Sentences with phrase «change legislation before»

However, in a separate development, Democratic leaders in the Senate conceded today they would not attempt to vote through climate change legislation before Copenhagen.

Not exact matches

The legislation could be changed and shift the political ground once more — but GOP leadership's ambitious goal of voting on a bill before the July 4th Congressional recess just became a lot harder to achieve.

In this environment, calls for a change in legislation are likely to intensify, and that change could become a reality before the Southwest turns into a Middle Eastern - style desert.

WITH State legislation before the Parliament in preparation for the introduction of Australia's new tax changes — now less than nine months away — there is also a need to ensure the Government is GST compliant by next July.

In any event, the power to make changes did not rest solely with the Bank; many of the financial controls were embedded in legislation and therefore the Treasury and the Government needed to be convinced before any changes could be made.

Tax changes do not required passage of the applicable legislation before they become effective.

The Australian Parliament is expected to vote before the end of the year on a change to legislation which will enshrine same - sex marriage in law.

Observers say a legal challenge to the proposals is inevitable and warn that, because the changes will require «hybrid» legislation, it could prove difficult for the government to force the law through parliament before the 2015 general election.

The Felder bill would change the state's tax law by basing personal income off the federal IRC in effect on or before Dec. 1 — before Congress acted on its tax cut legislation.

Importantly, any changes such a committee would vote through could be voted down by the Commons in its entirety before the final vote on legislation.

Alan McLintock, Chair of CIOT's Indirect Taxes Sub-committee, said: «HMRC should continue to engage with the tax profession and other stakeholders on this measure so that the many unanswered questions about this radical change can be addressed before legislation is drafted.

«Binge drinking existed before the changes to the licensing legislation.

He told the Guardian that «we have got to get on with it» before announcing plans to introduce legislation pushing through the changes to parliament in next spring's Queen's Speech.

The legislation will be put before the Commons in the autumn and will be the Department of Energy and Climate Change's first bill under the coalition government.

The Senate has yet to take up health care legislation, and it appears the House bill could undergo substantial changes there before any vote is taken.

Such a proposal includes a requirement that the state Division of Budget outline changes between the governor's budget proposal and the final pieces of legislation, and make them public before the budget is passed.

Once the final report is delivered the government need to put secondary legislation before Parliament to implement the changes.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Co-Leader Jeff Klein have backed the changes — including public matching of campaign contributions — in some form before, but the legislation foundered in past years in the Republican - dominated Senate.

The analogy to the climate change legislation could be to make a statutory commitment to reduce child poverty (for example, to reach by 2020 a level of child poverty at least 90 % below the 1999 when the commitment to reduce and end child poverty was made) and then to set up an equivalent group to the Low Pay Commission or Monetary Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on track.

I have some concerns about the overall direction of the bill before us today, and whether it will lead us closer to or further away from passing climate change legislation.

An updated Personal Care Products Safety Act has been in the works for a few years; however, it could be a while before changes are made in legislation.

In Tennessee, Republican State Representative Harry Brooks didn't even bother changing the name of ALEC's Virtual Public Schools Act before introducing it as his own legislation.

They voted to require applicants for public assistance to take drug tests before receiving benefits and they passed legislation changing the elections for the Wake County School Board and gerrymandering the district lines to make it easier for Republicans to get elected.

The task force would present its findings in June 2018, which would mean any changes to school funding legislation wouldn't happen before 2019.

Changes to tenure rules are legally acceptable, as long as the state honors the rights granted to tenured teachers before the legislation changed.

The General Assembly passed teacher tenure reform legislation in 2011 which changes a teacher's probationary period before becoming eligible for tenure from three to five years as well as linking tenure status to performance evaluations.

Wangari Maathai podcast Listen to a February 9, 2009 interview with Wangari Maathi, prior to a briefing before Congress to include strong tropical forest protection measures in U.S. climate change legislation.

We've all been down this copy protection road many times before with music and then video... and now eBooks... The publishers need to realize that change is not only inevitable, but inherently good and we're quickly moving to a dis - intermediated world... Darwin was right about who will survive (i.e. adapt or die) and the technology has been (and always will be) ahead of legislation and emerging business models... Sharing among trusted friends is basically «free marketing» and there's plenty of empirical evidence out there to support a complementary effect on book sales.

At present, domestic investors are still dominant in the China onshore market and are the biggest contributors to market liquidity; however, the hope is that before long legislation will change, opening the channels for foreign investors to tap into the Chinese bond market.

Credit card companies have already started rolling out changes and have started raising rates before the legislation takes full effect.

As with the earlier study, there was no change in numbers of reported dog bites after the implementation of breed - discriminatory legislation, and the breeds most responsible for bites both before and after the breed - discriminatory legislation were those unrestricted by the legislation: German shepherds and mixed - breed dogs.

Testified (PDF) before the House Ways and Means Committee at the «Hearing on Scientific Objectives for Climate Change Legislation.»

With the failure of federal climate change legislation, considerable national attention is focused on Proposition 23, which marks the first time a global warming law has been put before voters.

Before the signing of SB 32, supporters of the climate change legislation had to overcome strong opposition from the oil industry.

Warner, who in 2007 cosponsored a sweeping climate - change bill with then - Democrat and now independent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, recalled proudly that his cap - and - trade bill got further in the Senate than any climate legislation before or since.

The Climate Bill is slowly making its way through Congress, but many are pushing for quicker action, in order to have a more concrete piece of legislation before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month.

But before any changes take effect, conveyancers need to manage the existing risks in line with the current legislation and industry practice.

The company, LegalThings One, is introducing its app, called LegalFling, in anticipation of Sweden's proposed legislation that would change rape laws to require the explicit consent of both partners before sexual contact.

«The key takeaway and what I was hoping to get across is just at this preliminary stage is for people in the cannabis industry to be aware that these rights exist,» Curcio says, noting the legislation in this area could change before it comes into law.

They called for «clear and unambiguous evidence» into the way claimants invest their lump sum damages before the legislation be changed, and «adequate safeguards» to protect the most vulnerable claimants.

We recommend that clear and unambiguous evidence is gathered about the way claimants invest their lump sum damages before legislation changes the basis on which the discount rate is calculated.

Proposed changes would also mean that the period of one year's separation required by current legislation, before proceedings on that ground can be commenced, should not preclude, as it currently does, the parties spending even one night together in an effort to explore reconciliation.

Employers are being advised to wait and watch what happens with bill 146's proposed changes to employment legislation in Ontario as the political climate in the province means it may not get passed before voters potentially go to the polls this spring.

Changes seem to be afoot within the Department of Justice as well to ensure legislation is more Charter proof before it comes to the House of Commons for votes and passage.

Major changes in immigration policy have historically been achieved through legislation and regulations, which would normally involve public consultation, task forces, discussion papers, committee hearings, and parliamentary debate, as well as consultation of regulations before approval by Cabinet.

I would say that I have helped monitor the developments and changes of the employment law legislation by publishing several books on employment law and Trade Union issues, the latest of which are: Trade Union Law — Industrial Relations after the Jobs Act (2015), Individual and Collective Dismissals Before and After the Jobs Act (2015), Collective Dismissal (2014), E-Book on Trade Union Law (2012), Trade Union Law and Industrial Relations (2012), Dismissals and Disciplinary Procedure (2012) and Labour Procedure Case Law Collection (2010).

Before leaving the sphere of Commonwealth legislation, and the possibilities for change within it, it is necessary to include one specific amendment to the NTA that requires immediate attention.

More detailed analysis of the Principles, against other Commonwealth and State policies, must be undertaken before changes are made to legislation that are aimed at implementing the NIC Principles or some other leasing scheme.

(N.J.S.A. 2A: 34 - 2 (i)-RRB- This has been a long - awaited change in our legislation that eliminates the need for spouses to allege particularized acts of extreme cruelty which only added to the cost and unnecessary acrimony of divorce proceedings, and avoids the older no - fault cause of action which required an 18 - month physical separation before filing for divorce.

There is currently legislation pending before the New Jersey Legislature which may change the nature of alimony in the State of New Jersey.