Legislative assistance. The parties agree that legislation may be required to give the City the tools to achieve part of its Section 2.4 (Phase I Reform) objectives, including, but not limited to legislation:
(1) Enabling PLD changes;
(2) Enabling Bus Rapid Transit legislation;
(3) If determined appropriate by the Financial Advisory Board, enabling the long-term funding of unfunded pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities.
(4) Enabling appropriations proportional to the City’s progress in achieving Reform Initiatives. The Treasury Department agrees to draft for presentation to the Governor for recommendation to the Legislature as a recommended measure under Section 17 of Article V of the State Constitution of 1963 such legislation as the City and State reasonably agree is necessary or appropriate to enable the City to achieve its Phase I Reform objectives.
Legislative assistance. The parties agree that legislation may be required to give the City the tools to achieve part of its Section 2.6 (Phase II Reform) objectives, including but not limited to legislation enabling greater intergovernmental cooperation. The Treasury Department agrees to draft for presentation to the Governor for recommendation to the Legislature as a recommended measure under Section 17 of Article V of the State Constitution of 1963 such legislation as the City and State reasonably agree is necessary or appropriate to enable the City to achieve its Phase II Reform objectives.
Legislative assistance. The IAEA continued to provide legislative assistance to member states through workshops, missions, and meetings to raise awareness, advise, and train on developing and revising national legislation and adhering to and implementing the relevant international legal instruments. Specific bilateral legislative assistance was provided to several member states through written comments and advice on drafting national nuclear legislation. Owing to COVID-19- related restrictions, the 2020 session of the annual Nuclear Law Institute (NLI) inter-regional training event was postponed. A video celebrating the tenth anniversary of the NLI was launched during the margins of the 64th regular session of the General Conference. The video highlighted the impact of the NLI programme over the past decade in helping member states to acquire a solid understanding of nuclear law and to develop the necessary skills to draft, amend and review national nuclear legislation. As an online alternative to some in-person activities due to the COVID-19-related restrictions, assistance in gaining more broadly a better understanding of the relevant international legal instruments and the elements of comprehensive national nuclear legislation, was provided through virtual means. Finally, from October to December a new series of interactive webinars on nuclear law amassed over 2 500 streams, with participation from officials from over 100 countries. Given the success of this series and in response to expressed interest from industry, law firms, NGOs, civil society and academia, a webinar was held in December for the general public entitled “Nuclear Law in Practice: The IAEA Perspective”. Bulgaria becomes the NEA’s 34th member On 1 January 2021, Bulgaria became the newest member of the OECD NEA and its Data Bank. Bulgaria currently has one nuclear power plant at Kozloduy with two water-cooled, water-moderated energy reactor (VVER, Russian acronym) units that generate about one- third of the country’s electricity. The country has ongoing plans to build a new unit at the Kozloduy site and two more units at the Belene site. With several decades of VVER experience, Bulgaria will reinforce the NEA’s capacity to address matters related to
