Sentences with phrase «approval of the constitutional amendment»

During a special legislative session convened on October 23, 2017, the state legislature approved a bill delaying the implementation of RCV pending voter approval of a constitutional amendment to allow for the use of RCV.

Pending voter approval of the constitutional amendment at the ballot box, corrupt politicians will soon no longer be able to collect their taxpayer - funded pensions from behind bars.

With House approval, the constitutional amendment would go into effect (Delaware doesn't require voter approval of constitutional amendments).

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[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

The newspaper endorsed the state constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana and backs the approval of a 2016 Nevada ballot question to allow legal recreational marijuana.

The conference finally adopted several arguably peripheral constitutional amendments such as forbidding acquisition of new U.S. territory without approval by a majority of both slave - state and free - state senators, guaranteeing federal compensation for fugitive slaves when failure to return them was due to anti-slavery violence or intimidation, and restoring and perpetuating the Missouri Compromise line that once satisfied both regions but had been struck down by the Dred Scott decision.

The approval is the culmination of a process that began with Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposing a constitutional amendment to expand table - top casino gaming beyond the state's Indian tribes.

It is considered by some parties as illegitimate, posing a serious danger to Japan's democracy since the Prime Minister circumvented the constitutional amendment procedure, dictating a radical change to the meaning of fundamental principles in the Constitution by way of Cabinet fiat without Diet debate, vote, or public approval.

Upon the approval of such constitution or constitutional amendments, in the manner provided in the last preceding section, such constitution or constitutional amendment, shall go into effect on the first day of January next after such approval.

The group won approval of a statewide initiative amendment in a state constitutional convention in 1986, but voters, probably not comprehending its meaning due to a lack of publicity on the issue, rejected it by a narrow margin.

The most recent version of the constitutional amendment the legislature is supposed to be committing to, in exchange for Cuomo's approval of their lines, creates a bipartisan (which is not to say «independent») commission to oversee the next redistricting in 2022.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the expansion in his broad economic agenda outlined Sunday afternoon, but such a move would take a constitutional amendment, a time - consuming process that includes approval of two separate sessions of the Legislature.

New Yorkers for Local Approval of Casinos released a poll today suggesting that most New Yorkers support the constitutional amendment that would allow for 7 new non-indian casinos, 54 %, but that number drops if you tell them they won't know where the casinos will be placed or won't have local control over deciding if a casino will be built in your town.

For a constitutional amendment to go through in New York, it must first gain the approval of legislators voted into office in two consecutive election cycles, and then that of the public in a November ballot referendum.

The League, along with Citizen's Union, also wants the legislature to adopt a law that requires the same changes, just in case the constitutional amendment, which requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures, plus a public vote, does not ultimately pass.

The legislature approved first passage of a constitutional amendment to permit gambling earlier this year, but it needs the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures, plus the voters, so the earliest casinos could be allowed would be late in 2013.

Cuomo is pushing legalization of casino gambling through a constitutional amendment that would need approval by two separately elected state legislatures before going to voters.

And Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Smart Schools Bond Act, Proposal 3, which would generate $ 2 billion to improve classroom technology and other elements of educational infrastructure, also saw approval, as did Proposal 2, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate the need for legislative bills to be printed and supplied to every lawmaker before being considered.

Cuomo's bill would require approval of the state Legislature, and voters would have to approve a state constitutional amendment before the casinos could open.

A constitutional amendment requires passage by two consecutive classes of the state Legislature, followed by voter ballot approval the following Election Day.

In New York, a constitutional amendment requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures and a statewide majority vote.

Constitutional amendment permitting a 55 % yes vote for approval of local General Obligation bonds.

Opponents of commission - based appointment of judges — also known as the Missouri Plan, for the state in which the judicial selection process originated — have obtained approval from the secretary of state for two identically worded proposed constitutional amendments that would establish contested elections for Missouri's appellate judges.

SB 8 of 2017 is a constitutional amendment that would require 2 / 3rds legislative approval of Supreme Court decisions to remove judges from office.

A constitutional amendment discussed here to subject rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Arkansas Supreme Court to legislative approval cleared the Senate this week.

The final three remarked that such a repeal would never happen, and they're right — repeal of a constitutional amendment would require the approval of 38 state legislatures, a high bar that, realistically, can not be reached.