Sentence examples for municipality passed from inspiring English sources

Last month, Mumbai's municipality passed a resolution saying it should stall a residential project if the builder plans to sell it on "grounds of caste, religion or food preferences".

A month later, Chongqing municipality passed a law allowing lawyers to offer legal counsel in re-education through labor cases.

"No one wants to take real responsibility for homeless people," says Heidari. "The police say it's the municipality's responsibility, the municipality passes the responsibility to the Welfare Organisation and they say the Interior Ministry should deal with them".

More than 20 times, states and municipalities passed laws aimed at making subprime loans less predatory; every time, the O.C.C. ruled that national banks were exempt.

As nearby neighborhoods and municipalities passed laws restricting overnight parking in recent years, Venice became the center of vehicle dwelling in the region.

Preservation officials say they hope the Bellport ordinance represents the resurgence of a trend that started 25 years ago when some Long Island municipalities passed local laws to ensure the preservation of their community history.

Three states and 15 municipalities passed sick leave laws this year and last year, including Massachusetts, California, Oregon, Philadelphia and Newark.

Following the Civil Rights Movement and with the onset of the War on Drugs, states and municipalities passed new laws criminalizing formerly noncriminal behavior, allowing police to arrest people for everything from breaches of minor school policies to violations of park rules.

Although five states have enacted various balloon restrictions over the last decade, Suffolk officials say they are unaware of other municipalities' passing rules against balloon releases, popular at weddings and other celebrations.

Urban municipalities pass fairness laws to protect the rights of LGBTQ people, only to have state governments overrule those laws.

The Union of BC Municipalities, along with individual municipalities, have passed resolutions against the pipeline.