Monthly Archives: May 2012

Legislative Update: The End is Near

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 … Continue reading

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Call to Action: HB 2836

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 … Continue reading

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Legislative update: Back to the drawing board

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 … Continue reading

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Save the date: Green Building Summit is Sept. 27

By Todd Booze, Green Building Council chair Be among the 400-plus people anticipated to attend the 2012 Oklahoma Green Building Summit, scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Reed Center. State Secretary Michael Ming will open with a one-hour presentation on his “Oklahoma First … Continue reading

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Legislative update: Quiet at the Capitol

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 … Continue reading

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Congressman Lucas tells homebuilders the state of the union

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 reason: 1. … Continue reading

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