Sentences with phrase «which legislature»

But a government budget is only a budget so far as it starts a process by which a legislature votes funds to the executive.
HMRC's primary case was that the appropriate period of disapplication should be equivalent to the transitional period which the legislature ought to have accorded under community law, but had failed to do.
The question in this case is whether the statute which the legislature has enacted may be constitutionally applied.
He grew the number of charter schools by creating a $ 50 million, low - interest loan program for technology and transportation as well as a $ 500 per student charter increase, which the legislature had scaled back from his original $ 1,500 ask.
Improving academic results will require innovation solutions and evidence - based, student - centered reforms, some of which the legislature has already implemented.
Referencing the many problems with SBAC, Williams asked the Education Committee to amend HB 5550 to require that the current Mastery Examination Committee — which the legislature created last year — pursue a request for proposals process for a different mastery examination for grades 3 through 8.
Some observers say the results show that voters generally support the Democratic governor's plan, which the legislature passed last spring.
Under the plan, which the legislature could take up when it convenes this week, next fall's freshmen would have to earn a 1.6 G.P.A., up...
Both the Resource Recovery Agency and the Industrial Development Agency, to which the legislature appoints members, have had friction with other stakeholders in the past years.
Legislator Philip Soskin said this year's budget had «make believe» efficiencies projected into it which the legislature needs to compensate for including $ 17.7 million in projected givebacks from the workers union.
The cost to the county will be between $ 2.5 million and $ 4 million, for which the legislature will issue bonds, McMahon said.
Cuomo toured the state on a bus to promote the minimum wage hike, which the legislature agreed to in last year's budget.
The pair also discuss possible appointees to the position, which the legislature will decide.
He said Hein could have separately vetoed the Auerbach action, which the legislature could have dealt with at its Dec. 17 meeting, and sent the rest of the budget to Albany for review.
If Vanderhoef's veto was not overrode it would have meant the reinstatement of a $ 12 million revenue line in the 2013 budget from upcoming plans to sell Summit Park's Nursing Home, the replacement of CSEA - covered county workers with outsourced labor, and the reinstatement of vacant positions which the legislature marked for elimination.
The vote is not over until Certification The process is not complete until delivery of Certified results to the legislature, the elected position dictating which legislature in involved.
Dr. Chartock also shares his thoughts on possible New York state attorney general appointees, which the legislature has the power to decide.
The plan which the legislature eventually approved puts New York racing on a quasi-public basis, something like a public utility.
Indeed, in every «Blaine» state in which the legislature attempts school choice reform through statute, lawyers will have to persuade their state supreme court to interpret these old provisions in a manner that respects the legislative and popular will.
However, in the case of the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government there are fixed terms for which the legislatures can sit.
These «step - and - lane» schedules, which legislatures and school boards have accepted, reflect union preferences for wage agreements that increase member solidarity and benefit the most union members.
Seat time is clearly a rule left over from our factory - based education system built over a century ago, which legislatures and departments of education ought to abandon.
But he cautioned that the extent to which legislatures will embrace such plans remains to be seen.
As LeBel J. [has] pointed out... self - regulation is certainly the means by which legislatures have chosen in this country to protect the independence of the bar... But we do not have to decide here whether that legislative choice is in any respect constitutionally required.
Ontario argued that the Rule of Law, except a very thin version of it recognized in the Manitoba Language Rights Reference, is an aspirational concept which legislatures ought to be left free to implement in their own ways.

Not exact matches

The movie, which weaves together extraordinary feats of engineering and military, environmental and cultural achievements, hit theaters three days before China's rubber - stamp legislature convened to amend the constitution and allow Xi to potentially rule China for life.
By March the Nazi Party controlled 44.6 % of the Reichstag and managed to pass the infamous Enabling Act, which allowed the German cabinet to pass laws without the legislature or the president.
On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.
Given the benefit of modern technology, would the creators of the American political system have sculpted so unwieldy, so wasteful, so antiquated a legislature as that which we are now stuck with?
The regional legislature voted on October 14 to oppose the deal, which means Belgium's national government can not approve it either.
But both the committee and the government are under pressure to resolve the issue sooner with a free vote in the legislature which, given the governing Liberals» slim majority, would likely doom the tax.
This year, our legislature passed several pieces of legislation which easies the regulatory burden on those who seek to create jobs in our state.
Opinion polls show that the opposition party — the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which advocates formal independence from China — is poised to recapture the presidency and even win a majority in the legislature.
The Illinois legislature overrode the governor's veto to adopt a budget which increased the state's single - rate individual income tax from 3.75 to 4.95 percent, and the corporate income tax rate from 7.75 to 9.5 percent.
HB5553, which was recently introduced to Illinois's legislature, would prevent local governments from restricting individuals» and companies» use of blockchain technology and smart contracts.
If courts and legislatures treat LLCs and corporations the same, they reduce the differences between the two forms and thus reduce the social welfare that comes from having different forms among which investors can choose.
Tesla previously promised to provide 6,500 jobs as a part of the tax incentives package of $ 1.4 billion, which the state legislature approved in September 2014.
The Pennsylvania legislature recently passed a bill that will ensure borrowers are up - to - date on their student loan debt.The average Pennsylvania college student graduates with $ 35,000 in student loans, which is higher than any other state in the U.S. And within three years of graduation, 10 percent of Pennsylvania student loan borrowers default on their debt.In order to combat this problem, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would ensure students stay informed about how much debt they are accumulating.HB 2124 would require all colleges and universities to provide annual notices to students about their outstanding student...
The industry switched to lending under other laws which was upheld by the courts and not corrected by the Ohio legislature.
But the Florida legislature, which has long been seen as a laboratory for gun - rights legislation that is tested elsewhere in the country, rejected a ban on assault weapons after Parkland.
When it comes to carrying out government policy, that «should be left to properly resourced independent agencies,» the group says, such as the Ontario Energy Board and Independent Electricity System Operator, which can be held to account by the provincial legislature.
In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.
The plan would set targets and implement policies to meet those targets which would reported on annually in the legislature.
«Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.»
Just remember that it is the Year of the Bible in Pennsylvania which passed their legislature.
The metaphor is Adam Smith's, who went on to observe in The Theory of Moral Sentiments that «the pieces upon the chess - board have no other principle of motion besides that which the hand impresses upon them,» whereas «in the great chess - board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that with the legislature might choose to impress upon it.»
The California legislature is poised to consider legislation that could destroy the ability of numerous faith - based colleges and universities to pursue the mission for which they were created.
Thomas Jefferson wrote, «I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.
Perry has been getting ample good press lately, and below Pete adds two new favorable stories — one of which adds a new wrinkle by showing his formidable talents as a thrice elected, institutionally weak governor who can effectively deal with a largely simpatico Republican legislature.
''... I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,»
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