Sentences with phrase «members of the legislature which»

Better wil be for dov to stay quiet so as not to antagonize the opposing members of the legislature which is exactly what happened the previous time.

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Polly Trottenberg, the city's Department of Transportation commissioner and an MTA board member has pledged to press the governor and state legislature to reinstate the $ 65 million, and said that she will be «working with our allies up in Albany to see if we can reverse these cuts, which we really have a great concern about.»

Stephen Pechenik is the Rensselaer County attorney and counsel for the County Board of Ethics, which is comprised of two members appointed by the executive and two appointed by the county legislature.

The NYAMA - crafted Legislative Resolution was sponsored by Senator William Larkin (Cornwall - on - Hudson) and Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (Endwell), who are the co-chairs of the NY Legislative Aviation Caucus, which has 100 members from among the state legislature.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 percent increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased - in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for reelection.

The property tax rebate checks, which will average over $ 300 per homeowner in the first year, are scheduled to be mailed out shortly before November 2016, when all members of the legislature are up for election..

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 percent increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for reelection.

he chairman of the Erie County legislature shall make the appointment to designate one of the four members which next become vacant by expiration of the original term after approval of this local law, which shall then and thereafter be the position to be appointed by the chairman of the Erie County legislature, with the appointee serving for a term of three years.

If a member of the legislature be elected to congress, or appointed to any office, civil or military, under the government of the United States, the state of New York, or under any city government except as a member of the national guard or naval militia of the state, or of the reserve forces of the United States, his or her acceptance thereof shall vacate his or her seat in the legislature, providing, however, that a member of the legislature may be appointed commissioner of deeds or to any office in which he or she shall receive no compensation.

The chairman of the Erie County legislature shall make the appointment to designate one of the four members which next become vacant by expiration of the original term after approval of this local law, which shall then and thereafter be the position to be appointed by the chairman of the Erie County legislature, with the appointee serving for a term of three years.

No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or member of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a readjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes effective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a resident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is contained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election.

Curran's policy, which could be implemented by executive order, would not apply to political campaigns or independently elected officials, such as members of the county legislature, comptroller, district attorney and county clerk.

It's unclear, however, whether the New York Legislature's mechanism would actually pass muster under Article III, Section 6 of the state Constitution, which reads, «Each member of the legislature shall receive for his or her services a like annual salary, to be fixed by law.»

We both bitterly opposed Section 28 which discriminated against people because of their sexuality... Thanks to pioneers like Chris, Labour now has 19 openly LGBT MPs and Parliament has a record high of 45 members — the highest of any legislature in the world.»

Memo to Shelly Silver, the method of election pursuant to statue is by a «JOINT BALLOT» which means a «SECRET VOTE», not a public one as you do as an elective member of the legislature.

«That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically - elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.»

Members of the Erie County legislature each operate a staffed district office which offers residents a variety of services.

Article II, Section 2 of the Alaska Constitution states: A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter who has been a resident of Alaska for at least three years and of the district from which elected for at least one year, immediately preceding his filing for office.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, said in a statement that members of the legislature «work hard and deserve a raise,» which he says is long overdue.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 % increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased - in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for re-election.

Speaking to more than 100 members of the Long Island Business Council in Farmingdale, Mangano said he would continue to press the county legislature to approve a total of $ 977 million in borrowing to upgrade the sewage plant, which was heavily damaged in superstorm Sandy.

Article III, Section 7 of the State Constitution states: «No member of the legislature shall, during the time for which he or she was elected, receive any civil appointment from the governor, the governor and the senate, the legislature or from any city government, to an office which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time.»

The one it's balking at, is the one that's getting the most attention, the creation of a new metropolitan government from the merger of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County, which would be run by an elected executive and a 33 - member legislature.

We need a cooperative board of which 50 percent of the members are appointed by the mayor and the other 50 percent are appointed by the county legislature chair.

«There are a lot of important things to be done on the legislature, which will now (after reapportionment) have ten fewer members to do the work that 33 members previously did.»

The legislature now returned to a contributory plan under which 3 percent of a member's pay would be deducted monthly and credited to an account with the FRS.

That bill was tabled in favor of another bill — which had been approved by the legislature but was still unsigned by Gov. Joseph E. Brennan as of late last month — authorizing the speaker of the House and the president of the Senate to establish a 21 - member state commission on excellence in education.

«With Democrats increasing their majority from the March 15 elections, we can push through some revenue bills in the state legislature, many of which will emerge in April,» CTU told members March 26.

Twenty members of the legislature, including 13 in the House and seven in the Senate were named to the Honor Roll, which recognizes key members who led on education issues this year.

The legislature had changed the ethics rules to allow members to vote on bills on which they could benefit if they disclosed their interest and if the bill affected a «class» e.g. a group of people rather than the legislator alone.

Building on our distinction as a non-partisan, research - driven organization, Raise Your Hand in advance of the 84th Legislative Session conducted or commissioned several research pieces — all of which were made available for download on our website, and distributed to members of the legislature, policy influencers, and stakeholder groups.

What hasn't been reported is the complementary role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has peddled laws written by corporate lobbyists through state legislatures that make it easy for its dirty energy members, such as Exxon, Koch Industries and Peabody coal, to influence how climate science is presented to students.

Given that many Member States had in general implemented the DRD in a manner which was compliant with fundamental rights, the AG suspended the effects of the finding that the DRD was invalid pending the adoption by the EU legislature within a reasonable period of measures to remedy its legal flaws [158].

In order to ensure that the products authorised under Article 3 (1) of the basic regulation and all the products not made from seals, but which might not be easily distinguishable from similar goods made from seals, or products which might include elements or ingredients obtained from seals without this being clearly recognisable, are able to circulate freely on the internal market of the Union, the legislature provided, in Article 4 of the basic regulation that «Member States shall not impede the placing on the market of seal products which comply with [the basic regulation]».

Charge 29 relates to Criminal Code section 119 (1)(a), which sets out that «everyone is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who... being the holder of a judicial office, or being a member of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, directly or indirectly, corruptly accepts, obtains, agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, for themselves or another person, any money, valuable consideration, office, place or employment in respect of anything done or omitted or to be done or omitted by them in their official capacity.»

She noted that the Ethics Commissioner and the Speaker claimed that an inherent category of parliamentary privilege is the regulation of the legislature's internal affairs, which includes regulating the standards and conduct of its member (McIver, at para 38).

It's not yet clear what action Congress will take on this plan, which didn't receive the necessary 14 of 18 yes votes from commission members to go directly to the legislature.

In certain circumstances in the field of politics, there is a function called RECALL, by which a member of parliament or a provincial legislature can be removed from office for deeds not deemed in the best interests of and by the public they were elected to serve respectively.