11.   Casey has actively urging Pennsylvania lawmakers to help adopt legislation to cut out-of-state trash.

12.   Congress declined to adopt legislation to enact that accord.

13.   Cosgrove first crossed swords with the County Legislature earlier this year when the lawmakers adopted legislation intended to curb overtime costs.

14.   Earlier today, the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, adopted legislation to protect companies in member states from the measures.

15.   --Even if new legislation is adopted, the state must start over again, re-registering thousands of sex offenders following due process hearings.

16.   Enron wanted Congress to adopt legislation that would quicken the pace of deregulation.

17.   Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Virginia adopted similar legislation earlier this year.

18.   Florida and Massachusetts are among the states that have adopted legislation on time-share assessment.

19.   France and Germany have already adopted legislation to limit immigration.

20.   Fourteen states, mostly in the South and West, have adopted such legislation.