Sentences with phrase «pass additional laws»

In 2000, the General Assembly expanded this opportunity by passing an additional law (RSMo 67.1775.1) to include a voter - approved sales tax to establish a Community Children's Services Fund.

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Following the financial crisis of 2008, the government passed new laws circumscribing how lenders could be compensated, and public pressure provided an additional incentive for lenders to reign in the practices that had made them rich during the housing boom.

This year, I think it will remain tough sledding for the company in spite of (or perhaps, because of) recreational and medical marijuana laws passing in additional states, including California, this November.

Some states have passed their own disability laws that may provide for additional rights and protections beyond those spelled out by the federal laws.

In response, Congress passed a law directing the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue new safety standards, including auto - reverse for power windows, additional mirrors, back - up cameras and sensors to reduce blind zones, and brake transmission shift interlocks, which prevent cars from being shifted out of park without the brake pedal.

Passed by the Council last July after extensive work by Councilman Cornegy along with parents and organizers from StudentsFirstNY, Avonte's Law required the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a system wide survey of school buildings to evaluate the need for additional safety equipment.

In his State of the State address in Albany, Cuomo said the Republican tax plan passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last year gave «rich corporations a blank check» and will cost the state an additional $ 14 billion per year in net payouts to the federal government.

Another government watchdog, Lawrence Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said he would not be surprised if the Legislature passes the pension stripping law or make small changes to require additional disclosures about lawmakers» outside income.

Currently, 15 states issue licenses for genetic counselors, and six additional states have passed licensure laws.

The Maryland law attempts to mirror the Federal IMB regulation passed in 2005, but with additional caveats and penalties.

«Mudbound» takes place at a particular time in American history, when poor white men felt their standing threatened by their hard - working black neighbors, when laws were passed to keep blacks down — or mudbound, if you will — and the Ku Klux Klan arose to enforce additional restrictions that never found their way into the books.

Recently - passed laws in California and Texas have yet to take full effect, and new bills have been introduced in additional states (e.g., Minnesota's S.F. 302, introduced in 2017, seeks to minimize remediation via use of multiple measures and co-requisite supports).

This won't require passing any new laws or enacting additional regulations.

Adding to the larger budget, Congress has passed several laws that promote educational accountability, which tie additional federal funds to state implementation of these statutory suggestions.

In 2005, Minnesota passed the Quality Compensation law (known as Q Comp), an optional statewide program that provides additional funding to districts or public charter schools to support them in designing alternative teacher compensation and professional development systems.

Similar laws have been passed in six additional states and are under consideration in a number of others.

Two additional states — Oklahoma and Delaware — passed new laws that waive certain assessment requirements for out - of - state candidates.

Since 1994, most jurisdictions have passed additional zero - tolerance policies that extend well beyond those mandated by federal law.

The state consolidated everything related to youth crime under one roof and passed a series of laws during the 2000s to reduce the number of incarcerated adolescents, all without spending additional money.

Since the passage of the California law in January 2010, three additional states — Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana — have passed similar laws.

«Today is a significant day in Wales for learners with Additional Learning Needs (ALN)-- the Assembly will be passing the Additional Learning Needs and Tribunal (Wales) Bill into law.

Since Colorado passed its law legalizing recreational marijuana in 2014, the state has brought in $ 506 million in tax revenue, about half of which has gone to K - 12 education.108 Other states that have followed suit, such as Oregon and Washington, have also been able to capitalize on the additional tax revenue.109

It was once thought that passing the new guidelines would curtail bankruptcies, but for the most part, the law has made more paper work and added additional costs to filing.

The poll was released Thursday, the same day the British Columbia legislature passed a law introducing an additional 15 - per - cent tax on homebuyers in Metro Vancouver who aren't either Canadian or a permanent resident.

Several states — such as Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Wisconsin — have passed fur labeling law so that consumers in those states have additional protection.

1993 - Mandatory spay / neuter law passed 1994 - Animal cruelty law (H.F. 637) passed 1997 - ARL sought custody of dog in Iowa court system 2000 - Felony animal torture law passed 2001 - Passage of law against bestiality 2002 - Bill introduced to make animal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (against)

California will soon receive 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources thanks to a state law passed in 2015, and wind power will continue to play a significant role in the California energy supply, locking in additional consumer savings by 2030.

If Gergis really believed that additional measurements were needed to pass the relationship between Law Dome d18O and gridcell temperature, then why didn't she use data up to 2007?

Once this bill passes through the House and is signed into law, we will turn our attention to securing additional protections for Oregon's Rogue River.

A number of such laws are enshrined in primary legislation (acts of Parliament such as the Equality Act 2010) and secondary legislation (additional laws implemented by government ministers without the need to be passed by Parliament).

They passed a budget that restored funding to pre-recession levels for Eastside Legal Assistance Program, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, TeamChild, Solid Ground — Family Assistance Program, and Unemployment Law Project; added Seattle Community Law Center to the budget; and secured additional funding for ELAP to provide a Domestic Violence Attorney at the Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN).

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And so, in this sense, it is said that, whereas persons who had been guilty of the offences mentioned in the oath were, by the laws then in force, only liable to be punished with death and confiscation of all their property, they are, by a law passed since these offences were committed, made liable to the enormous additional punishment of being deprived of the right to practise law!

The New York Legislature passed two bills in the first half of 2015 that amended the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) to provide additional protections for pregnant employees and employees who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.

The case centered on an ambiguous California law, passed in 2005, which sought to restrict the sale and rental of violent games to minors, and mandated an additional labeling requirement.

Some states have passed laws requiring criminal background checks of gig workers such as Uber and Lyft drivers, and the EEOC announced that it would focus additional attention on the complex employment relationships in the emerging gig economy.

States such as Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota and Pennsylvania have passed laws to provide additional protection to military members who risk losing custody of their children while deployed.

However, the law would also require consideration of additional factors such as the length of time that had passed and the potential harm to the child.

Later that year a law was passed to roll back and cap property taxes and then put a constitutional amendment on the January 2008 ballot that voters adopted for additional tax savings.

Legal Guidance for Disclosure of Flood Insurance In 2012, Congress passed a law that reauthorized the National Flood Insurance Program for an additional five years.