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California Home Inspectors Legislative Action Coalition (CHILAC)

Due to the heavy legislative season and the likelihood of the same continuing, the California Home Inspectors Legislative Action Coalition (previously the California Coalition of Home Inspectors) has been created. The purpose of the Coalition (aka CHILAC) is to build consensus among home inspectors in California with regard to legislation.

California Home Inspection Legislative Action Coalition – CHILAC

OUR PURPOSE

The California Home Inspection Legislative Action Coalition is formed to:

  1. To gain insight into the challenges faced by California’s home inspection community in the face of Legislation.
  2. To facilitate dissemination of Legislation information to the California home inspection community.
  3. To pool resources in order to defray the cost in monitoring and developing of Legislation.

OUR MEMBERSHIP

The membership of the California Home Inspection Legislative Action Coalition shall consist of:

  1. Members in good standing of the California Real Estate Inspection Association - CREIA
  2. California individuals home inspectors in good standing who contribute to CHILAC
  3. California chapters of approved associations who contribute to CHILAC

OUR STEERING COMMITTEE

The Steering Committee Chairman shall be appointed by the CREIA Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Steering Committee serves at the pleasure of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CREIA. The Steering Committee Chairman shall be a member in good standing of CREIA. The term of service shall be for one calendar year. The term of service may be extended for subsequent one-year terms subject to the approval of the CREIA Chairman of the Board of Directors. In appointing the Chairman of the Steering Committee, the CREIA Chairman of the Board shall give due consideration to input from the membership of CHILAC.

The Chairman of the Steering Committee shall appoint eligible members to the Steering Committee. The membership of the Steering Committee shall consist of five members including the Chairman. The membership shall reflect a wide spectrum of California Home Inspectors. Inactive members of the Steering Committee shall be replaced at the discretion of the Chairman of the Committee.

The Steering Committee members shall solicit information from their constituents. In like manner, they shall also be responsible to disseminate information to their respective constituents. 

Members of the Steering Committee serve on a voluntary basis.

OUR FUNDING

The Steering Committee shall be responsible for developing methods and campaigns for raising funds for ongoing Legislative expenses.

All monies shall be deposited into the CHILAC line item of the CREIA account. Funds shall be disbursed at the direction of the Steering Committee and approved by the Treasurer of CREIA.

Should CHILAC disband any remaining funds shall be held by CREIA for any future California-specific Legislative needs.

OUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS

At the sole discretion of the CREIA Board of Directors, a Legislative Advocate shall be retained to provide advice, assist in legislation monitoring, scheduling meetings with members of the legislature and various shareholders as well as assist in Legislative efforts related to the home inspection industry specifically and the real estate industry in general.

The Legislative Advocate shall be retained by CREIA and serve at the pleasure of CREIA. The Legislative Advocate may on occasion interact with CHILAC as deemed necessary.

The Chairman of the CREIA Legislative Committee shall disseminate legislative information to the Steering Committee in the form of legislative updates and other relative information.

OUR MEETINGS

Most exchange of information, for convenience, will be accomplished by email or virtual meeting. An annual meeting of the CHILAC membership will be held annually at a CREIA Conference.

Donations can be made via:

Check: Checks are to be payable to CREIA and can be mailed to 1540 River Park Drive, suite #211. Sacramento, CA 95815. Please indicate the contribution is for CHILAC.

Credit card: Credit card payment can be made online.

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THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONATED IN 2022!

  • Steven Dehlinger
  • Stuart Glazer
  • Ryan Horton
  • Jeffrey Landers
  • Rich Lester
  • Tammy Nicholas
  • Bjorn Nichols
  • David Pace
  • Mark Phillips
  • Peter Ruiz
  • David Short
  • Timothy Tai
  • David Williams
  • Richard Zak