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The NC House will vote on its version of the state budget on Thursday and it’s still unclear whether it will include an extension, or a revamped version, of North Carolina’s wonderfully successful historic preservation tax credits. There is a growing list of Republican leaders working with

The House did not finalize a budget today, so we want to encourage the design & construction community to CONTINUE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, focusing primarily on House members. (Contact information found at www.ncleg.net). Please ask legislators to support Governor Pat McCrory’s proposal for a successor program — the Historic Rehabilitation Investment Program —

(The following message is from Myrick Howard, President of Preservation North Carolina.) The extension of rehab tax credits were not in the Senate bill, so we MUST get them into the House bill.  That bill will be finalized by the end of the week, and the word

(From The Insider) Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday quickly signed legislation making a raft of tax changes, including nixing the authority of cities and towns to levy privilege license taxes on businesses starting July 1, 2015. McCrory’s signature came within a couple of hours of the House and Senate

Elevator Error Engineers, architects and construction company officials lobbying for state infrastructure funding made their case unwittingly Wednesday. About 150 of them, all wearing badges warning that improperly maintained state infrastructure drives up operational costs by $1.4 billion, were headed to the Senate chamber. As Dave Simpson

The governor’s budget was introduced yesterday as Senate bill 842 and includes provisions for reenacting the historic preservation tax credits that were eliminated with the 2013 tax reform bill. Here’s a brief message about the provisions of the measure from Myrick Howard, President of Preservation North Carolina, “The homeowner credit

The annual UNC System list of non-appropriated capital projects was introduced in HB 1182.  The list totals 10 projects at 6 campuses for about $377 million.

In another provision of the Senate’s regulatory reform bill, SB 734, the State Energy Office will be limited to a biennial schedule of conducting their state building efficiency audits rather than annually and the State Construction Office Energy Audit requirement under the Facilities Condition and Assessment Program (FCAP)

Three Building Code provisions below have found their way into the new Regulatory Relief bill, SB 734  CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS SECTION 3.3.(a)  Section 19(c) of Session Law 2013‑413 is repealed. SECTION 3.3.(b)  Section 19(e) of Session Law 2013‑413 reads as rewritten: “SECTION 19.(e)  This section is effective when

Three lawmakers — two Republicans and a Democrat — on Tuesday filed a bill to repeal the sunset dates of the state’s film incentives and historic preservation tax credits, though a fight over the fate of both is expected in coming weeks. Without legislative action this session,