Annual Landlord, Prop Mgrs, RE Entrepreneurs Day on the Hill – February 6, 2018
Phase 1 begins:
Room 304 Opens for meet & greet at 8:00am. Out by 11:00.
Rental property owners, managers and stakeholders - heads up! This is our time to encourage legislators to support our issues. On this one day each year, our presence must be felt!!!
Phase 2 begins - 12:00 - Lunch & Meetings with Legislators
Our IARPRO-PAC fund contributions help reduce the amount of time legislators have to spend raising campaign funds, yet they must hear from their constituents to know which bills our industry needs.
Time to go meet with legislators.
A few of the below bills currently before the General Assembly which may be of interest to our stakeholders.
| HF 2001 |
A bill for an act relating to service dogs and assistive animals in residential rental property, providing for landlord remedies to remove dogs and animals, and providing penalties for misrepresenting an animal as a service dog or assistive animal. |
| HSB 542 |
An Act relating to the statute of limitations period for executing judgments on claims for rent. (Passed out of HJ Sub Committee 1/26/2018). |
| HF 2062 |
An Act exempting specified real property owners from electrical and plumbing licensure requirements. |
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And more ...!!! |
There will be time to meet with your legislators. It’s best to let them know, in advance, that you’ll be there. Ask them for either a specific appointment time, or a general range that would work best to meet with them.
If you can break free for a full day that would be great, but we hope every member will come for several hours. Our voices need to be heard and appreciated at the State Capitol!
We will be providing an information kit that includes upcoming legislation, our position on it, and how to ask your representatives to work for you. We expect to send this to you by email, and we'll have paper copies that day.
Overall time table:
8:00 Informal start time
9:00 Formal Start
10:00 Special Session with Legislators
12:00 (or before) adjourn and clear Room 304
Meetings to continue throughout the day as you have them scheduled.
Happy Hour -- T/B/A -- Iowa Landlord Association, Landlords of Iowa, Greater Iowa Apartment Alliance
The dress code for the Capitol Building is men wear a coat and tie, and women wear "appropriate business attire".
To get to Room 304 of the Capitol Building:
(from lower level, go to the rotunda. Walk past the cafeteria all the way to the end of the hall. Take a right to the single elevator. Take it to the third floor. The room is on the west (downtown DSM) side of the building).
NOTE: Please track your time at the event, then self-report on how many hours of PHP credit you feel you have earned. We will record attendance at various points in the day, but we want to make sure we award the proper number of PHP hours. Maximum of 3 today.