Sentences with phrase «by a legislative body of»

Law: The rules, regulations, ordinances, and statutes, created by the legislative bodies of governments, under which people are expected to live.

Ordinance: A local law; a law passed by a legislative body of a city or township or other local government; a statute; a rule.

Not exact matches

After its initial passage, the draft was further reviewed by the Council of State, an advisory body reporting to Thailand's prime minister on legislative matters, before final approval by the Cabinet again on Tuesday last week, according to a local Thailand media outlet, the Bangkok Post.

There are also other tax proposals that have been introduced, that are being considered, or that have been enacted by the United States Congress or the legislative bodies in foreign jurisdictions that could affect our tax rate, the carrying value of deferred tax assets, or our other tax liabilities.

Just because a violation of Biblical guidance is voted and approved by a legislative body and signed by a president the transgression against God's plan remains intact.

The establishment and maintenance of a community mental health program requires planning, organization, funding, interpretation to and support by the public, support by legislative bodies, and an ongoing dialogue between the provider (sources of funding and professional staff) and the consumer (user of therapeutic and preventive services)

To safeguard and advance the interests of its members by presenting the profession's viewpoints, concerns, and other important information to the media and to appropriate legislative, administrative, regulatory, and private sector bodies, and by developing a working relationship with appropriate governmental and private sector not - for - profit and for - profit entities.

On 29 August 2009, the convention was ratified by the standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, China's top legislative body, which indicates that China is under legal obligation to internalize the norms stipulated in the FCTC so as to effectively control tobacco use.

As I said previously, I will speak from a generic viewpoint, we must keep in mind that the «legislative framework» for election is a composite of four key authorities, namely and in order of hierarchical authority: The Constitution, the Electoral Act, judgments of courts of records particularly the Supreme Court; and the derivative guidelines for election approved by the election management body and l'm talking of INEC.

The lines were proposed by the state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, a body comprised of elected officials and members of the public selected by elected officials.

By the standards of legislative bodies in this country, after all, the New York City Council as a whole is about as far to the left as you could go.

Zero progress when it comes to stopping the waste of tax dollars and the environment by taking all the bills off the members desks and bringing this legislative body into the 21st century as Proposition 2 requires,» said Tedisco.

Such a system, of course, seemingly has the potential to be used to curry favor by leaders, causing some legislative bodies to ban it.

A legislative body could expand the concept of arms in «common use» by permitting (or at least not prohibiting) civilian ownership, and if it reached a point where the courts found it to be «common,» then it would fall under Second Amendment protection.

In a separate statement, issued jointly by the City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Council's Black, Latino and Asian and the Council «s Progressive Caucuses, members of the city's legislative body linked Garner's death to national events.

The deal was hammered four days after the state legislature extended the deadline for passing the budget by two months as a result of the legislative body missing the original April 1 budget deadline.

The panel recommended «a legislative change that provides for decision by a simple majority of the total voting body.»

The Assembly's companion bill, sponsored by Joseph A. Morelle (D - Rochester), has 64 sponsors on it as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the legislative body's website.

``... You know, it gets to the point I'm trying to make before, Fred, which is the anonymity of the legislative body must be replaced by accountability, and that's what the governor is trying to do here.

This is because the Supreme Court has ruled that, when a grant of regulatory authority «lay [s] down by legislative act an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to [act] is directed to conform», Congress is not unconstitutionally delegating its ability to make laws.

The New York State Senate today announced full availability of its mobile application, «NYSenate Mobile,» the first mobile application in the nation developed by a legislative body.

Decisions about the rules of the political game — including the geographic delineation of electoral districts, rules about campaign financing, and voting systems such as plurality election and proportional representation — are frequently made by legislative bodies.

So while tens of thousands of New Yorkers go to their cabinets tonight looking for food to put on the table for their kids, and while tens of thousands of senior citizens by pass dinner tonight so that they may have enough left from their social security checks to pay for the December heating bill, our esteemed legislators, who least we forget have been awarded the distinction of being the most dysfunctional legislative body in the nation, feast and toast themselves in the capital city's Crown Plaza.

By appointing so many of his ministers and deputy ministers from Parliament, currently standing at 64 MPs, the President is further weakening the legislative body and at the same time undercutting his own promise to strengthen the institution to enable it serve as an effective check on the Executive.

The chief place where parliamentary systems win out over the separately elected executive branch (at least in terms of preventing a government shutdown) is that the government (i.e. executive) is chosen by the legislative body.

The approval of the deal was met with several oppositions but eventually received endorsement by the legislative body.

In response to the clear desire of New Yorkers for fair representation, the Legislature should instruct the Legislative Task Force on Research and Reapportionment, the existing body responsible for redistricting, to adhere to the following standards, in addition to the criteria required by federal law and the state constitution:

In both the House and the Senate, the minority whip is the second highest - ranking individual in the minority party (the party with the lesser number of legislators in a legislative body), outranked only by the minority leader.

In his originating summons, Ajibola sought for 13 reliefs and these include a declaration that the «State of Osun Local Government Areas (creation and administration) Law, 2015» and «State of Osun Local Government Areas (creation and administration) amendment (No. 1) Law, 2017» having been enacted by the legislative body that is not known to the constitution and for the State not known to the 1999 constitution, and having been assented to by the governor in that manner, they are as such illegal and unconstitutional.

He wanted the court to set aside the «State of Osun Local Government Areas Law, 2015» and «State of Osun Local Government Areas amendment (No. 1) Law, 2017» having been enacted by the legislative body that is not known to the constitution and for the state not known to the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, followed by a legislative meeting at 6 in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Financial Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Room 117 in City Hall.

Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on marriage equality:

Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on ma... Read

But Tedisco must have a short memory, because gay marriage was actually approved by his legislative body in June of last year, when it voted 85 - 61 to approve a bill launched by former governor Eliot Spitzer.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The Niagara Falls Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the authority's executive offices, 744 10th St.. The Niagara Falls City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a legislative meeting at 6 in Council Chambers in...

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, followed by a legislative meeting at 6 in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers in City Hall.

The expansion of science advice mechanisms ranging from informal personal interactions, through voluntary or requested reports created by well - established networks of academies, such as the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and related regional networks such as EASAC, to the formal advisory structures of both legislative and executive bodies, has also made more apparent the fundamental responsibilities that follow the provision, communication and use of advice.

The source of this claim is a series of recent consultant reports commissioned by teacher unions, school board associations, legislative bodies, and others, often for use in school finance cases.

The amendment was informed by NSBA's legislative governing body, the Delegate Assembly, and is a solid step toward providing school districts with more flexibility to respond to the needs of all students.

«Private funders have been instrumental to charter school growth, but federal, state and local legislative bodies must also respond by investing a larger percentage of public education dollars to support the opening of new, high - quality charter schools to meet the demands of the families they serve.»

There are heated discussions by lawmakers and legal advisors of the legislative body.

It is the first time the legislative body presented this kind of bill, submitted by HSI and its local partners in 2016.

The Independent Regulatory Review Board is currently considering the new requirements on commercial kennels proposed by the Canine Health Board — a nine - member body made up of veterinarians appointed by the four legislative caucuses, the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA) and University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.

We do this by promoting and increasing public awareness of the rights of individual employees; enhancing the quality of legal representation of employees; advocating for employee rights before courts and legislative bodies.

The net result of EPA's action thus far on climate change has been to avoid a vote by any legislative body as well as an independent analysis of the science.

«The provisions of this Charter which contain principles may be implemented by legislative and executive acts taken by institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, and by acts of Member States when they are implementing Union law, in the exercise of their respective powers.

in case a Member State or the European Parliament may lodge formal objections regarding compliance of the HTS with the requirements which it aims to cover (see Article 11 of Regulation n ° 1025/2012), such an objection can not be considered — per se — as the expression of a «controlled legislative delegation in favour of a private standardisation body», as suggested by the AG (see para. 55 of the Opinion).

Justice Lamer did so by determining that the evidence of those «present at the creation» — those involved in the drafting — should be given minimal weight, since statements by «civil servants» were not sufficiently indicative of the intentions of the legislative bodies that adopted the Charter.

We have been retained by state and local legislative bodies to provide analysis of constitutional questions presented to them.

The making of laws by a legislative body, such as the senate, the house of representatives, the various state and municipal bodies, parliaments, etcetera.