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.
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