Sentences with phrase «old statute»

The original ESA was created in 1968, at which point it replaced a number of older statutes, including the Hours of Work and Vacations with Pay Act of 1944.

We must encourage law students to study in spaces that are filled to the rafters with books, periodicals and old statute books.

Although the 40 - year - old statute appears to have been the only one of its kind in the nation, officials from nonprofit institutions across the board, including boarding schools and private colleges, had expressed fears that if Maine's approach were upheld, more states might seek to provide greater tax benefits to institutions that mostly serve in - state residents.

In 2008, Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee dusted off a decade - old statute permitting principals to weigh other factors alongside seniority when making staffing decisions.

One change to New Jersey's charter school law passed the legislature yesterday, while talk mounts that a broader rewrite of the state's 15 - year - old statute governing the semi-autonomous schools may be in the offing.

As described by University of Michigan law professor David Uhlmann, formerly of the Environmental Crimes Section at DOJ, who spoke to the Corporate Crime Reporter last year, the Seaman's Manslaughter Statute, «[is] a very old statute, which predates the environmental laws that were violated in this case.

Unlike the recent recodification of the children's code, this was not mostly labeling old statutes with new statute numbers in a one - to - one mapping.

Perry ordered the commission to consider his plan in September, invoking an obscure 30 - year - old statute.

But there is concern the Child Victims Act allows for a one - year «lookback» period so victims can file lawsuits that were previously forbidden by the old statute of limitations.

But Mr. Coffey said the Tweed Law, an old statute on the books that holds corrupt officials liable for taxpayers» losses, could be used more aggressively.

The group will review existing statutory provisions and, according to a statement, will «explore approaches to clarify and modernize the 80 - year - old statute.»

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Hartford on Aug. 22, argues that federal funding to Connecticut falls far short of what is needed to meet the law's testing and accountability requirements, a violation of the U.S. Constitution and provisions in the nearly 4 - year - old statute itself.

At a Dec. 3 - 4 meeting in Philadelphia that focused primarily on higher education, the 15 - member Commission on Opportunities in Athletics talked about ways to correct what some believe are problems with the 30 - year - old statute that prohibits sex discrimination at educational institutions that accept federal funds.

The bill also has a number of provisions and amendments to old statutes that force those who sell animals to be more detailed, accountable, and responsible.

They gave me their old statute books to get started.

Or would those continue under the old statute?

As the old statute states, «[given] the Difficulty of proving that the said Documents are genuine -LSB-...] it is expedient to facilitate the Admission in Evidence of such and the like Documents» using judicial notice.

If an old statute is still on the books but hasn't been enforced for decades, must judges treat it as valid law?

The oldest statute affected is the London to Harwich Roads Act 1695.

Or there might be a change in court interpretation of an old statute.

Armed with a nearly century - old statute and pressing for a special grand jury, a Hampton Roads lawyer hopes to get the city of Norfolk to remove dozens of so - called «love locks» clamped onto a historic pedestrian bridge.

Compare the oldest statute still in force in England and Wales (*), which is full of «any person, whether low - born or high».

Even the claims judge said 80 hours at $ 200 / hour would have been reasonable under the old statute but he lacked the jurisdiction «to address the claimant's constitutional challenge» and denied the petition.

Incapacity and estate planning in BC involves a rather bedazzling array of new and old statutes, making estate and incapacity planning a fairly smart topic to get good advice about.

I might add that it is sometimes very hard to tell whether an old statute can safely be repealed.

The section of the old statute that allowed judges to consider the physical proximity of the parents to each other as a factor in their custody decisions is no longer Alabama law.

In it, the Florida Legislature revised the old statute to deal with the problems brought about by all of the Foreclosure Fraud and the overall Real Estate crisis.