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Why You Should Attend
The
business community and our state’s elected officials will be faced with many
opportunities and challenges during the General Assembly’s 2004 legislative
session. There will be
new ideas, new allies for the business community and new opportunities to work
with our elected leaders. When the General Assembly convenes on May 10, legislators will elect their leadership, appoint committees and get
started addressing the tough issue of dealing with the state’s budget
challenges.
An
important opportunity for business leaders to hear first hand about where
things stand in the General Assembly will come at NCCBI’s annual Legislative
Conference. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 12, at the
McKimmon Center on the campus of N.C. State University. As leaders
in your communities and industries, we urge you to make plans to attend this
important event.
The
day will begin at 1 p.m. with presentations from
the state’s leading political figures. You will hear straight-forward
talk from House Speakers Jim Black and Richard Morgan and Senate leader Marc
Basnight. The House and Senate Appropriations committee
co-chairs, Rep. Jim Crawford and Sen. Linda Garrou, will discuss budget
priorities.
Lt.
Gov. Beverly Perdue will address the group on N.C.’s military bases, Attorney General Roy
Cooper will speak about issues in the N.C. Department of Justice, Community
College President Martin Lancaster will give an update on workforce development,
General Assembly Fiscal Analyst David Crotts will give the latest news on
state revenues, and Wilmington Chamber executive Connie Majure-Rhett will give
a briefing on Amendment One: Self Financing Bonds. The
conference will conclude at 5:00 p.m.
Following the conference, NCCBI will stage its popular Legislative Reception
at the Capital City Club in downtown Raleigh. The reception from 5:30 to 7:00
p.m. will honor legislators, the Council of State, the Governor's Cabinet and judges from the Supreme
Court and Court of Appeals.
Cost
for NCCBI members for the conference and reception will be $100 per person or
$75 per person when registering groups of five or more. Non-members can attend the conference and reception for
$120.
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Conference
Agenda
1:00
Welcome & brief remarks
Barry Eveland, Chair,
NCCBI
1:10 Senate Perspective
President
Pro
Tem Marc
Basnight
1:20 House Perspective
Speaker of the House Jim
Black
1:30 House Perspective
Speaker of the House
Richard Morgan
1:40 Senate Republican Perspective
Senate Republican Leader
1:50 Revenue Outlook
David Crotts, Chief
Fiscal Analyst
N.C. General Assembly
2:05 Economic
Development Board Priorities
Watts Carr, chair, NCCBI
Economic
Development Committee,
member,
N.C. Economic Development
Board
2:15 Report and Recommendations from
the
Joint Select Committee on Economic
Growth and Development
Rep. Bill Daughtridge,
committee co-chair
2:25 Report and Recommendations from
the
Joint Select Committee on Small
Business Economic Development
Sen. David Hoyle,
committee co-chair
2:35 Appropriations Spending
Priorities
Rep. Jim Crawford, House
Appropriations
Committee Co-Chair; Sen. Linda
Garrou,
Senate Appropriations Committee
Co-Chair
2:55 Break
3:15 Federal Issues
Moore Hallmark, Southeast
Regional
Director, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce
3:30 Amendment One – Self
Financing Bonds
Connie Majure-Rhett,
President/CEO,
Greater Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce
3:45 N.C.’s Military Bases
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue
4:00 N.C. Department of Justice
Issues
Attorney General Roy
Cooper
4:15 Medical
Liability Reform
Craig Souza, Chair,
N.C. Access to Quality
Health Care Coalition
4:25 Workforce Development Issues
Martin Lancaster,
President,
N.C. Community College
System
4:40 NCCBI Legislative Priorities
Phil Kirk, President,
NCCBI
4:55 Closing Remarks, Adjourn
Barry Eveland
 Legislative
Reception
Wednesday, May 12,
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Capital City Club,
downtown
Raleigh
Mingle with dozens of
legislators, judges, Cabinet secretaries and other officials.
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