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The Role Of The Michigan Attorney General In Consumer And Environmental Protection, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

In an effort to clarify the role of the attorney general as public representative, this Note will examine the functioning of the office of the Michigan attorney general. After an analysis of the nature and extent of the attorney general's powers and of his current utilization of those powers, several proposals to increase his effectiveness will be discussed.

Defining "Municipal Or Internal Affairs": The Limits Of Power For Indiana Cities, Philip R. Cockerille

Indiana Law Journal

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Philadelphia's Urban Homesteading Ordinance: A Poor Beginning Toward Reoccupying The Urban Ghost Town, Shelly Scott Friedman

Buffalo Law Review

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Impasse In North Carolina: The Need For A Viable Public Employees Labor Relations Act, William G. Haemmel

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Discretion In Georgia Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.

Scholarly Works

The initial question in evaluating the ability of a municipal corporation to control the affairs of its citizens is the existence of an allocation of power from the state sovereign. Once such power is found, Georgia courts traditionally view any activity within the scope of that power as a privilege of citizenship in a municipal corporation, controlled at the generally unrestricted discretion of the local government. But when and how do such privileges become rights? With an overview of the typical positions taken by Georgia courts on the power of local governments to control the affairs of their citizens, Professor …

Constitutional Limitations On Income Taxes In Tennessee, Walter P. Armstrong, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Until either article 2, section 28 or the judicial construction of that section is modified, Tennessee will be unable to levy a general personal income tax. The revenue needs of the state will rise dramatically during the next twenty years, placing increasing strain on the antiquated and regressive privilege-property tax structure no win effect.' As noted earlier, a constitutional amendment specifically authorizing a personal income tax does not appear to be a likely prospect for the foreseeable future. The only feasible solution seems to be the passage of a nongraduated income tax, such as that proposed by the Tax Modernization …

Newsletter - 1974-03-28, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-03-21, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-03-14, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-03-07, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Tennessee Senate Bill No. 1549 - 88th General Assembly, Tennessee General Assembly

Establishment of James H. Quillen College of Medicine

Following the passage of the Teague-Cranston Act, on February 14, 1974 Senator Nave of the Tennessee General Assembly called for consideration of state legislation to establish a medical school at East Tennessee State University. Eventually passing both the Tennessee House and Senate, the bill was vetoed by Governor Winfield Dunn of Memphis. Motions to override the veto were made in both chambers and were successful. Senate Bill no.1549 became law on March 6, 1974.

Sayler Land Co. V. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District: Opening The Floodgates In Local Special Government Elections, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

In judicial review of the constitutionality of representational structures at the local governmental level, each citizen's constitutional right to equal representation must be reconciled with the need for flexibility in designing local structures. Last term, in Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, the Supreme Court faced this problem in the context of a water storage district. It upheld a statute that both restricted the franchise in the election of district directors to district landowners and allocated votes on the basis of the assessed value of the land owned by each voter. This Note will first …

Voucher Systems Of Public Education After Nyquist And Sloan: Can A Constitutional System Be Devised?, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Criticism of the present system of American elementary and secondary education has rekindled interest in the idea, first proposed by Adam Smith, of providing parents with vouchers to purchase their children's education. The basic elements of a voucher plan are simple. Parents are given vouchers worth roughly the per pupil cost of education in their city. These vouchers can be used to purchase education at any public or private school that meets the accreditation requirements imposed by the state. Such a system would increase the ability of parents and children to choose among various options in the education market, a …

The Texas Urban Renewal Law - An Important But Primitive Tool For Community Development., Arthur Troilo

St. Mary's Law Journal

The Texas Urban Renewal Act (the Act) of 1954 has provided nearly twenty-four Texas cities access to federal assistance programs in redeveloping their blighted communities. As the federal government began withholding its financial support for urban assistance programs, many cities began reevaluating their approaches to redevelopment and the outmoded provisions of the Act. The holding in Davis v. Lubbock (1959) established the constitutional limits of the Urban Renewal Act according to the recent Texas Constitution. This study examines the shortcomings experienced as cities relied more on local funding while struggling with the inefficiencies apparent in the Act’s execution in adhering …

Public Law 86-272: Legislative Ambiguities And Judicial Difficulties, John S. Bryant

Vanderbilt Law Review

Expanding concepts of the services that state governments should perform for their citizens have prompted within recent years entry by the states into fields of endeavor formerly left to private enterprise. Coupled with the upward spiral of the cost of goods and services, expanded responsibilities undertaken by the states have increased greatly the pressure on state taxing authorities to produce revenues sufficient to cover expenses of government. Beset by fiscal problems, the states have attempted to take maximum advantage of existing revenue sources and to tap new ones. Although sales and use taxes have been the primary source of state …

Newsletter - 1974-02-28, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-02-21, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-02-14, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-02-04, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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East Tennessee State University - Plan For Medical Education, East Tennessee State University

Establishment of James H. Quillen College of Medicine

With the passage of the Teague-Cranston Act and efforts to establish a medical school underway in the Tennessee Legislature, East Tennessee State University had already begun the planning process for the new medical school. This plan was submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents on February 1, 1974 by the ETSU Medical Education Study Committee which clarified the specifics of what the Quillen College of Medicine would eventually become.

The physical copy of this item can be found in the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University. For access or more information please contact the Archives of Appalachia.

The Partial Veto Power: Legislation By The Governor, Timothy P. Burke

Washington Law Review

The legislative process in Washington, as in almost all other states, is not exclusively a function of the Legislature, but rather it is a function which the Legislature shares with the Governor who is vested with the power to veto bills. Unlike the activity of the Legislature, the role played by the Governor is not highly visible and is not often the subject of attention. Yet, this relative obscurity is not indicative of the influence that the Governor exercises in the legislative process. Through his use of the partial veto power, authorized under Article III, Section 12, of the Washington …

Newsletter - 1974-01-31, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-01-24, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-01-17, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-01-10, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Newsletter - 1974-01-03, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Reform Of The Florida Securities Law, James Mofsky

Florida State University Law Review

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Residential Property Assessments In The City Of Buffalo: A Study Of The Use Of Administrative Discretion, George M. Hezel

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Class Actions In Illinois: A Viable Alternative To Federal Rule 23, 8 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 113 (1974), Michael J. Meyer

UIC Law Review

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Rights Of The Public Employee Under The Illinois Civil Service System: A Progression Of The Law, 8 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 53 (1974), Rea T. Markin

UIC Law Review

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