Business View Magazine | April/May 2022

77 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4 LEADERSHIP For over a century IADA has been representing Illinois dealers in Springfield, our state’s capital, on legislative and regulatory issues. We focus on the issues that will improve the dealerships bottom line. Our dedicated staff works from the IADA headquarters, conveniently located directly across the street from the State Capitol. The primary responsibility of IADA is to represent automobile and truck dealers in the Illinois General Assembly and before the various state regulatory agencies. The mission will always be to aggressively promote the interests of dealers by educating and persuading policymakers to make pro-business decisions to promote prosperity and opportunity for the Illinois dealer industry. 2022 brings on a new chapter for IADA, with Joe McMahon taking over as the Executive Director. Joe has had the privilege of representing the Illinois dealership industry at the State Capitol as the IADA Director of Legislative Affairs for the past 37 years, so the transition to assuming the responsibilities as the Executive Director has been very seamless. LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION The primary function of the Association is to THE I LL INOI S AUTOMOB I LE DEALERS ASSOC I AT ION provide a strong presence and advocacy at the Illinois State Capitol and at regulatory agencies when lawmakers/bureaucrats are establishing rulemaking and legislating the selling of motor vehicles in Illinois. Our focus is to provide the lawmakers and staff with the correct facts when making important decision/votes regarding the motor vehicle franchise industry. We are continuously testifying before legislative committees and providing industry information when deemed necessary. During the past several years, our legislative office has enjoyed much success in our efforts, such as: • Passing one the strongest warranty laws addressing parts reimbursement, time standards and labor rates compensation for dealers in the country. • Several major amendments to the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act which balances the power between auto manufactures and franchised dealers. • Preserving many attempts to repeal the Illinois Sunday Closing law on vehicle sales. Maintaining the current law is a priority for employees at Illinois dealerships. • Establishing and preserving the Documentary