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Government Relations

The CSGA, as an association of member clubs, has a responsibility to monitor proposed legislation on a national and state level that could have positive or negative effects on our members and the golfers they serve. To support that responsibility the Association formed a Government Relations Committee to develop strategies and tactics to influence good legislation.

In 2010 the CSGA coordinated and published an Economic Impact Study on the golf industry in Connecticut which will serve as a guide in helping the Government Relations Committee to develop these strategies and tactics.

Click here to view the press release.

Click here to read the 4-page Executive Summary.

Click here for the full report.

Also in 2010, the CSGA worked with another Conn. Golf Alliance member, the Golf Course Superintendents Association, to stop proposed regulations from the Department of Environmental Protection regarding stream flow.

In previous years, the CSGA, along with other members of the Conn. Golf Alliance, was instrumental in influencing legislators to drop a proposed exemption from sales taxes for golf related activities not currently taxed.

The CSGA was also responsible for communicating new legislation that required the implementation of Automatic Electronic Defibrillators at all public facilities.

This service is one of many included in the annual dues our member clubs pay on behalf of their members.