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  • The ordinance's backers say it is valid under the Philippines' local-government code but acknowledge it would be trumped by the national family-planning law if it is enacted.

    Birth-Control Debate Roils Philippines James Hookway 2011

  • Waddell said one of the key catalysts in the ordinance's inception had to do with a local tax services representative who dressed as the Statue of Liberty and regularly stood on a busy Herndon intersection, waving at drivers.

    Advocacy groups say Herndon ordinance unfairly targets day laborers Gregg MacDonald 2010

  • The parties agreed to a more enumerated list of responsibilities which the big banks could afford, and in exchange Mr. Emanuel and the ordinance's sponsor, Alderman Pat Dowell, saved face.

    The Chicago (Housing) Code 2011

  • Here are the ordinance's specific requirements for a packaged fast food meal targeted at children:

    San Francisco Bans The Happy Meal The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Campenni said he thinks the ordinance's wording applies to everyone and that most people in town support it.

    Immigrant advocates press for repeal of Herndon day labor law Christy Goodman 2011

  • Because the tree is defined by the city's code as an urban forest tree, it falls under the ordinance's protection.

    Couple's plan to cut tree might violate law Jeremy Arias 2010

  • Wright mentioned the need for the city to make the ordinance's language more clear on the city's Web site and perhaps to issue mandatory release forms to prospective home buyers to warn them about the ordinance before they buy in the city, ideas the Earles also expressed.

    Couple's plan to cut tree might violate law Jeremy Arias 2010

  • Weis also says the department will soon provide information about where residents can get the ordinance's required training - a four-hour class and one hour of gun range training.

    Jody Weis: Chicago Police To Fingerprint Handgun Owners 2010

  • Weis also says the department will soon provide information about where residents can get the ordinance's required training - a four-hour class and one hour of gun range training.

    Jody Weis: Chicago Police To Fingerprint Handgun Owners 2010

  • Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell whether I prevailed on the basis of my factual argument (regarding the interval between traffic lights turning red and pedestrian signals permitting people to walk) or my legal claim about the ordinance's faulty language -- or whether the ticketing officer just didn't want to deal with me anymore.

    Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Beating the Jaywalking Rap 2008

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