The Industry Issues Fund helps ensure we are able to address
issues of concern and proactively engage the community for the betterment of
the industry. The Association’s purpose is to identify the issues and the
opportunities where we can tell our story. Examples of this include: working
with an entity to do a study on growth and how it impacts the industry, forming
a campaign to bring public awareness to the industry, getting involved in
transportation issues, a comprehensive plan or a constitutional amendment. The
Industry Issues Fund was created to provide a financial mechanism to address
activities that impact the building industry such as legislative,
constitutional and policy changes. It was created in response to special
interest groups that have raised money to fund efforts to both make regulations
more costly and to stop growth.
Voluntary contributions by TBBA members to the Industry Issues
Fund help to underwrite the cost of legal challenges to regulatory issues,
impact fees, building moratoria, as well as data research to counter activist
propaganda, and public relations campaigns to tell our side of the story.
Rather than any kind of assessment, dues increase, or a percent of value of
business, the TBBA Board of Directors knew that members would prefer a
fair-share, voluntary approach to funding the effort. Although the issues
directly affect builders and developers, all subcontractors, suppliers and
service companies are affected and encouraged to
participate. Contributions are made on a voluntary basis in the amount of
$100.00 or more.
