LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
Check back to this page periodically as we will list updates on any pending legislation that may affect golf course owners. When needed, we will also post sample letters for course owners to download, edit and to send to your legislative representatives.
We have provided you with the links below to assist you in determining who are your representatives if you do not already know who they are.
We need all course owners to be active in any legislation that may affect us. It is through grass root efforts of owners across the country that we can make a difference and let our local and state government realize our issues and challenges and affect changes to benefit us.
The NGCOA has create a legislative site entitiled - "VOICE FOR GOLF". Click on that link to take you to the web site which will show you the Federal Legislation pending, and will also provide you with an easy to use process to email your own legistlative reps on any pending legistlation.
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LEGISLATIVE CONTACTS
Q: What District am I in and Whom do I contact ?
A: CLICK HERE to input your address and to find out who your legislators are that you should be contacting!
Check out our maps below and our contact information for YOUR representatives.
Click HERE -- to view a map of Wisconsin's Assembly Districts and HERE for your representatives contact info.
Click HERE -- to view a map of Wisconsin's Congressional Districts and HERE your representatives contact info.
Click HERE -- to view a map of Wisconsin's Senate Districts and HERE your representatives contact info.
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Join us in educating our Legislative Representatives!
--- To find out who your local legislative representatives are, please click HERE now! Identify your local legislators so you are prepared when we we put together a "Position Paper" on different legislative issues that affect us. We are trying to mobilize course owners so we have every legislator in the state targeted and spoken to on issues that affect us. So find out who your representatives at the various levels are and let us know if you will be able to join the Legislative Committee which will lead our efforts!
Join the Legislative Committee and help us as we fight for the rights of all golf course owners! Contact GCOW Executive Director Jeff Schwister at jeffs@gcow.org to become a member of the Legislative Committee!!
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Property Taxes -- Is Relief in Sight?
--- Please click HERE to download "Property Taxes... Is Relief in Sight?" the NGCOA’s Property Tax Report. The report discusses the lack of a uniform and consistent real estate appraisal and assessment process for golf courses and how that reality is evolving into an advocacy system where many owners are choosing to fight City Hall. The report is a good primer on process and provides a variety of examples.
It only takes two minutes to contact both your state representative and state senator at once on this urgent issue, and protect small businesses like yours from unwarranted lawsuits and insurance rate increases.