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Click to edit Master title style Georgia Governmental Advocacy By: Terry Chastain

Background Information Click to edit Master title style Balch & Bingham LLP Personal 80 Year ‐ old law firm, started in History & Political Science at   Birmingham. Georgia.  Full service firm, especially  US Representative Mac Collins strong in regulated industries: (R ‐ GA): 2001 – 2004 Energy, Healthcare, Financial Metro Atlanta Chamber,  Services. Government Relations: 2004 ‐ 6 Offices: Jackson, Gulfport, 2010  Birmingham, Montgomery, Served as loaned executive to  Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Get Georgia Moving effort. Atlanta office relatively newer  Balch & Bingham: 2010 – current  addition.  Contact: tchastain@balch.com; Government relations a part of  404 ‐ 962 ‐ 3570 firm culture.

Guiding Clients is My Role Click to edit Master title style Information & Interpretation  Diagnosis & Strategy  " Professional lobbyists know Timely Access…to right  their territory. …Essentially, they guide you through the jungle of officials government and public opinion ." Advocacy—offense, defense &  Honorable John Reid special teams State Agencies  Procurement 

Gov. Actions Drive Business Click to edit Master title style Banking: After federal  deregulation, state moves to protect community banks, Georgia has one national bank North Carolina reaps benefits. HQ remaining in SunTrust. Entertainment: 2002, 2005 &  In 2009, economic impact of 2008, state issues robust entertainment industry in Georgia was estimated at incentives for industry $770M. production. 1 ‐ 5 new jobs in metro Atlanta Ahead: Manufacturing in  now from international outstate and Global corporations. Look for more action in Global Commerce area Commerce in metro in years to come.

Georgia—A One ‐ Party State Click to edit Master title style Possible ‘constitutional  majorities’ in both chambers: 120 of 180 in House & 38 of In the last 139 years (from the end of the 56 in Senate. Reconstruction Era in 9 th District is center of the 1872 until 2011) Georgia  has had divided government political universe: Gov., for two years: 2003 ‐ 2004. Speaker and Lt. Gov. Strong Governor, ‘united’  House, divided Senate.

2012 Session: Jobs, Click to edit Master title style Infrastructure & Revenue Competitiveness Initiative: Focus on  Clusters, Deal Closing Funds, Incentives. Every member of the Tax Reform: broadening and flattening;  legislature is up for re ‐ and taxing outputs vs. inputs. election in 2012. Elimination of tax on energy used in  Georgia’s budget has been manufacturing ($170M). reduced by $3.9B over the Creation of 4 ‐ 7% excise tax on  past 3 years to $16.3B. telecommunications (cable). Revenue in Fiscal Year 2012 is up 6.8% or $339M. Port of Savannah & Transportation:  Georgia unemployment rate $500M needed for deepening port.  remains at 10.2%. Tweaks to Transportation Investment  Act

Who’s Telling Your Story? Click to edit Master title style “State Film Subsidies: Not “ Ten people who speak make Much Bang for Too Little more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” Bucks” Bonaparte or “ The human heart is the “Reelin’ them in: Georgia starting point for all matters tax credit brings more film pertaining to war…and politics.” crews to Cobb County” Marshall Saxe + Me