BOMA Fights for Its Members
BOMA’s legislative and regulatory victories have saved the commercial real estate industry billions of dollars. BOMA fights for you at the federal, state, and local levels before legislative, regulatory, and codes and standards bodies. Here are just a few of BOMA’s recent Advocacy accomplishments.
Mission Statement:
To be an advocacy leader for the owners and managers of the commercial Real Estate industry and to promote professionalism through education, networking and information sharing.
BOMA Florida consists of over 1,500 members representing the majority of office space and buildings in the State of Florida. BOMA Florida serves as a key point of contact between its members and the legislative community in Tallahassee. Making sure that BOMA Florida members have a strong voice concerning the issues that affect the commercial real estate community is among the key components of BOMA Florida's mission. Visit
http://www.bomaflorida.org/ for more information.
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Building Owners and Managers Association International is to enhance the human, intellectual and physical assets of the commercial real estate industry through advocacy, education, research, standards and information."
Now more than ever, state legislatures and regulatory agencies are poised to impact the commercial real estate industry. Increasingly, "hot" issues often take root in numerous legislatures simultaneously. State and local trends, whether motivated by public officials or private interests, play a larger role in advocacy programs across a wide spectrum of organizations.
To address this growing impact, BOMA International established its state and local affairs program. The Advocacy staff works in close coordination with local BOMA associations to protect members' interests before state and local governments. To learn more about BOMA International,
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TRIA — secured passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and its extension, ensuring that terrorism coverage would continue to be available with a federal government “backstop” for catastrophic losses.
Telecommunications — working with locals and coalition partners, defeated mandatory access proposals in several states, Congress and before the FCC.
Codes and Standards — fought successfully to keep several onerous and costly proposals from being written into model building codes as well as industry standards on energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and window cleaning.
Capital Gains Extension — gained enactment of the “Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act” extending until 2010 the BOMA International –supported tax cut on capital gains and dividends.
Energy Policy — scored a huge victory with the inclusion of a tax deduction for energy efficiency upgrades to commercial buildings in the Energy Tax Policy Act of 2005.
Leasehold Depreciation — won an additional two-year extension of the 15-year timeline for depreciating leasehold improvements.
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