Sentences with phrase «legislative approval»

He said the threshold for legislative approval never came up in contract talks.

The bill would require legislative approval of any individual serving in an acting capacity for longer than six months.

The governor can make a determination on the wage without legislative approval.

Two other bills the governor proposed early in the session, one on clean energy and another on the environment, also got final legislative approval on the last day.

The proposal for an oceanfront casino and hotel never wins legislative approval.

The proposal, awaiting legislative approval, would enroll workers automatically and let them save 2 percent to 5 percent of their wages unless they opt out.

With legislative approval, the state could substitute an additional 250 acres that would be added to the forest preserve to make up for the lost land.

The $ 20 billion spending package, with no tax increases in an election year, received final legislative approval less than one hour before a midnight deadline.

Such a rationale has been used frequently in awarding no - bid contracts to marketing and media companies for amounts just below the threshold for legislative approval.

Changes would not require legislative approval, the spokesman said.

The law does provide a loophole that allows the governor to submit a compliance plan without legislative approval.

Paterson needs legislative approval for his furlough proposal (unless he inserts it into the emergency extender bills), which doesn't appear likely.

Empaneling a wage board allows Cuomo to circumvent the need for legislative approval of any wage hike for fast - food industry workers, a maneuver that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — who has been pursuing cases of wage theft in the fast food industry since 2013 — publicly called on Cuomo to pursue in a Daily News editorial last month.

A new ALEC model bill, adopted in December 2014 and titled «Act Requiring Approval of State Plan to Implement EPA's Carbon Guidelines,» requires that states seek legislative approval for their carbon pollution reduction plan under the Clean Power Plan, and conduct an analysis of the economic impact of any plan to reduce pollution — an effort that mirrors the BHI studies.

The proposal comes neatly two years after the State University of New York's trustees voted to ban smoking on all state college campuses, a measure that is still waiting for state legislative approval in order to be enforced.

The authority would need legislative approval in order to provide loans to the city's charters, according to the New York Post.

Given the compressed timeframe in which the dissolution of the SRC must take place in order for the District to regain local control by the beginning of the 2018 - 2019 school year and the difficulty the District would likely face getting legislative approval from Harrisburg to change its charter to allow an elected school board in the next few weeks, Education Voters of PA supports mayoral control of the school board at this time.

The reforms contained in the bill are needed to ensure proper governance of the Queens Library and it would have been unfortunate if we would have had to wait a year for those reforms to gain legislative approval.»

They are waiting for the State Senate to modify pending legislative approval for restoring the tax rate — lowered by one percent during the crisis.

First announced in June by County Executive Steve Bellone and the parties who initiated the lawsuits, part of the agreement maintained that after legislative approval, a public referendum would ultimately determine if the deal would go through.

However, the city's share could be in jeopardy if the Mayor's proposal does not win legislative approval by August.

Should that occur, there may not be enough time for the necessary legislative approvals to seal the deal before the July 1 election.

District attorney Division Chief Edward Heilig said in an interview that expenditures from the asset forfeiture fund don't need legislative approval because they come from seized property.

Teen drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval Thursday as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.

State Labor Law Sec. 653 gives the governor the ability to raise the minimum wage without legislative approval if the labor commissioner recommends it.

The Obama administration has proposed an unusual end run around the limits, with a mix of traditional discretionary outlays for R&D coupled with new «mandatory spending» requests that would require separate legislative approval.

December 6, 2011 Pittsburgh Tribune - Review reporter Brad Bumsted notes that Pennsylvania House GOP leaders are ««very, very optimistic» a tuition voucher bill can win full legislative approval by the end of the year.»

Or alternatively, it could be that he fully understands that he and the EPA do in fact have the legal authority needed to decarbonize America's economy; and that he and the EPA can in fact decarbonize our economy without requesting further legislative approval from the Congress.

Arkansas: constitutional amendment to subject supreme court rules to 3 / 5ths legislative approval clears Senate 21 - 10; effort wrapped up in «tort reform» laws

Further, teacher union opposition, and concerns expressed by key non-Milwaukee legislators, make legislative approval unlikely.

For these reasons, The Business Council strongly supports legislative approval of this Executive Budget proposal.

However, the effect of the currency agreement may be mostly symbolic, since it was signed in a side deal to the pact to avoid a lengthy legislative approval process.

However, the de Blasio administration is entitled to cancel the City's contract with QDG, and to rescind the sale of two acres of Willets Point property already transferred to QDG for $ 1, due to the recent decision of the New York State Court of Appeals which found that QDG's proposed «Willets West» mega-mall on parkland located west of Citi Field stadium can not proceed as it lacks legislative approval.

And Newsday reported in 2015 that Nassau agreed to hundreds of contracts for amounts just under the $ 25,000 threshold that would have demanded legislative approval.

The Senate also granted final legislative approval Saturday to a bill allowing Connecticut to join an interstate compact that would ensure the state's electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, provided enough other states join the agreement.

While a $ 25,000 contract skirts legislative approval, a vendor with a contract just below that amount potentially could also receive another agreement in the same year without reaching the total annual maximum of $ 50,000 that also triggers legislative review.

Cohen said that of the $ 104.7 million at risk, $ 66 million accounts for concerns about legislative approvals and whether new initiatives can be implemented.

With just hours left in the legislative session, the Senate granted final legislative approval Wednesday night for an expansion of gambling that includes more off - track betting sites and possible sports betting in the future.

Teenage drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval today as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.

The panel called for independent auditors to oversee the county contracting system; mandatory disclosure of vendors» political donations and more public information about agreements that fall below the $ 25,000 threshold for county legislative approval.

PR purveyor Dave Donaldson, Democrat of Kingston, seeks a charter change whereby the executive would be required to secure legislative approval for internal budget transfers, presumably in excess of $ 50,000 (the threshold for legislature review of contracts).

The bill, signed about 12:20 p.m. at a ceremony in a packed state Capitol meeting room, had received final legislative approval shortly before 2:30 a.m. in the House, about eight hours after the Senate had approved it.

An appeals court said legislative approval isn't needed for trash station ramp at Asphalt Green since it's not a public park.

These legislators blocked legislative approval for an initiative to crack down on dangerous illegal housing — much of it owned by Haredim.

Its newest conquest is Tennessee, where the company got legislative approval last May and began holding information sessions in July.

South Carolina teachers would take a pay cut and students would take fewer tests under cost - cutting measures that won initial legislative approval Tuesday.

However, they are  now seeking a legislative endorsement of gassing. Why in one session have H 27 sponsors moved from seeking a ban on gassing to seeking legislative approval??