by Dawn Bauman, CAE | May 25, 2018 | State Advocacy
If you want to earn a living as a community association manager in these eight states – Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia – you must have a state-issued license. In 1987, Florida created the first state...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Feb 27, 2018 | State Advocacy
Governments regulate business. But, why? Most often commerce is regulated for consumer protection, employee protection, and environment protection. Real estate agent/broker lobbies have been introducing legislation throughout the country under the guise of consumer...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Feb 8, 2018 | State Advocacy
I walk my two very friendly dogs—a black lab and a yellow lab—in public places regularly. We encounter lots of people who are afraid of dogs. I’ve been more aware of how people respond and react to dogs recently because of all the media and attention related to...
by Megan Newman | Dec 1, 2017 | Public Policies, State Advocacy
As legislative sessions are approaching, we have compiled a short list of issues we predict will trend in states legislatures in 2018. While the following are by no means the only issues facing community associations in the next year, we expect these five to pop up in...
by Matthew Green | Oct 26, 2017 | State Advocacy
There is a dangerous fight going on in Wisconsin right now where legislators are seeking to place a cap on the amount associations charge for disclosure documents. The proposed statutory cap: $30. That is far less than it takes to produce the documents, yet for some...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Aug 24, 2017 | State Advocacy
Per the Uniform Law Commission’s web site, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC, also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), established in 1892, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings...
