On January 8, 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published proposed performance standards for new electric utility power plants. The carbon emission limitations would apply to most coal-fired and gas-fired power plants obtaining construction permits after January 8, 2014, including any existing plant that is to be modified […]
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Preliminary Property Valuations Available in Douglas, Sarpy and Lancaster Counties
on Friday, 24 January 2014 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
Assessors in counties with more than 150,000 people must now provide property owners with preliminary property valuations and an opportunity to meet with the county assessor’s staff before the assessor submits the property abstract to state regulators. These preliminary property valuations are now available on the county assessor websites in […]
Greater Risks for Noncompliance with California’s Prevailing Wage Law
on Friday, 24 January 2014 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
Recently, California enacted several statutes to increase compliance with California’s Prevailing Wage Law (“PWL”). Generally, the PWL requires contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages for local public works projects. “Prevailing wages” are the basic hourly rate paid on public works projects to a majority of workers engaged in a […]
IRS Provides Safe Harbor for Allocation of Historic Rehabilitative Tax Credits
on Tuesday, 21 January 2014 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
The Internal Revenue Service recently published much-anticipated guidance on the structuring of historic rehabilitation tax credit (“HTC”) transactions. The guidance, Revenue Procedure 2014-12 (first published December 30, 2013, revision published January 9, 2014), provides a narrow safe harbor for the allocation of rehabilitation tax credits among partners in HTC partnerships. […]
103rd Nebraska Legislature, Second Session: Real Estate, Renewable Energy and Municipal Law Update – Part 1 (Days 1 – 6)
on Friday, 17 January 2014 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
The second session of the 103rd Nebraska Legislature commenced on January 8, 2014. Baird Holm is actively working on various bills and we will be tracking many related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. Here is a list of the bills we are tracking with their current status. […]
