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 Greetings!
  
 The office will be closed through Monday, April 22, 2013.  All calls and emails will be returned on Tuesday, April 23.  DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS USING THE LINKS BELOW!
  Registration, sponsorship and prize information is now available for the NARIGC/NKBA Joint Golf Outing on Monday, June 10.  See links below for registration.
  Tuesday, May 21, 2013 NARIGC/NKBA JOINT MEETING Abbington Banquets, Glen Ellyn, IL
  Monday, June 10, 2013 NARIGC/NKBAMW JOINT GOLF OUTING Crane's Landing Golf Course, Lincolnshire, IL
  Tuesday, July 9, 2013 NARIGC Membership Meeting Ferguson
 
 
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NAILS & TALES SPONSORED BY:     Tel: 847-724-3777      www.cpiremodel.com     Email:  info@cpiremodel.com      
  
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 FLOOR & DECOR HOSTS GRAND OPENING & CONTRACTOR DINNER/RAFFLE  
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:00 p.m. 600 E. Rand Road Arlington Heights, IL  
  
 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   NARIGC GOLF OUTING  Monday, June 10, 2013
 
  Crane's Landing Golf Course  Lincolnshire, IL
 
   
            
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 NARIGC/NKBA JOINT MEETING
 
  
"Stop Bidding and Start Selling Kitchens and Baths!"
 
  
Abbington Banquets
  
Glen Ellyn, IL
 
  
5:30-6:30 Networking/Cocktails
 
  
6:30 p.m. Dinner/Program
 
  
Join your fellow industry members for an evening of networking and education as we hold our annual Joint Meeting with the Chicago Midwest Chapter of NKBA.
 
  
The speaker will be Robert Foltz, CKD, Kitchen Sales Coach "Stop Bidding and Start Selling Kitchens and Baths" In conjunction with the Joint Meeting, Novak & Parker proudly announces Kitchens for Kids, a design contest supporting families of hospitalized children at Ronald McDonald House(R).   Please click here for further entry information. 
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 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE 
  
Cook County passed an ordinance, 12-O-3, effective 4/1/13, that imposes a new nontitled personal property use tax for non-titled personal property purchased outside of Cook County but first subjected to use within Cook County at 1.25% 
  
If the purchaser resides within Cook County or the personal property is delivered to an address within Cook County, is prima facia proof that the property was purchased for use within Cook County and was first used within Cook County on the date of delivery. 
  
People subject to this tax must register with the Cook County Department of Revenue.  Tax returns appear to be due monthly.  
  
  
 
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 BECOME AN E-PUBLICATIONS SPONSOR!
 
  
E-Publications sponsorship only  costs $150 per month for  NARIGC members with a guarantee of at least  FOUR emails sent out to more  than 400 industry recipients.
  You  pick the month (only one  sponsor per month, first come, first  reserved), and on each broadcast  email that NARIGC sends out that  month, your banner ad will appear at  the top of each email.  It can  also be a clickable link to your  website.
  At the end of each  month sponsored, you will receive reports on each email sent.  If you  are interested, please contact Mimi at mimi@narichicago.org, and she  will send you the ad specs.
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  RRP  RULE
  
 Remember, if you are working on houses built pre-1978, you must be Lead Certified!  Fines are in the tens of thousands of dollars!  Find out if you are required to be certified and if the buildings you work on qualify under the rule.
 
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NEW "KNOW YOUR CONSUMER RIGHTS" BROCHURE
  
  
 Before engaging in the business of home repair and remodeling, this brochure must be presented to the client.  If the contract is more than  $1,000, in Illinois a contractor is  required to put the contract in writing, provide the customer with a copy  of the "Home  Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights" pamphlet, and obtain written acknowledgement of their receipt of the brochure. 
  
The  Illinois Attorney General's office has updated that pamphlet and  requires that this up-to-date version (click link above) be distributed  and signed by the homeowner. 
  
If  the contractor does not retain a signed copy of the Homeowner  Acknowledgement portion of this pamphlet, Illinois court cases have been  decided that the contractor may forfeit his or her rights to collecting  monies owed! 
  
Download and use it today!  
 
 
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        NARIGC Membership Applications
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 Riverside Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, Inc. Arthur Canaver/Chris Canaver 3 Longcommon Road Riverside, IL 60546
  |  | R Brand Homes Dave Rosendale/Mike Rosendale 7901 Redondo Ln. Orland Park, IL 60462
  |  | LHP Construction, Inc. T. Keith Harkleorad 3730 W. Wilson Ave., #2 Chicago, IL 60625
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