October Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October 28th

BOMA Legislative Interests for the 2009 Session

• Support B&O Tax Clarification on the Reimbursable Wages Paid to On-site Personnel

• Support Building Engineer’s Single Licensing Through Labor and Industries

• Support State Constitutionally Protected Property Tax Uniformity

• Support Green House Gas Reduction & Related Legislation that Sustains the Economy

Jon us as we hear about the 2009 BOMA legislative issues and get an update on our BOMA PAC Contributions, Advocacy Day in Olympia, and our fundraising appreciation lunches for key lawmakers in 2008.  Mark Gjurasic will educate us on all PAC and other expenditures for all PAC’s in Washington State, Washington States Political Action Contributions National standing and BOMA’s criteria for making contributions to key lawmakers.

Also, we will be talking about key issues that were important in the 2008 session as well as issues that will impact the real-estate industry in the 2009 session to include Transportation, “split roll” taxation as it impacts commercial property and the B&O taxation for onsite property managers.

Please click here for details of BOMA's 2009 Legislative & Regulatory Interests.

Mark Gjurasic is the principal of Public Affairs of Washington, LLC, specializing in governmental affairs representation, fundraising and educational services. He began his lobbying career in 1979. As a result, he has long-term relationships with many lawmakers both on the Congressional and State level.

Mark represents more real-estate associations than any other public affairs consultant in Washington State to include: the Building Owners and Managers Association, which he has represented for the last 12 years.

His expertise is in the area of residential and commercial real estate, taxation, landlord and tenant transactions, licensure, and credit and debt collection.

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