Sentence examples for a proposed statute from inspiring English sources

A proposition for a constitutional amendment requires 8% of the votes cast in the last election for governor, or 694,354 signatures; a proposed statute needs 5%, or 433,971.

The first was to be slow to catch on to a significant provision in the proposed statute.

The proposed statute represents a kind of second-best solution for Abe, as he would prefer to change the country's Constitution, but faces resistance from the public and from his coalition partner, the Buddhist Komeito party.

This proposed statute would have an impact on all future Congresses and presidents.

"Sexual Exuberance" was also cited in 2000 by gay rights groups opposed to Ballot Measure 9, a proposed Oregon statute prohibiting teaching about homosexuality or bisexuality in public schools.

The proposed statute, closely modeled on an initiative that Washington State voters passed in 2008, would allow a patient who's expected to die within six months to self-administer lethal medication.

The woman was able to repel the intruder using an ordinary Remington 870 Express 12-gauge shotgun, which would not be banned under the proposed statute.

Our proposed statute would provide that the president must consult with Congress before ordering a "significant armed conflict" — defined as combat operations that last or are expected to last more than a week.

Mr. Williams, the county legislator, who withdrew his proposed statute once the county executive stepped in, charged that such recruitment "doesn't happen at white schools" and that "this selective application of the policy" was racist.

Instead the sejm had become preoccupied with the dissident postulate of prosecuting instigators of religious disturbances directed against non-Catholics; advised by Skarga, the King refused his assent to the proposed statute.

Although setting the state budget is a legislative function in many states, Kentucky governors are required by statute to present a proposed biennial budget to the General Assembly for approval shortly after the beginning of its even-year sessions.