In 2005, state senator Dean Florez attempted to pass a state preemptive bill prohibiting counties from banning GEOs.

The Federal welfare law also prohibits states, cities and counties from using their own money to provide benefits to undocumented immigrants.

It was included in the state's Constitution as a way to prohibit cities and counties from borrowing more money than they could realistically afford.

State law even forbids a local option and prohibits cities and counties from banning the off-premises sale of alcohol.

State law prohibits counties from building housing, he said, "so what is our alternative?

This year, Mr. Walker noted, Mr. Bush signed into law a measure prohibiting Texas cities and counties from filing lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

The legislature also passed the National Rifle Association's bill to prohibit cities and counties from adopting local gun-control ordinances, the same measure I had vetoed in 1989.

It allows for breed specific spay-neuter local ordinances but "prohibits cities and counties from banning any specific breed of dog."

A state law, which took effect last November, prohibits counties from denying Medicaid to those people.

Kentucky's constitution and revised statutes prohibit cities and counties from enacting weapons laws and restrictions.