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Tara Mica, NRA-Institute for Legislative Action State Liaison, was the co-chair of ALEC's Public Safety and Elections Task Force from 2008 until the Spring of 2011. <ref> Ron Williams, [http://packet-media.com/2011/06/17/ron-williams-2/ District 39 State Representative Jeff Smith Garners NRA Endorsement] (noting Tara Reilly Mica's title), June 17, 2011, Columbus Packet, accessed July 9, 2011. </ref> <ref> [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Sector_Chair_Biography Tara Mica bio], ALEC website, accessed July 9, 2011. </ref> <ref> Randall G. Shelden, [http://www.cjcj.org/files/The_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council.pdf Research Brief: American Legislative Exchange Council], Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, April 2011, accessed July 9, 2011. </ref> (formerly known as the Criminal Justice and Homeland Security). <ref> [http://www.alec.org/Content/ContentFolders/PublicSafetyElections/PSEIntro/CJHS_TF_Intro.htm Criminal Justice and Homeland Security Task Force], ALEC website, accessed July 9, 2011. </ref> While the NRA was co-chair, that Task Force approved the controversial "voter ID" bill and the Arizona anti-immigrant legislation, SB 1070, as model bills, in addition to other gun laws.<ref> Lisa Graves, [ Resources for Investigating ALEC/NRA Gun Bills http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/03/11393/resources-investigating-alecnra-gun-bills] PR Watch, March 30, 2012 </ref>

The total amount the NRA has paid in membership dues to ALEC is unknown. In addition to annual fees, the NRA can pay a premium to be featured as a co-sponsor of ALEC meetings. For example, at last year's annual ALEC convention, the NRA was a "Vice-Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] Annual Conference, which in 2010, equated to $25,000.<ref>[American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 11, 2011]</ref>  ALEC conventions also often promote shooting events for ALEC legislators and corporate lobbyists that are sponsored by the NRA.<ref> Lisa Graves, [ Resources for Investigating ALEC/NRA Gun Bills http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/03/11393/resources-investigating-alecnra-gun-bills] PR Watch, March 30, 2012 </ref>