Tag: Georgia Electronic Life Safety & Systems Association
GELSSA to Georgia lawmakers: Table low-voltage licensure bill
February 5, 2014Leif Kothe
ATLANTA—John Loud, the immediate past president of the Georgia Electronic Life Safety & Systems Association, is rallying support to defeat a bill that would dramatically expand the number of Georgia contractors eligible to perform low-voltage installations.At issue is whether the requirements for earning qualification to conduct low-voltage installations will remain intact or be dismantled. The bill, introduced in January, would permit those with Electrical Contractor Class II licensure—a...
Enhanced call verification now law in Georgia
May 15, 2013Rich Miller
“It's a good day in Georgia.”
That was the reaction from John Loud, president of the Georgia Electronic Life Safety & Systems Association, after Gov. Nathan Deal signed enhanced call verification into law on May 6. GELSSA, with an assist from the Security Industry Alarm Coalition, had been pushing for ECV for years and finally saw it brought to fruition with House Bill 59.
It wasn't an easy process. As HB 687, the initiative made it through the Georgia House last year and...