Sentences with phrase «approved in a public referendum»

These bills require constitutional amendments, which means they have to be passed by two separately elected Legislatures and then approved in a public referendum.

It still needs to be passed again by a newly - elected Legislature (in other words, the one seated next January), and then approved in a public referendum.

Not exact matches

In February of 2008, Fox Valley Park District residents approved a $ 44.8 million referendum to fund improvements for local parks, trails and public facilities, acquire new land for additional recreation space, preserve Fox River shoreline areas and create additional venues for athletic fields, and numerous other goals.

Village trustees suggested Monday night that a referendum be held to see whether the public would approve of spending village tax revenue on a project that benefits mostly the Park District and local businesses that participate in the Taste and Touch of Palatine.

The Tories have nevertheless been highly critical of Mr Brown's refusal to hold a referendum, although have been less certain in clarifying what they would do with the treaty if it was approved by parliament but not the public.

It would require a constitutional amendment, which means it would have to be passed twice by the Legislature in successive terms and then approved by the public in a referendum.

If approved, it will initially require public hearings in the proposed referendum to be held Dec. 6 in Riverside and Dec. 20 in Hauppauge.

They will vote on the items in a public referendum on November's ballot if approved by the County Executive.

Although it will require a public referendum, if approved, Rye would become just the third jurisdiction in Westchester with such a department.

In response Labour said that it would introduce AV then hold a public referendum to approve it.

Grandfathering rules apply so that anybody currently in office would be allowed another 12 years should the public approve the changes at referendum.

The governor's plan would let unions representing most public employees to negotiate only for wage increases, and any increase above the Consumer Price Index would have to be approved in a statewide referendum.

The last step in approving a city - county merger would be the public referendum, which would involve a split vote.

Pausing the financing for the project was prompted by residents filing petitions forcing a public referendum on borrowing $ 5.1 million, which was approved by the board in January.

In another act of direct democracy, 52.9 % of the Swiss voting public yesterday approved a referendum proposal to automatically expel foreigners convicted of various crimes.