Budget Deal Eliminates Preservation Tax Credits (The following message is passed along from the Secretary of the NC Department of Cultural Resources.) The Legislature did not include Historic Preservation Tax Credit programs in the proposed budget. With your help, there is a glimmer of hope if you
Read more →(From Mark Binker, WRAL NEWS, 7/24/14). When a bill designed to help new owners settle into unused industrial buildings left the state House, it was a half-page long and dealt with a single quirk of the state’s building codes. It returned form the Senate as a complex,
Read more →Yesterday afternoon the NC House concurred on a vote of 66-42 with the Senate on HB 201. Following a contentious and spirited floor debate, the bill will now be sent to the Governor for his signature. If signed, the new law will allow additions to existing buildings of
Read more →The North Carolina House is set to take a final vote on a measure, HB 201, that will allow building renovations and additions to use the 2009 NC Energy Code rather than the current 2012 Code. The measure does not limit the size of the renovation or addition
Read more →The energy code roll back bill finally left the Senate this afternoon and goes back to the House for a concurrence vote on amendments placed in the bill in the Senate. The energy provisions, allowing the use of the 2009 energy code, now apply to building renovations
Read more →The Senate passed out a measure today, HB 1224, on a 33-16 vote that puts limits on NC counties’ ability to vote on use of local sales tax.
Read more →LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT You’ve seen the press accounts about the NC General Assembly clumsily working its way to a resolution on the budget. Both chambers are making moves to indicate that the end of the “short” session is near and a deal may be close to wrap
Read more →A heavily amended HB 201 was passed by the Senate tonight on a vote of 38-10. The Energy Code provisions are limited to existing buildings and additions to existing buildings.
Read more →Senator Ruccho explained in committee this afternoon that HB 1224 is intended to allow counties to take advantage of future broadening of the sales tax base. You will recall that the General Assembly failed to extend sales taxes to a broad array of services last year during
Read more →HB 1224is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Finance Committee on Monday evening and the American Institute of Architect’s opposes the bill as it is currently drafted. While transportation and education are two very important issues facing local governments, they are not the only needs and services our
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