Legislators are one such group, and state legislators have major responsibility for educational legislation.

Legislators usually enact such laws when they wish to impose penalties that fall outside the framework specified by each class.

Legislators such as Social welfare constituency legislator Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung and those from Hong Kong Association for Democracy & People's Livelihood had for years demanded that such concessions be put in place.

Legislators in countries using the Westminster system, such as the United Kingdom, are protected from civil action for slander and libel by parliamentary immunity whilst they are in the House.

Legislators then changed the definitions to target size ( barrel lengths under 3 inches ), materials ( such as zinc ), low-cost manufacturing techniques ( e. g., density requirements that specifically ban inexpensive powder cast metals ), redundant safety requirements ( trigger and / or main-spring locks, sizes too large for a child to use, drop tests ), and " quality ", " reliability ", and " accuracy " ( which are often left undefined ).

Prentiss and Shirley Smith were chosen to serve on the executive committee of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators during the organizations conference in Philadelphia.

Besides her service in the Legislature, Weinberg has also been active in community organizations including the American Red Cross, Shelter Our Sisters, the Bergen Family Center, AARP Teaneck Chapter, New Jersey Network of Women Elected Officials, National Organization of Women Legislators and the National Council of Jewish Women.

He was also elected as one of the 6 Christian Legislators in the Cypriot Parliament.

She is currently a Deputy Majority Whip, the Vice Chair of the Montgomery County House Delegation, Chair of the Subcommittee on Family Law, President of the Women Legislators of Maryland, House Chairman of the Maryland Commission on Cyber Security Innovation and Excellence, House Chairman of Nanobiotechnology Task Force and Identity Theft Task Force.

Such figure is not supported by actual test, nor is it confirmed by Shell and which is contradicted from a reading material for Legislators of Legislative Council.

The Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly also receives support services from the Council of State Governments ( CSG ), CSG's Eastern Regional Conference, the National Conference of State Legislatures ( NCSL ) and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators ( NHCSL ).

A Council of Legislators sat as the local lawmaking body and as a court of inferior jurisdiction.

Highly respected by her colleagues, Giddings has served as President of the bi-partisan 1600 member, National Foundation of Women Legislators.

* National Foundation for Women Legislators

He wrote to Prevost's Adjutant General, My situation is most critical, not from anything the enemy can do, but from the disposition of the people – The Population, believe me is essentially bad – A full belief possesses them that this Province must inevitably succumb – This Prepossession is fatal to every exertion – Legislators, Magistrates, Militia Officers, all, have imbibed the idea, and are so sluggish and indifferent in all their respective offices that the artful and active scoundrel is allowed to parade the Country without interruption, and commit all imaginable mischief ... What a change an additional regiment would make in this part of the Province!

Legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012 are restricted by the previous term limits, approved in 1990, which limited legislators to three terms in the State Assembly and two terms in the State Senate.

Legislators are referred to as Senators or Representatives depending which chamber they were elected.

Legislators with more time to offer are generally placed on " A " committees, which meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while others are assigned to " B " committees that meet only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a plurality basis, while districts located in more populous towns and cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based formula.

Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people.

Legislators are elected to two-year terms and are not subject to term limits.

Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

Legislators are attempting to clarify the laws that govern the fate of a person in Schiavo's position, and in some cases make living wills more available.

In his majority decision, Chief Justice Earl Warren said " Legislators represent people, not trees or acres.

Legislators, particularly those opposed to slavery, feared that any delay would allow Missouri to apply for statehood before Illinois, and that since Missouri was a slave state, this would cause so much turmoil in Congress that it would delay Illinois ' admission even longer.

* Bingham, Steven D. Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators Lansing: Thorp and Godrey, State Printers ( 1888 ).

Legislators created these agencies to allow experts in the industry to focus their attention on the issue.

Legislators who supported gun groups quickly drafted a bill to close the permit-to-carry database.

Legislators and other officials, as well as human rights groups, met with Judge Rimondi, but the decision was not reversed.

Other groups supporting their repeal include the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, the American Bar Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the National Commission Against Drunk Driving, and the American Medical Association.

Legislators also can call themselves into special session by a two-thirds vote by both the House of Representatives and the State Senate.

Legislators rewrote all of the human rights laws in the state, restricting discrimination based on " race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, or unfavorable discharge from military service in connection with employment, real estate transactions, access to financial credit, and the availability of public accommodations.

The County is divided into five districts with three Legislators from each district.

Category: Legislators with life tenure

Ric Keller campaigned hard on a term limits pledge ( which he has since broken ) with the slogan Citizen Legislators.

He began his political career in 1969 with his election to the Montana State Senate and in his 16-year tenure, he served as floor whip, majority leader, and senate president. In 1986 Stephens was recognized by the National Republican Legislators ' Association as one of the country's 10 most outstanding state lawmakers.

* October-Almost half of Vermont's Legislators regard war as needless and impolitic ; but Vermont imposes a penalty of $ 1, 000 for every unauthorized communication with Canadians.

Legislators were paid a base salary of $ 19, 009 along with the per diem.

Legislators and voters have acknowledged the inadequacy of California's historically underfunded mental health system to care for the state's residents, especially those with serious mental illness, over the past few decades.

In April 2009 on the same day Vermont Legalized same-sex marriage, gay activist Bishop Gene Robinson debated the legislation of gay marriage with the president of the right-wing Cornerstone Group and New Hampshire Legislators.

Legislators who last year opposed placing aged-care under the social security system criticized the President's plan.

Legislators always get restless for a special session ( whether for the companionship or the $22.50 per diem is not certain ) and if they start agitating.

Legislators from the Iraqi Accord Front, Sadrist Movement and Islamic Virtue Party all opposed the bill.

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators ( NCOIL ) also works to harmonize the different state laws.

" Legislators and others mounted challenges in the 1960s.

The Westchester County Board of Legislators is the legislative, policy-making branch of Westchester County.

ALEC first came into being in Chicago as the " Conservative Caucus of State Legislators ", a project initiated by Mark Rhoads, an assistant to an Illinois state senator.

Legislators say is introduced.

Allegany County Government is of the Legislature style and is represented by 15 County Legislators.

Legislative authority is vested in the county Board of Legislators which consists of 15 members each elected from single member districts.

* Robbins, William G. Lumberjacks and Legislators: Political Economy of the U. S. Lumber Industry, 1890-1941 ( Texas A.

Legislators later stiffened penalties for leaving the scene of an accident.

Legislators representing Atlanta and southwestern Fulton County, who feared tax revenue that would be lost from incorporation, blocked the bills using the procedural requirement that all local legislation be approved first by a delegation of representatives from the affected area.

Legislators included a classified annex to the Defense Appropriations Act that preserved funding for TIA's component technologies, if they were transferred to other government agencies.

Legislators from the northern counties will often reflexively oppose what is seen as " meddling " from the majority in the south, and the legislators from the south have been too divided on the issue to push through a state-wide ban.

Legislators were persuaded at the time that cassette recorders would decimate sales of records as friend after friend would then make copies of only one purchased album.

Legislators were unnerved by the campaign, and the outcome remained uncertain.