Sentences with phrase «authority under the governor»

Cuomo's «Open NY» proposals included making government information available on one central website and trying to establish a network and augment sites for each state agency and authority under the governor's control with uniform downloadable catalogs of agency data and search engines.

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I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three - day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.

Since Academy schools are not under the control of local authorities, it is a source of great wonder to me that all Catholic maintained schools have not opted for this status; it is an even greater wonder that the Catholic diocesan authorities are, it seems, actually discouraging the governors of Catholic schools from exercising their legal right to opt for Academy status.

«The governor has an awful lot of authority under the budget process,» he said.

Using executive authority, Governor Andrew Cuomo bypassed the state legislature and added transgender New Yorkers to the list of those protected under state law.

In fact, it was only after probing by the Times Union's Casey Seiler that we learned from the governor that the investigator, Bart Schwartz, a former chief of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney's office, was working under the authority of the Moreland Act.

If New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund, which funds transportation projects, were broke, for example, governors would raid the Port Authority, the way Christie diverted funds set aside for Access to the Region's Core (ARC), the stalled rail tunnel project under the Hudson River to Manhattan, to rebuild the Pulaski Skyway.

The governor, however, came under scrutiny for the problems plaguing the New York City subway system and elected officials are debating ways of finding new funding sources for the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

If I was a legislator, and I was the subject of a Moreland - related subpoena, I'd move to quash it because the Legislature isn't a «department, board, bureau or commission of the State» — it's the Legislature; a self - regulating, separate branch from those executive branch entities (departments [agencies], boards, bureaus, commissions, etc.), under the Governor's authority, which the Moreland Act reasonably authorizes him to investigate.

Under the system adopted then, the governor has sole authority to draft the dollars - and - cents appropriation bills, and the Legislature can edit them in only certain ways.

Bellone said that if Spota does not step down, he will call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to exercise his authority under the state constitution to remove him from office.

The governor said he is prepared to use all aspects of his executive authority under the declared State of Emergency to restore power.

Brodsky says giving the commissioners the authority to probe the legislature made the Moreland commission a kind of hybrid, of «a two headed monster,» partly governed by the Moreland Act which is under the purview of the governor, but also partly now under the direct authority of the attorney general.

Richard Ravitch, who served as lieutenant governor under Gov. David Paterson and earlier chaired both the New York State Urban Development Corporation and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said that these infrastructure projects aren't really priorities until there is a clear source of funding.

Since being categorized as geographically widespread, Governor Cuomo has also announced several multifaceted actions to combat the spread of the flu, including an Executive Order that suspended the section of state education law that limits the authority of pharmacists to administer immunizing agents to anyone under age 18 to allow vaccines to be administered to anyone age 2 and up.

The attorney general said that Cuomo has the authority under the state's constitution to give his office the power to to supersede local district attorneys and investigate any crime the governor sees fit.

«It is plainly obvious from the facts here that these so - called «sessions» are a charade designed to nullify the Governor's authority under the Constitution,» Paterson's counsel Peter Kiernan said.

According to information from the New York State Authorities Budget Office, only about a dozen authority board members would be covered by the order under the Cuomo administration's new interpretation — and at least one of them is among those who have donated to the governor.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's next five - year capital plan is approved for $ 29 billion, $ 8.3 billion of which would be paid by the state under an October proposal from the governor.

Only a few days earlier, during an appearance at the Jackson Houses in the Bronx, the governor, who served as the federal housing secretary under President Bill Clinton, said he was prepared to declare a state of emergency in the buildings of the New York City Housing Authority — which would allow him to replace its failing management team, appointed by the city.

Under an executive order by Governor Andrew Cuomo, the state Attorney General's office has the authority to investigate only fatal police encounters.

If they fail to override the governor's veto, Fasano said, «lawmakers will be setting a dangerous precedent that any governor can abrogate legislative authority under his or her sole discretion.»

Legislators huffed that the governor does not have the authority — under a technicality in the law — to force them to put in a full week of work.

Under pressure from Governor Cuomo, the State Thruway Authority has backed off on plans for a 45 - percent toll increase for trucks.

NYPA President and CEO Richard M. Kessel said: «Under Governor Paterson's leadership, the Power Authority made it the highest priority to negotiate contract extensions with the Niagara Project's more than 100 business customers to optimize the benefits of the low - cost hydropower for the Niagara Frontier economy.

No agreement was reached on the Governor's proposal to expand the state's authority to regulate freshwater wetlands under 12.4 acres in size, and to increase wetlands permit fees

Under his plan, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board would grow by two voting members, both appointed by the governor.

A spokesman for Christie, Kevin Roberts, said the governor has the authority under existing state law to leave the program.

Washington — Day - care authorities and business leaders meeting last week under the auspices of the National Governors» Association called on state governments to encourage private industry to provide programs for their employees» children and to expand services available through public schools.

The governor used executive authority to forge a spending plan that keeps the state government functioning, but school officials are wary about operating under it.

So if the governors of an outstanding school elect to remain under the banner of a local authority, on what basis is their careful consideration of the costs and benefits of different arrangements to be challenged and turned into compulsion?

It could include # 2.5 billion for the pupil premium (Lib Dems), three million apprenticeships (Conservative), ensuring all teachers are qualified (Labour), bringing free schools and academies under local authority control (Green) or schools investigated by Ofsted on the presentation of a petition to the DfE signed by 25 per cent of parents or governors (UKIP)... or something entirely different.

The governor recently received thousands of emails opposing his plan to: 1) create a statewide school system, 2) run it under the authority of the Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), and 3) allow charter schools to be selective in choosing the students they wouauthority of the Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), and 3) allow charter schools to be selective in choosing the students they wouAuthority (EAA), and 3) allow charter schools to be selective in choosing the students they would serve.

The Governor's bill allows charter schools to stop using an enrollment lottery if they get a waiver from the commissioner of education and use their new authority to recruit students from under - represented populations.

The bill gave the authority to approve charter schools to the state legislature instead of keeping it in the hands of the officials at State Board of Education, who are appointed by the governor, and would make charter schools responsible under the Freedom of Information laws to disclose the same information as all other publicly funded entities.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority President and CEO Alicia Barton said, «Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, the State is supporting initiatives that will lead to the reduction of harmful emissions from the transportation sector.

Evidence of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, made or issued by the Governor General or by the Governor in Council, or by or under the authority of any minister or head of any department of the Government of Canada... may be given in all or any of the following ways: (a) by the production of a copy of the Canada Gazette, or a volume of the Acts of Parliament purporting to contain a copy of the treaty, proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, or a notice thereof; (b) by the production of a copy of the proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, purporting to be published by the Queen's Printer; [and further provisions about treaties and about documents certified by a public official.

Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 131.3 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out «Superintendent of Financial Services» at the end and substituting «Chief Executive Officer appointed under subsection 10 (2) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Act, 2016».

(2) In exercising the authority under subsection (1)(a), the foundation board of governors may apply the foundation fund for the purposes of the foundation in the manner the board decides, including by granting loans on terms and conditions the board determines.

(e) for an expropriation under the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act, S.B.C. 1956, c. 59, or the Greater Vancouver Water District Act, S.B.C. 1924, c. 22, the Corporation constituted and incorporated, respectively, under those Acts, unless the Lieutenant Governor in Council designates the minister responsible for the administration of those Acts as the approving authority for the purpose of