Model Policies

Model Policies (page 2)

  • The Safe Harbor from Excessive Exactions Act image

    The Safe Harbor from Excessive Exactions Act

    Section 1: Title This Act shall be known as the “Safe Harbor from Excessive Exactions Act.” Section 2: Purpose The purpose of this Act is to ensure that exactions imposed…

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    E-Verify Requirement Act

    Section 1. Definitions As used in this chapter: (A) “Employee” means any person directed, allowed, or permitted to perform labor or services of any kind by an employer.

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    Internet Free Speech Act

    Where appropriate, amend the campaign finance law and, where necessary, the lobbying law to provide an exemption for the definition of “expenditure” or similar term as follows: The…

  • Ten Guiding Principles for Consideration of Grants image

    Ten Guiding Principles for Consideration of Grants

    Statement of Principles Grants can be a very attractive source of funding for local governments, as they can help pay for services, programs and amenities without going to tax- and…

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    Tenth Amendment Resolution

    DECLARE ________ COUNTY TO BE A “TENTH AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY” This model resolution specifies Water. Tenth Amendment Sanctuary County can include Education, Wolves, ESA (except migratory fowl), EPA, FEMA,…

  • Energy Choice Resolution, Natural Gas image

    Energy Choice Resolution, Natural Gas

    RESOLUTION RE: EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR USE OF PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS IN NEW RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN _________COUNTY AND SETTING OF CODE ORDINANCE READING SCHEDULE TO AMEND___________ COUNTY…

  • Resolution in Support of Farming and Energy Production image

    Resolution in Support of Farming and Energy Production

    RESOLUTION RE: EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR LAND USE AND PERMITTING FOR LESS THAN 5 ACRE COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDENS AND PROJECTS UP TO 160 ACRES FOR AGRIVOVOLTAIC PROJECTS IN_______COUNTY AND SETTING…

  • Freedom from Indoctrination Act image

    Freedom from Indoctrination Act

    Section 1. Definitions (A) “Constrain” means failure during any semester to provide sufficient open seats in alternative courses for a student to complete or progress toward completion of…

  • Charitable Organizations Privacy Protection Act image

    Charitable Organizations Privacy Protection Act

    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF [STATE]: Section 1. Charitable organization beneficiary affidavit and third-party protection. (1) For the purposes of this section,…

  • Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act image

    Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act

    WHEREAS, persons with special needs, including developmental disabilities and mental illnesses, are among the most vulnerable within their communities, and WHEREAS, interacting with law enforcement officers or first responders in…

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    Dental Therapists Act

    SECTION 1.  Definitions (1) “Dental therapist” means an individual licensed by the State Board of Dentistry who engage in the limited practice of dentistry. (2) “Dental Therapy” means the limited…

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    Expanding Physician Access Act

    SECTION 1. This model shall be known and may be cited as the “Expanding Physician Access Act.” (A) Purpose. This Act removes barriers that prevent high-quality, internationally-licensed physicians from filling…

  • Family Rights in Medical Investigations Act image

    Family Rights in Medical Investigations Act

    SECTION 1: When a child has been the subject of a Hotline call [or whatever phrasing is appropriate to your state’s procedure for initiating an investigation] and is under inpatient…

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    Birth Freedom Act

    Section 1: Findings and Purpose. (A) The legislature finds and declares the following: Childbirth is a culmination of pregnancy and is a natural process rather than an illness; The practice…

  • Resolution Reaffirming Support for the U.S. State-Based System of Title Insurance Regulation in Response to Growing Federal Encroachment image

    Resolution Reaffirming Support for the U.S. State-Based System of Title Insurance Regulation in Response to Growing Federal Encroachment

    WHEREAS, the U.S. state-based system of insurance regulation has effectively protected consumers and helped create the largest, most competitive and innovative insurance market in the world; and WHEREAS, Congress has…

  • Act to Adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism image

    Act to Adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism

    Be it enacted by this legislative chamber: That this state adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Anti-Semitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016,…

  • An Act to Identify and Report Certain Foreign-Related Transactions to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) image

    An Act to Identify and Report Certain Foreign-Related Transactions to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THIS STATE: REPORTING NON-NOTIFIED FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS. (a)  In this section, “non-notified transactions” means foreign investments in the United States that are…

  • Act to Prohibit Anti-Semitism in State K-20 Educational Institutions image

    Act to Prohibit Anti-Semitism in State K-20 Educational Institutions

    Preamble WHEREAS, a historic rise in antisemitic violence, harassment, and discrimination has occurred at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities across the United States, targeting Jewish students; WHEREAS, in April 2024,…

  • Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act image

    Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of this state: Section 1. Department of emergency and military affairs; risk assessment; Pacific conflict; annual briefing; exemption; delayed repeal; definitions (A) It is…

  • Presumption of State Jurisdiction Amendments image

    Presumption of State Jurisdiction Amendments

    Highlighted Provisions: This model: establishes that jurisdiction over subject matters not enumerated to the federal government in the United States Constitution remains with the state of ____; provides that any…