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ContractorMag.com - Newsmagazine of mechanical contracting State laws show public policy advances for subs.

ASA Policy Environment In The States 2007 Report Card~  In 2007, several states benefited from powerful new laws that address business practices that, for decades, have created cash flow and other financial problems for construction subcontractors. Working through the American Subcontractors Associations (ASA) chartered local chapters and state organizations, ASA members played an integral role in generating this wave of change by educating policymakers about the effects of business practices such as prompt pay,retainage, slow payment, and inequitable risk transfer. ASA has documented these policy changes in its 2007 edition of The ASA Report: The Policy Environment in the States.