Sentences with phrase «by simple majority»

The decision of the Hearing Panel shall be by a simple majority vote and in writing (Form # E-11, Decision [Ethics], Part Six and the Professional Standards Training Guide) and shall contain findings of fact and a statement of the disciplinary action recommended, if any.

These amounts can be respectively doubled by a simple majority vote of CREA's board of directors; any further funding must be approved at the association's General Assembly meeting.

(a) The decision of the Hearing Panel shall be by a simple majority vote and in writing (Form # E-11, Decision [Ethics], Part Six and the Professional Standards Training Guide) and shall contain findings of fact and a statement of the disciplinary action recommended, if any.

A cabinet member is nominated by the President and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority.

The two basic requirements at common law for a derivative action are: - that the alleged wrong or breach of duty is one that is incapable of being ratified by a simple majority of the members; and - that the alleged wrongdoers are in control of the company, so that the company, which is the «proper claimant» can not claim by itself.

Washington: «Balance of Powers Restoration Act» introduced, statute would let legislature overturn state appellate courts by simple majority vote

on Washington: «Balance of Powers Restoration Act» introduced, statute would let legislature overturn state appellate courts by simple majority vote

Except as may be otherwise determined by unanimous decision of the Management Committee, the remaining [*] % of Bonus Distributions shall be distributed among the Equity Partners (including members of the Management Committee) as determined by a simple majority of the Management Committee in its sole discretion.

Cash distributions in excess of the Draws («Bonus Distributions») shall be paid on a periodic basis as determined by a simple majority of the Management Committee and shall not exceed the amount by which the liquid funds of the Partnership as of the last day of the preceding month exceed the Reserve Amount.

By a simple majority, the House of Lords dismissed the secretary of state's appeal (Lord Bingham, Baroness Hale, Lord Brown, with dissenting judgments from Lords Hoffmann and Carswell).

7.4 The Committee shall decide by simple majority.

Appellate courts often hear cases en banc and decide them by simple majority of the judges on the bench.

So, yes, any regular legislation passed by a simple majority (including for congressional - executive agreements) has the same legal effect as treaties.

As to your question about whether something can «have the effect of a treaty if it's passed by a simple majority».

The Supreme Court ruled in the Head Money Cases that «treaties» (ratified by 2/3 of the Senate as specified in Article II) have the same legal effect in US law as regular legislation passed by Congress (by a simple majority of both houses), which means that Congress can modify or repeal (insofar as US law is concerned) any «treaty» that is ratified by the Senate, by passing a later law that contradicts it, just like it can with regular legislation.

(So it doesn't need to be passed by a simple majority by Congress.)

Executive decisions are taken by simple majority.

Currently, a citizen's initiative can be amended by a simple majority of the legislature and the governor's approval.

He proposes a federal law that allows shareholders to vote by simple majority to migrate the company from its state of incorporation to more shareholder - friendly states.

The Republican Senate passed its version by a simple majority but lacked --(audio break)

(d) Except as otherwise stipulated in these Bylaws, measures taken up at Division meetings, including the annual business meeting, shall be adopted by a simple majority of those present and voting.

Each body would have to approve it by a simple majority vote.

It would require adopting, by a simple majority, what is known as an executive agreement.

Under the current law, a strike can take place if it is backed by a simple majority of those union members who vote - regardless of the level of turnout.

Parliament is also dissolved if a government loses a vote of no confidence by a simple majority and a new government is not formed within 14 days.

Leader of the G24, and former Speaker of the House, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum of Rano constituency who announced it noted that the feat was achieved by the simple majority of their number.

«We would have won if it was by simple majority.

In the Lok Sabha, both presiding officers — the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker - are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the House.

If that next session of the legislature agrees with the amendment by a simple majority vote of both chambers, «it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments to the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the legislature shall prescribe.»

«An inspector general that can be appointed or removed by a simple majority in the Legislature is not really independent,» Curran said.

Just days after Perez Williams announced her candidacy, the SU College Democrats voted by simple majority to endorse Balter.

«(W) e believe the Democratic Leadership has the moral obligation to allow this legislation to pass by a simple majority vote,» King and Zimmerman wrote in a statement that appears in full after the jump.

All school district budgets should be decided by a simple majority of local voters; as Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D - Kingston) was quoted yesterday as saying, the 60 % override vote for tax levies exceeding the cap is «undemocratic».

Article 48 of the Lisbon treaty allows for changes to the treaty - The proposal would need to be accepted by a simple majority of the European Council and then needs to be ratified by all member states.

If chosen as speaker by a simple majority of his 50 colleagues on Wednesday, he'd be the second - youngest speaker ever.

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

The legal analysis in Yonkers is that there are two ways to overturn term limits — one by a referendum, and one by a simple majority council vote.

These recommendations can be voted on in any election, either one specially called or in conjunction with other statewide elections, and need only pass by a simple majority of those casting votes.

Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a simple majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).

Continue reading «Bill Cash fails in his attempt to make future early elections subject to a Commons motion passed by a simple majority»»

«My amendment 4 is based on a simple point of principle, namely that a motion can be passed by a simple majority of one, as has been the case from time immemorial — from the very inception of our parliamentary process in what is sometimes described as the «mother of Parliaments».

The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court has ruled that the Orange County Legislature was wrong when it voted by a simple majority to create a local development corporation to sell the county's Valley View nursing home.

Legislative approval is by simple majority, and the governor does not participate.

In the U.S. Senate, the Senate rules apparently do not apply to the first day of a new Senate session until the rules are voted in by a simple majority.

Now, any Senate rule can be changed by a simple majority vote (actually, it always could but no one broke the rules that way).

Such resolutions can be passed by a simple majority, or a two thirds majority if the issue is considered important.

According to the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Ballin (1892), Senate rules can be changed by a simple majority vote.

Among other concepts this enshrines the view that there is no binding method for one sitting Parliament to bind a future Parliament irrevocably to a decision, and these decisions are made by simple majority of those MPs...

In short, the US House of Representatives votes on «Articles of Impeachment» against the president (by simple majority), and the US Senate holds a «trial» to examine the evidence and render a verdict.

If the European Council, after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, adopts by a simple majority a decision in favour of examining the proposed amendments, the President of the European Council shall convene a Convention composed of representatives of the national Parliaments, of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, of the European Parliament and of the Commission.