Our HBA Members stood strong on the issues shared with our state Legislators: Jan Johnson, Heidi Dee, Rep. Avery Bourne & Tracy Butler Opposing the reversal of Authority for Public Construction Bonds (SB3053). The law in place allowing cities & counties to require developers to post a cash bond to insure that the public improvements on new developments are completed is already in place and has worked well for many years. This is not a broken law and there Is no need to “fix it”. This bill has been held from consideration. Opposing Mandatory Paid Sick Leave (HB3297 & SB2147) would place a hardship, especially on small business owners, like builders and remodelers who operate on the slimmest of margins. The HB is dead and the SB was not called for consideration. Support Government Consolidation (HB4501) a bill to increase county governments authority to make local government more effective. Currently in its 2nd reading but probably will not move in time. Group picture with Senators Kyle McCarter & James Clayborne Opposition to Expand State Sales Tax onto Construction Contractors proposed. This expansion would affect primarily transactions between remodeling contractors and home owners. HBAI presented a NAHB estimate that in 2015, $5.2 billion in residential remodeling activity in IL would have been affected and the devastating impact it would have on both business and consumers. This proposal will not move forward. That all being said, all HBA’s in the state were very successful with their efforts to address these concerns with our state Legislators. Kristina Rasumussen with the Illinois Policy Institute, Rep. Terri Bryant along with Jan Johnson & Tracy Butler A special THANK YOU to Kyle Anderson with the Illinois Association of REALTORS for helping our staff set up our own room to meet with the Legislators! Senator Sam McCann, Senator Luechtefeld, and Representatives Charlie Meier & Dwight Kay took time to hear our concerns with all the bills and discuss the other happenings at the Capitol. 9
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