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Legislative Report - May 15 |
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 | | | | Week 15 Update | | | | NCHBA's legislative agenda meets crossover deadline!
After a marathon week, all items NCHBA needed to make crossover did and many that we did not want to make crossover failed (more on this later in our update). Three bills, in addition to those that have already passed one body or the other, made it through either the House or Senate and remain eligible for the rest of the biennial session: NCHBA supports and lobbied for the following bills that also made the crossover deadline: HB 323 Prevent the Theft of Scrap Metals HB 569 DWQ/Bridge and Culvert Standards HB 616 Offense for Portable Toilets/Pumper Trucks HB 749 Use of Cisterns in Construction/Renovation SB 44 Appeals of Quasi-Judicial Land Use Decisions - SB 866 APA Rules: Increasing Costs Prohibition
Now, regarding our earlier note…just because a bill doesn’t make the crossover deadline does not mean it’s dead! The only bills required to make crossover are non-finance, non-appropriation bills (aka bills that do not affect the state budget). So, any bill that proposes a fee, raises a fee, contains a tax provision such as a credit or proposes a new tax also remains eligible. NCHBA will be working hard in the coming days to get bills passed that contain tax credits for new home purchases and energy efficient construction and that allow the deferral of builder inventory taxes. NCHBA will also be working hard to defeat bills that contain new taxes and fees on business generally, and home building specifically! | | Top |
| | Nanny Tracker Update | | | | Our Nanny Tracker was a tool to help our members understand the range of topics covered by legislation. We chose bills based on their “Duh” factor. Well, duh, some of those bills were not only heard by committees, but managed to pass through either the House or Senate and remain eligible for consideration. Examples include: SB 307 Regulate Ownership and Use of Certain Reptiles; SB 634 Truth in Music Advertising Act (aka the Bowser bill); H 885 No Picketing/Disrupt Residential Tranquility (now called Targeted Picketing); and HB 316 Assign Twins to Charter Schools (lobbyists for Triplets, Quadruplets and Octuplets all banded together to get the bill changed so that it is now Assign Multiples to Charter Schools). As the House wound down Thursday and considered the last of the bills on the calendar, HB 1384 Shopping Carts/Prevent Exposure to Germs came up for a vote (yes, this bill actually made it through two committees). Apparently, this topic is well known to everyone as debate had to be limited to 10 seconds per member due to the sheer volume of members with an opinion as to whether or not retail establishments must be required to provide shopping cart wipes. When it came time to vote, the bill failed by a vote of 44-73. The comment that likely turned the vote was that the bill had no requirement for the amount of alcohol content in the wipes, thus it was not certain if the wipes would actually prevent exposure to germs. Message from the House of Representatives – wipe it yourself! | | Top |
| | Quote of the Week | | | | This week, the Senate approved legislation that would ban plastic bags from use in any retail establishment in Currituck, Dare and Hyde counties. The bill was pushed by Senate leader Marc Basnight. Twenty states have considered or imposed regulations on the use of plastic bags, but only the City of San Francisco has banned them altogether. During the debate, Senator Stan Bingham (R-Davidson) said the ban was fine for the three counties, but “in my county, they’re more concerned about a job than plastic bags.”
Don’t forget to register for NCHBA’s 2nd Quarter Board Meeting and Legislative Day on June 9-10! | | Top |
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