«Our law is very clear that you may not solicit contributions of any amount from other sources and if you do then you're in violation
of the public financing statute and you have to refund all of the unexpended state monies in your account as of the date of the violation.»
Not exact matches
Cuomo and legislative leaders struck a deal to disband the commission in exchange for changes to the state bribery
statute, a new enforcement counsel at the Board
of Elections and a pilot program for
public campaign
finance.
In 2014, the governor and legislative leaders — Silver and then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial for selling his office — agreed to dissolve the commission in exchange for a pilot program
of public campaign
finance, a new enforcement office at the state's Board
of Elections and changes to the bribery
statute.
In return for disbanding the commission, lawmakers tweaked the bribery
statute, created a new class
of public corruption offenses, brought an independent enforcer to the state's Board
of Elections and established a pilot program, roundly criticized, for
public financing of elections.
State Sen. Cathy Young (R - Olean), chair
of the Senate
Finance Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would codify the federal definition
of sexual harassment in state
statute, prohibit secret settlements by
public entities and prevent mandatory arbitration in instances
of sexual harassment.
The Office
of School
Finance is responsible for the development and administration
of fiscal standards and other initiatives to promote or achieve efficiency within
public schools; the administration
of the state aid system for schools in accordance with applicable
statutes; the development and maintenance
of fiscal policy for all
public school districts; and the development and maintenance
of procedures for safe and efficient student transportation services.
note 10, p. 8; «Chapter 8.8: California Solar Initiative,» in California State Legislature,
Statutes 2006, SB1, Chapter 132 (Sacramento, CA: 21 August 2006); California
Public Utilities Commission, California Solar Initiative Program Handbook (San Francisco, CA: January 2009), p. 91; Sara Parker, «Maryland Expands RPS: 1,500 MW Solar by 2022,» Renewable Energy Access, 12 April 2007; New Jersey's Clean Energy Program, «FAQ: NJ Solar
Financing Program,» fact sheet (Newark, NJ: New Jersey Board
of Public Utilities, 12 September 2007).
Her practice involves a variety
of business and government - related disputes, including labor and employment litigation, challenges to state
statutes,
finance issues,
public records and Sunshine Law claims, and bid protests.
To the extent that Palmer suggests a generally applicable proposition that legislative purpose is irrelevant in constitutional adjudication, our prior cases — as indicated in the text — are to the contrary; and, very shortly after Palmer, all Members
of the Court majority in that case joined the Court's opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 (1971), which dealt with the issue
of public financing for private schools and which announced, as the Court had several times before, that the validity
of public aid to church - related schools includes close inquiry into the purpose
of the challenged
statute.