Sentences with phrase «mandatory penalties impose»

Not exact matches

Since it took office in 2006, arrests for marijuana possession have jumped by some 40 per cent and harsher mandatory penalties have been imposed for growing as few as six plants.

The one - time charges on December's bills were imposed on customers so the village could recoup a $ 108,000 penalty it had incurred for missing a mandatory energy measurement test (known as a dependable maximum net capability test) for one of its power plant generators, according to the New York Power Authority, or NYPA, and village officials.

Section 31406 of Senate Bill 1813 (known as MAP - 21), calls for «Mandatory Event Data Recorders» to be installed in all new automobiles and legislates for civil penalties to be imposed against individuals for failing to do so

«Approximately 48 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands impose penalties on mandatory reporters who knowingly or willfully fail to make a report when they suspect that a child is being abused or neglected.»

Unlawful jaywalking is enforced, heavy fines are imposed on people who spit or litter, and the death penalty is mandatory for anyone who traffics drugs into the country.

In the case at bar, the Supreme Court overturned an increase in sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal, noting that «if Parliament hopes to sustain mandatory minimum penalties for offences that cast a wide net, it should consider narrowing their reach so that they only catch offenders that merit the mandatory minimum sentences.»

The government's justification for taking the extraordinary step of imposing mandatory minimum penalties on an offence designed essentially to combat tax cheats was vague and illusory.

Upon conviction for Impaired Driving, «Over 80», Care and Control, Refuse Breath Sample or Dangerous Operation, a Judge has no choice but to impose minimum penalties, including mandatory license suspension.

In 2012, Bill C - 10, the Safe Streets and Communities Act, imposed higher mandatory minimum penalties for making, distributing, possessing and accessing child pornography.

Imposing strict penalties on young, commercial and novice drivers who are impaired by cannabis when driving, including licence suspension, monetary penalties and mandatory treatment programs.

This is why, I believe, that indefinite sentencing schemes leaving the judge with unfettered discretion within a given range is acceptable, but a definite sentencing scheme that imposes particular presumptions or mandatory penalties, and requires judges to find facts to address presumptions, is invalid in the Blakely universe.

If an individual is convicted of his or her first offense for refusal under N.J.S.A. 39:4 - 50.4, there are mandatory penalties that must be imposed by the Court.

Any law that imposes the penalty of imprisonment, whether the sentence is mandatory or discretionary, is by virtue of that penalty a deprivation of liberty, and must conform to the principles of fundamental justice.

In New York, and other states where spousal support is mandatory if not waived, this will act as a penalty imposed on those getting divorced — essentially a morality tax imposed by the Federal Government.

Severe speeding ticket penalties in PA, including a mandatory Departmental Hearing which may result in a 15 - day license suspension and / or a driver's exam will be imposed to drivers convicted for speeding 31 miles or more over the set limit.

Moneys received from the mandatory civil penalties imposed pursuant to this subsection upon persons required to appear before a designated official pursuant to s. 318.19 (1) or (2) shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue and deposited into the Department of Health Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund to provide financial support to certified trauma centers to assure the availability and accessibility of trauma services throughout the state.

West Virginia DUI penalties imposed by the DMV include license suspension and mandatory education.

Instead of assessing DUI points in South Carolina, the state DMV and the presiding court may impose harsher penalties, including mandatory driver's license suspensions, due to the seriousness of this infraction.