Sentences with phrase «first local government legislation»

To overcome these barriers, the City of Melbourne worked in partnership with the finance sector, building owners, and the State Government to establish the world's first local government legislation for existing commercial buildings.

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«Over the last seven years, I have made capping and cutting property taxes a main priority, passing the first - ever 2 percent property tax cap, and legislation forcing local governments to propose shared - services plans to lower local property taxes, but Faso and Collins are seeking to reverse that,» Cuomo said.

The legislation does what it says on the tin, basically making provision about the determination of the day of the poll at the first ordinary general election for membership of the Scottish Parliament after 2016 and about the year in which local government elections fall to be held.

In January 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed milestone legislation to allow local governments to regulate pet dealers for the first time in almost 15 years.

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

This first study, State Enabling Legislation for Commercial - Scale Wind Power Siting and the Local Government Role, reveals that local governments play a major role in siting decisions in 48 of the 50 stLocal Government Role, reveals that local governments play a major role in siting decisions in 48 of the 50 stlocal governments play a major role in siting decisions in 48 of the 50 states.