Sentences with phrase «legislatures meet in»

While state legislative sessions in most states are longer and more active in odd years, almost all state legislatures meet in even - numbered years as well.
Elections will be held in November, and a new legislature meets in January.
The single biggest thing that we can do to make progress in Oregon is to pass the Clean Energy Jobs bill when the legislature meet in February.

Not exact matches

James and New Democrat MLAs Adrian Dix and Jane Shin met with franchisees at the B.C. legislature on Wednesday before introducing the Franchise Act in the house.
In the legislature, the B.C. Liberals have brought in legislation that will ensure that our LNG industry does not meet those standardIn the legislature, the B.C. Liberals have brought in legislation that will ensure that our LNG industry does not meet those standardin legislation that will ensure that our LNG industry does not meet those standards.
Then, Hu said, they told her to wait until after the meeting of the ceremonial legislature in March.
The plan would set targets and implement policies to meet those targets which would reported on annually in the legislature.
This «Hike to Harrisburg» includes meetings with many members of the state legislature, where PATS representatives aim to take part in discussions with political leaders to reach a number of goals:
Suffolk Democratic Chairman Richard Schaffer said he met with the county legislature's Democratic caucus to reassure them the current strains in his relationship with County Executive Steve Bellone will not impact them in any way, and that he intends to tone down the rhetoric going forward.
De Blasio, meanwhile, stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan last night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control.
We assist clients in advocating with both houses of the legislature including through testimony, meetings and stakeholder engagement to protect beneficial elements of the budget or encourage changes
The New York State legislature is back at the Capitol for three weeks of meetings before the session ends later in June.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will venture out next week to deliver his State of the County speech at Newfield High School in Selden, despite a 2010 law that says he should make his annual report to the county legislature at a regularly scheduled meeting.
Nearly 2,000 workers from Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100) traveled to Albany on March 27th to meet with members of the state legislature in the Senate and Assembly for the organization's annual «Lobby Day.»
The law states: «When the county executive delivers his annual report to the county legislature he should do so at a regular meeting... in accordance with long - standing practice and common sense.»
Suffolk Democratic Chairman Richard Schaffer said he met with the county legislature's Democratic caucus Monday to reassure them the current strains in his relationship with County Executive Steve Bellone will not impact them in any way, and that he intends to tone down the rhetoric going forward.
... unless the legislature shall, by their adjournment, render a return of the said bill within ten days impracticable; in which case the bill shall be returned on the first day of the meeting of the legislature after the expiration of the said ten days.
«It's pretty clear that all of the state ethics watchdogs are not really meeting their role,» said Horner who said there's been an «unbelievable» series of scandals in the legislature and governor's office in recent years.
The North Carolina legislature meets on September 12 in a special session that has the authority to act on election law bills.
In a statement, Christie — whose appointees were responsible for Bridgegate — urged «New Jersey's legislature to introduce and pass this bill as well so that we can finally meet the standard for reform laid out by Governor Cuomo and me last year.»
Recently at the Business Council of New York State's annual meeting, business leaders conceded that the $ 15 an hour minimum wage phase in is likely to be approved by the legislature, and they said they were seeking sweeteners in the legislation to mitigate its effects including new business tax cuts and a youth employment fund.
Meetings take place in the legislature's chambers in the Rockland County Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Rd., New City, NY.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — In a unanimous decision, the county legislature's budget & finance committee approved a memorializing resolution calling on the state legislature and governor to resolve problems with the state's chargeback system for community colleges at its March 12 meeting.
December sessions have been held several times in the past, as recently as 2011 when Cuomo and the legislature met to extend extra income taxes on the wealthy.
One reform group is calling on the governor and legislature to meet in a special session to address the state's on going scandals.
Such an argument fundamentally states that the Legislature — which will meet only a handful of times in the months of January and February 2012 — can resolve an impasse that beset it such that it had to seek a second waiver from DOD simply because the legislature could not agree on resolving the issue for the entire session of 2011.
The choices, said committee Chairman Rich Gerentine at last week's legislature meeting, were to do nothing, thereby costing the county something like $ 2 million a month in sales tax revenues, or this cockamamie scheme.
All the props are in place, including a dress rehearsal at last week's regular meeting of the county legislature.
He was testifying to a legislative committee which is meeting, even though the legislature is not in session.
Having passed muster with the legislature's financial consultants last week — the informational meeting was held the day after the election — the county executive's proposed 2018 budget should sail through with near - unanimous approval in mid-December.
It will take special sessions of the legislature this month in order to meet early September board of elections requirements to get charter reforms on the November ballot.
In an unusual address at the legislature's meeting in Mineola, Singas, a Democrat, said an inspector general appointed by a supermajority of lawmakers — and not reporting solely to the county executive — is needed to catch wrongdoing in the contracting system before crimes can occuIn an unusual address at the legislature's meeting in Mineola, Singas, a Democrat, said an inspector general appointed by a supermajority of lawmakers — and not reporting solely to the county executive — is needed to catch wrongdoing in the contracting system before crimes can occuin Mineola, Singas, a Democrat, said an inspector general appointed by a supermajority of lawmakers — and not reporting solely to the county executive — is needed to catch wrongdoing in the contracting system before crimes can occuin the contracting system before crimes can occur.
New York - After a meeting with Governor David Paterson this morning, Assemblyman Dov Hikind told VIN News in an exclusive interview that Governor Paterson will announce tomorrow that he is calling the state legislature back into session after election day and is determined to get the TAP bill passed before the end of his term.
Also at 9 a.m., Sen. Pat Gallivan addresses advocates asking Cuomo and the legislature to reform New York's Scaffold Law and to include reform in the 30 - day budget amendments, Empire State Plaza Concourse, Meeting Room 4, Albany.
Hall, the legislature's clerk, wrote the Times Union in an email that «the county is currently evaluating potential appointees to the board in order to establish a more regular meeting schedule.»
Earlier this month, however, Glazier came to the legislature's Environmental Protection Committee meeting asking the legislature to keep all county - owned land along the lake «in the public domain in perpetuity.»
For example, state legislators packed a session on modifying public employee pensions at the recent meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, Ky..
At a meeting of the town supervisor's association last week, all but one supervisor in attendance went on record in favor of county takeover, according to Rochester Supervisor Carl Chipman, speaking at last week's county legislature meeting.
LEGISLATURE»S AUDIT AND CONTROL COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY MAYVILLE - The committee responsible for overseeing spending and revenue in Chautauqua County will meet this morning in Mayville to go over the first week of deliberations for the 2012 county... [Read more...]
The vote itself wasn't exactly a game changer — the legislature will likely approve the purchase in a future meeting.
«Martin attends legislature meetings once a month which he is required to attend,» Hendry wrote in the deposition.
The county's e-911 emergency communications system on Golden Hill in Kingston is not only antiquated, charged members of the volunteer Fire Safety Advisory Board at a meeting of the county legislature's Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee this week, but vendors are now telling the county they won't be making parts for it much longer.
Malloy said the legislature is expected to meet in special session on Sept. 28 and that he does not expect lawmakers to substantially change the agreement.
When the legislature isn't in session, you're more likely to have in - depth meetings with clients or with the executive branch and state agencies.
For an amendment to be placed before the voters as a referendum, a state constitutional convention, a joint meeting of both houses of the legislature sitting as one body, in each of two successive two - year legislative sessions, must provide the required number of votes.
In practice the bicameral legislature needs a «minimum functionality» clause whereby the current crop gets ejected to an early election if failing to meet the minimum.
Cahill took Hein to task for suggesting that Cahill had refused to seek a special meeting of the state legislature this year in order to extend the county's sales - tax surcharge another two years.
On Monday, July 9, the first full day Mangano was scheduled to be in the Virgin Islands, at least two items have been redacted from his calendar, and what remains include three «FYI» events and a routine notation of the county legislature's meeting.
New City — In a unanimous decision, the county legislature's budget & finance committee approved a memorializing resolution calling on the state legislature and governor to resolve problems with the state's chargeback system for community colleges at its March 12 meeting.
After learning at its first meeting in July that it might only have one or two meetings to help develop a plan for Suffolk County to stem the tide of a growing presence of tick - borne illnesses, the county legislature's Tick Control Advisory Committee may be around for another year, at least.
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