NC Licensure and State Advocacy Committee Update

by Mike Askin, PLA, ASLA

Currently the NC Licensure and State Advocacy Committee has been tracking a couple of bills that have been introduced into the legislation which concerns our practice.

The first bill is House Bill 936 – Support for North Carolina Trails/Greenways. This bill will help fund Greenways and trails by providing funds to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. Using the iAdvocate network from ASLA, we have asked NCASLA members to write their representatives asking for their support for the bill.

The other bill that we are tracking and are opposed to is House Bill 496 Property Owners' Rights/Tree Ordinances. This bill is in opposition of local municipalities adopting their own tree ordinances which would prevent municipalities from regulating tree canopy protection, controlling tree requirements for new development and growth. Please look for any iAdvocate alerts from ASLA concerning this to contact your representative.

The committee had cancelled the Virtual Advocacy Week and are looking at the possibly doing a live event later in the year. More information will be released at a later date.