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  • Letter of Support - Greater Houston Partnership

    Houston, TX
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    The Greater Houston Partnership, representing the 12-county Houston business community, wrote to the Texas State Legislature on February 14, 2023, to request state funding for improvements to the Lake Houston dam. The letter explains that the 1953-built dam was overwhelmed during Hurricane Harvey and that the City of Houston has already utilized $48 million in federal funds to begin planning and phase one of the project, which includes adding 11 new tainter gates to increase water discharge capacity and reduce flooding risk for over 5,000 structures. The Partnership asks for additional state appropriations to cover the total project costs beyond existing federal funding allocations.

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    water infrastructureflood mitigationstate fundingdam improvements
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  • 10 :4-6 "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act." 1.

    Newark, NJ
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    This document excerpts the Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act, a New Jersey law (originally enacted in 1975 and amended in 2006) that establishes the public's right to attend and observe meetings of public bodies. The Legislature declares that public transparency is vital to democratic functioning and establishes state policy requiring advance notice and public access to all meetings where public business is discussed or decided, except in limited circumstances where the public interest or personal privacy would be endangered. The act defines "public body" as multi-member voting bodies organized under state law with authority to spend public funds or affect individual rights, while explicitly excluding informal advisory bodies, executive meetings with subordinates, and specific entities such as the judiciary and political party organizations.

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  • cec Meeting Materials – Idaho State Legislature

    Boise, ID
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    employee compensationbudgetstate legislature
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  • OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE V - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT SECTION V-1

    Oklahoma City, OK
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    Article V, Section V-1 through V-4 of the Oklahoma Constitution establishes the state's legislative authority in a bicameral Legislature (Senate and House of Representatives) while reserving to the people the powers of initiative and referendum. The initiative requires petition signatures from eight percent of legal voters to propose legislative measures and fifteen percent to propose constitutional amendments, with petition percentages calculated based on votes cast for Governor in the last general election. The referendum can be ordered by five percent of legal voters or by the Legislature itself, except for laws necessary for immediate public peace, health, or safety. Referendum petitions must be filed with the Secretary of State within ninety days after final adjournment of the legislative session that passed the bill in question, and measures referred to voters take effect upon approval by a simple majority vote, exempt from gubernatorial veto.

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    legislative authorityinitiative and referendumconstitutional amendment
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