Sen. Dan Kotowski
Filed: 3/12/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












09500SB2502sam001

LRB095 18136 AMC 47840 a






1

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2502




2
    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2502 by replacing 
3
everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4
    "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended  by 
5
changing Section 143.29 as follows:
 



6
    (215 ILCS 5/143.29)  (from Ch. 73, par. 755.29)



7
    Sec. 143.29. (a) The rates and premium charges for every 
8
policy of automobile
liability insurance shall include 
9
appropriate reductions as determined
by the insurer for any 
10
insured
over age 55 upon successful completion of the National 
11
Safety Council's
Defensive Driving Course or a motor vehicle 
12
accident prevention course, including an online driver safety 
13
course, which
is found by the Secretary of State to meet or 
14
exceed the standards of the
National Safety Council's Defensive 
15
Driving Course's 8 hour classroom safety
instruction program.

16
    (b) The premium reduction shall remain in effect for the 
 


 






09500SB2502sam001
- 2 -
LRB095 18136 AMC 47840 a




1
qualifying insured
for a period of 3 years from the date of 
2
successful completion of the accident
prevention course, 
3
except that the insurer may elect to apply the premium

4
reduction beginning either with the last effective date of the 
5
policy or
the next renewal date of the policy if the reduction 
6
will result in a savings
as though applied over a full 3 year 
7
period.  An insured who has completed
the course of instruction 
8
prior to July 1, 1982 shall receive the insurance
premium 
9
reduction
for only the period remaining within the 3 years from 
10
course completion.
The period of premium reduction for an 
11
insured who has repeated the accident
prevention course shall 
12
be based upon the last such course the insured has
successfully 
13
completed.

14
    (c) Any accident prevention course approved by the 
15
Secretary of State
under this Section shall be taught by an 
16
instructor approved by the Secretary
of State, shall consist of 
17
at least 8 hours of classroom or 6 hours of online instruction 
18
or 4 hours for insured persons who have previously completed 
19
the 8-hour classroom course successfully, and
shall provide for 
20
a certificate of completion.  Records of certification
of course 
21
completion shall be maintained in a manner acceptable to the 
22
Secretary
of State.

23
    (d) Any person claiming eligibility for a rate or premium 
24
reduction shall
be responsible for providing to his insurance 
25
company the information necessary
to determine eligibility.

26
    (e) This Section shall not apply to:

 


 






09500SB2502sam001
- 3 -
LRB095 18136 AMC 47840 a




1
    (1) any motor vehicle which is a part of a fleet or is used 
2
for commercial
purposes unless there is a regularly assigned 
3
principal operator.

4
    (2) any motor vehicle subject to a higher premium rate 
5
because of the
insured's previous motor vehicle claim 
6
experience or to any motor vehicle
whose principal operator has 
7
been convicted of violating any of the
motor vehicle laws of 
8
this State, until that operator
shall have maintained a driving 
9
record free of
accidents and moving violations for
a continuous 
10
one year period,
in which case such driver shall be eligible 
11
for a reduction the remaining
2 years of the 3 year period.

12
    (3) any motor vehicle whose principal operator has had his 
13
drivers license
revoked or suspended for any reason by the 
14
Secretary of State within the
previous 36 months.

15
    (4) any policy of group automobile insurance under which 
16
premiums are
broadly averaged for the group rather than 
17
determined individually.

18
(Source: P.A. 82-920.)

 

19
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20
becoming law.".