Sentences with phrase «proposed change to state law»

If the city of Brockton doesn't get relief through the proposed change to state law, it will continue pursuing an equity in education lawsuit against the state, Minichiello says.

Not exact matches

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

This state law could be changed, but you would need more than the bare legislative majority you propose - you'd need enough votes to override the inevitable veto (the governor isn't on your side, since you don't have half the state's population.)

Cuomo is proposing changes to the state's laws on sex trafficking so child victims won't be required to testify.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing changes to the state's laws on sex trafficking so child victims won't be required to testify.

About $ 7 million is being proposed in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget amendment to pay for changes to the state's voting laws such as allowing for early voting in New York, his office on Monday announced.

In 2014, my administration proposed and authored 19 pieces of legislation designed to modernize state child protective services law, which was written more than 40 years ago and has not changed much since.

Cuomo's proposed budget legislation contains numerous non-budgetary matters, including changes to state Freedom of Information Law that would, among other things, make the state Legislature subject to the same level of disclosure as the Executive Chamber, state agencies and other public entities.

«Carving out exceptions in a proposed law to change the definition of marriage will do nothing to protect the small businesses that will be affected by yet another mandate and could force more businesses to leave the state,» Long said.

Election Attorney Jerry Goldfeder discusses the state's byzantine election laws, and talks about Governor Cuomo's proposed bill to change the state's special elections.

NSW premier Mike Baird's proposed changes to the state's electoral funding laws could cost taxpayers more than $ 10 million extra per electoral cycle.

Both the Senate and Cuomo have proposed decoupling the state tax code from the federal law in order to soften the impact of the federal tax changes on New York taxpayers.

The New York State Law Revision Commission is tasked by Section 72 of the Legislative Law with examining and considering proposed changes in the law, recommending such changes in the law as it deems necessary, and reporting its proceedings annually to the Legislature with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendatioLaw Revision Commission is tasked by Section 72 of the Legislative Law with examining and considering proposed changes in the law, recommending such changes in the law as it deems necessary, and reporting its proceedings annually to the Legislature with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendatioLaw with examining and considering proposed changes in the law, recommending such changes in the law as it deems necessary, and reporting its proceedings annually to the Legislature with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendatiolaw, recommending such changes in the law as it deems necessary, and reporting its proceedings annually to the Legislature with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendatiolaw as it deems necessary, and reporting its proceedings annually to the Legislature with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.

Cuomo has proposed far more sweeping changes to the state's tax code that he says are needed to soften the blow of the new federal tax law, which will raise the federal taxes of many New Yorkers by capping a deduction for state and local taxes at $ 10,000.

To that end, he's looking for a change in state law that would allow the city, like the state, to award contracts to MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified biTo that end, he's looking for a change in state law that would allow the city, like the state, to award contracts to MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified bito award contracts to MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified bito MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified bid.

The measure also proposes a number of other changes to the state's medical marijuana law, including authorizing a person to serve as a primary caregiver for up to two patients.

«If you were the governor of the state of New York, what specific changes in law, policy or legislation would you propose that we enact to deal with this crisis?»

In that same press release, State Sen. Daniel Squadron added, «I've long supported a key role for community boards in the liquor application process — it doesn't make sense that community boards weren't given a meaningful role in developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.»

The executive budget proposes changing the state law so the revenue is directly appropriated to the agency.

A day after Assembly Republicans announced proposed changes to the state's prevailing wage laws, their fellow party members were planning to meet behind closed doors to discuss possibly exempting local governments from the minimum - compensation requirements.

The proposed changes are similar to the «parent trigger law» in the United States, and would require their regional school commissioner (RSC) to give a formal response to parents regarding complaints against a school.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

The proposed change would add a new section to the Oklahoma Constitution that would prevent our elected policymakers from passing any law that «abridges the right of farmers and ranchers to employ agricultural technology and livestock production and ranching practices without a compelling state interest.»

A couple of years ago, Washington state passed a similar law to Prop B that targeted commercial breeders with, among other things, minimum kennel size requirements (this proposed bill was nearly identical to Missouri's Prop B, but had some changes made to it along the way).

With the late - mover advantage of being able to learn from earlier failures — both economic and political, in Europe and in Washington — specialists working with California's Air Resources Board have drafted proposed regulations intended to cushion the economic impact on the state's industries but still accomplish the law's purpose: reducing emissions linked to climate change to 1990 levels by 2020.

The opponents of climate change policies have largely succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.

The opponents of climate change policies have succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.

In ALEC's own words, corporations have «VOICE and a VOTE» on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state.

The prospective scenarios proposed by this report are based on a number of hypothetical social, economical and cultural situations, among others an ageing population, a changing socio - cultural reality due to immigration, a deepening divide between the rich and the poor, the omnipresence of IT in all sectors of society, the inability of the «welfare state» to maintain its offer of public services and goods, the feminization of the legal practice, a growing focus on quality of life, new business models, a transnational practice of law and a shift in influence from the West to the East.

Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (which is the type of statute about which 1Ls have nightmares) «requires certain States... to obtain pre-clearance of proposed changes in state or local voting laws.»

Ottawa - based criminal lawyer Michael Spratt said the government's Charter analysis lacked depth and any reference to case law, stating it failed to mount a serious defence of the proposed changes.

Many other comments, however, recommended changing the proposed preemption provisions to preempt state privacy laws on as blanket a basis as possible.

In other words, the President could try to propose that Congress pass such a law, or they could try to order INS to change their policy to make it difficult / impossible for certain people to enter the United States, but either direction would require the cooperation of the legislative branch and / or the judicial branch in order to have any real effect.

The proposed legislation would bring about major changes to the coverage as per state law, for those who suffer catastrophic injuries in a motor vehicle accident.

In response to the shooting, Gov. Rick Scott has proposed a number of changes to the state's gun laws.

Scott has proposed a number of changes to the state's gun laws in response to the deaths in Parkland.

Although states don't distinguish commercial licensees from residential, the new Ohio law and proposed changes in other states apply to commercial transactions only.