Final legislative report for 2012
Posted on June 1, 2012 by Mike Means
This is the final legislative report for the 2012 session! I am sure most of you will be disappointed.  The rest of you that regularly deleted the report, well, there will be less during the summer. The biggest news of the session is the fact tha...
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Legislative Update: The End is Near
Posted on May 25, 2012 by Mike Means
Good afternoon HBA Members! Hope everyone is planning on a fun and enjoyable Memorial Weekend. I guess this means it is officially summer! It also means the legislature is done with their work this session. Today, May 25, is the last day of ses...
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Call to Action: HB 2836
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Mike Means
Today's Call to Action is a little different. It is targeting some specific legislators whether or not you live in their district. Yesterday the Conference Committee on Natural Resources failed to sign out our "takings" bill - HB 2836. Quite frankl...
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Legislative update: Back to the drawing board
Posted on May 17, 2012 by Mike Means
Well, last week was not a good for one of our bills. It appears that the bureaucrats got one up on us. HB 2659 was a bill dealing with penalties that cities had to pay if they remitted their fees late to the Uniform Building Code Commission (UBCC)....
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Congressman Lucas tells homebuilders the state of the union
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Mike Means
Rep. Frank Lucas Congressman Frank Lucas brought to the state home builders' recent meeting a message from "The Temple of Honesty" as he poked fun at D.C. The greatest challenge at Capitol Hill is the 53-47 split in the Senate for this reaso...
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Legislative update: Quiet at the Capitol
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Mike Means
Things were fairly quiet at the Capitol this week. First order of business is to either accept or reject the latest amendments. Most of them were rejected sending bills to conference committee. There were a few notable exceptions. HB 2155 - the opt...
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