But in a twist, the company has structured the transaction so that only a majority of the voting shares are needed to approve it, instead of the 66 2/3 vote initially required.
That law allowed the governor to approve projects instead of the state's Public Service Committee.
Builders now sit down at a table with all of the city officials needed to approve a proposal, instead of being forced to go from office to office.
Administration officials acknowledged today that they wanted Congress to approve a loan instead of a grant, saying they were concerned that more money would allow the railroad to return to its more profligate ways.
It's a process that could delay TransCanada beyond even its current entanglement in Nebraska, where a lawsuit is before the state supreme court over the constitutionality of a statute giving the governor the right to approve pipeline decisions instead of the state's public utilities commission.
This year, the F.A.A. approved iPads instead of paper flight manuals in the cockpit for pilots, but it does not allow passengers to use electronic devices during takeoff and landing.
Earlier this year the F.A.A. approved iPads instead of paper flight manuals in the cockpit for pilots, but the agency still refuses to allow passengers to read Kindles and iPads during takeoff and landing.
Potential new drugs now have to be compared with existing approved ones, instead of just with placebos, if they are to be reimbursed under the public health insurance system, and pharmaceutical companies applying for a drug's approval must declare any links they have with outside organizations, physicians, and researchers or face criminal sanctions for failure to comply.
On January 7 , 1986 John Poindexter proposed to the president a modification of the approved plan: instead of negotiating with the "moderate" Iranian political group, the United States would negotiate with "moderate" members of the Iranian government.
"We're moving toward an effort where we're going to provide more flexibility by allowing perhaps some uses to be able to be approved administerially instead of going through the conditional use process," Pfost said.
Beginning in the 2015−16 school year, a school may administer an alternative examination approved by VARC instead of the examination approved by the state superintendent if the school notifies the state superintendent that it intends to do so.
