The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024. This article marks the halfway point of the Session. Thirty legislative days remain in the session. Through the first ten days of this session, we identified and analyzed 193 legislative bills of interest, including 91 carryover bills from […]
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U.S. Department of Transportation to Provide Preferential Financing for Public Infrastructure Development Including Commercial to Residential Conversion Projects
on Monday, 12 February 2024 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
The federal government recently revised the Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act[1] (“TIFIA”) to allow the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to provide more financing to certain infrastructure improvement projects, including commercial to residential conversions. The TIFIA program currently has over $70 billion dollars in lending capacity. As of January […]
Update of Legislative Action Through Day 22 of the 2024 Nebraska Legislative Session
on Tuesday, 6 February 2024 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024. As of the publishing of this article, thirty-eight (38) legislative days remain in the session. Through the first ten days of this session we identified, analyzed and summarized one hundred and two (102) legislative bills of interest. Links […]
Legislative Bill 531 Makes Several Important Changes to Tax Increment Financing in Nebraska
on Wednesday, 31 January 2024 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
Legislative Bill 531 (“LB 531”) became law on June 6, 2023. This bill made six important changes to Community Development Law and tax increment financing (“TIF”) in Nebraska. While LB 531 has been law for a bit, it makes enough important changes that we thought it beneficial to send a […]
Summaries from Days 6-10 of Nebraska Bill Introduction
on Monday, 22 January 2024 in
Dirt Alert: David C. Levy, Editor
The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024. As of January 17, the period to introduce new legislation for this session has closed. As of the publishing of this article, forty-eight (48) legislative days remain in the session. Through the first five days of bill introduction, […]
