PMA would like to thank the sponsors of the 117th Annual Meeting & Educational Session held June 11 - 14th, for their generosity and support. Without them the meeting would not have been such a success.

FEDERATED INSURANCE
Noland Company
RUUD Water Heaters
Ferguson Enterprises
Pulley & Associates
Bradford White Water Heaters
Plumbing Distributors Inc.
HD Supply Company
NorthGA PHCC
Georgia Power Company
Harry Warren
Scientific Detection Services Group
Remco Solutions


PMA is proud to announce the 2009 Contractor of the Year Jerome Sabol of Plumb Works and 2009 Industry Member of the Year Spotswood & Associates. Congratulations to both for exemplifying the highest degree of professionalism and dedication to the plumbing industry.


Plumbing Review Course to be held July 30th - Aug 1st.
Go to Education section for details.

E-Hotline available under Members Only section.


Proposed Georgia Rain Water Guidelines and proposed Georgia Gray Water Guidelines for public comment click her to go to DCA website: JUNE 2nd was the deadline for comments. The comments will be reviewed at the July meeting of the State Codes Advisory Committee of the DCA.
* Georgia Rain Water Harvesting Guidelines
* Georgia Gray Water Recycling Systems Guidelines

Georgia Amendments to the State Minimum Standard Codes to become effective January 1st, 2009
Click here to go to the Department of Community Affairs website to download codes.



New I-9 Forms
As of April 3, all employers are now required to use a new I-9 Form to verify employees' eligibility for requirement. Click here for a summary of how to know which form to use, what is different about the new form, etc. Form I-9

The federal E-Verify rule has been postponed again, until June 30, 2009.

On June 6, 2008, President Bush issued an executive order directing federal agencies to require federal contractors to agree to electronically verify their employees' eligibility to work legally in the United States, and a final rule implementing the order was issued on November 14, 2008, with an effective date of January 15, 2009. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups sued to block the rule, and on January 9, 2009, the government announced that it would postpone implementation. The Obama Administration postponed the rule again until May 21, 2009, and now it has announced that it is extending the postponement yet again until June 30, 2009.

The final rule clarified Bush's executive order and set forth guidelines regarding which companies are covered and how they should comply. The rule applies only to federal contracts awarded or amended after January 15, 2009, that meet the simplified acquisition threshold of $100,000. Subcontractors that flow from the direct contract are also covered by this requirement.



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