Sentences with phrase «stated purposes of the legislation»

«There's a mismatch between the stated purposes of the legislation as found in the regulations and the scope of the legislation,» says Fekete.

«It's always been ironic to me that one of stated purposes of the legislation is to target activities that increase costs, but the legislation poses additional compliance costs,» he says.

Not exact matches

Pretty strong language, but no stronger than the metaphor Daniel Mitchell of the Heritage Foundation used, in an op - ed article in The Washington Times, to «describe a bill designed to prevent corporations from rechartering abroad for tax purposes: Mitchell described this legislation as the «Dred Scott tax bill,» referring to the infamous 1857 Supreme Court ruling that required free states to return escaped slaves.

The stated purpose of Cuomo's press conference was to announce legislation that would make it a Class D felony for assaulting a worker at an airport — the same penalty on the books, Cuomo said, for attacking an employee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

In 2015, the IDA was informed by the New York State Authority Budget Office of the State Comptroller's Formal Opinion No.2014 - F1 which stated that Industrial Development Agency's did not have the legal authority to create subsidiaries for purposes outside of those specifically authorized in their enabling legislation and that IDA's are not authorized,» to make grants or loans of its money to any type of entity.»

Pursuant to the power vested in me by Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, I hereby convene the Senate and the Assembly of the State of New York in Extraordinary Session, at the Capitol, in the City of Albany, on the twenty - eighth day of June, two thousand seventeen, at 1:00 P.M. for the purpose of considering legislation I will submit with respect to:

Following the legislation, the SED also put in place a «Parents Bill of Rights,» allowing parents to review their children's academic records and affirm that their children's information is protected by federal and state law and would not be sold or used for commercial purposes.

The Board of Trustees — which the Mayor and I reformed in 2014 thanks to prompt state legislation — continues to move the Library in the right direction consistent with its educational purpose.

«The purpose of this article is to further the fair distribution among communities of state facilities,» the text of the legislation reads, continuing that it aimed to «preserve the social fabric of certain diverse neighborhoods by avoiding undue concentrations of institutional uses.»

State Sen. Nia Gill (D - Essex) on Wednesday announced that she will introduce legislation that would prevent New Jersey from using the controversial PARCC exams or any other test for the purpose of a high school exit exam until the 2020 - 2021 school year.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

DOT's five - year authorizing legislation — the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act — states that the strategic plan shall «describe how the plan furthers the primary purpose of the transportation research and development program.»

Mayor Denis Coderre is in favor of the breed - specific legislation stating its sole purpose is to protect public safety.

The California State Assembly has already passed, and the Senate is on the verge of passing, legislation that will prohibit any person from having more than 50 «unsterilized dogs and cats at any time used for the purpose of breeding or raising dogs or cats for sale as pets, or for the purpose of producing offspring from dogs or cats for sale as pets.»

... the fact that the holder of a driving licence established his residence in a given Member State with the purpose of benefiting from less stringent legislation concerning the conditions under which a driving licence may be issued... does not, of itself, allow it to be established that there has been non-compliance with the normal residence condition.

It highlighted that Article 15 (1) does not prevent a Member State from introducing legislation that would facilitate targeted retention of traffic and location data for the preventive purpose of fighting serious crime.

The Bill's drafting has been described as «ugly and complex», a result of the multiple purposes being addressed simultaneously in a single piece of primary legislation: the Bill seeks both to select key choices available to EU members states under GDPR and incorporate and position a mirror GDPR regime to take effect seamlessly on Brexit an event that would otherwise automatically repeal all GDPR provisions under UK law.

What I intend to underscore here is that constitutional law exempts pornography from state legislation about prostitution because of its true purpose.

It noted that although the Directive was intended to apply to administrative authorities, the purpose for excluding legislative authorities was «to ensure that the process for the adoption of legislation runs smoothly, taking into account the fact that, in the various Member States, the provision of information to citizens is, usually, adequately ensured in the legislative process».

In McCormick v. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, 2014 SCC 39, the Supreme Court of Canada clearly stated that control and dependency define the essence of the employment relationship for the purposes of human rights legislation.

If this state of affairs is to be legal, legislation such as Ontario's Law Society Act, s. 4.2, should be amended so as to reduce the duties and responsibilities of law societies, and therefore, their purpose, power, and prestige.

One background screening expert interviewed, Attorney Lester Rosen, the founder and CEO of global background check firm Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR), said that background screening providers need to monitor any legislation dealing with background checks for employment purposes since they «must comply not only with federal law but also with differing state and local legislation.»

[93] In the Native Title Report 1997, the Social Justice Commissioner Mick Dodson raised concerns that state or territory legislation (none of which provided for acquisition for the benefit of a third party interest at this stage) would be amended to allow acquisitions for private purposes.

Where the intention of the legislature is not expressly stated the court plays a greater role in interpreting the legislation so as to give effect to its purpose.

Under legislation enacted in 2003, Virginia State Code § 33.2 - 1225, authorizes the Commissioner of Highways to enter into agreements with the local governing body of Fairfax County authorizing local law - enforcement agencies or other local governmental entities to act as agents of the Commissioner of Highways for the purpose of (i) enforcing the provisions of § 33.2 - 1224 (highway right - of - way sign prohibition) and (ii) collecting the civil penalties and costs provided for in that section.