Sentences with phrase «existing statute»

The report, along with other case studies and a review of existing statutes, can be found here.

The bill also strengthens existing statute by enhancing due process rights for students facing dismissal.

One short - term option is simply for states and the federal government to push hard using existing statutes and programs.

One challenge regulators will face is finding jurisdiction under existing statutes to regulate the diverse range of anticipated biotech products, the report says.

Nonetheless, police in many jurisdictions do issue tickets in such cases, and sometimes must seriously stretch the language of existing statutes to do so.

This model, which advances New York's goals for improving health care quality and reducing costs, is the type of inventive approach not contemplated in existing statute or regulation.

They also clarify that these agreements do not override employee rights and obligations created by existing statute or Executive Order relating to classified information; communications with Congress; reporting violations and / or misconduct to an Inspector General; or any other whistleblower protection.

HB 1080 Expands existing statute restricting release of home addresses and similar information found on driver's licenses of judges to include that of associate judges and statutory probate judges.

Nevada's existing statute imposes two specific duties: First, financial planners must «disclose to a client, at the time advice is given, any gain the financial planner may receive, such as profit or commission, if the advice is followed.»

• Transferring fee - setting provisions from existing statute to the state Gaming Commission regulations

Creative reform - minded school administrators operating within existing statutes and collective bargaining agreements can and should bring about significant improvements in the teacher tenure process

Plus, US obligations under the agreement don't alter existing statutes or require new, implementing legislation.

COPRAC found it appropriate to apply California's current attorney advertising rules to social media, finding that Rule 1 - 400 of the Rules of Professional Conduct and existing statutes applicable to all attorney advertising apply to social media posts if they meet the threshold of being a «communication» or «advertising by electronic media».

With a few minor exceptions, this bill doesn't modify existing law so much as codify existing case law and / or organizing existing statutes.

The Framework identified mechanisms in existing statutes that had the potential to operate effectively within the native title regime.

AVM Adesanya averred that it is only by operating within the ambient of existing statutes that security agencies could contribute to the engendering of a flawless society.

Lawmakers approved hundreds of bills, though a large chunk can be classified as technical in nature and are simply updates to existing statutes to address legal requirements.

Cuomo announced this week that he wants to add new offenses of rioting and inciting to riot when the actions target protected classes to the existing statute.

«Existing statutes, case law, regulations are all fairly clear on this point: these are not legitimate charitable contributions and would not count, but certainly the water's been muddied on this by various legislative proposals, and the state could be gearing up for a legal battle,» Walczyk said.

However, there was a concern that the existing statutes and regulations were not enough.

Birds are often excluded from animal welfare legislation and existing animal cruelty statutes, making it often impossible to define neglect, substandard care and abuse, or to effectively enforce any existing statutes.

However, one thing almost all stakeholders eventually agreed on is that no existing statute authorizes any federal agency to award regulatory credits for «early, voluntary» greenhouse gas reductions.

Nebraska LB 1105 expands an existing statute authorizing drug courts and problem solving courts to include veterans and servicemembers court divisions.

The government introduced new legislation as well as amendments to existing statutes.

The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that the chapter's purpose «was to strengthen the existing statutes to further control the evils of solicitation of legal business...» 202 Va. at 154, 116 S.E. 2d at 65.

There are numerous changes in the bill to the existing statute, including re-naming it The Construction Act.

Repeal: The annulment of an existing statute or law; to revoke a law and to substitute a new one in its place.

This meant that it had the effect of amending 16 existing statutes, including the Criminal Code of Canada and the Canada Evidence Act.

That law added language to existing statute that enhanced the ability of law enforcement to charge adults who provide alcohol to minors.

It may be better to include them in the existing statute relevant to domestic violence, the Protection Against Family Violence Act, where — as noted above — there are definitions of family violence already in place.

Every so often, all of the sessional volumes are pulled together, along with all existing statutes, into one complete set of statutes in alphabetical order, called the Revised Statutes.

It would amend the existing statute (R.S. 13:101) to provide for 9 supreme court districts, dividing District 4 in a District 4 - A and District 4 - B and dividing District 5 into a 5 - A and 5 - B, with 5 - B made entirely of East Baton Rouge Parish and 5 - A of the rest of the existing District 5.

Existing statutes were deemed rules of court, to remain in effect Until superseded.

This Code of Conduct operates along with and as a supplement to the existing statutes governing the conduct of members.

I'd like to think that such reckless conduct would fall within the purview of an existing statute.

The decision to delegate does not stand against any existing statute and would be upheld in the event of a medical board review

These obstacles to access took their first major blow in Washington State, where nonprofit PATH used an existing statute enabling pharmacists to provide services that typically required a doctor's visit to also include dispersion of EC pills without a prescription.