Mr. Bush last year removed penalties that were imposed on Pakistan after it set off a series of nuclear tests in 1998.

He did, however, welcome the Charest government's decision to remove financial penalties for recipients the following year.

The new system removes fixed penalties and only applies if tax has been lost because of the failure to notify.

But the bill was modified to remove penalties for noncompliance and instead put responsibility for reporting the data on dispatch centers.

Mr. Bush proposes removing penalties if people spend that money to purchase a home, pay for school or buy medical care.

It also removes criminal penalties for doctors who help such patients end their lives "in a humane and dignified manner."

Some would experimentally remove criminal penalties on marijuana, then gradually decriminalize other drugs if the experiment seemed to work.

In 1998, Washington voters passed Initiative 692, removing criminal penalties for medical patients with an approved condition.

Would have removed criminal penalties for adultery.

Mr. Shepherd's bill would have removed penalties for receiving information, meaning that journalists could not be prosecuted.