I believe the most important role of government is to protect its citizens. DPOR has the ability to protect Virginia citizens from harm by inept or corrupt professional service providers. In the case of CIC's, owners are the stakeholders in the association, have little knowledge of how an association is legally run. Boards of Directors have virtually no training. Management company employess and boards must be held to the highest standards to protect owner/investors. Where there are state mandates, owners deserve oversight of their CIC by the state, as the cost of litigation to resolve issues is prohibitive for individual owners and places a huge burden on the collective owners as well.

The same principle of state protection applies to other service industries where there are state mandates, the state needs to have oversight.