The House this week formally voted not to concur with the Senate's budget plan, leaving the state without a budget agreement as the end of the fiscal year approached next Tuesday. 昨天下午有消息称，参众两院可能即将就一项持续性预算决议达成一致, which will be necessary to allow the state to continue operating in the absence of a budget, but that agreement was not reached before legislators adjourned for the weekend.
Meanwhile, 众议院财政委员会分别在两天里举行了总共三个小时的会议，讨论参议院预算中包含的财政计划. Local sales tax reallocation (detailed previously here) was a significant point of discussion during both meetings, with numerous House members expressing concerns about the proposal. Yesterday, the committee heard city perspectives on the plan, 加里镇议会成员詹妮弗·罗宾逊(她也是365足彩下载董事会成员)以及365足彩下载成员城市阿什维尔和格林维尔的市长埃斯特·曼海默和艾伦·托马斯, respectively, given time to address the committee. Council Member Robinson spoke to cities' need for additional locally-controlled revenue options, 而曼海默市长和托马斯市长都谈到了他们所在城市的区域性重要性，以及他们的城市对周边农村县居民的影响.
Video of yesterday's meeting can be found here, 周二会议的音频，以及参议院财政计划的相关文件，都可以在这里找到 here. Finance co-chair Rep. Jason Saine, who presided over both meetings, 在昨天会议结束时宣布，周二将继续讨论参议院的计划. We appreciate Rep. Saine and his fellow chairman, Rep. Bill Brawley, giving these proposals a thorough public hearing, 感谢你和许多委员会成员，他们表达了对该计划对当地政府的影响的担忧. Contact: Chris Nida
一项加强建筑检查员行为标准的改进措施本周在参议院获得通过，并将返回众议院进行一致投票. Since the initial consideration of HB 255 Building Code Reg. Reform by the House earlier this session, 365足彩下载寻求一项修正案，以澄清法案中视察员进行“全面视察”的新要求." Cities thank Rep. Mark Brody, the bill's primary sponsor, for accepting the League's suggested language to improve this section of the bill.
Throughout this week's Senate debates on HB 255, 参议员们对州建筑法规从一个地方到另一个地方缺乏一致的执行表示担忧. In response, Rep. Brody and representatives of the N.C. 住宅建筑商协会都公开承诺未来将立法进一步规范检查. In addition, 参议员们要求各城市保证，不会为了增加因即将废除特权执照税而损失的收入而增加检查费. However, from the beginning, 该法案解决了这一问题，要求检查部门只将费用用于与检查有关的活动.
As it heads back to the House, 该法案仍包含一项令各城市担忧的条款:其中一项条款将使建筑检查员受到新的处罚, 如果建筑商向检查员的许可委员会提出申诉，模糊的工作表现标准可能会危及他们的认证. But changes made both in the House and the Senate, based on League input, have significantly improved the bill from a city perspective. If the House approves the Senate's version of the bill in a concurrence vote, it would go next to the Governor for his consideration. Contact: Erin Wynia
With Senate agreement on a last-minute House change to SB 284 Infrastructure Assessments/Extend Sunset, the League-supported bill now heads to Gov. Pat McCrory for his consideration. The legislation would continue to authorize a tool used to more quickly build infrastructure projects, including roads and water and sewer lines, for another five years. 众议院周一在会议厅修改了该法案，将评估回收期从30年缩短至25年. This amendment puts into law existing policy of the State's local government finance watchdog agency, the Local Government Commission. 只有当大多数被评估财产的所有者提出要求，并且这些所有者至少占被评估财产价值的66%时，地方政府才可以使用这一工具. The League thanks legislators for acting quickly to extend the current special assessment authority, which would have otherwise expired on Wednesday. For more details about how the special assessment authority tool works, read this March 13, 2015, LeagueLINC Bulletin article. Contact: Chris Nida
Gov. 帕特·麦克罗里(Pat McCrory)签署了一项立法，限制市政当局对住宅建筑实施设计标准的能力, building standards typically used to preserve community character. The governor signed
SB 25 Zoning Design & Aesthetic Controls on Friday. 365足彩下载试图对立法进行几项修改，但没有成功，这些修改主要集中在保留现有社区填充项目的设计标准上. Read previous League coverage
here.
HB 634 Stormwater/Built-Upon Area Clarification quickly passed the Senate yesterday, after passing the House in April. 该法案再次引发了上一届会议的辩论，即州政府和地方政府是否应该处理砾石覆盖的表面, such as parking lots, as impervious under stormwater laws. 该法案将特别免除在土工布织物上铺设至少4英寸厚的某些大小的石头表面的建筑面积计算, treating the material as if water would run though to the ground below.
365足彩下载反对这些规定，并支持保留1992年编纂的建筑面积的现行定义 S.L. 2014-210 which resulted from extensive study by the Environmental Review Commission. 当地雨水项目的365足彩下载成员担心，由于他们项目的监管要求，未铺设的地面会产生过多的雨水径流. For the purposes of stormwater management, 项目经理必须确保对开发场地进行适当的控制，以控制场地各种表面的径流.
Although washed stone, like the one referenced in the bill, can sometimes be considered pervious, all washed stone will still perform as built upon area in just a short amount of time if driven upon. 最终，表面将很容易变得紧实，表面将不允许渗透的水, thereby increasing runoff into the state's waters. League members, who are held accountable for the water quality impacts that result from such of runoff, oppose the exemption of such material from built upon area calculations.
参议院的版本还将步道(作为州步道系统的一部分或向公众开放)添加到基于区域豁免的列表中. Because the Senate made this addition, the bill will next go back to the House for a concurrence vote. Contact: Sarah Collins
The Senate gave final approval Tuesday to legislation that will require moped owners to carry insurance.
HB 148 Insurance Required for Mopeds now goes to Gov. Pat McCrory to be signed into law. Last year, with backing from the League, the General Assembly approved a measure requiring that mopeds be registered. Read previous League coverage
here.
