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The 2025 Legislative agenda is now available.  Please DO share the agenda with your legislators and/or governing body and request that they support these initiatives.

Our Commissioner of the Revenue 2023 Legislative Agenda has been updated. These items are to be considered to be in priority order. First, we are hopeful that the Governor will include funding for our deputy positions.  However, if that does not happen we have secured...

Late last week the legislative committee decided to defer our legislative agenda item #5 until next year. This initiative sought to protect the privacy of the elderly and handicapped and disabled veterans, by exempting them from disclosure in the public land book and...

The Current COR Association Legislative Agenda for 2022 is posted. This agenda is aggressive as we hope to continue to build on our success of last year.  Be on the lookout for revisions as this document will likely be modified as the General Assembly session gets...

As Robyn de Socio pointed out last week the Governor’s budget amendments will essentially strip out all that was approved during the regular GA session. Unfunded and Underfunded Positions (COR Agenda Item #1) Amendment 6: Unallot spending increases in response to...

The Budget Conference Committee of the House and Senate released the Budget Conference Report on 3/9/2020. Pursuant to Item 477 #5c the conference committee is recommending a one-time 2% bonus effective December 1, 2020 and a 3% salary increase effective July 1,...

The respective Senate and House budget amendments were made public yesterday. There were no changes to new positions and funding included for COs in the Governor’s budget. All new funding items for COs (unfunded and underfunded positions) remain in both recommended...

Today 2/11 is Crossover and the last day for each house to act on its own legislation, excluding the budget bills. Essentially, the legislative process begins all over again. House bills which were approved will be moving to the Senate and likewise Senate bills will...

***CALL TO ACTION*** Please contact your Senators and Delegates and request that they oppose  House Bill 582 and  Senate Bill 1022 in their present form. These bills will not work for constitutional officers for a variety of reasons: The local government can’t bargain...