Sentences with phrase «constitutional officers»

He says independently elected constitutional officers, meaning sheriff, district attorney, comptroller, clerk and county executive, are not in his opinion subject to oversight by the comptroller.

As constitutional officers of Georgia, school board members are responsible for setting educational policies, employing school personnel, providing buildings and equipment, operating a transportation system and disbursing school funds.

«Florida's 67 superintendents, as constitutional officers and dedicated education professionals, are fully committed to providing a high - quality system that allows students to obtain an excellent education,» said William J. «Bill» Montford III, CEO of the Florida Association of District School Superintendents.

CARPAC will also make endorsements and political contributions to state - level candidates and issues; except that CARPAC will only provide a recommendation to the CAR Board of Directors for statewide constitutional officer candidates.

Evers, the state's highest - ranking constitutional officer backed by Democrats, has been at odds with the Republicans who in his first term took control of almost every part of state government except his: the state Department of Public Instruction.

Tony Evers, the state's highest - ranking constitutional officer backed by Democrats, has been at odds with the Republicans who in his first term took control of almost every part of state government except his: the state Department of Public Instruction.

The governor argued that the legislature could only require «advice and consent» for constitutional officers, not cabinet secretaries.

The Secretary of State of Oregon is an elected constitutional officer within the executive branch of the Oregon state government and is first in line of succession to the governor.

Delegates to the Connecticut AFL - CIO's convention on Tuesday also endorsed the state's incumbent constitutional officers, who are all Democrats.

«The framers of the Wisconsin Constitution intended that the state's public education system be overseen by the state superintendent of public instruction, an independent, nonpartisan constitutional officer directly elected by the people.

A week later, Friday, June 9, Illinois Democrat constitutional officers — State Treasurer Mike Frerichs and other top elected officials — joined with radical environmentalists to demand that Governor Rauner join the California - led Climate Alliance.

He has served as outside and conflicts counsel for Fairfax County since 1985 and is an approved defense counsel for the Virginia Attorney General's Office and Division of Risk Management, representing local government officials and constitutional officers on civil rights, employment, and other claims.

She has significant experience representing professionals, medical providers, correctional healthcare providers, jails, constitutional officers in medical malpractice, Section 1983 defense, and professional liability defense.

«It makes little sense to establish a new executive branch prosecutor to oversee a procurement process that takes place almost entirely within the executive branch, rather than empower the attorney general — an independent statewide constitutional officer — to do so,» Schneiderman wrote.

(The sheriff is an independently elected constitutional officer.)

Of the seven state constitutional officers, three of those are Democrats.

The President is a constitutional officer.

«Our governor will need to work with the legislature, with the federal delegation and constitutional officers, and I've had the opportunity to do that as secretary of the state,» Bysiewicz told the packed room at the Riverfront Community Center.

At Tuesday night's postelection celebration, Connecticut Democratic Party Chairman Nick Balleto appeared on stage with Ganim, pledging support from the state's constitutional officers, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

«The most important thing we can do is get a Republican governor, get all of our constitutional officers elected, get a state House that is Republican, a Republican state Senate.

«Certainly a due respect for federalism would at least demand that a representative from Texas, acting on his own, not be allowed to compel action from a constitutional officer of a sovereign state.»

rather than empower the Attorney General — an independent statewide constitutional officer — to

The sheriff, district attorney and the comptroller are all independently elected «constitutional officers,» which Van Blarcum has to appreciate given his careful reading of the county charter.

«If you have a number of Republican candidates running for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, the constitutional officers of the commonwealth, you can deplete your bench of the number of people who can run for those offices who have the name recognition and the capacity to fundraise,» said Taylor.

Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum, an independently elected constitutional officer, called the executive appropriation «a raid» on his department.

Attorneys arguing on behalf of Evers said as a nonpartisan, elected constitutional officer, the state superintendent has complete supervision over education policy in Wisconsin.

The Superintendent is a constitutional officer like Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, and Attorney General.

«We are here on behalf of the state of Arkansas as the state's lawyer, as a constitutional officer empowered by the General Assembly to enforce our laws and we were here to conduct an investigation, not take a tour.

MassINC has posted more than 250 of these for members of the state legislature, constitutional officers, cabinet members, Supreme Judicial Court justices, county sheriffs, district attorneys, registers of deeds, various appointed officials, and members of the Governor's Council.

He supports correctional healthcare providers, jails, constitutional officers, and medical providers who seek a dependable legal ally.

Each county has an independently elected constitutional officer, the Clerk of Court, who is responsible for maintaining the official records of the court.

The constitutional amendment would set up a Citizens» Commission on Salaries for Certain Elected Officers that would take over from the (advisory) Commission to Review the Compensation of Constitutional Officers, Legislators, Supreme Court Justices, Judges of the Court of Appeals, District Judges and Elected County Officers.

She also served for two years as the Attorney General's Opinions Coordinator, during which time she both wrote and supervised the writing of legal Opinions of the Attorney General and provided legal advice to state officials and agencies, constitutional officers and the legislature.

The Florida Constitution established the Clerk & Comptroller as a constitutional officer, directly elected by and accountable to Palm Beach County citizens.