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Index of Rules By Sector
Agriculture
Battling Bigness
- Banning Corporate Ownership
- Anti-Corporate Farming Constitutional Provisions
- Nebraska - Rule
- South Dakota - Rule
- Referendum Enabling Legislation - Kansas - Rule
- Southhampton, PA's Ban on Corporate Ownership - Rule
- Minnesota Corporate farming - Rule
- Cutting corporate subsidies
- The Brannan Plan - Rule
- Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Production Ban, Medocino County, CA - Rule
- Protecting contract growers
- Liability laws
- Kentucky - Rule
- Minnesota - Rule
- Producer Protection Act - Rule
- Merger Moratorium
- Agribusiness Merger Moratorium - Rule
- Regulating large scale feedlots
- Iowa - Rule
- North Carolina - Rule
- Mississippi - Rule
Favoring the Local
- Biodiesel Mandate - Minnesota - Rule
- Ethanol and Biodiesel Incentives - Missouri - Rule
- Expanding Local Markets
- Farmer's Markets
- Berkeley School District Food Policy - Rule
- Local Food Purchasing and Organic Conversion Policies - Woodbury County, Iowa - Rule
- Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program - Rule
- State Meat Inspection Programs - Rule
- University Support of Locally Grown Foods - Rule
- WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Act - Rule
- Georgia Family Farm Tax Break - Rule
- Labeling of Genetically Engineered Fish - Alaska - Rule
- Michigan Bio-based Products Rules - Rule
- Northeast Dairy Compact - Rule
- Place-of-Origin Labeling
- Country of Origin Labeling
- Florida - Rule
- Idaho - Rule
- Maine - Rule
- European Union - Rule
- State of Origin Labeling
- Minnesota Grown - Rule
- Small-scale Ethanol Production
- Minnesota - Rule
- North Dakota Ethanol Incentives - Rule
- Hawaii Ethanol Investment Tax Credits - Rule
- West Virginia Incentives for Schools to Use Biodiesel - Rule
- Wisconsin - Rule
Ensuring Fair Producer Prices
- Anti-price Discrimination Laws
- South Dakota - Rule
- Missouri - Rule
- Double price labeling
- Packers and Stockyards Act - Rule
- Concentration caps - Rule
- State-level PSA legislation
- MN Packers and Stockyards Act - Rule
- Price Reporting
- Federal Price Disclosure - Rule
- State Price Disclosure
- Nebraska - Rule
- South Dakota - Rule
- Iowa - Rule
- Supply Management
- United States
- Farm Policy Reform Act - Rule
- Canada - Rule
Democratizing Ownership
- Agricultural Cooperatives
- Ethanol Producer Payments - Rule
- Ethanol and Biodiesel Incentives - Missouri - Rule
- Tax Policy
- Colorado Agriculture Value-Added Development Fund Program - Rule
- Federal Tax Policy - Rule
- Iowa Value-Added Agriculture Investment Tax Credit - Rule
- Missouri Cooperative Tax Credit - Rule
- North Dakota Ag Co-op Income Tax Credit - Rule
- Oklahoma Producers Tax Credit - Rule
- Missouri Incentives for Schools to Buy Biodiesel from Cooperatives - Rule
ENERGY - Democratic Energy
Decentralizing Authority & Control
- Agricultural Cooperatives
- Community as the Default Provider
- Massachussets - Rule
- Ohio - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Energy Independence Initiative - Rule
- Green Citizenship vs. Green Pricing
- Green Citizenship Actions by the Salem Electric Cooperative - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Rule
Decentralizing Capacity
- Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) - Minnesota
- Decentralized Power in Local and Regional Plans
- Chicago Energy Plan - Rule
- San Diego Regional Energy Plan 1994 and San Diego Regional Energy Strategy 2030 - Rule
- Klickitat County's Energy Overlay Zones - Rule
- Distributed Generation Barriers Removed
- Getting the Prices Right: Value Decentralized Power
- Incentives for Small Scale Wind Energy - Minnesota - Rule
- Interconnection Standards for Distributed Power
- FEDERAL: IEEE Distributed Resources Interconnection Standard - Rule
- FEDERAL: IEEE Small-Scale PV Interconnection Standard - Rule
- FEDERAL: FERC Interconnection Standards - Rule
- STATE: California Interconnection Standards - Rule
- STATE: Michigan Order on Electric Interconnection Rules and Standards - Rule
- STATE: Minnesota Interconnection Standards - Rule
- STATE: New York Interconnection Standards - Rule
- STATE: Texas Interconnection Standards - Rule
- Making Energy Consumers Energy Producers
- Net Metering
- California - Rule
- Minnesota - Featured Rule
- Wisconsin - Featured Rule
- Home Energy Generation Act - Rule
- Massachussets - Rule
- Nevada - Rule
- New Hampshire - Rule
- New Jersey - Rule
- New York - Rule
- Oregon - Rule
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District's Solar Energy Net Metering Program - Featured Rule
- Vermont - Rule
- City of Los Angeles Solar Incentive Program - Rule
- Home Energy Generation Act - Rule
- In-State Preference for Renewable Energy Systems - Washington - Rule
- Natural Gas Price Breaks for Distributed Generation - New Jersey - Rule
- SMUD PV Pioneer Program - Rule
- Small-scale Ethanol Production
- Solar Power on State Buildings in California - Rule
Protecting the Environment
- Climate Change and Electricity
- Boulder, CO - Climate Action Plan Tax
- California - Automobile Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule
- California - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard for Power Plants
- Carbon Caps with Universal Dividends
- Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program - New Hampshire - Rule
- Oregon's Power Plant Emissions Standard for Carbon Dioxide - Rule
- Portland, OR and Multnomah County's Global Warming Action Plan - Rule
- Renewable Energy Mitigation Program - Aspen and Pitkin County, CO - Rule
- Seattle, WA Global Warming Initiative - Rule
- Electricity Disclosure
- Illinois - Featured Rule
- California - Rule
- Massachusetts - Rule
- New Jersey - Rule
- Energy Efficiency
- Efficiency Vermont - Energy Efficiency Utility - Rule
- Minnesota Energy/Building Code - Rule
- State Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards - Rule
- Utility Revenues Tied To Increased Efficiency Not Sales - Rule
- Ethanol Producer Payments - Rule
- Ethanol and Biodiesel Incentives - Missouri - Rule
- Mercury Reduction from Coal Power Plants - Rule
- Pollution Taxes as a Substitute for Other Taxes
- Renewable Energy Mandates
- Biodiesel Mandate - Minnesota - Rule
- Iowa - Rule
- Minnesota - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Rule
- Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Arizona - Rule
- California - Rule
- Connecticut - Rule
- Massachussets - Rule
- Nevada - Rule
- New Jersey - Rule
- New Mexico - Rule
- New York - Rule
- Texas - Rule
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) fees - Washington, DC - Rule
- Wind Energy Taxes in Minnesota - Rule
Protecting People
- Protecting Low-Income Energy Consumers
ENVIRONMENT
Air and Climate
- Automobile Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule - California - Rule
- Biodiesel Mandate - Minnesota - Rule
- Carbon Caps with Universal Dividends
- Dutch Investigation of Kilometer Tax
- Ethanol and Biodiesel Incentives - Missouri - Rule
- Light Pollution
- Mercury Reduction - Rules
- Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program - New Hampshire - Rule
- Noise Pollution
- Chapel Hill, NC - Rule
- Amplified Noise - Rule
- Jet-ski Bans
- San Juan County, WA - Rule
- San Francisco County, CA - Rule
- New York State Enabling Legislation for Municipal Bans - Rule
- Oregon Carbon Dioxide Standard - Rule
- Portland, OR and Multnomah County's Global Warming Action Plan - Rule
- Renewable Energy Mitigation Program - Aspen and Pitkin County, CO - Rule
- Seattle, WA Global Warming Initiative - Rule
- U.S. Domestic Phase-out of CFC's - Rule
Energy Conservation
- Net Metering of Electricity
- Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Arizona - Rule
- California - Rule
- Connecticut - Rule
- Massachussets - Rule
- Nevada - Rule
- New Jersey - Rule
- Texas - Rule
- Minnesota Energy/Building Code - Rule
Green Purchasing
- European Chemical Regulations
- Government Environmental Purchasing
- Iowa - Rule
- Michigan Biobased Products Procurement - Rule
- Santa Monica Biobased Purchasing - Rule
Land & Growth
- Billboard Bans - Hawaii - Rule
- Cell Tower and Communications Towers Regulation
- Economic and Community Impact Assessments
- Cape Cod Commission - Rule
- Carbondale, Colorado - Rule
- Greenfield, MA - Rule
- Middletown, RI - Rule
- Santa Cruz, CA - Rule
- Vermont's Act 250 - Rule
- Land Use
- Chicago landscape ordiance - Rule
- Hasselt, Belgium Transit Policy - Rule
- Lancaster, CA Distance-based Impact Fees - Rule
- Location Efficient Mortgage
- Land Value Taxation - Rule
- Local Alternatives to Tropical Wood - Rule
- Off Road Vehicles and ATV Regulation
- Vermont Land Gains Tax - Rule
Local Authority
- Jay, Maine Environmental Ordinance - Rule
- New Jersey tractor-trailer ban on local roads - Rule
Toxics
Waste
- Beverage Container Recyling and Reuse
- Model Beverage Deposit Systems - Rule
- Model Refillable Container Rules - Rule
- Corporate Good Character Law - Indiana - Rule
- County-level Solid Waste Regulation - North Carolina - Rule
- Recycling and Reuse
- Cities that Have Cut the Waste Stream in Half
- Fitchburg, WI - Rule
- Portland, OR - Rule
- Seattle, WA - Rule
- Construction and Demolition Waste
- Atherton, CA - Rule
- Chicago, IL - Rule
- Electronic Waste Recycling
- Electronic Waste Recycling - California - Rule
- Electronic Waste Recycling - Maine - Rule
- Electronic Waste Recycling - Washington - Rule
- Litter Tax on Fast Food and Convenience Store Outlets - Oakland
- Maine Auto Manufacturer Take Back Law - Rule
- Prince Edward Island's Ban on Non-refillable Containers - Rule
- Zero Waste
- Oakland, CA, Zero Waste Resolution - Rule
- Right-to-Know Law - Rule
- Illinois Electricity Disclosure - Rule
- Minnesota - Rule
- Vermont Hazardous Waste Tax - Rule
Water
- Banning Water Withdrawal by Corporations - Barnstead, NH
- Fertilizer and Pesticide Bans and Taxes
- Halifax Regional Municipality's Pesticide Ban - Rule
- Iowa Groundwater Protection Act - Rule
- Nebraska Fertilizer Tax - Rule
- Maine's Mercury Reduction Rules: Model for Other States - Rule
- Mercury Labeling Law - Vermont - Rule
- Mercury Reduction from Coal Power Plants - Connecticut - Rule
- Mercury Reduction from Coal Power Plants - Illinois - Rule
- Mercury Reduction from Coal Power Plants - Minnesota - Rule
- Mercury Thermometer Bans
- Ann Arbor, MI - Rule
- Duluth, MN - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Rule
- Minnesota Groundwater Protection Act - Rule
EQUITY
Income Inequality
- Asset Building - Individual Development Accounts
- Individual Development Accounts - Connecticut - Rule
- Living Wage
- Chicago, IL - Living Wage for Employees of Large Retailers - Rule
- Detroit, MI - Rule
- Minneapolis, MN - Rule
- Oakland, CA - Rule
- St. Paul, MN - Rule
- San Francisco minimum compensation law - Rule
- Santa Cruz, CA - Rule
- Santa Monica, CA - Rule
- State earned-income tax credits - Rule
Education
- Equity in School Funding
- New Mexico public school funding - Rule
- Vermont Act 60 - School Funding - Rule
- Small Schools vs, Big Schools
- Florida Small School Law - Rule
- Vermont's funding of small schools - Rule
- Universal Access to Preschool Education - Illinois
Health Care
- Canadian Health Care System - Rule
- Community Health Care Models - Rule
- Medical Malpractice Insurance
- Wyoming’s statutes on rate regulation in noncompetitive markets - Rule
- California’s statutes on insurance rate increases - Rule
- Single-payer and Universal Health Care Initiatives
- California - Single Payer
- Connecticut - Single Payer - Rule
- Maine - Universal Access to Health Care
- Massachusetts - Universal Health Care Initiative - Rule
- Massachusetts - Constitutional Amendment on Health Care
- New Mexico - Rule
- New York City Health Care Security Act - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Universal Health Care Initiative - Rule
- Vermont Health Care Coverage - Rule
- US States' Right to Innovate in Health Care Act - Rule
Insurance
- Medical Malpractice Insurance
- Wyoming’s statutes on rate regulation in noncompetitive markets - Rule
- California’s statutes on insurance rate increases - Rule
- Miles-Based Auto Insurance -Texas - Rule
FINANCE
BATTLING BIGNESS
- ATM Surcharge Bans
- Federal Ban - Rule
- Connecticut - Rule
- Iowa - Rule
- Massachussets - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Rule
- Santa Monica, CA - Rule
- Market Share Caps
- Iowa - Rule
- Missouri - Rule
- Nebraska - Rule
- Federal Law - Rule
Favoring the Local
- Community Reinvestment Act - Rule
- Taxing Financial Transactions
- Tobin Tax - Rule
- Community Art Policies- Rule
Democratizing Ownership
- Canadian-style venture capital
- Credit Unions
- Employee Ownership
- Worker Cooperative Statutes for Coops and ESOPs
- Connecticut - Rule
- Maine - Rule
- Massachussets - Rule
- Vermont - Rule
- Organizational Model: Cooperative
- Organizational Model: ESOP
GOVERNANCE
Democratizing Decisionmaking
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Clean Election Laws
- Arizona - Rule
- Maine - Rule
- Massachussets - Rule
- Vermont - Rule
- Public Campaign's Model Legislation - Rule
- Clean Elections - Voting Equipment - Rule
- Colorado Campaign Contribution Limits - Rule
- Limits on out-of-state Campaign Contributions
- Alaska Cap on Out-of-State Contributions - Rule
- Oregon's Ballot Measure 6 - Rule
- Local Campaign Finance Reform
- Fort Collins, CO - Rule
- Little Rock, AR - Rule
- Tucson, AZ - Rule
- Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC (2000) - Rule
- Buckley v. Valeo - bad law
- Initiative and Referendum
- Montana - Rule
- Proportional Representation
- Amarillo, Texas cumulative voting - Rule
- Cambridge, Masachussetts Preference Voting - Rule
- Illinois cumulative voting - Rule
- Instant Run-offs
- San Francisco Instant Runoff Voting - Rule
- States' Choice of Voting Systems Act - Rule
- New England Town Meeting
- Unified Development Budgets - Rule
Favoring the Local
- Banning Water Withdrawal by Corporations - Barnstead, NH
- Civil Rights Protection Resolutions - Rule
- In-State Processing Requirements
- Municipal Employee Residency Requirements
- Providence, RI - Rule
- Pre-emption and Devolution
- Executive Order on Federalism - Rule
- Jay, Maine Environmental Ordinance - Rule
- Michigan proposed constitutional amendment - Rule
Controlling the Power of Corporations
- Anti-Piracy - Gary, Indiana - Rule
- Anti-Privatization Law - Washington, DC - Rule
- Banning Water Withdrawal by Corporations - Barnstead, NH
- Corporate Accountability Ordinace - Wayne, PA - Rule
- Corporate Personhood Ordinance - Porter Township, PA - Rule
- County-level Solid Waste Regulation - North Carolina - Rule
- Selective purchasing
- Clean Clothes Campaign - Rule
- Government Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
- Local Purchasing Preferences
INFORMATION
Battling Bigness
- Curbing the Commercialization of Public Space (Advertising)
- Bans on Television Advertising to Children
- Norway - Rule
- Sweden - Rule
- California Textbook Advertising Ban - Rule
- San Francisco Commercial Free Schools Act - Rule
- State Billboard Bans - Rule
- Mail Order and Internet Taxation - Rule
- Open Access to Cable and Telephone Lines
- Portland, OR Court Ruling - Rule
- Consumer and Community Choice in Access Act - Rule
- FCC Ruling on Sharing Telephone Lines - Rule
Favoring the Local
- Community Broadband
- NoCat and the Western Sonoma County Internet Cooperative (WSCIC)
- Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN)
- Microradio
- FCC Ruling on Microradio - Rule
- Expanding Municipal Telecommunications Services
- Burlington Telecom - It's Your Network - Rule
- Chattanooga, Tennessee - Rule
- Maine - Rule
- Wireless Philadelphia - Rule
- Fredericton, New Brunswick - "Smart City" Initiative - Rule
- Utah Open Telecommunications Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) - Rule
RETAIL - The Hometown Advantage
Leveling the Playing Field
- Anti-Price Discrimination
- Fixed Price Book Rule
- Robinson-Patman Act - Rule
- Business Ownership Restrictions
- Gas Station Divorcement - Rule
- Curbing Corporate Welfare
- Anti-piracy laws
- Alabama - Rule
- California - Rule
- Gary, Indiana - Rule
- Michigan's Act 198 - Rule
- New Mexico - Rule
- Puerto Rico - Rule
- Wisconsin - Rule
- Regional Tax-Base Sharing
- Minnesota's Metropolitan Revenue Distribution - MN Statutes §473F - Rule
- Sacramento's Proposed Tax-Base Sharing Legislation - 2002 - Rule
- TIF Reform
- Mail Order and Internet Taxation
- Arkansas Sales Tax Fairness - Rule
- California's e-fairness bill - Rule
- Federal Tax Fairness Bill - Rule
- Internet Taxation Fairness - Procurement Approach in North Carolina
- Internet Taxation Fairness - Procurement Approach in South Dakota
- Internet taxation in the European Union - Rule
- Pharmacy Equity Laws
- Ilinois Drug Benefit Equity Law - Rule
- Preventing Vacant Big Boxes
- Dark Store Ordinance - Oakdale, California
- Dark Store Ordinance - Peachtree, Georgia
- Design Stores for Reuse - Bozeman, Montana
- Rights for Franchise Owners
- Iowa Franchise Law - Rule
- State Tax Fairness: Combined Reporting - Rule
- State Tax Fairness: Throwback Rules - Rule
Supporting Local Enterprise
- Big Box Tax
- Big Box Tax - Minnesota
- Big Box Tax - Maine
- Comprehensive Planning
- Development Moratoria
- Bennington, VT - Rule
- Easton, MD - Rule
- Fort Collins, CO - Rule
- Economic & Community Impact Assessments
- Bennington , VT - Rule
- California - Proposed Rule
- Cape Cod Commission - Rule
- Carbondale, Colorado - Rule
- Greenfield, MA - Rule
- Homer, AK - Rule
- Maine - Proposed Rule
- Middletown, RI - Rule
- Mt. Shasta, CA - Rule
- New Jersey - Proposed Rule
- Oregon - Proposed Rule
- Santa Cruz, CA - Rule
- Vermont - Proposed Rule
- Vermont's Act 250 - Rule
- U.S. Post Office Community Partnership Act - Rule
- "Formula" Business Restrictions
- Arcata, CA - Rule
- Bainbridge Island, WA - Rule
- Bristol, RI - Rule
- Calistoga, CA - Rule
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA - Rule
- Coronado, CA - Rule
- Nantucket, MA - Rule
- Pacific Grove, CA - Rule
- Port Jefferson, NY - Rule
- Port Townsend, WA - Rule
- Portland, ME - Rule
- San Francisco, CA - Rule
- San Juan Bautista, CA - Rule
- Sanibel, FL - Rule
- Sausalito, CA - Rule
- Solvang, CA - Rule
- York, ME - Rule
- Local Preferable Purchasing
- Albuquerque, NM - Rule
- Columbus, OH - Rule
- Ketchikan, AK - Rule
- State of Montana - Rule
- State of New Mexico - Rule
- State of West Virginia - Rule
- State of Wyoming - Rule
- Western Australia's Buy Local policy - Rule
- Municipal Employee Residency Requirements
- Providence, RI - Rule
- Neighborhood Serving Zones
- Palm Beach, FL - Rule
- Physical Size Caps on Retail Business
- Ashland, OR - Rule
- Agoura Hills, CA - Rule
- Belfast, ME - Rule
- Bennington , VT - Rule
- Boxborough, MA - Rule
- Bozeman, MT - Rule
- Brookside, MO (Kansas City neighborhood) - Rule
- Charlevoix, MI - Rule
- Coconino County, Arizona (Flagstaff) - Rule
- Damariscotta, ME - Rule
- Easton, MD - Rule
- Hailey, ID - Rule
- Homer, AK - Rule
- Ireland - Rule
- Madison, WI - Rule
- Mt. Shasta, CA - Rule
- Nobleboro, ME - Rule
- North Beach Neighborhood - San Franciso, CA - Rule
- North Elba, NY (village of Lake Placid) - Rule
- Northhampton, MA) - Rule
- Norway Size Caps - Rule
- Other examples of size caps - Rule
- Ravalli County, MT - Rule
- Rockville, MD - Rule
- Sante Fe, NM - Rule
- Skaneateles, NY - Rule
- Talbot County, MD - Rule
- Taos, NM - Rule
- Tuolumne County, CA - Rule
- Walpole, NH - Rule
- Warwick, NY - Rule
- Westford, MA - Rule
Community-Owned Sports
- Battling Remote Ownership
- Give the Fans A Chance Act - Rule
- Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act - Rule
- Enabling Community Ownership
- State-Enabling Legislation
- Minnesota - Rule
- New York - Rule
- Pennsylvania - Rule
- Models
- Appleton Timber Rattlers (WI) - Rule
- Green Bay Packers (WI) - Rule
- Harrisburg, PA - Rule
- Memphis Redbirds (TN) - Rule
- Rochester Red Barons and Syracuse Sky Chiefs (NY) - Rule
- Toledo, OH - Rule
TAXATION
Agriculture
- Small-scale ethanol production incentives
- Tax policy promoting farmer-owned cooperatives
Energy
- Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
Environment
- Distance-based fees - Lancaster, CA
- Fertilizer and pesticide tax policy
- Hazardous waste tax policy - Vermont
- Land gains tax - Vermont
- Land value tax policy
- Ozone depleting chemicals taxation
- Renewable Energy Mitigation Program - Aspen and Pitkin County, CO - Rule
Equity
- Education financing tax policy - Vermont Act 60
Finance
- Financial transaction tax policy
- Venture capital- Canadian model
Information
- Internet tax policy
Retail
- Anti-piracy laws
- Internet tax policy
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