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EXPANDED Legislative Lobbying Effort
On the "heels" of our legislative VICTORY in the 97th General Assembly with nearly a complete re-write of the Illinois Self-Service Storage Facility Act, ISSA is now actively following the new 98th Illinois General Assembly. To be effective in this arena, ISSA needs the services of billing tracking and lobbying. This costs money and the ISSA board of directors passed a motion calling for a "Legislative Voluntary Assessment" for all members. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Download your assessment form today and help ISSA protect your business the the self storage industry at-large in Illinois.Thank you.
Click here for Legislative Voluntary Assessment Form
 CLICK THIS ICON TO FIND OUT THE TOP TEN REASONS TO BELONG TO THE ILLINOIS SELF STORAGE ASSOCIATION.
ISSA and SSA
The Illinois Self Storage Association (ISSA) is affiliated with the national Self Storage Association (SSA).
The SSA’s affiliation program was created as a structure for all self storage associations to jointly pursue common goals and communicate regularly throughout the year.
This affiliation brings added member value through registration discounts for SSA sponsored events; member subscription to the Globe magazine; free webinars; and increased political capital.”
About the Illinois SSA
The Illinois Self Storage Association is a not-for-profit trade association focused on the business development of the self storage industry in Illinois through legislative advocacy, leadership development and professional education. For more information please call the ISSA office at (217) 528-5230.
About the SSA
Founded in 1975, the Self Storage Association (SSA) is the official national not-for-profit trade association for the industry and its registered lobbying organization before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies. The SSA serves the $22 billion (annual revenues) self storage industry including thousands companies, owner-operators, investors, facility managers and vendors. The SSA represents some 3,000 direct member companies and another 3,000 indirect member firms via twenty-nine (31) affiliated state and international associations. Together, SSA members own and operate a total of some 22,000 facilities in the US. Members are from the U.S., Canada and 29 other nations around the globe. SSA direct members range from individual facility owner-operators to multiple-facility operations, to the industry’s largest publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). For more information please go to: www.selfstorage.org.
Did you know that according to the US Census Bureau, Illinois is among the top 7 states in the nation for number of self storage establishments?
Our association continues to grow and develop due to the generous support of leading industry suppliers. This association asks that you support these suppliers as they continue to support us. Click here to a list of supplier members.
 The ISSA office on the advise of legal counsel no longer offers a "standard" lease agreement. Because of changes in local laws, state legislation and court rulings, it is the recommendation of ISSA that any lease agreement be drafted by an attorney experienced in self storage law.
FBI
The FBI has assembled a list of "Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities Related to Storage Facilities"Click here to read the FBI statement here. As more FBI alerts become available, the FBI has asked ISSA to a conduit to the industry in disseminating this material.
ISSA Members go to the MEMBERS ONLY section to retrieve the new Federal Wage & Hour Guidelines. They may impact you regarding treating managers as exempt employees.
 ISSA members you can read the entire new City of Chicago ordinance on the prohibition of storage of regulated material in self storage facilities. Click on legislation in the members section.
 Many files on this website are saved as Adobe files. If you do not have an acrobatic reader on your computer you can download the program for free from this link. Click icon for more details.
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Credit Card Acceptance
ISSA offers its members a great credit card acceptance program with Premier Bank Systems. Have your rentals pay by credit card for ease, safety and at a low rate for ISSA members.
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