Posts Tagged ‘Taxes’
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…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 2, 2011
Last week could be called “Budget Week” in the North Carolina House of Representatives. With all six of the Appropriations Sub-Committees having voted their budgets out to the full House Appropriations Committee, it was time to prepare amendments to the full budget. So, on Wednesday, the full committee (all 88 of us) met from 8:30…
Read MoreLegislative 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…
Read MoreLegislative 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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