Enabling Statute

A law that gives new or extended authority or powers, generally to a public official or to a corporation.

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Furthermore, the benefit corporation shareholders have the legal standing to bring a civil suit against board members and executives who do not meet the stated "public benefits" contained in the state's enabling statute.

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AB2574 would amend the agency's enabling statute by: (1) extending the jurisdictional authority from the city of Montclair to the city of Ontario, and (2) amend the project's definition to extend to the city of Ontario, as well as including the cities of Upland and Ontario to the list of "extension cities" identified in the statute.

In Case You Missed It: Support is Growing for AB2574 - Legislation to Allow Construction Authority to Continue Planning Gold Line to Ontario Airport

Where there are conflicts with [UK Government conciliation service] Acas best practice, that is typically because of outdated provision in the so-called enabling statute and the university has been very pleased to have the co-operation of its trade unions and the University Senate in updating and revising the statute which it is hoped will go to the Privy Council for approval.

Concern over suspensions at Aberystwyth University; FEAR FOR ART CENTRE FUTURE

There is a fundamental flaw in the enabling statute, so the only way to fix it is to scrap the law and start over.

Petroleum industry seeks rollback of renewable fuels standard

The commission also compiles data and information about death penalty cases and according to its now-repealed enabling statute, "the commission shall develop statistics to identify trends and changes in case management and case processing, identify and evaluate unproductive points of delay, and generally evaluate the way cases are progressing.

Legislature shutters Commission on Capital Cases

The proposed regulations would clarify that, except as specified in the proposed regulations, a particular series does not need to possess all the attributes that its enabling statute permits it to possess.

IRS issues Prop. Regs. on series LLCs and cell companies

Further, it is not an enabling statute under which cooperatives organize.

Capper-Volstead Q&A

The FTC has taken the position that lawyers, like physicians and other businesses, are "creditors" within the meaning of the enabling statute.

Red flags enforcement delayed - and it might not apply to lawyers: a court has enjoined application of the rule against lawyers, the House has voted to exempt lawyers and others, and the FTC has pushed back enforcement yet again

A new definition of "law implemented" is added; it, too, makes clear that it refers to the language of the enabling statute being carried out or interpreted by an agency through rulemaking.

The 2008 amendments to the APA: the Open Government Act

The judgement states "administrative bodies empowered to decide questions of law may presumptively go beyond the bounds of their enabling statute and decide issues of common law or statutory interpretation that arise in the course of a case properly before them, subject to judicial review on the appropriate standard.

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The movement gained momentum in legislative sessions this year when Maryland became the first state to pass an enabling statute.