acquired without compensation for personal use. This term shall not apply to donations to electoral campaigns (which are governed by local law), to "state gifts" which are donated one world's Government to another or to awards and honours confered by Imperial Planetary Governments to Imperial Citizens. Intangible grants (clan membership, titles, qualifications etc) which cannot be sold shall not be counted as "gifts".

Values shall be tabulated from estimates made by officials on Imperial Center who are experts in their field.

Gifts over the value of 5,000 Imperial Credits to elected officials shall be prohibited unless an individual wishes to pay to the state the value of the gift over 5,000 credits (so if a gift was 6500 credits, the individual in question could accept the gift in exchange for a payment of 1,500 Imperial Credits to their world's treasury).

All gifts over the value of 5,000 Credits (not paid for by the above provision) will be placed in the world's treasury.

Gifts under the value of 5,000 Imperial Credits may be accepted by elected officials, but must be declared in a list of gifts to be published once per annum."

I think my draftsmanship conveys Senator Star's general thrust, but I have thought it out better.

A gift will be defined as anything given to a senator or representative that is not directly from their planet's government as a means of compensation for that person's service as their senator or representative. And even that must be claimed on the biannual, thats 6 months for those who don't understand Senator Ordan, report given to the committee. Also my amendment states that any contribution made during the election must also be reported this should be in a list form of the contributors and a list of how much they contributed to the Senator's cause. Also the amount I stated earlier is the limit for ALL donations and no exceptions should be made to go over 5,000 credits per gift per year.

Your proposal is also massively open to abuse and has more holes in it than Dear Liza's bucket.

Added (18 Nov 2010, 6:53 PM)
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"And to make the senator clearly aware, MINE is the one without loopholes. If it is given to a senator, or their cause then it MUST be claimed including its total value in terms of what it is and what it is worth."

Anobis votes in favor.

What is value Senator Star? It is a situational agreement on the purchasing power of an item, but this varies hugely across the galaxy, on a deserted island would you rather have a bag of gold, or a bag of potatoes? On Vjun, an acid proof cloak would be worth more than 5,000 credits to an individual being burned by acid rain, but perhaps only a few dozen in the core. Equally water is valuable on Tatooine, but not Kamino, so who's "value" do we run with?

Also your proposals govern only senators and representatives ignoring most elected officials.

Equally, what if an individual wants to receive a gift over 5000 credits and will pay the difference?

Would you accept my amendment as a friendly one? Since senator star has been unable to refute me.

We'll just have to hope that everyone among us realises that partaking in politics is not a game of winning by any means necessary. Whether during election campaigns or in these halls themselves, a Senator should be focused on the good of the people and the power of the vote, not seeing their own ends met.