COMMISSION PLAN Definition & Meaning

commission plan

noun

a system of municipal government in which all the legislative and executive powers of the city are concentrated in the hands of a commission.

commission plan

noun

(in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members

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Origin of commission plan¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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She may accept it, amend it, send it back to the legislature for a redo or adopt the citizens commission plan.

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The House passed the commission plan last week, 252 to 175, with 35 Republicans throwing their support behind the bill.

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“The commission plan is not going to happen,” he added.

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The commission plan, instead, would see the EU revamp its trade defenses in a way that maintains current levels of protection without discriminating against China.

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The home secretary will tell EU interior ministers in Brussels on Monday that Britain is opposed to a European commission plan to redistribute 160,000 refugees around the EU.

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