Sentences with phrase «of constitutional amendments creating»

For Cuomo, the push and pull in the Senate is a sideshow compared to his efforts to engineer a special session that could result in the passage of constitutional amendments creating a full - time Legislature, term limits for elected officials and a reconstituted pay commission for lawmakers, who insist none of these items should be linked.

Not exact matches

As he raised concerns over the sweeping changes to state government through a pair of constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement pointed to the relative short window of time debate would be held over term limits and creating a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is prodding lawmakers to back first passage of a pair of constitutional amendments that would set term limits for state elected officials and create a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

Cuomo is backing the term limit amendment in addition to a constitutional change that would create a full - time Legislature, both of which he hopes will achieve first passage in a potential special session that could precede the first legislative pay hike since 1998.

Asked if constitutional amendments that would ban private - sector pay for lawmakers and create term limits were still part of the talks, Flanagan said they were not.

ALBANY — In 2013, New York voters were asked to consider an unusual constitutional amendment that could allow a private company, NYCO Minerals, to clear the middle of a forest in the Adirondack Mountains and create an open pit for mining.

The most recent version of the constitutional amendment the legislature is supposed to be committing to, in exchange for Cuomo's approval of their lines, creates a bipartisan (which is not to say «independent») commission to oversee the next redistricting in 2022.

The Senate, over the objection of Democrats, approved a constitutional amendment to create and independent commission, but that would be in place until 2022.

The Assembly and Senate would then promise to create a new panel closer to what Cuomo wants in a constitutional amendment, which would be in place for the next round of redistricting, ten years from now.

But supporters of the amendment are worried that the push to sink the constitutional convention — proposal one on the back of the ballot — will also create a down - ballot cascade of no votes.

Remember to look on the back of your ballot for three proposals: Whether to hold a constitutional convention, a constitutional amendment that would strip state officers of their pensions if convicted of a felony and an amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank in forest preserve lands.

A constitutional amendment that would create a land bank for public development within the Adirondack State Park and Catskills has received the endorsement of Republican and Democratic former elected officials.

The governor announced that he would seek an array of good government reforms from the State Legislature, a number of them familiar: preventing donors from circumventing contribution caps through the creation of shell limited liability corporations; enhancing personal financial disclosures; creating a public financing system; and instating constitutional amendments to establish term limits for Albany lawmakers (though not Cuomo and the current class of legislators), extend the legislative session from six months to year - round and ban outside income.

The goal of the initiative was to create a new Oregon state statute (not a constitutional amendment) mandating that state teachers» classroom performance, not their seniority, determine pay raises.

Constitutional amendment creating the California State Lottery, with a designated percentage of earnings for education.

In Georgia, 59 % of voters approved a constitutional amendment that creates a new statewide commission to approve charter schools turned down by union - allied school boards.

Back during the days when we were educating the public about the need for a constitutional amendment to create a new charter schools commission in Georgia, there was a lot of stiff opposition.

K12 was a major supporter of the effort, donating at least $ 300,000 in 2012 to «Families for Better Public Schools,» a Georgia political action committee behind a constitutional amendment that would further the charter school industry by bypassing the legislature and state board of education to create a new, politically appointed commission that would have the authority to independently override state and local control and approve new charter schools and online virtual schools.

Creating charters: Erika Donalds, a member of the Collier County School Board and the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, has already proposed constitutional amendments that would eliminate pay for school board members and impose term limits on them, end the election of school superintendents and allow legislators to «make provision» for educational services in addition to the free public schools.

If approved by voters, it would create a constitutional amendment requiring professional dog breeding operations with eight or more unspayed female dogs to provide adequate food and water for dogs, sufficient space for them to move and stretch out, a minimum level of veterinary care, and socialization with humans and other dogs.

We often take it for granted today, but the constitutional amendment creating the Charter was accomplished through much negotiations, compromises, and a process of many, many years.

This was in stark contrast with Arkansas» constitutional amendment creating a Commission - system approved by voters the month prior that reiterated that judicial salaries could not be reduced during terms of office.

In the last 48 hours the Ohio Senate has introduced and approved on a 34 - 0 vote a constitutional amendment (SJR 9) to create a Public Office Compensation Commission «to review the current compensation of each elected public official in the state» including judges.

For the fourth time in 4 decades Nevada voters will get to decide on a constitutional amendment creating an intermediate appellate court called the Court of Appeals.

Leadership though will now be determined not just by party membership, but also by a new class created by another constitutional amendment, called «supporters,» a free mechanism for participation within the party for those over 18 that support the purposes of the party, is qualified to vote, and is not a member of any other federal party,