Regulators said that the new risk-based system may take longer to put in place, but that any delay would not postpone the premium increase.

The delay in adopting a budget has postponed the state's traditional spring borrowing.

Such a delay would postpone the expected auction dates by a week at least.

Some leaders have said the delay could postpone by six months the writing of a constitution and the next round of elections.

And many Legislators are pressing for a vote this year, arguing that even a one-year delay would postpone a referendum until 1997 or later.

However, Trinidad said the delay would only postpone his victory.

But delays and technical problems have almost doubled its cost, to more than $4.5 billion, and postponed its launching by two years, to 2013.

If that was their game, Rick's delays would only postpone the meeting, not prevent it.

But a Transit Authority report warned that further delays could postpone those dates as well.

The delays have postponed the next step in the process, which calls for the draft report to be reviewed by affected individuals.