grandfathering

• “Mr. Greenfield stands to benefit the most from the "grandfathering" clause in the freshly passed term-limits law.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Voters Again Back Term Limits

• “It is true that the treaty prohibits conversion of silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and for submarine-based launchers for missile defense usage, and vice versa, while "grandfathering" five former ICBM silos in California that were so converted.”

  The Wall Street Journal: New START Treaty Won't Limit a Better Missile Defense

• “However, Cohn notes, the law allows for "grandfathering" of existing health care plans that don't meet the new standards.”

  The Huffington Post: The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Insurance, Dispersants, and Teen Botox

• “By "grandfathering" existing coal-fired capacity, which accounts for 44 percent of U.S. electricity generation, the bill repeats the mistakes of the 1977 Clean Air Act -- mistakes that we have been paying for in the form deadly air pollution ever since.”

  Bruce Nilles: The Climate Bill Shouldn't Give Coal a Free Pass

• “According to long-time anti-stripmining activist Jane Johnson in Illinois, the Act further also allowed a flood of "grandfathering" of old mining contracts to circumvent the new requirements.”

  Jeff Biggers: Nancy Sutley: 30 Years of Betrayal Later, End Mountaintop Removal Now

• “In the most common application, often referred to as "grandfathering," units produced prior to a specific date are exempted from a new regulation or face less stringent requirements.”

  Robert Stavins: Moving Beyond Vintage-Differentiated Regulation

• “Indeed, regulators will likely demand it, despite Rep. Barney Frank's hints this week at "grandfathering" provisions for such businesses.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Bid to Recapture Captive Finance

• “It phases out other "grandfathering" provisions that were included in the 2004 extension of the moratorium.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ban on Internet Tax Advances in House

• “This is sometimes called "grandfathering," which is slang for not applying new rules retroactively.”

  Forbes: Solving The Small-Biz Permit Puzzle

• “The group cited certain rules "grandfathering" existing health plans; a tax on so-called "Cadillac" health plans; rules governing electronic recordkeeping; elimination of tax breaks for retiree drug subsidies; restrictions on "limited" health plans; reporting requirements on premium increases; and a provision requiring more companies to file 1099 tax forms.”

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