11.   But the state legislature did not pass the measure.

12.   Even if the legislature does pass the resolution in its final form, it would have no legal basis.

13.   Even two of the four justices upholding the electric chair agreed that the legislature should pass a law giving inmates a choice of dying by electrocution or lethal injection.

14.   Even before the verdict, the gun lobby was so nervous it had begun appealing to gun-friendly state legislatures to pass measures aimed at blocking lawsuits.

15.   Even if the local legislature passes a bill, Saratov is unlikely to become another Amsterdam overnight.

16.   He wants the Brazilian legislature to pass laws that would spur such reforms.

17.   In Maryland, the legislature passed a bill requiring the state and counties to split the costs of a new system.

18.   In January, the city legislature passed a charter that contained checks and balances similar to the US Constitution.

19.   In many regions of Russia, moreover, local legislatures have already passed their own laws restricting the activities of minority religions.

20.   In Pennsylvania last month, the legislature passed a law delaying the adopting of federal inspection and maintenance program.