Sentences with phrase «pass effective laws»

Then the group plans actions to lobby Congress to pass effective laws to protect us from climate change.

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A survey of New York City employers after implementation of the city's paid sick days law showed that more than 91 percent of respondents did not reduce hiring; 97 percent did not reduce hours; and 94 percent did not raise prices as a result of the law.26 In a similar study from Connecticut, which passed a statewide paid sick days law in 2011, employers also reported no effects or modest effects to their bottom lines.27 And an audit of the District of Columbia's paid sick leave law, effective in 2008, found that it did not discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the District, nor did it incentivize them to relocate their businesses outside of Washington.28

«Passing a law that makes it illegal for a 20 - year - old to purchase a shotgun for hunting or an adult single mother from purchasing the most effective self - defense rifle on the market punishes law - abiding citizens for the evil acts of criminals,» NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said in a statement this week.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

They must stop them at their Northern Border, which they can do because their border laws work, not allow them to pass through into our country, which has no effective border laws.....

IDC members claim that their alliance is an effective way to gain leverage to advance progressive legislation, but year after year, this legislation dies in the Senate after passing the Assembly or (as in the case of the minimum wage law) passed only in heavily watered - down form.

In his reaction, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Land, Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Wale Ojo, called for effective administration of the bill when eventually passed into law.

We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo and our NYS leaders to pass an effective, comprehensive BYOBag law,» said Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

Effective January 1, 2008, Erie County passed a law requiring notification when commercial and residential lawn pesticides are used.

Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said in a statement that she believes the law will be effective and noted that Washington, D.C., experienced a significant reduction in plastic and paper bag usage after passing a similar measure.

The Northern Ireland Secretary wants to make the new transparency rules effective 1st July 2017 — when in fact, a law was passed three years ago which would have allowed donors to be publicly named from 1st January 2014.

The governor and the Legislature should not pass a law that undermines more effective local measures such as Suffolk County's new 5 - cent bag fee, which is working well.

Some states are now passing state laws requiring individuals convicted of domestic violence crimes to surrender their firearms; an October 2017 study found that these «relinquishment» laws are nearly 50 percent more effective than non-relinquishment laws at reducing intimate partner violence.

The Great Teachers and Leaders law passed with significant bipartisan support in 2010; it was backed by numerous policymakers, business, and civic leaders for its commonsense approach to ensuring an effective teacher is at the front of every Colorado classroom.

A state law passed in 2011 requires districts to evaluate teachers, and rate them as highly effective, effective, minimally effective, or ineffective.

Under a law passed last year that helped the state win $ 700 million in a federal grant competition, known as Race to the Top, each school district must find a way to evaluate teachers on a scale from «ineffective» to «highly effective,» with teachers facing potential firing if they are rated ineffective for two years in a row.

Those laws are passed in order to prevent the act of discrimination, and they are effective ones if people, who are being discriminated, are aware of the existence of these laws and claim for their rights.

While we've received a number of inquiries from opportunistic taxpayers seeking to take advantage of the higher $ 10,000 limit before the law is officially passed, doing so would be a mistake since the reduced TFSA limit of $ 5,500 will be retroactively effective as of Jan. 1, 2016.

Mr. Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in April, 1866, three days after the first effective legislation against animal cruelty in the United States was passed into law by the New York State Legislature.

With proven experience and expertise in delivering effective public awareness campaigns, and in working in collaboration with local and central governments to pass and implement laws and regulations to end cruel practices and strengthen animal protection legal provisions, we are well positioned to tackle Indonesia's cruel and dangerous dog meat trade.

Start saving those little plastic bags.The city council on Tuesday night passed an animal - control ordinance that prohibits pets from defecating anywhere but on their owners» property.Should Fido have a little accident elsewhere, however, the new law requires the owner to come behind with a scoop and remove the offensive material or pay a $ 35 fine.The ordinance is effective immediately.Also Tuesday night, the council gave the Mount Dora Public Library the green light to proceed with plans to build a new facility, and library officials scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony.

Encourage your local government to pass a similar law — This is an effective tool to return pets to their homes and reduce euthanasia.

This is good news of course, as breed - specific laws are not effective — and it's good that Jasper is following what most cities have done when looking at the subject objectively and not passed BSL.

The most effective way to get people to wear helmets is by passing and enforcing a universal helmet law.

Congress has considered a number of effective laws to prevent distracted driving, but nothing has passed yet.

This means that the law was one of the last ones passed in the 2012 legislative session and that it had a delayed effective date the following April.

One awful example of this has been the relentless effort by LA - based Mercury Insurance, as well as other big companies like State Farm, to undermine the most effective (actually, the only real) insurance regulatory law in the nation, known as «Prop. 103,» passed by voter initiative in 1988.

New York City (effective in November of 2018), New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh have passed laws restricting employers from asking job seekers to furnish salary history.

Effective July 1, 2013, a recently passed Colorado law will prohibit employers from using «consumer credit information» for employment decisions in that state (with exceptions, of course).

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