Bill Text: IL HB5555 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in this State shall collect a surcharge of $1 for each liability insurance policy issued which complies with statutory minimum coverage requirements. Provides that the surcharge shall be deposited into the into the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm Systems Fund and used as follows: (i) 66.6% shall be used for homeland security initiatives and (ii) 33.3% shall be used for airborne operations. Provides that Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm Systems Executive Board shall annually supply the Director of State Police with a report of the use of the surcharges. Exempts units of government and nonprofit organizations from the new provisions. Effective January 1, 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5555 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5555-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5555
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5555 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 220/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 742)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
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| 8 | (1) The term "public agency" shall mean any unit of local | ||||||
| 9 | government as
defined in the Illinois Constitution of 1970, any | ||||||
| 10 | school district, any public
community college district, any | ||||||
| 11 | public building commission, the
State of Illinois, any agency | ||||||
| 12 | of the State government or of the United
States, or of any | ||||||
| 13 | other State, any political subdivision of another
State, and | ||||||
| 14 | any combination of the above pursuant to an intergovernmental
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| 15 | agreement which includes provisions for a governing body of the | ||||||
| 16 | agency created
by the agreement.
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| 1 | For the purposes of this Act, "public agency" includes: | ||||||
| 2 | (A) the Mid-America
Intermodal Authority Port District | ||||||
| 3 | created under the Mid-America Intermodal
Authority Port | ||||||
| 4 | District Act; and | ||||||
| 5 | (B) the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System.
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| 6 | (2) The term "state" shall mean a state of the United | ||||||
| 7 | States.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 90-636, eff. 7-24-98.)
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| 9 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 10 | Section 7-601.5 as follows:
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| 11 | (625 ILCS 5/7-601.5 new) | ||||||
| 12 | Sec. 7-601.5. Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm Systems | ||||||
| 13 | insurance surcharge. | ||||||
| 14 | (a) Every insurance company or surety company authorized to | ||||||
| 15 | do business in this State shall collect an annual surcharge of | ||||||
| 16 | $1 for each vehicle covered by a liability insurance policy | ||||||
| 17 | issued in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The | ||||||
| 18 | surcharge shall be collected at the same time and in the same | ||||||
| 19 | manner that the premium or other charge for the insurance | ||||||
| 20 | coverage is collected. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) Each month, the insurer shall remit all surcharge | ||||||
| 22 | moneys collected to the Treasurer for deposit into the Illinois | ||||||
| 23 | Law Enforcement Alarm Systems Fund. | ||||||
| 24 | (c) Moneys deposited into the Illinois Law Enforcement | ||||||
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| 1 | Alarm Systems Fund under this Section shall be allocated, | ||||||
| 2 | subject to the approval of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm | ||||||
| 3 | System (ILEAS) Governing Board, as follows: (i) 72% shall be | ||||||
| 4 | used for homeland security initiatives established by the ILEAS | ||||||
| 5 | Governing Board; (ii) 25% shall be used for airborne | ||||||
| 6 | operations; and (iii) 3% shall be retained by the Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | Emergency Management Agency to be used to administer the Fund. | ||||||
| 8 | (d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall | ||||||
| 9 | establish guidelines for the expenditure of surcharges | ||||||
| 10 | collected under this Section. Under the guidelines, the | ||||||
| 11 | expenditure of the surcharges shall enhance local law | ||||||
| 12 | enforcement homeland security and local law enforcement mutual | ||||||
| 13 | aid activities in this State and support public safety airborne | ||||||
| 14 | operations. The ILEAS Governing Board shall annually supply the | ||||||
| 15 | Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency with a | ||||||
| 16 | report of the use of surcharges collected under this Section. | ||||||
| 17 | (e) This Section does not apply to vehicles owned by (i) | ||||||
| 18 | units of local, State, or federal government and (ii) | ||||||
| 19 | organizations based in this State that meet the requirements of | ||||||
| 20 | Title 26, Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Code.".
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