Sentences with phrase «legislature gives»

The legislature gives lawyers or notaries special powers to draw up instruments dealing with the purchase and sale of property.

«I don't think anyone is opposed to conversation about how we make that happen but we all need to be part of it, and we appreciate any opportunity that the legislature gives us to be part of that conversation,» she added.

However, just like the process of introducing a resolution for a farm organization or a plank for a party platform, introducing a resolution before a state legislature gives the sponsor (s) the opportunity to educate fellow legislators about hemp.

But all our state legislature gives a crap about is banning chocolate milk.

We can function if the board and the legislature gives us the funding we need to make our schools great.»

Moreover, Jindal will wish he was not Governor when the Democrat Louisiana legislature gives him his «just desserts»!

In most cases, these elections were problematic and the legislatures they gave rise to proved unable to check the power of the president.

Last month the county legislature gave its unanimous approval to Roberts» first budget.

But there is no pattern of leaders of legislatures giving these types of speeches.

Asked if Success believed that SUNY could allow it to operate prekindergarten independent of city oversight, Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for the network, said in a statement, «The legislature gave SUNY broad power to regulate charters, and it's up to SUNY to decide how it wishes to exercise that power.»

(CNN)- Hawaii's legislature gave final passage to a measure Tuesday to make it the 16th American state to legalize same - sex marriage.

The budget agreement also includes the legislature giving away oversight authority for state agencies to the sole discretion of the Executive Branch.

This year, Cuomo increased education funding in the state: He asked for an extra $ 769 million, and the New York legislature gave him $ 1.1 billion instead.

Back in June, the state legislature gave Albany the green light to launch a five - year pilot program deploying automatic red light ticketing cameras at up to 20 intersections.

To be this close in having the legislature give up power it has long held would indeed be monumental.

Given the long standing resistance to enacting redistricting reform and the high stakes involved, we applaud them in finding common ground on an issue that is at the core of political power in Albany and results in the legislature giving up power in the drawing of lines.»

A «harm reduction» approach to public health, rather than an abstinence or look - the - other - way policy, scored another win this month when the California state legislature gave the green light to a bill that would provide condoms for adult prison inmates.

The Massachusetts legislature gave its final endorsement to a controversial constitutional amendment that, if approved by a majority of the state's voters later this year, would permit state aid to private - school students.

The 2004 legislature gave Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich new power to appoint and remove members of the state board of education, the panel that sets statewide policy for schools.

When the New York state legislature gave control of the New York City schools to the mayor in 2002, a sunset provision was included, with a deadline of June 2009.

Legislatures gave teachers collective bargaining rights, the courts began instructing the schools on disciplinary procedures, regulations multiplied, the United States gained a national department of education, and state and federal dollars poured into the system.

In 1995, the Illinois legislature gave Mayor Daley control over the system, and in the years since, he has sought improvement through balancing budgets, reducing waste, firing bad principals and founding charter schools.

When the Illinois legislature gave Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley direct control of the city's faltering school system in 1995, Daley appointed Vallas, the city's budget director, to take the reins of the nation's third largest district.

The fact that many states have Republican administrations and legislatures gives her an advantage, but the outcome is far from certain.»

In 2014, the legislature gave some flexibility to districts to weigh the student learning portion of the final evaluation rating anywhere from 0 - 50 %.

CMD notes that repeal of the 17th amendment, which established the popular election of United States Senators in 1913, would allow Republicans to take 17 U.S. Senate seats from Democrats with state legislatures given the right to pick Senators.

The legislature gave the Courts the task of determining if family violence was occurring, and if it was occurring, of using that information to make appropriate decisions about how the children of the separating couple are going to be parented.

We suggest that the legislature give the judiciary an opportunity to study this issue and come up with recommendations to be considered during the 2008 session of the General Assembly.

Not exact matches

Given the benefit of modern technology, would the creators of the American political system have sculpted so unwieldy, so wasteful, so antiquated a legislature as that which we are now stuck with?

But both the committee and the government are under pressure to resolve the issue sooner with a free vote in the legislature which, given the governing Liberals» slim majority, would likely doom the tax.

Michigan's state legislature is expected to give final approval as early as Tuesday to new laws making it a «right - to - work» state despite protests from thousands of unionized workers.

«We think they are very unlikely to use this, given the analysis and we think they know it, and it is a bill for political purposes only,» Eby said in the legislature Tuesday during question period.

With the president, the FAA and state legislatures weighing in on commercial drone use, NoFlyZone CEO Ben Marcus wants to open up the conversation and give individuals the power to put the unmanned ve...

«In my view, the Nebraska legislature pulled out all the stops to give TransCanada the prize by cutting off any ability on the part of the state's citizens to mount a meaningful challenge to the permitting process.

By John Horgan, leader of B.C.'s New Democrats The citizens of B.C. have given me the privilege of working for them in government and the legislature for two decades.

Kahlon asked the premier to stop the political games, delays and distraction and call a confidence motion in the legislature so the new John Horgan government can give seniors, like Mr. Mohoney, the support they deserve.

The issue is that free speech was provided for anti choice proponents, but an alternative plate giving the same right to free speech to pro choice proponents was voted down by the legislature.

Quite frequently government - agency employees who set and enforce policy are very conscientious and are simply doing the best they can, given their mandate from the legislature.

Wills's contention that Madison was a proponent of legislative supremacy among the branches is unconvincing given that it was the overweening power granted legislatures by the state constitutions that Madison and other Federalists sought to avoid at the federal level in the Constitution.

As a member of the Continental Congress, he had repeatedly stopped short when convinced that the legislature lacked a given power under the Articles of Confederation.

A controversial anti-gay bill in Uganda, which would give the death sentence to some open homosexuals, is in legislative limbo after the legislature recessed for their break without voting on the bill.

That the American people, working through their legislatures, could choose to vote in same - sex marriage has actually never been in doubt, although the possibility was only given serious thought only very recently.

Given a similar wave in November's mid-terms, with the GOP now controlling two - thirds of state legislatures and 31 governors» offices, 2015 appears just as promising to pro-life groups.

If the legislature — or the IRS — can give or withhold tax exemption from nonprofit organizations on the basis of its interpretation of what serves the public benefit or violates public policy, then we are all in trouble.

The individual citizen has little or no choice in the matter when the legislature taxes the citizenry and appropriates a portion of the revenues as subsidies to private organizations for purposes it deems appropriate (and of course it could not properly give any such subsidies to churches).

A number of legislatures already had begun anticipating Thursday's rulings, passing measures to give businesses and others a legal right not to accommodate same - sex couples.

Florida Supreme Court says legislature, governor had no right to save Terri Schiavo's life The Florida Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the state legislature should not have given Gov. Jeb Bush the power to feed mentally disabled 40 - year - old Terri Schiavo against the wishes of husband, who wanted to starve her to death.

Moreover, the Florida legislature recently passed legislation that allows beer distributors to give retailers glassware free of charge.

Corbyn pledged that a Labor government would give the NHS and social care with sufficient assets while blaming May for driving a legislature that gives billions away in tax reductions to huge business and the wealthiest in the public eye while cutting administrations for the most helpless.

The Ohio legislature responded by passing a statute known as the «Art Modell law,» named after the Browns / Ravens owner, forces an owner of a sports team that uses public resources to give six months notice of their intention to relocate and give local people and municipalities a chance to purchase the team.