Illinois Repossessors Trying to go Back to Work

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

As a trade association interested in the well-being of repossessors in all states, Allied Finance Adjusters has asked its officers and Members to focus on raising the voice of the industry with their own state government.

 In an effort to get Illinois repossession agencies back to work and to make Illinois Governor Pritzker aware of the struggles these small business owners are having during the pandemic and his continued shutdown of the state, Allied Finance Adjusters First Vice President, Wade Argo, sat down with Illinois State Senator Neil Anderson.  The meeting was an effort to gain support from key lawmakers in Illinois to convince the governor’s office to consider the harmful effects the continued shutdown is having on the repossession industry within his state.

Senator Anderson currently serves the 36^th district which includes the counties of Rock Island, Whiteside, Carroll and Henry. Senator Anderson serves as the minority leader of the Illinois Senate Licensed Activities committee and is a member of the Veteran Affairs, Transportation, Energy and Public Utilities Committees, as well as the Commerce and Economic Development Committees.

Senator Anderson understands that the continued moratoriums on repossessions in the State of Illinois has put repossession company owners in a downward spiral. He has agreed to stress to other senators and the governor’s office the importance of getting small business, including repossessors, back to work.

 Even with the effort put forth by First VP Argo and Senator Anderson, the Governor’s latest order indicates that he intends to continue the lock down until August 22, 2020, furthering the continued hardships on not only repossession agencies, but all small business throughout Illinois.

In the latest order the Governor has changed the verbiage from his previous orders to read, “Executive Order 2020-16 is re-issued in its entirety and extended through August 22, 2020, whereafter section 1 will be rescinded”.

Section 1 of the previous order reads, “Pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Act that if the Governor finds a disaster exists within the state of Illinois the Governor can declare all counties in the state of Illinois as a disaster area. The Proclamation authorizes the exercise of all the emergency powers provided in section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Act: 20 ILCS3305/7”.  The entire order can be reviewed by using the following link. https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/Executive-Orders/ExecutiveOrders2020-48aspx  

We are hopeful that the Governor is going to allow the state to slowly get back to normal and allow repossessions after August 22, 2020. Allied and Senator Anderson have expressed their intention of continuing to press for this. Of course, if the Covid numbers rise, everything is subject to change.

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