Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 18, 2011

Being in Raleigh last week was like being in the eye of a hurricane.  Bills were blowing through committees, coming to the House floor for heated debate, and moving back and forth from the House to the Senate and back.  All the while, the Governor was vetoing three of our key bills in four days. …

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 21, 2011

A good description of last week in the N.C. General Assembly would be “fast-paced activity.”  Committees were meeting constantly.  On Tuesday, my schedule was full from 8:30 to 6:00 with eight hours of committees and a floor session.  The 2:00 P.M. Elections Law Committee lasted four hours. Previously, at Monday night’s floor session in the…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 14, 2011

The big news last week revolved around the possible override of the Governor’s veto of House Bill 2 – Protect Health Care Freedom, the hearing in the House Education Committee on Senate Bill 8 – No Cap on Charter Schools, and the impending passage in the Senate of Senate Bill 110 – Permit Terminal Groins.…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 6, 2011

After five weeks in the 2011 legislative session, nearly 500 bills have been introduced, half in the House and half in the Senate.  In addition, we have been working on the budget almost two weeks.   If that wasn’t enough, the census figures became available late last week, so we can start working on the redistricting…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 28, 2011

The budget was on everybody’s mind and their agenda last week.  We received the Governor’s budget the previous Thursday, so every morning at 8:30; all six of the joint appropriations sub-committees were meeting to work on the House version of the budget.  As a member of the House Appropriations Sub-committee on Transportation, we are slightly…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 21, 2011

Each week at the General Assembly in February seems to be busier than the previous week.  More bills are coming out of committee and to the House and Senate floor each day.  Committees are meeting more frequently to get their work done. Last week began with Governor Perdue’s State of the State address on Monday…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 14, 2011

The third week of the 2011 session in the General Assembly continued to be very busy.  Appropriations sub-committees, all six of them, began meeting with their full memberships every morning, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  They are joint meetings with the Senate, so Senator Rabon and I are both in the Transportation meeting as vice-chairs of…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 7, 2011

The second week of the 2011 session in the General Assembly became busy very quickly.  While the Monday and Tuesday sessions were very short, there were meetings of all kinds with interest groups, constituents from Brunswick County, and lobbyists on all sides of the issues coming by to meet with us. On Wednesday, House Bill…

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Update from Rep. Frank Iler

by Rep. Frank Iler The North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate will be sworn in for the 2011-2012 session this Wednesday, January 26th, at 12:00 noon.  Actually, the session will begin at 12:00, and we will be sworn in soon afterward as the first order of business in each chamber.  Immediately following the ceremony,…

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Rep. Frank Iler announces committee assignments

Representative Frank Iler has been named to the following committees for the 2011-12 legislative session: Appropriations Education Election Law Environment Transportation Appropriations Sub-committee on Transportation. Rep. Iler will serve as Co-Chair of the Transportation Committee.

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