Sentences with phrase «standing committees»

However, Namdas informed The PUNCH that the House had directed its standing committees to continue to engage the government officials and ensure that all the work was tidied up by March 31.

Many lawmakers also receive significant stipends for leadership titles or work chairing standing committees.

On two occasions, he opposed on the floor of the Senate, the composition of special and standing committees by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Thursday, said the chamber will not extend today's deadline for the standing committees to submit their reports on the 2017 Appropriation Bill.

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has tasked the various standing committees of the National Assembly to ensure full implementation of the 2016 budget through effective...

Northern Leaders and Stakeholders Assembly (NLSA) has inaugurated five standing committees to strategise on a peaceful conduct of the 2019 elections, restructuring and security in the...

The Oregon State Senate has 11 standing committees:

(Old standing committees).

The committee is made up of the Party Chairman, members of the National Committee, the minority leaders of the House and Senate, party officers, regional chairman, and the chairmen of the standing committees of the party.

The majority, if it holds together, will elect a chairman, and that chairman will appoint standing committees.

Butler, 72, was a county legislator for 17 years before hitting the maximum term limit, and while in office served on each of the county's 10 standing committees.

Most legislation is considered by standing committees, each of which has jurisdiction over a particular subject matter, such as Agriculture or Appropriations.

In the Senate, the mode of appointing the standing committees was changed.

The Kentucky State Senate has 15 standing committees:

The House has twenty - six standing committees; the Senate has seventeen.

The Committee on Rules is amongst the oldest standing committees in the House, having been first formally constituted on April 2, 1789.

At 10 a.m., Assembly Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health, and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint public hearing to examine water quality issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

According to him, the composition of Standing Committees did not follow the stipulated rules of the Senate, arguing that seniority in the Senate's rules was not followed.

The spokesman for the SUF, Marafa, had, in November 2015, kicked against the composition of the 65 Senate Standing Committees by Saraki, saying it was against the Senate Standing Orders 2015, as amended.

Susan Kent, president of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), will testify before a joint Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on the union's concern and solutions about the governor's plans for the state Office of Mental Health and Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

ALBANY, NY (09/16/2013)(readMedia)-- Susan Kent, president of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), will testify before a joint Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on the union's concern and solutions about the governor's plans for the state Office of Mental Health and Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

(d) The Democrats will chair the following standing committees: Appropriations; Business and Labor; Education; Ethics; Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Human Services; Rules; and State Administration.

The membership of these bodies, like that of the Standing Committees, reflects the strength of the parties.

A related development of such nature came up on Monday as some loyalists of Femi Gbajabiamila, majority leader of the house of representatives, boycotted the inauguration of standing committees of the house faulting the distribution formula.

That is why standing committees or subject committees are created in many countries like India / UK to go deep into the nuances of every legislative proposal and take appropriate decisions.

Each Board member shall serve on one or more Standing Committees to which he / she is appointed by the Board Chair except that no member shall be required to serve on more than two committees.

The New Hampshire State Senate has 13 standing committees:

The Maine State Senate has five standing committees:

To call to order and adjourn regular monthly meetings; in consultation with the Executive Committee, to create new committees, working groups, and task forces of the Board including Standing Committees and to disband such committees as may exist; to appoint, suspend or remove Chairs of the Standing Committees of the Board and to establish and appoint, suspend or remove the Chairs of such special committees as may from time to time be deemed necessary for the best performance of the Board's function

The Arizona State Senate has ten standing committees:

Each board member shall serve on two Standing Committees except that upon request of the member, and taking into consideration of the needs of the board and its committees as well as the member's other contributions to the board and the community, the Chair may allow a member to serve on one Standing Committee only.

And yet it is in the select and standing committees that much of the investigative and painstaking scrutiny work of Parliament now takes place, unseen by the outside world and unreported.

Sunder, Focusing only on individual dissent in divisions misses the real point about concentration of power in the executive; namely, that Governments rail - road legislation through the house, with MPs so busy they have no time for proper scrutiny of anything, be it bills, statutory instruments, select committees, standing committees or whatever.

The Cincinnati Waldorf School's Board of Trustees» responsibilities include providing support and aid to the faculty in implementing a Waldorf educational program, to authorize major business and financial decisions, to appoint chairs and members of standing committees and to adopt the budget for the Cincinnati Waldorf School.

The Wisconsin Athletic Trainers» Association has twelve standing committees and three sub-committees.

There are no fancy bulletins for the service, no standing committees (only ministries).

Current rules and guidelines dictate that the majority of board members and all members of standing committees should be independent not only from management but also from significant shareholders.

In addition, all standing committees should be made up exclusively of members independent of management.

Under current supply rules, the Main Estimates, which detail the Government's spending intentions for the upcoming fiscal year, must be referred to the appropriate Parliamentary Standing Committees for review before or on March 1st.

As significant shareholders come with considerable legitimacy and credibility stemming from their financial, time and energy commitment, their presence of the board and on standing committees stands to reason.

In these companies, both forms of legitimacy must be represented on the board and on all standing committees.

A particularly active MLA, Mason has served as a member of the Standing Committees on Law and Regulations, and Public Accounts, as well as the Special Standing Committee on Members» Services.

This provides the applicable standing committees with sufficient time to consider the Main Estimates in detail and the Government funds to pay its bills.

«The Committee believes that the work of the PBO has been useful for members of Parliament and for standing committees,» the committee reports, «and that having this office located within the Library of Parliament has created unnecessary confusion in its mandate.»

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».

Under current «supply» rules, Main Estimates for the upcoming fiscal year must be referred to the standing committees before March 1st.

The Board performs its risk oversight function primarily through its seven standing committees, including its Risk Committee, all of which report to the whole Board and are comprised solely of independent directors.

Under what are referred to as «supply» rules in Parliament, Main Estimates, which detail the Government's spending intentions for the upcoming fiscal year, must be referred to the appropriate Parliamentary Standing Committees for review before March 1st.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».

The Board performs its risk oversight function primarily through its five standing committees, which report to the whole Board and are comprised solely of independent directors.