Senatus consultum ultimum de curatoribus publicis

SENATUS CONSULTUM ULTIMUM DE CURATORIBUS PUBLICIS

Enacted on: a.d. VIII Id. Oct. Q. Arrio P. Annaeo cos. ‡ XXII ANRC et MMDCCLXXII AUC (In the year of the consulship of Q. Arrius and P. Annaeus, 13rd April, 22 ANRC / 2772 AUC / 2019 AD)

I. In order that the republic suffer no harm, and that the various magistrates and apparitores of Nova Roma can administer the republic and serve its citizens the best and most efficient way possible, in a coordinated manner, the Officium Administrationis Publicae (Office of Public Administration) shall be improved in the following manner:

II. The Officium Aerarii (Office of Finances), the Officium Rei Informaticae (Office of Information Technology) and the Officium Censorium (Censorial Office) are hereby established as departments of the Officium Administrationis Publicae.

1. The Officium Aerarii, under the authority and responsibility of the curator aerarii, administers the treasury of Nova Roma (Aerarium) and is entrusted with all executive tasks related to treasury and finances.

a. The members of the Officium Aerarii are the curator aerarii (“chief treasurer” or “manager of the state treasury”), the quaestores (the consular quaestores as “treasurers of the state treasury” or “state treasurers”, the rest of the quaestores as “treasurers of the magistrates’ funds” or “fund treasurers”) and any officers appointed by the curator aerarii or by the praefectus rei publicae administrandae. The appointed officers of the Officium Aerarii and the quaestores can execute tasks, assignments, and they assist or substitute the curator aerarii in case of need, based on the directives of the curator aerarii. The curator aerarii can designate any of the two consular quaestores to stand in for himself, with full rights and powers, in case of absence or of any kind of impediment. If the curator aerarii is unavailable in case of urgent need, and he didn’t designate one of the consular quaestores to chair the treasury and handle bank account, then the praefectus rei publicae administrandae designates one of the two consular quaestores as the acting chief treasurer (and in case of need, acting signatory of the bank account of Nova Roma).

b. The curator aerarii (formerly also known as chief financial officer, the use of which term is now discontinued) is the chief treasurer of Nova Roma, the manager and chairman of the Officium Ararii. The curator aerarii manages the Aerarium Publicum, the public state treasury of Nova Roma: he manages the bank account of Nova Roma: handles all public money, he is responsible for all payments, income and expenses, collection and disbursement of money and is empowered to spend any amount of money on obligatory expenses of Nova Roma (limited to: macronational legal fees, costs of maintaining the corporation, maintenance of the website) without senate approval if both consular quaestors and the majority of all quaestors approve the expenditure. The curator aerarii cannot spend public money on any other expenses without senate approval. The curator aerarii must obey orders of magistrates (and other officers) regarding payments of money from the treasury if the order of the magistrate is within the sphere, and within limit of amount, in which that magistrate is empowered to spend money from the treasury. All legal documents previously referring to the chief financial officer or curator aerarii of Nova Roma are hereby suspended.

c. The curator aerarii is an officer of the senate, and reports to the senate in the first place, but between senate sessions, he reports to the consular quaestors and to the praefectus rei publicae administrandae jointly. The curator aerarii has to follow the orders of the senate and the comitia, and has to comply with the requests and directives coming from the consuls, praetors, censors, aediles and the praefectus rei publicae administrandae regarding his activities, but if these instructions involve spending of public money, it must be within the limits of obligatory expenses listed in II.1.b.

2. The Officium Rei Informaticae is the consultative and executive department and workshop of the curator rei informaticae planning and implementing the maintenance and development of IT related aspects of Nova Roma, the electronic, digital and internet assets of Nova Roma, under the management of the curator rei informaticae.

a. The members of the Officium Rei Informaticae are the curator rei informaticae (“chief information technology officer and chief webmaster” or “manager of information technology affairs”), the four aediles, and any officers appointed by the curator rei informaticae or by the praefectus rei publicae administrandae. The appointed officers of the Officium Rei Informaticae and the aediles can execute tasks, assignments, and they assist or substitute the curator rei informaticae in case of need, based on the directives of the curator rei informaticae. The curator rei informaticae can designate any of the four aediles to stand in for himself, with full rights and powers, in case of absence or of any kind of impediment. If the curator rei informaticae is unavailable in case of urgent need, and he didn’t designate one of the aediles to chair the Officium Rei Informaticae and manage the website and online assets and information technology assets of Nova Roma, then the praefectus rei publicae administrandae designates one of the aediles as the acting chief information technology officer and acting chief webmaster.

b. The curator rei informaticae (formerly also known as chief information officer, the use of which term is now discontinued) is the chief information technology officer and chief webmaster of Nova Roma, manager and chairman of the Officium Rei Informaticae, he manages all information technology related assets of Nova Roma, including the official websites, official digital data, archives and all electronic and digital property, computerized documents and databases, communication channels, internet tools and online communication platforms and fora of Nova Roma, and is entrusted with all maintenance, content, design, construction and development tasks related to them. The curator rei informaticae is responsible that the websites and online contents and archives of Nova Roma be always current, actual and up to date within a reasonable period of time. The curator rei informaticae merges, and is the successor of, both the office of the chief information officer (formerly alone called "curator rei informaticae") and the magister aranearius (which is now suspended as a separate office). All legal documents previously referring to the chief information officer or curator rei informaticae or magister aranearius of Nova Roma are hereby suspended.

c. The curator rei informaticae is an officer of the senate, and reports to the senate in the first place, but between senate sessions, he reports to the four aediles and to the praefectus rei publicae administrandae jointly. The curator rei informaticae has to follow the orders of the senate and the comitia, and has to comply with the requests and directives coming from the consuls, praetors, censors, aediles and the praefectus rei publicae administrandae regarding his activities.

3. The Officium Censorium is run and directed by the censores, however, if there are no censores in office, it is run by the praefectus rei publicae administrandae, under the supervision of the consules. The Officium Censorium is responsible for the processing of citizenship applications, and the maintenance of the Album Civium, the names and data of the citizens (Constitution, IV.A.1.b-c). The head of the Officium Censorium is an officer appointed by both or one of the censores (without objection by the colleague) who organizes the work of the Censorial Office. Only the censores may appoint any officer to the Officium Censorium, or in the absence of censores, only the praefectus rei publicae administrandae has the right to appoint officers to the Officium Censorium. The consules can issue edicts to direct the work of Officium Censorium in the absence of censores, but they cannot directly intervene or directly perform or manage the duties that are assigned to the Censorial Office in this senatus consultum ultimum (Constitution, IV.A.1.b-c).

III. P. Porcius Licinus is hereby appointed as curator aerarii, and Cn. Cornelius Lentulus as curator rei informaticae.