Legislative and public policy committee

Purpose:

• Contribute to the achievement of IREM’s mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to legislative advocacy direction, activities, and issues
• Monitor, analyze, and formulate appropriate positions on current and prospective legislative issues affecting the management of real estate
• Develop and disseminate Institute policy on all matters of federal legislation affecting the management of real estate
• Provide guidance to Institute chapters on strategies and positions on state and local issues
• Monitor the progress of legislative and public policy initiatives and recommend adjustments to the appropriate governance bodies and staff
• In addition, the committee shall have the authority to pass urgent and time sensitive legislative and regulatory policy statements between annual IREM meetings, provided such policy receives a two-thirds vote of the committee and the approval of the Institute President

Composition:

• Chair
• Vice chair
• Additional members whose backgrounds reflect a balance of experience and expertise in IREM’s targeted public policy areas
• All serve one-year term

Desired qualifications:

• Knowledge of and involvement with public policy issues pertaining to real estate management and related real estate issues at the federal, state, or local level
• Past experience as an Institute chapter legislative committee chair