Sentences with phrase «requiring advisory opinions»

The Comptroller's report included a lengthy chart showing the legislature's inaction on ethics reform, criticizing the fact that, among other things, the budget «intentionally omits» measures such as requiring advisory opinions on legislators» outside income, closing the LLC loophole in corporate political contributions, and extending the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) to cover the Legislature.

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Apparently hoping to sidestep such a conclusion, Facebook requested an advisory opinion from the FEC in 2011, asking it to confirm that «small, character - limited ads qualify for the «small items» and «impractical» exceptions, and do not require a disclaimer» under FEC guidelines.

Amid ongoing concerns being raised over an advisory opinion that would require consultants to inform lobbying regulators when they seek to influence an editorial board's opinion, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has released a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation.

On ethics, Cuomo proposed requiring state lawmakers to seek an advisory opinion on any outside income and closing an election - law loophole that allows companies to skirt contribution maximums by forming an unlimited number of subsidiaries to channel donations.

Formal advisory opinions are required to be made public, though the 2011 law that created the ethics watchdog panel prevents it from releasing informal advisory opinions, which are issued by JCOPE's staff.

Contained in the advisory opinion was a provision that would require consultants who register as lobbyists to reveal when they speak with a newspaper editorial board.

The November Team, a PR firm that is led by Bill O'Reilly, Jessica Proud and Jerry McKinstry, has blasted JCOPE for an advisory opinion that required political consultants to register as lobbyists when they engage in a form of «grassroots» lobbying.

Cuomo also wants to require an independent advisory opinion for lawmakers on their outside income.

They are required to make matching fund payments «as soon as it is practicable,» they «shall render advisory opinions,» and they are required to issue various regulations necessary to establish the matching funds program.

The joint rules resolution would require lawmakers who want to receive outside income seek an advisory opinion from the Legislative Ethics Commission, which is appointed by the Legislature.

Language that would have required disclosure of PR firms» outreach to news reporters as opposed to editorial boards — which at most outlets operate independently from newsgathering — was stripped from the advisory opinion before it was approved by JCOPE.

Legislators addressed the proposal in February, when the Senate and Assembly passed a joint resolution requiring any legislator earning more than $ 5,000 in outside income to seek an advisory opinion from the Legislative Ethics Commission as to whether the employment is consistent with the Public Officers Law.

Whereas the Federal Advisory Committee Act regards advisory committees to be a «useful and beneficial means of furnishing expert advice, ideas, and diverse opinions to the federal government» and requires advisory committees to be «fairly balanced in terms of points of view represented and like functions to be performed,» and

The Office of Financial Institutions may issue advisory opinions and interpretations regarding this Part, and such advisory opinions and interpretations shall not be considered rules requiring compliance with the rulemaking process of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

All agree that Booker removed the mandatory teeth of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) by rendering them advisory, and that Justice Breyer's remedy opinion put some bite back into the Guidelines by requiring courts when sentencing defendants to «consider» them.