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Purpose

  • To serve as the liaison between Chrysler and state and local policymakers in all 50 states; work to protect and promote corporate interests in political and regulatory environments and pursue incentives for new capital investments.

  • To positively impact the “bottom line” by providing value-added services to internal organizations to achieve strategic corporate goals.


Key Roles & Responsibilities

  • Legislation & Regulation: Monitor state legislation and regulation. When appropriate, lobby to stop or amend onerous bills. Sponsor, support and promote favorable bills and regulations that enhance the company’s interests.
  • Economic Development: Negotiate with state, county and local governments to secure economic incentives for corporate capital investments, i.e. cash grants, tax credits, tax abatements, site selection and acquisition, infrastructure improvements, utility commitments and employee training fund grants.

  • Operational Support: Work in partnership with internal organizations to address legislative, regulatory, and public policy issues to collaboratively produce favorable business climate and effect cost savings to the company. 
     

Legislative Activity


State Relations actively monitors and lobbies significant legislative issues in states across the country. In cooperation with the Alliance, we successfully achieved the following results:
  2006 2007 
  •  Bills Reviewed
191,636 161,150
  •  Bills Tracked
6,597 5,616 
  •  Regulations Reviewed
3,489 919 
  •  Regulations Tracked
638 165 
        Win Rate: 88.6% 91%
 

Websites of Interests 

Plant State Sites: 
State of Arizona –
www.az.gov
State of Indiana  – www.in.gov
State of Illinois  – www.illinois.gov
State of Michigan – www.mich.gov
State of North Dakota – www.nd.gov
State of Missouri  – www.mo.gov
State of Ohio – www.oh.gov
State of Wisconsin – www.wisconsin.gov

Other Helpful Sites:
Alliance –
www.autoalliance.org
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is a trade association of 10 car and light truck manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota and Volkswagen.

ECO Drive – www.ecodrivingusa.com

NADA – www.nada.org
The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917, represents more than 19,700 new car and truck dealers, both domestic and international, with more than 43,000 separate franchises
 
National Governors Association - 
www.nga.org
The National Governors Association--the bipartisan organization of the nation's governors--promotes visionary state leadership, shares best practices and speaks with a unified voice on national policy.

National Conference of State Legislatures - www.ncsl.org
The National Conference of State Legislatures was founded in 1975 with the conviction that legislative service is one of democracy's worthiest pursuits. NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. NCSL is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of state governments before Congress and federal agencies.

US Conference of Mayors – www.uscm.org
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.

The Democratic Party – www.democrats.org
Republican National Committee – www.rnc.org

Democratic Governors Association  – www.democraticgovenors.org
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is an independent voluntary political organization organized to support the candidacies of Democratic gubernatorial nominees and incumbents across the nation.

Republican Governors Association –  www.rga.org

Stateline.org – www.stateline.org
Stateline.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news site that practices journalism in the public interest by reporting on emerging trends and issues in state policy and politics.

Governing.com - www.governing.com/politics.htm
Governing is a monthly magazine whose primary audience is state and local government officials: the governors, mayors, legislators, council members, program directors, agency heads, policy advisors and other officials spanning the entire range of responsibility for state and local government.

Real Clear Politics.com – www.realclearpolitics.com
RealClearPolitics.com (RCP) has become one of America’s premier independent political web sites. Updated every morning and throughout the day, RCP culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day.

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) -www.aarp.org/makeadifference/politics
AARP is a nonprofit membership organization of persons 50 and older dedicated to addressing their needs and interests.

Political Resources On-line - http://www.politicalresources.com/
Political Resources On-line provides tools for candidate, issue, and corporate campaigns

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