Sentences with phrase «special laws which»

Enforcement and implementation of all local laws, legalizing acts, ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Legislature, as well as all general and special laws which affect the operation of County Government, is also carried out by the County Manager.

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Following CNN's report, several prominent Trump supporters slammed the special counsel or shifted attention onto Hillary Clinton and reports that her campaign had hired a law firm which retained Fusion GPS last year, the opposition - research firm that funded the so - called Steele dossier containing several salacious allegations about Trump's ties to Russia.

Trump's supporters also took grievance with Comey's stunning acknowledgment that he instructed a good friend — a Columbia University law professor — to leak information on his memos to the news media because he felt the investigation may have reached the point at which a special counsel needed to be appointed.

The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 defines tax expenditures as «revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability.»

The next day, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (which functions as a special administrative region) separately announced that token offerings could be subject to securities laws.

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Yes I agree Tech has a lot of cash outside, I was really expecting some special one time dividends from some companies which are set to be benefited from the new Tax laws and one time cash bring back from overseas.

Following several autumn 2016 news articles and blog posts which raised concerns regarding transactions with related parties, particularly with then - CEO Steven Sugarman and members of his family, in October the company issued a press release indicating that the board's «disinterested directors» had hired a law firm and formed a special committee to review the alleged connections and transactions.

It advises lawyers to draft special exclusions from the Wills Act 1837, which allows gifts to pass to the children of an heir who has died, because this is not recognised in Islamic law.

How about the more pragmatic factor that the law with regard to marriage is for the sole purpose of addressing the special circu - mstances of the family unit which includes raising of children.

Among Lutherans there was a drift toward natural theology in which the existence of God and the moral law were treated apart from the special revelation of God in Jesus Christ In Reformed circles, there was both a fascination with natural theology and a concentration on the eternal decrees of God.

Thus freedom is always called to decisions which can not be derived from general norms and eternal laws alone (even though they must not contradict them) and which nevertheless are not left to an arbitrary choice but claim the whole man because of his special call.

The third decision concerned a 1992 statewide referendum in which the voters in Colorado adopted an amendment, known as Amendment 2, to their constitution prohibiting laws that make homosexual orientation, conduct, and relationships the bases of special entitlements to minority status, quota preferences, and claims to discrimination.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

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The resulting reduction in carbon emissions is particularly striking given that buildings at the site include restored and refurbished Victorian Mill buildings, some of which are Grade II listed (designated as being particularly important and of special interest and protected by UK law), within a Conservation Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest special interest and protected by UK law), within a Conservation Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

For years Lynnae Schneller, President of Lynnae's Gourmet Pickles had been making pickles for family and friends during holidays and other special occasions, and what started as a hobby in the kitchen of her home, has grown into a successful commercial business which she has created with sister - in - law, Aly Cullinane Vice President and VP of Sales.

Even assuming he signed it, the bill would theoretically be a law re-appointing Mueller as special prosecutor / independent investigator, which Congress is already capable of doing via impeachment, select committees, etc..

Contact the special education department of your local school system, which is required by law to provide assessment and services for children age 3 and older with special needs.

The law also establishes the Hospital Infant Feeding Act, which requires all general acute care hospitals and special hospitals that have perinatal units to have an infant - feeding policy and to clearly post that policy in the perinatal unit or on the hospital or health system website.

Which also involves not demanding or expecting any special priviledges and respecting the primacy of English law and freedom of speech and expression.

Under paragraph 3 of section 42 of Public Officers Law, the «governor may in his discretion make proclamation of a special election... which shall be not less than thirty nor more than forty days from the date of the proclamation.»

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«After announcing the creation of a special pardon panel to address anomalies and injustices emanating from the often arbitrary manner in which Federal immigration laws are implemented, we received more than 1,100 applications,» Governor Paterson said.

And if you'd like to see the results of a little bit of all of that communications planning, the fine organization for which I work (The National Women's Law Center) will be live - tweeting responses to the speech tonight, which I'll supplement with a few Epolitics.com specials over on the @epolitics feed.

In August, Humanists UK hosted the International Humanist and Ethical Union's annual conference, this year on these growing threats to freedom, human rights, and the rule of law around the globe, which featured the UN Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Religion or Belief and in the Field of Cultural Rights.

The constitution says a legislator may «also be paid and receive, in addition, any allowance which may be fixed by law for the particular and additional services appertaining to or entailed by such office or special capacity.»

In 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases in which law enforcement kills a civilian under suspicious conditions.

The latter plaque recognized the governor for signing an executive order last June that made state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.

Under New York law, a governor can call a special election, which then takes place at least 30 days but no more than 40 days later.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

I believe that such appeals carry grave threats to democratic discourse, and I think it wrong that faith groups, which in the United States and here enjoy significant hidden subsidies from other taxpayers, should award themselves a special right to influence the law and public policy and seek to impose their views on others who disagree with them.»

Jubilant throngs of New Yorkers lined Fifth Avenue Sunday for the city's annual Gay Pride Parade - an event which took on special significance this year after an historic bill legalizing same - sex marriage was signed into law last week.

That's an important point for the defense team, which is seeking to prove Taub received no special treatment from the former speaker, and that the two grants were for his research not in exchange for clients to the law firm where Silver worked, and from which he received millions of dollars in referral fees.

agency — DSS», contained allegations that an anti-graft agency which is purportedly investigating Mr. Kingsley Kuku, a former Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, on the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, is in reality shielding him from the law.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Mr. David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, requesting him to «you use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw a bill which if passed into law would undermine the internationally recognized right to freedom of expression and press freedom on the internet in the country.»

Madel could make hay out of Greenfield's state - registered cash stash, which campaign finance experts say is a legal but hardly ethical way to collect contributions from real estate and other special interests barred from donating to his Council campaign coffers, thereby skirting the city's strong campaign finance laws.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.»

Abelove is the first county prosecutor to face charges after Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 approved an executive order that gave Attorney General Eric Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in cases in which a law enforcement officer causes the death of unarmed civilian.

Pouring encomiums on the State Government for taking the bold move, Chukwueke, who served as Special Assistant on Women Ethnic Group Mobilisation / Empowerment to former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola said not only Igbo but traders from other ethnic groups were also affected in the exercise, which according to her «was carried out in good faith and in accordance with the rule of law».

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year was appointed a special prosecutor to pursue cases in which civilians die in interactions with police, taking the power away from local district attorneys who may be too close with local law enforcement.

This could see the Human Rights Act - which brings the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK law - amended to make courts give special regard to public protection, or new laws introduced directing specific sectors to do so.

But the construction portion of the project, estimated to be 90 percent of the $ 12 million cost, is contingent on a change in state law to allow municipalities to use special «design - build» contracts, in which the design and construction phases are awarded to one company, rather than in separate bids as is typical in large public works projects.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

It took her ten years, during which she joined the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, worked on Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, served as special counsel to then — HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and took another law job, before Gillibrand found the upstate House district in which she wanted to run... against a four - term incumbent for a seat that hadn't been held by a Democrat in 30 years and where Republicans outnumbered Democrats almost two to one.

Chief among those clean - election laws was a ban on state contractors» money in state election campaigns, which was supposed to keep special - interest money out of state elections.

«A political earthquake has hit Albany,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which has pushed for a special session this year to enact tougher ethics laws.

Those clean - election laws included a ban on state contractors» money in election campaigns, which was supposed to keep special - interest money out of state elections.

State law calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to declare a special election for a vacant congressional seat, which must be held within 70 or 80 days of his proclamation.

The Common Council, which this month added a few tweaks to the new law, is expected to pass it during a special session Thursday.