Montana Nearly Outlaws Agenda 21

Posted on March 3, 2015 Written by freedomadvocates.org

At the end of the bi-annual leg­isla­tive ses­sion the Mon­tana State Assem­bly processed the most aggres­sive anti-Agenda 21 leg­is­la­tion ever con­sid­ered. As of today sev­eral other states have out­lawed Agenda 21. In Mon­tana, con­sid­er­a­tion was given to terms that would have been extra­or­di­nar­ily effec­tive at stop­ping Agenda 21’s progress. The vote was 41 to 59.

The essence of this leg­is­la­tion was that in addi­tion to address­ing Agenda 21, the bill out­lawed ICLEI. In a move not under­taken any­where before, this bill out­lawed Region­al­ism, Coun­cils of Gov­ern­ments and Non-Governmental Orga­ni­za­tions. What most cit­i­zens do not under­stand is that Coun­cils of Gov­ern­ments (COGs) cap­ture fed­eral funds for dis­tri­b­u­tion to local gov­ern­ments. Your town will only receive funds if it is a mem­ber of the COG and the town does what it is told to do by the COG. COGs exist to pro­mote Agenda 21. The prime exam­ple is the $300 bil­lion pro­gram called One Bay Area that is man­dated by ABAG (a COG in the San Fran­cisco Bay Area) to adopt Smart Growth and Wild­lands Net­work principles.

Region­al­ism is the result­ing gov­er­nance of an unelected COG board. Region­al­ism is designed to replace local gov­ern­ment (cities and coun­ties). Are you ready for a soviet gov­ern­ment? At Free­dom Advo­cates we described a soviet in 2005.

The Def­i­n­i­tion of a Soviet:

• A soviet is a sys­tem of coun­cils that report to an apex coun­cil and imple­ment a pre­de­ter­mined out­come, often by con­sen­sus, affect­ing a region or neighborhood.

• Mem­bers of a soviet coun­cil are cho­sen by virtue of their will­ing­ness to com­ply with that out­come and their one-mindedness with the group.

• Sovi­ets are the oper­at­ing mech­a­nism of a government-controlled econ­omy, whether it be social­ism or government-corporate (“public-private”) partnerships.

The bill also sought to out­law Non-Governmental Orga­ni­za­tions or NGOs. Most peo­ple are unaware that NGOs are accred­ited by the United Nations for the pur­pose of imple­ment­ing Agenda 21 at home.

Though Mon­tanans lost this time around, leader and cit­i­zen Dan Hap­pel promises the bill will be back in a year and a half when the leg­is­la­ture recon­venes. The pop­u­la­tion of Mon­tana is well versed on Agenda 21 real­i­ties. Expect more action from the Trea­sure State!

Here is a copy of the leg­is­la­tion: HB 583

64th Legislature HB0583.02

HOUSE BILL NO. 583

INTRODUCED BY R. PINOCCI, S. BERGLEE, B. BROWN, C. FISCUS, C. GLIMM, D. LAMM, T. MANZELLA, M. MONFORTON, D. MORTENSEN, K. REGIER, B. TSCHIDA, K. WHITE

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM ADOPTING AGENDA 21 POLICIES INFRINGING ON OR RESTRICTING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS; PROHIBITING THE STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM EXPENDING OR RECEIVING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT AGENDA 21 POLICIES; PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN THE

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES; PROHIBITING COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS IN MONTANA; PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABLE AMERICA INITIATIVES; PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN OTHER REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROHIBITING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROHIBITING THE

INDOCTRINATION OF CHILDREN FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."

 

WHEREAS, Agenda 21 is a voluntary pact arranged by the United Nations in which 178 national heads of state agreed to voluntarily implement a 40-chapter document known as Agenda 21 that calls for the abolition of private property throughout the world, education for global citizenship, and the use of technology for the

management and control of all human activity; and

 

WHEREAS, councils of governments are federally promoted and authorized transformations of local governments, and councils of governments are not welcome in Montana.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Short title. [Sections 1 through 3] may be cited as the "Restore the Foundation of Montana's Heritage of Individual Liberty, Privacy, and Property Rights Act".

 

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Prohibition on support. (1) The state of Montana or a political subdivision of this state may not:

(a) adopt or implement policy, without due process, defined in agenda 21 that deliberately or inadvertently infringes on or restricts private property rights;

(b) authorize the expenditure of any public funds to support any program or other activity carried out by public agencies or public agencies in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that are collaborating with or without the cooperation of nongovernmental organizations;

(c) accept any funds to support any program or other activity carried out under the authority of or in cooperation with agenda 21 or for activities undertaken by nongovernmental organizations;

(d) participate, including having a membership, in the international council for local environmental initiatives;

(e) participate, including having a membership, in councils of governments;

(f) participate in or promote sustainable America goals or other initiatives promoted under the president's council on sustainable development;

(g) use technology for the monitoring or controlling of human activity not authorized under the Montana and United States constitutions; or

(h) indoctrinate children who are 18 years of age or younger for global citizenship.

 

(2) Councils of governments or regional authorities that are not an established subdivision of the state of Montana or authorized in state or federal law are prohibited from operating in Montana.

 

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 3], the following definitions apply:

(1) "Agenda 21" means an international initiative that was not ratified as a treaty by the United States, including:

(a) policy recommendations adopted by the United Nations in 1992 at its conference on environment and development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, commonly known as the earth summit, and reconfirmed in its Rio+20 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012, including the global biodiversity assessment report and earth charter;

(b) except as provided pursuant to Article II, section 2, clause 2, and Article VI of the United States constitution, any other international law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the Montana constitution or the constitution of the United States; and

(c) policies implemented by the president's council on sustainable development and its sustainable America goals.

 

(2) "Councils of governments" means regional bodies, not authorized by Montana law, that are defined to serve an area of several counties and that draw their membership from the governmental bodies in their area. They exist throughout the United States and are also referred to as regional councils, regional commissions, regional planning commissions, planning district commissions, or development districts.

(3) "Global citizenship" means placing a person's identity as a member of a global community above the person's identity as a citizen of a particular nation or state.

(4) "Indoctrinate" means to teach a person to fully accept the ideas, opinions, and beliefs of a particular group and to not consider other ideas, opinions, and beliefs.

(5) "International council for local environmental initiatives" means the nongovernmental organization designed to help coordinate evolving the United Nations into an international league of cities.

(6) "Nongovernmental organization" means an organization accredited by the United Nations for the purposes of implementing agenda 21.

(7) "Political subdivision" means any county, city, municipal corporation, school district, special improvement or taxing district, or other political subdivision or public corporation.

(8) "President's council on sustainable development" means the council that developed sustainable America goals through an initiative established in June 1993 by executive order 12852 and administered as a federal advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide advice on sustainable

development and to develop economic, environmental, and equity goals.

(9) "Property" means not just property that is owned or possessed but the right of use, enjoyment, and disposal of property. The substantial value of the property lies in its use. If the right of use of the property is denied, the value of the property is annihilated and ownership becomes a barren right.

(10) "Sustainable development" means the marketing term for agenda 21 or has the same meaning as the term "agenda 21".

(11) "Technology" means:

(a) the use of science in industry, engineering, or both to invent useful items or to solve problems; or

(b) a machine, piece of equipment, or method created by technology.

 

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Codification instruction. [Sections 1 through 3] are intended to be codifiedas an integral part of Title 2, chapter 1, part 1, and the provisions of Title 2, chapter 1, part 1, apply to [sections 30 1 through 3].

 

NEW SECTION. SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. 2 IF A PART OF [THIS ACT] IS INVALID, ALL VALID PARTS THAT ARE

SEVERABLE FROM THE INVALID PART REMAIN IN EFFECT. IF A PART OF [THIS ACT] IS INVALID IN ONE OR MORE OF ITS APPLICATIONS, THE PART REMAINS IN EFFECT IN ALL VALID APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SEVERABLE FROM THE INVALID APPLICATIONS.

 

NEW SECTION. Section 6. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.- END -http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2015/billpdf/HB0583.pdf

 

Filed Under: Agenda 21

Source: http://agenda21news.com/