BUSA 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Georgia General Assembly, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Georgia Department Of Transportation
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Judicial: u. s. supreme court (georgia supreme court) Common law: legislative, congress (georgia general assembly) Executive orders: administrative agencies (fda, epa, epd, gdot) Federal: apply everyone across the us, patents, bankruptcy. State: apply to those in or doing business in that state, business forms, contracts. Concurrent: exist at both the federal and state levels, tax law, employment law. Statutes: written laws created by congress (federal/us law) or state legislatures. Legislators (your representatives) introduce bills, debate them, edit/revise them, vote on them, pass them. Affordable care act / obama care act: passed by congress; signed into law by the president on march 23, 2010; u. s. Supreme court upheld the law on june 28, 2012. Ordinances: legislation created at a more local level (cities, counties) City or county commissioners are the representatives putting forth the laws. Federal and state laws areas set forth by agencies governing specific areas in society/commerce. Code of federal regulations (cfr) sets forth federal laws established by the various.