How to Use legislative council in a Sentence

legislative council

noun
  • Lam said the bill will expire when the current legislative council session ends next year.
    — NBC News, 2 July 2019
  • Roads around the legislative council and other areas where Xi has been traveling have been closed.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
  • One of the new laws requires a legislative council to approve the secretary of state entering into a consent decree.
    — Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Here are other highlights from Monday’s legislative council meeting.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The budget will need to be approved by the county’s 11-member legislative council before being adopted.
    — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Breithaupt and his staff will communicate with the legislative council on a regular basis.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 1 May 2020
  • Moreover, the high court held that Georgia's legislative council was effectively an arm of the state legislature.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2020
  • One of the restrictions put in place was a system of extensive vetting of candidates for chief executive and the city’s legislative council.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The nonpartisan department would have to submit an analysis of the money spent to the legislative council within 7 days.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The city's legislative council was one of the last avenues for residents to voice dissent -- but this, too, was effectively closed off by Wednesday's ruling.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Lynch’s attempt to downplay the scope of the public records exception in the latest legislation was undercut by the state’s legislative council.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Protesters a year earlier laid siege to the city’s legislative council building, breaking through its glass doors and windows from outside, before storming the chamber.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
  • In many ways, Tuesday's violence was similar to the July 1 storming of the city's legislative council.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 15 Aug. 2019
  • There would also be a Cabinet of technocrats chosen by the protesters, as well as a legislative council, the makeup of which would be decided within three months.
    — NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Lacey had been on the council for 18 years, since the town changed its charter to establish a mayoral form of government with an 11-member legislative council.
    — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
  • There would also be a Cabinet made up of technocrats chosen by the protesters, as well as a legislative council, the makeup of which would be decided within three months.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
  • This committee would play the new role of both nominating — and electing — members of Hong Kong’s legislative council, Wang said.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • On Monday, a court ruled that 22-year-old Agnes Chow had been illegally barred from running for a seat on the city's legislative council last year.
    — James Griffiths and Eric Cheung, CNN, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The legislative council canceled its weekly meeting so lawmakers could quarantine and meet strict coronavirus restrictions for the ceremonies.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • The recommendation will be voted on by the UIL’s legislative council Monday.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Opposition activists, hoping to build on that success, held a primary vote in 2020 to select the best candidates for the legislative council elections.
    — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Bosma committed this week to allow the legislative council — composed of leading lawmakers from both chambers — to review the consultant’s recommendations.
    — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Until a legislative council is formed, all changes to the law require the approval of the joint cabinet and Sovereignty Council by consensus or, failing that, by a two-thirds majority.
    — Rebecca Hamilton, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The disqualifications killed the pro-democracy lawmakers’ veto powers in the legislative council.
    — Austin Ramzy, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Hong Kong’s legislative council vetoed China’s proposal in June 2015.
    — Tripti Lahiri, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The latest crackdown occurred on Sunday, when crowds took to the streets to oppose the government's decision to postpone for an entire year legislative council elections that were supposed to take place on Sunday.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • At a meeting Monday of the legislative council's Rules Subcommittee, several parents complained about lengthy processing times for payments.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 June 2026
  • That event was designed to identify the strongest pro-democracy candidates to field in legislative council elections planned for last September, when the opposition camp hoped to win an historic majority.
    — Eric Cheung, Jadyn Sham, CNN, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Hong Kong is also set to post its first budget deficit in 15 years, Paul Chan, the city's financial secretary, told lawmakers on Monday at a legislative council meeting.
    — Laura He, CNN, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Indonesians went to the polls in April to vote for president, members of the House of Representatives and Senate, and provincial and regional legislative councils.
    — Niniek Karmini, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019

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