Bill Text: IL SB1944 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee Act. Provides that the Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee shall include technology experts, among other committee members, to assist in the design and implementation of a program for the electronic verification of motor vehicle liability insurance. Requires the committee to report to the General Assembly, on or before January 31, 2016 (rather than 2015), with recommendations for the design and funding of a program for the electronic verification of motor vehicle liability insurance policies issued and in effect in the State and legislation to implement the program. Extends the repeal date of the Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee Act to July 1, 2017 (rather than 2016).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John M. Sullivan [SB1944 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1944-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1944 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 28/5
625 ILCS 28/10
Amends the Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee Act. Provides that the Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee shall include technology experts, among other committee members, to assist in the design and implementation of a program for the electronic verification of motor vehicle liability insurance. Requires the committee to report to the General Assembly, on or before January 31, 2016 (rather than 2015), with recommendations for the design and funding of a program for the electronic verification of motor vehicle liability insurance policies issued and in effect in the State and legislation to implement the program. Extends the repeal date of the Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee Act to July 1, 2017 (rather than 2016).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory
Committee Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 as
follows:
(625 ILCS 28/5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
Sec. 5. Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory
Committee.
(a) The Secretary shall establish and appoint an Uninsured
Motorist Verification Advisory Committee consisting of
representatives of the Department of Insurance, insurance
companies authorized to sell motor vehicle liability insurance
policies in this State, insurance producers, technology
experts, and other interested parties as designated by the
Secretary, to assist in the design and implementation of a
program for the electronic verification of motor vehicle
liability insurance for motor vehicles that are subject to
Section 7-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(b) The Uninsured Motorist Verification Advisory Committee
shall report to the General Assembly, on or before January 31,
2016 2015, with recommendations for the design and funding of a

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program for the electronic verification of motor vehicle
liability insurance policies issued and in effect in the State
and legislation to implement the program that includes at a
minimum the elements in subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) Based on the recommendations of the Uninsured Motorist
Verification Advisory Committee, the Secretary shall adopt
rules to implement a program for the electronic verification of
motor vehicle liability insurance by July January 1, 2016 if
and only if appropriations are made funding the electronic
verification database as recommended by the Uninsured Motorist
Advisory Committee.
(d) The electronic motor vehicle liability insurance
verification program shall have the following elements:
(1) a requirement that insurance companies authorized
to sell motor vehicle liability insurance in the State make
available, in a format designated by the Secretary, the
following information for each motor vehicle liability
insurance policy issued by the company:
(A) the name of policy holder;
(B) the make, model, year and vehicle
identification number of the covered vehicle;
(C) the policy number;
(D) the effective date of the policy; and
(E) the company's National Association of
Insurance Commissioners number;
(2) a method of searching for motor vehicle liability

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insurance policies issued and in effect in the State by the
keys indicated in paragraph (1) of this subsection;
(3) a requirement that the Secretary verify the
existence of a liability insurance policy as required by
Section 7-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for every motor
vehicle registered in the Secretary's office at least once
every 12 months;
(4) a provision that if the Secretary is unable to
verify the existence of a liability insurance policy, then
the vehicle owner shall be sent a written notice giving the
owner 30 calendar days to provide evidence that the vehicle
was insured on the date of the attempted verification of
insurance, or evidence that the vehicle is no longer
operable;
(5) a provision that any vehicle owner who fails to
respond, or whose response indicates that his or her
operable vehicle was not covered by a liability insurance
policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, shall be deemed to have registered or
maintained registration of a motor vehicle in violation of
that Section, and the Secretary shall suspend the
registration of the vehicle; the vehicle owner shall be
required to pay a reinstatement fee of $100 and provide
proof of current insurance before the registration may be
reinstated under Section 7-606 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code; and

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(6) a provision that if the owner responds to the
request for information by asserting that his or her
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance policy on the
date of verification stated in the Secretary's request,
then the Secretary may conduct a verification of the
response by furnishing the necessary information to the
insurer named in the response; the insurer shall within 7
calendar days inform the Secretary whether or not on the
date of verification the motor vehicle was insured by the
insurer in accordance with Section 7-601 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code; if the insurer does not confirm insurance was
in effect on the verification date, then the Secretary
shall suspend the owner's registration of the vehicle; the
vehicle owner shall be required to pay a reinstatement fee
of $100 and provide proof of current insurance before the
registration may be reinstated under Section 7-606 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code.
(e) In addition to the annual verification of liability
insurance the Secretary may select for verification other
vehicles, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles owned
or registered by persons:
(1) whose motor vehicle registrations during the
preceding 4 years have been suspended under Section 7-606
or 7-607 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
(2) who during the preceding 4 years have been
convicted of violating Section 3-707, 3-708, or 3-710 of

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the Illinois Vehicle Code while operating vehicles owned by
other persons;
(3) whose driving privileges have been suspended
during the preceding 4 years;
(4) who during the preceding 4 years acquired ownership
of motor vehicles while the registrations of those vehicles
under the previous owners were suspended under Section
7-606 or 7-607 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or
(5) who during the preceding 4 years have received a
disposition of supervision under subsection (c) of Section
5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections for a violation of
Section 3-707, 3-708, or 3-710 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(f) The Secretary shall not have regulatory authority over
insurance companies. Regulatory authority over insurance
companies shall remain with the Department of Insurance.
(Source: P.A. 98-787, eff. 7-25-14.)
(625 ILCS 28/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
Sec. 10. Expiration. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2017
2016.
(Source: P.A. 98-787, eff. 7-25-14.)