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Hb 727 - Regulation Of Fireworks, Tim Henshaw, Max Perwich
Hb 727 - Regulation Of Fireworks, Tim Henshaw, Max Perwich
Georgia State University Law Review
HB 727 establishes provisions to allow local governments to restrict the usage of fireworks. It also changes regulations for the following: the sale and use of fireworks, temporary consumer fireworks sales stands, fire department requirements, firefighter qualifications, pyrotechnics exhibits, consumer fireworks distributor licenses, fireworks contraband, limitations on the timing of firework detonations, and illegal sales of fireworks. HB 727 revises provisions regarding the lawful use and ignition of fireworks and prohibits the following: use of fireworks near any public transportation routes, ignition of fireworks under the influence of alcohol or drugs, sale of fireworks to any person under 18 years …
Preambles As Guidance, Kevin M. Stack
Preambles As Guidance, Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Debates over administrative agencies’ reliance on guidance documents have largely neglected the most authoritative source of guidance about the meaning of agency regulations: their preambles. This Article examines and defends the guidance function of preambles. Preambles were designed not only to provide the agency’s official justification for the regulations they introduce, but also to offer guidance about the regulation’s meaning and application. Today, preambles include extensive guidance ranging from interpretive commentary to application examples. Based on the place of preamble guidance as part of the agency’s formal explanation of the regulation and the rigorous internal agency vetting which accompanies that …
18th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2016, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island
18th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2016, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island
School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events
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Nfib V. Sebelius And The Individual Mandate: Thoughts On The Tax/Regulation Distinction, Kyle D. Logue
Nfib V. Sebelius And The Individual Mandate: Thoughts On The Tax/Regulation Distinction, Kyle D. Logue
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
When Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion of the Court in National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius (NFIB) explaining the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) minimum essential coverage provision (sometimes referred to as the individual mandate), he reasoned that the mandate—or, more precisely, the enforcement provision that accompanied the mandate (the Shared Responsibility Payment or SRP)—could be understood as a tax on the failure to purchase health insurance. According to this view, the enactment of the mandate and its accompanying enforcement provisions fell within Congress’s virtually unlimited power to “lay and collect taxes.” This tax-based interpretation …
No Free Lunch, But Dinner And A Movie (And Contraceptives For Dessert)?, John C. Eastman
No Free Lunch, But Dinner And A Movie (And Contraceptives For Dessert)?, John C. Eastman
John C. Eastman