Sentences with phrase «act of the state legislature»

In some instances the divestment has taken place voluntarily; in others, as in the case of Nebraska, it has required an act of the state legislature.

The president might mean that the Court should give a lot more deference to acts of Congress than it does to acts of state legislatures.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, with «mixed emotions,» privately signed a marijuana bill into law, making the state the first in the country to authorize the recreational use of the substance by an act of a state legislature.

Fact 1: The UCRRA was created in 1987 by an act of the state legislature to protect the county taxpayers from the ravages of a waste hauling and disposal industry controlled by organized crime.

The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, created by an act of the state legislature in 1986 — then - assemblyman Maurice Hinchey was cosponsor — is one of those out - of - sight outfits we don't care much about as long as they empty the cans.