North Carolina Construction Industry Political Action Committee

Legislative Successes, Help Your Political Action Committee

The regular long session of the NC General Assembly ended early on Saturday, June 18, with Carolinas AGC having an excellent session that included legislative approval of more  than $1 billion toward construction projects and failure to cap the gas tax, a move that will result in about $250 million more going more toward transportation in the two years. Other accomplishments included defeat of a bill that would have caused a nightmare on public work bidding involving military veteran participation.

In addition, the state House did not approve a Senate-passed bill which would require the construction industry to first get a Certificate of Merit before civil action could be taken against designers, a costly and cumbersome process that would have a chilling effect on the construction industry. CAGC led efforts to secure agreement for stakeholders to make recommendations on how to improve North Carolina's underground utility safety law and kept in place the state's 6-year statute of repose for construction at a time when it is 12 years for other business and industry.

Other highlights included working with a coalition, led by the NC Chamber, which resulted in passage of legislation for workers' comp reform, tort reform and environmental reform that will result in state rules generally not being more stringent than federal rules; rejection of proposed legislation, strongly opposed by CAGC, which would have increased the force-account ceiling substantially for universities and community colleges; and preservation of open, competitive bidding on public work.

To continue our success, we must have a strong PAC. Now is the time for our PAC Attack and for our members to provide the funds necessary to remain a force in our General Assembly as it does its business.

See efforts and successes from 2011

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South Carolina CAGC
Political Action Committee

The 2011 legislative session recently ended and your Carolinas AGC lobbyist in South Carolina worked tirelessly on behalf of you this session, pushing for successful passage of tort reform legislation, legislation that would restore your Commercial General Liability Insurance Coverage, immigration legislation that was significantly amended to offer less burden on you as a business owner, and also legislation that would update, after fifteen years, the Underground Damage Prevention laws in our state.  Successes like these critical for our members and your lobbyist needs your support to continue to maintain a strong presence in the South Carolina General Assembly. Please consider supporting your industry by giving to the SC CAGC PAC.  

See efforts and successes from 2011