CAI-NJ Sept.2018(w)(1)

LOOKING AHEAD LARRY THOMAS, PCAM | CAI-NJ CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A nother year has passed since our last Legislative Issue of Community Trends ® . A lot has hap- pened legislatively during this year concerning our Legislative Action Committee (LAC) and pending laws that would impact our community’s operations and quality of life. Please read all of the articles in this issue as they were authored by our LAC members. The topics were selected due to their timeliness and relevance. Another significant factor is that the LAC member authors include homeown- er leaders, managers and attorney business partners, representing all of our membership categories. Our LAC committee remains strongly committed to representing all of our communities in their efforts to support or oppose all pending legislation introduced concerning condominiums, homeowner associations and co-ops. This year has been a very active year for NJ-LAC and CA-PAC. A new administration took over in Trenton which means new contacts and relationships need to be forged between our LAC and PAC and the new administration. With the assistance of our government affairs company, MBI Gluckshaw, we were able to meet with several of the new key players in Trenton and let them know that CAI is the “go-to” source for legislation pertaining to New Jersey’s common interest communities. George Greatrex has “hit the deck running” as the 2018-19 chair of LAC. Chris Li, 2015-17 chair, left a well-oiled machine when her term as chair expired at the end of 2017. Chris has remained on LAC and is a great resource for George and the entire committee.

So, please read all of the articles presented in this issue of Community Trends ® and keep pace with the progress of the introduced bills by reading the monthly column written by George Greatrex, the current chair of NJ-LAC. And please approach your boards and business partners and request that they make a donation to our CA-PAC. We often are fighting against large, financial- ly strong opponents that have an established presence in Trenton and we need to get in front of our elected officials to get our voice heard.

“We often are fighting against large, financially strong opponents that have an established presence in Trenton and we need to get in front of our elected officials to get our voice heard.”

Also, if you haven’t already, mark your calendars for October 18 and attend this year’s Conference and Expo in Freehold, NJ. Our LAC will be presenting an hour-long seminar on where we are with the major bills that we are either opposing or advocating for and what legislation we may see not too far down the road. More details on the Conference and Expo can be found on pages 34 through 38. n

Boards — please support the NJ-LAC by participating in the “Dollar-a-Door” Campaign, contributing a dollar for each unit in your community. Details are on pages 10-11.

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