Bill Text: IL HB2778 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that if a property owner of an unprotected area refuses a request for annexation for fire protection, the State Fire Marshal shall assign the unprotected area coverage. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in order to obtain property insurance for property located in an unincorporated area of a county, the owner of the property must submit verification that the property has fire protection coverage by a fire protection jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0547 [HB2778 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2778-Introduced.html


100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2778

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Swanson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 715/3 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 303
215 ILCS 5/143.10d new

Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that if a property owner of an unprotected area refuses a request for annexation for fire protection, the State Fire Marshal shall assign the unprotected area coverage. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in order to obtain property insurance for property located in an unincorporated area of a county, the owner of the property must submit verification that the property has fire protection coverage by a fire protection jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2018.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 715/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 303)
7 Sec. 3. Request for coverage. Upon written request to the
8Fire Marshal, from registered voters or property owners of an
9unprotected area, the Fire Marshal is authorized to contact
10with all practicable speed fire protection jurisdictions near
11such unprotected area, to seek to arrange for fire protection
12coverage from a fire protection jurisdiction under a voluntary,
13negotiated fee basis.
14 If a property owner of an unprotected area refuses a
15request for annexation for fire protection coverage or coverage
16on a fee basis by all willing practicable speed fire protection
17jurisdictions near such area, then the State Fire Marshal shall
18assign the unprotected area coverage pursuant to Section 4 of
19this Act.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1177, eff. 7-22-10.)
21 Section 10. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
22adding Section 143.10d as follows:

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1 (215 ILCS 5/143.10d new)
2 Sec. 143.10d. Fire protection for property insurance in
3unincorporated areas. In order to obtain property insurance for
4property located in an unincorporated area of a county, the
5owner of the property must submit verification that the
6property has fire protection coverage by a fire protection
7jurisdiction.
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
91, 2018.
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