What is State Net?

arvc employs the services of State Net through our legal/lobbying firm of McDermott, Will & Emery (MWE) in Washington, D.C. which provides arvc with State Legislative & Regulatory Reports on a daily basis.  It is my responsibility to review these reports daily and notify you about potential industry specific legislation/regulations in your state. 

YTD I have reviewed 5,446 pieces of legislation and 1,305 regulations and forwarded 276 of these issues to the specific state for review.

In an effort to keep all state leaders as informed as possible,  I have included information below about how this arvc program works.

What is State Net?   State Net differs from just an automated search engine or information collection system.  State Net gathers information using over 100 legislative experts who read legislation for relevance and don’t just rely on a “text” search for specific terms but track relevance to our specific industry interests. 

How was the search criteria developed?  arvc requested each affiliated state association to provide us with specific issues that were important to their state.  MWE compiled that information to develop the search criteria and provided that to State Net.

Who receives the notification from arvc on a specific issue?

• State Associations with an Executive Director:  Executive Director
• State Associations with no Executive Director:  President
• States with no association:  All arvc members in that state.
• All notifications:  David Ransom, MWE.

Our State Association already employs the services of a lobbyist.  That’s great!  That means there is two pair of eyes watching out for your interest.  However, most state associations do not have the resources for a lobbyist to monitor legislation & regulations in their state.  If you have a lobbyist please have them contact me at jsims@arvc.org to keep me informed as well.

When you receive a legislative/regulatory notification from arvc you should review the issue for relevance and impact on the industry in your state.  After your review, send your comments or questions to me.  If an issue comes to your attention in your state that you would like me to specifically review send that to me as well.

While I have already sent you the notifications, I can provide you with a report of the specific bills and status we are monitoring in your state.  I will send you a complete report at the end of this year and in 2013 I will be sending you a quarterly report.

The State Net program is just one of the many services and benefits arvc provides our membership.