Identifier
COE-DRAFT-LAW-0007
Class
Principal Law
Version
0.1.0.0
Status
Draft for Crown Review
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Law of Stewardship, Finance, and Compensation

Section 1. Purpose

This law governs money, paid work, expenses, compensation, custody, surplus, and public reporting connected to the Kingdom.

Section 2. No imaginary treasury

No budget, distribution, valuation, salary, or surplus shall be treated as real until supported by actual evidence.

Section 3. Priority of payment

The ordinary order of payment is:

  1. taxes and legally required payments;
  2. direct expenses and third-party costs;
  3. security, hosting, preservation, and ordinary operating costs;
  4. reasonable compensation for actual labor;
  5. approved reserves;
  6. genuine surplus for institutional growth and public purpose.

Section 4. Compensation

The Steward and other workers may receive reasonable compensation for actual labor. Compensation is not disloyalty and unpaid sacrifice is not a required proof of devotion.

Section 5. No fixed percentage without enactment

No fixed revenue percentage is presently established. Any future formula shall be based upon actual income, sustainability, obligations, and recorded review.

Section 6. Custody

Money or property held for the Kingdom shall remain distinguishable from personal funds where practical and lawful.

Section 7. Approval

Material expenditures shall identify purpose, amount, authority, payee, source of funds, and approving officer.

Section 8. Conflicts

A person approving payment to themselves shall disclose the conflict and obtain the review required by law or Crown direction.

Section 9. Records

Financial records shall be accurate, private by default, and summarized publicly only when approved.

Section 10. Prohibition

No officer shall fabricate income, inflate value, hide obligations, or use the Crown to solicit money through false status.