Archive for the NC Government Affairs Category

Last week we informed you that three important issues to the design & construction community were left to be resolved by the General Assembly before they adjourned for the remainder of the year. At that time we asked for your help in informing your legislators about these

The House included a modified form of the historic preservation tax credits in Senate Bill 763on Thursday. The provision extends the law, due to expire at the end of this year, to January 1, 2020. The bill must now go back to the Senate for its approval. It’s

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

(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,

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

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

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

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.

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

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.