Dirt Alert

The second session of the 103rd Nebraska Legislature wrapped up bill introduction on January 22, 2013 and hearings commenced on January 21, 2013. Baird Holm continues to track those bills related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. Here is a list of the bills we are tracking with their current status.  […]

On January 22, 2014, Nebraska Senator Al Davis introduced Legislative Bill 1115, which seeks to appropriate $200,000 to the Nebraska Power Review Board to conduct a study of state, regional, and national transmission infrastructure and policy. The study would identify electric transmission and generation constraints and opportunities, with the goal […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]