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23. non-federal railways, except mountain railways;
 
24. waste disposal, air pollution control, and noise abatement (except for the
protection from noise associated with human activity);
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Protection of environment
 
25. state liability;
 
26. medically assisted generation of human life, analysis and modification of
genetic information as well as the regulation of organ, tissue and cell
transplantation;
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Right to found a family
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Reference to science
 
27. the statutory rights and duties of civil servants of the Länder, the
municipalities and other corporations of public law as well as of the judges
in the Länder, except for their career regulations, remuneration and
pensions;
 
28. hunting;
 
29. protection of nature and landscape management;
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Protection of environment
 
30. land distribution;
 
31. regional planning;
 
32. management of water resources;
 
33. admission to institutions of higher education and requirements for
graduation in such institutions.
2.
Laws enacted pursuant to clauses 25 and 27 of paragraph (1) shall require the
consent of the Bundesrat.
Article 74a
(repealed)
Article 75
(repealed)

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Germany 1949 (rev. 2012)
Article 76: [Bills]
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Division of labor between chambers
1.
Bills may be introduced in the Bundestag by the Federal Government, by the
Bundesrat, or from the floor of the Bundestag.
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Initiation of general legislation
2.
Federal Government bills shall first be submitted to the Bundesrat. The
Bundesrat shall be entitled to comment on such bills within six weeks. If for
important reasons, especially with respect to the scope of the bill, the Bundesrat
demands an extension, the period shall be increased to nine weeks. If in
exceptional circumstances the Federal Government on submitting a bill to the
Bundesrat declares it to be particularly urgent, it may submit the bill to the
Bundestag after three weeks or, if the Bundesrat has demanded an extension
pursuant to the third sentence of this paragraph, after six weeks, even if it has
not yet received the Bundesrat's comments; upon receiving such comments, it
shall transmit them to the Bundestag without delay. In the case of bills to amend
this Basic Law or to transfer sovereign powers pursuant to Article 23 or 24 the
comment period shall be nine weeks; the fourth sentence of this paragraph shall
not apply.
3.
Bundesrat bills shall be submitted to the Bundestag by the Federal Government
within six weeks. In submitting them the Federal Government shall state its own
views. If for important reasons, especially with respect to the scope of the bill,
the Federal Government demands an extension, the period shall be increased to
nine weeks. If in exceptional circumstances the Bundesrat declares a bill to be