Sentences with phrase «vote requirements under»

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Justice Anthony Kennedy was the deciding vote in throwing out A) a requirement that police try to determine the immigration status of people they stop under suspicion of even minor crimes; B) a law that made it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek employment; and C) a law that let police arrest a person without a warrant if they believed the person may have committed a crime that could lead to deportation.

Following completion of this offering, the Principal Stockholders will control more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our common stock, so under current listing standards, we would qualify as a «controlled company» and accordingly, will be exempt from requirements to have a majority of independent directors, a fully independent nominating and corporate governance committee and a fully independent compensation committee.

In order to comply with requirements under U.S. law governing the ownership and control of U.S. airlines, at least 75 % of the voting stock of the Company must be held by U.S. citizens and at least two - thirds of the Board of Directors must be U.S. citizens.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

The bill proposes to implement a requirement of majority voting for all public companies incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

The bill proposes to implement a requirement of majority voting for all public companies incorporated under the...

Any changes in requirements for insurance companies, which are likely to be an important element of any replacement legislation, could not likely be passed under reconciliation without 60 votes to waive the Byrd rule.

The «2/3 vote» does look like the kind of thing you'd see in an entrenched law (see, for example, amendments to the US Constitution), but in this case the 2/3 requirement has nothing to do with changing laws — it's to do with the House of Commons triggering a procedure under the law.

Under the current system, sometimes called «first past the post» or «winner takes all», the successful candidate is the one with the most votes, with no requirement for them to gain an absolute majority.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oversight — Vote Passed (425 - 0, 5 Not Voting) The bill that would require that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac comply with the agency requirements of the Freedom of Information Act while they are under the conservatorship of the federal government.

Early voting and Sunday voting are under attack, photo ID requirements will introduce the first financial and document barrier to voting since the poll tax, and racially - motivated bans on ex-felons will wipe tens of thousands off the rolls.

Under the change, digital distribution three days before a vote would satisfy the aging requirement.

The board voted 8 - 1 July 9 to approve the requirement, which could be could be phased in for the state's nearly 490,000 8th graders as early as the 2009 - 10 school year if the plan passes muster under federal accountability standards.

Para 4 (3) raised the necessary votes for resolutions of the general meeting that usually require 75 % under the Law on public limited companies to 80 % (lower blocking requirement).

In theory this applies only to the organisation of EP elections, however, to the extent that Member States apply the same electoral code to EP elections and national elections, potentially at least a whole range of national measures restricting voting rights could be subject to judicial review under Union law and especially a requirement of proportionality.

~ Amendments to Canada Elections Act imposing voter identification requirements as precondition to casting vote in federal or provincial election constituting facial infringement of right to vote under s. 3 of Charter — Amendments, however, demonstrably justified under s. 1 ~