Sentences with phrase «than caps proposed»

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The bill proposes defining a «standup electric scooter» as a vehicle powered by electric motors of less than 750 watts, and capped at a speed of 20 miles per hours.

On more than one occasion, President Barack Obama has proposed capping the tax benefit, on the grounds that too much of the $ 30 billion or so a year in foregone federal taxes ends up in wealthy investors» pockets.

The construction firm agreed to reduce its construction management fees, including a $ 135,000 cap in reimbursable expenses rather than MTI's proposed $ 150,000 charge, and a fixed $ 100,000 construction management charge rather than a floating fee.

Proposed school tax hikes on Long Island are dropping below 2 percent on average for the first time in more than 40 years — reflecting the impact of low inflation and state «cap» restrictions entering their third year of enforcement.

If the district asks voters to exceed the cap, the proposed budget would have to be approved by 60 percent of those voting rather than a simple 50 - percent majority.

It's considerably higher than the 15 percent cap proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — which he modeled after the U.S. Congress — but it is still a major shift from the current system, where legislators are considered part - time officials and allowed unlimited earnings in their side jobs.

Cuomo subsequently proposed a superintendents salary cap linked to student enrollment and topping out at $ 175,000 (except for the NYC schools chancellor, who at $ 212,614, earns considerably more than that).

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has said he doesn't want to negotiate any changes to the 2 percent cap Cuomo proposed, saying anything less than the gubernatorial program bill passed by the Senate early on in the session would be too watered down to be effective.

The governor noted proudly that he was once again proposing a spending increase of less than 2 percent over last year, a self - imposed cap he has made a centerpiece of his fiscal policy throughout his governorship.

The proposed property tax cap would force Oswego to keep any tax increases to less than five percent.

So Cuomo proposed and on Wednesday signed legislation to make tuition free at New York public colleges for anybody coming from a family making no more than $ 100,000 a year, with the cap rising to $ 125,000 in 2019.

The state Education Department's tax report card released this week found districts on average are increasing their levies by 3.4 percent, higher than the 2 percent property tax cap proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A # 50,000 cap would be the Tories» preferred option, significantly more than the # 10,000 proposed by today's report.

The changes being proposed would make it easier to override the cap by requiring a simple majority of voters rather than a two - thirds supermajority.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito hauled in more than $ 27,000 in campaign donations from yellow - cab interests in the months before the council proposed a cap on high - tech rival Uber, records...

Ensure that the tradable emission permits under Governor Pataki's proposed regional carbon cap are auctioned rather than given away with the proceeds used to mitigate negative distributional effects on low and moderate income households and to serve other economically and socially important purposes.

He lauded Paterson for pushing the property tax cap in his last round of budget extenders (which the Legislature refused to accept both last night and this morning), while also noting that the cap he has proposed is more stringent than the governor's.

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that he'll propose a new bill to cap the pay of school superintendents around the state at a maximum of $ 175,000, including at least 107 on Long Island who make more than that.

New York State School Boards Association Executive Director Tim Kremer says 13 districts proposed budgets that exceeded the 2 percent tax cap and 77 percent passed: «The voters came out and said «we understand that you're gonna need more money than what the cap would allow.

In 2006, the 233 power plants emitted roughly 164 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — or 24 million metric tons les than the proposed cap.

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

Energy Both John McCain and Barack Obama have called for a cap - and - trade system to cut carbon emissions, although Obama's proposed reduction (80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050) is larger than McCain's (65 percent).

Hillary Clinton has proposed an income - based repayment plan that would cap payments at 10 percent of a borrower's monthly income and has proposed letting students who come from families making less than $ 125,000 per year attend public colleges tuition - free.

The Obama Administration proposed a cap of $ 57,500 on loan forgiveness, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates would save taxpayers more than 6.7 billion over 10 years.

investing in something along the lines of 20 % TIPS bonds, 25 % S&P / broad market, 20 % in a small cap / russell 2000 fund, 15 % in real estate and 10 % in a corporate bond fund: 1) will prove to be just as stable and as much of an inflation hedge against the «Permanent Portfolio» and 2) will provide much more steady returns than his proposed portfolio

In the course of this review, the idea of an emissions containment reserve (ECR) mechanism has been proposed to address a common issue confronting cap - and - trade programs worldwide: the prices for emissions allowances tend to be significantly lower than program designers anticipate in advance, making mid-course corrections necessary for it to perform as intended.

Finally, the key issue for policymakers is not whether climate change poses risks but whether the proposed «solutions» — carbon taxes, cap - and - trade, and other schemes to rig the market against plentiful, affordable, reliable fossil fuels — would do more harm than good.

And while it is true that Allen's proposed cap - and -(maybe) trade system would reduce European demand on Russian fossil - fuel producers, it would be likely to increase dependence on RussianCO2 sequestration services, since it is probable that massive CO2 sequestration would be more publicly acceptable and cheaper in Siberia than, say, the Paris or Wessex Basins.

They concede that some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, might create problems far greater than those they solve.

If unaddressed, power plants could use these banked allowances to pollute more than the states» proposed cap post-2020.

In 2006, the 233 power plants emitted roughly 164 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — or 24 million metric tons les than the proposed cap.

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

The EPA considers an ethanol plant as a «major source» of pollution if it produces more than 100 tons of any one pollutant per year, although it has recently proposed increasing that cap to 250 tons.»

Many people smarter than me do not view this proposed cap as retroactive, and guidance from the Dept. of Ed appears to indicate that any loans taken out prior to 2015 would be grandfathered in to the old PSLF.

While we can all be thankful that the proposed cap is set at # 25,000, rather than the # 250,000 which had been mooted prior to the consultation, there remains a very real risk that vulnerable and already disadvantaged groups of people will simply not be able to access justice.

It is the biggest ICO ever proposed and, if it hits its cap of around US$ 5 billion — which is highly debatable — that will represent about 5 % of the total number of Ethereum cryptocurrency currently circulating and will equal more than a half of the entire revenues generated by ICOs up to 2017.

The bill caps the MID on new loans for primary residences at $ 750,000 — a cut from the existing $ 1 million, but higher than the $ 500,000 originally proposed by House Republicans.