Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Aug. 2, 2011

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was devoted almost entirely to voting to override the Governor’s veto on some of the key bills that we had passed and voting on the redistricting maps for the U.S. Congress, the N.C. House and N.C. Senate.  There were actually few bills on which to vote, but…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – June 13, 2011

Last week in the General Assembly was “crossover week”.  The bills that were voted out of one chamber by Thursday, June 9th, could cross over to the other chamber for consideration.  Those that didn’t make it are dead for this session.  It was hectic with packed committee meetings and long floor sessions, one lasting 10…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 31, 2011

The Senate committees working on the budget (House Bill 200) have completed their work and the budget on the calendar for floor action on Tuesday of this week.  By Wednesday it may be finished in the Senate and sent back to the House for concurrence.  The Senate version of the budget has been on the…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 23, 2011

As we arrived for the Monday night session last week in the House of Representatives, we noticed many visitors in the gallery wearing red shirts.  We knew from months of experience with the issue of annexation that they were representatives of various groups against forced annexation.  They had been present the previous Thursday when we…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 11, 2011

Last week in Raleigh was known as much for interesting committee hearings as for the historical legislation that came to the floor of the House.  On Tuesday, the House Transportation Committee, which I was chairing, heard many speakers on House Bill 422 – No High-Speed Rail Money From Federal Gov’t – This bill would not…

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

Many interesting bills were in committees and on the House floor last week.  Many bills of local and state-wide interest are still in committee, including the photo I.D. bill, the charter school bill, and the terminal groin bill.  The Joint Appropriations Sub-committees are still meeting every morning on the budget, and the Appropriations Chairs are…

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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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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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