sunset law

• Sunset laws

• Use of 'Sunset Law' Questioned -- 'A New Weapon'

NASHVILLE - Recent disputes in the Tennessee legislature are once again raising questions about whether Tennessee lawmakers are using a 1970s anti-bureaucracy law to pressure regulatory agencies. The law created what are known as "sunset" provisions, aimed at ensuring agencies don't run indefinitely. The legislature has conducted reviews of state agencies since 1977, when it set up the process of letting state departments, agencies and boards "sunset," or go out of business, unless lawmakers vote to reauthorize them.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• August 01, 2011

• Is the sun setting on the Texas sunset law?

The Texas Performance Review, also known as the sunset law, was originally designed to eliminate waste and inefficiency in state agencies. The idea has caught on nationally, and it has served as the model for the Clinton administration's National Performance Review. However, some Texas legislators are now trying to repeal the sunset law not because they like the idea of waste and inefficiency but because they believe the law has outlived its usefulness.

• State Legislatures
• Vol. 20 Nbr. 5, May 1994

• In re P. C., (Ohio 2004)

permanent custody, termination of parental rights, manifest weight of the evidence, jurisdiction, sunset law, best interest, reasonable efforts bypass, constitutionality, ineffective assistance of counsel

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Analysts Say Fisa Will Suffice ; Wiretapping-Law Sunset at Issue

Many intelligence scholars and analysts outside the government say that today's expiration of certain temporary domestic wiretapping laws will have little effect on national security, despite warnings to the contrary by the White House and Capitol Hill Republican leaders. With the Protect America Act expiring this weekend, domestic wiretapping rules will revert to the 30-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which requires the government to obtain a warrant from a special court to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance in the United States.

• The Washington Times
• February 16, 2008

• Sunset Woman Stabbed by Brother-in-Law, Police Say

SUNSET -- Police say a Davis County woman was stabbed by her brother-in-law Tuesday while inside her Sunset home. Marva Gunn was stabbed about 9 a.m. inside her house on the north end of the city, Sunset officer Ryan Kirby said.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• June 17, 2009

• Florida Revives Auto No-Fault Law Days After Sunset Repeal

On October 5, 2007, the Florida Legislature enacted House Bill 13-C1 to revive the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law.2 The No-Fault Law had been repe...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English
• Insurance and Transport

• Florida Revives Auto No-Fault Law Days After Sunset Repeal.

On October 5, 2007, the Florida Legislature enacted House Bill 13-C1 to revive the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law.2 The No-Fault Law had been repe...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2007, January 2007

• The state of the federal estate tax: Congress is getting closer to the law's 2010 sunset date.

When President Bush signed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001--one of the largest tax bills ever--it instituted significant...

• New Hampshire Business Review
• June 19, 2009

• Your Views

Afriendly reminder to use your headlights The Illinois law regarding headlight usage states: "Headlights must be lighted from sunset to sunrise. State law also requires headlights to be used in times when rain, snow, fog or other atmospheric conditions require the use of windshield wipers.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• January 05, 2011

• Patriot Sunset ; Sections of Homeland Security Law Due to Expire

S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wants the USA Patriot Act renewed, including 16 provisions in the original act scheduled to expire, or "sunset," at the end of this year. He has said he is willing to engage critics in dialogue and has already endorsed a couple of technical tweaks in Section 215, which seems to give the government virtually unlimited power to demand records and "any tangible things" from institutions including libraries. The Patriot Act would be less dangerous to citizens' liberties if Gonzales' modifications were included, but they are hardly enough to allay all our fears.

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• April 19, 2005