政府. Pat McCrory this week made four stops around the state to sign into law a $2 billion bond proposal to boost state infrastructure. League President Lestine Hutchens joined 政府ernor McCrory at the ceremony held at Stone Mountain State Park near Elkin, and League staff and municipal officials also attended other signing ceremonies. 州长签署了 HB 943连接NC债券法案2015 should achieve a key League priority of additional infrastructure investments that will benefit municipalities. The bond package contains $300 million for local water and sewer projects.
The bond package will be put before state voters in a March referendum. Nearly 150 people attended the initial signing ceremony held at N.C. 州立大学. About half the dollars in the package are designated for university building and repair. 在石山州立公园的仪式上, Mayor Hutchens called the bond package "good news" for cities and towns, 她说她会努力让船通过. 阅读更多关于这个仪式的内容 在这里 还有债券一揽子计划 在这里.
政府ernor Pat McCrory still has several bills remaining before him, 还有一周或更短的时间来决定是否签字, veto or allow them to become law without his signature. 这些法案包括 2015年HB 765监管改革法案, which includes some provisions affecting municipalities but the most onerous having been converted to studies at the urging of the League. (请阅读之前365足彩下载对该法案的报道 在这里.)
一旦大会休会, the governor has 30 days to act on pending 立法 from the date of those bills' ratification. 今年的会议已于9月10日结束. 时间之窗很快就会关闭. 本周早些时候， 这个列表 reflected the bills remaining on 政府ernor McCrory's desk, 尽管从那以后他又演了几部.
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extensive look at the state's recent use of business recruiting incentives by WRAL-TV in Raleigh shows that many of the jobs announcements associated with the inducements did not come to fruition. 电视台也一样
提出了信息 showing that many of those jobs went to wealthy counties, an issue that has been the focus of earlier examinations of state incentive programs. State Commerce Secretary John Skvarla responded to the findings by noting that the state inducements do not go to companies that do not produce jobs and that the number of jobs that were created are still substantial. He called the state's 工作 Development Investment Grant program a "winning program" because it is putting jobs in places w在这里 they are needed. The JDIG program bases its grants on a portion of the income tax paid by workers, meaning that the state does not suffer loses when companies alter their plans regarding plant locations or expansions.
奥巴马政府本周签署的法案中包括. 帕特·麦克罗里是
SB 472历史遗迹修复的地方激励措施, which expands and clarifies existing law allowing local governments to offer their own incentives for historic preservation projects. The bill had been seen by some as an alternative to the restoration of a state historic tax credit, which was eventually included in the state budget bill,
HB 97 2015拨款法案. 365足彩下载, 同时表达了对SB 472的支持, made clear that cities and towns did not see it as a substitute for a state tax credit, which has been crucial for scores of downtown development projects.
T在这里 is still time to apply to serve on one of the League's policy committees, which is a great way to get involved in the advocacy efforts that benefit all cities and towns. 填写的截止日期
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The 立法 Action Committees and Regulatory Action Committee serve a crucial role in developing League priorities and in making the needs of cities and towns known to state and federal policymakers. 今天就参与进来! 联系人:
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