On behalf of the entire PA LAC we appreciate your support.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robert A. Travis, CIC, CIRMS, EBP formed Risk Management Matters, LLC (RMM) in April of 2019 to address a void in the availability of consultants within the Community Association Industry for Insurance and Risk Management issues. Prior to forming RMM Robert held the positions of Vice President, Director of Marketing, National Marketing Director, and Regional Marketing Director for Community Association Underwriters (CAU) over a 24 year period. In total he now draws of over 43 years of experience in the Commercial Insurance Industry.
Mr. Travis is a past-president of CAI Keystone and currently serves as chair of the Pennsylvania Legislative Action Committee (PA LAC). He can be contacted via email at:
riskmanagementmatters@yahoo.com.
A2449 and it is also sponsored by Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly.
The bill in its current form is not ideal, as it provides no specifics regarding the amount and format of the training that the DCA would require, and who would provide it.
The New Jersey Legislative Action Committee (NJ LAC) has proposed alternative legislation that would require 3 hours of board member training, and organizations like CAI would be permitted to provide this training. In that connection, CAI NJ has been hard at work preparing online training modules that would meet the requirements of our alternative legislation.
Board Member Training
& Manager Licensing One of our major legislative initiatives is mandatory board member training. Several years ago, Assemblywoman Annette Quijano introduced a bill that would require the Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) to implement a board member training regime that would require directors to receive at least three (3) hours of training regarding, among other things, “good business practices, model record keeping procedures, legal requirements for boards, the making of a budget and maintaining reserve accounts, [and] information on various State entities available to assist the board.” The current bill number is
We believe that this training is critical so that those elected to boards for the first time are exposed to basic information regarding the need to act in open meetings, reserve funding requirements, and the like. We also believe that the bill will provide significant positive exposure to CAI.
Assemblywoman Quijano also introduced legislation (A2450) that would require the DCA to establish a property manager licensing regime. NJ LAC is not in favor of the bill in its current format, as it leaves far too much to chance. In that connection, NJ LAC Vice-Chair Ed San George testified before the Assembly Housing Committee regarding problems with the bill, which was passed out of committee.
Notwithstanding the passage of manager licensing out of committee, based on discussions with key legislators we are very optimistic that we will be able to effectuate important changes to ensure that any manager
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