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Insurance Committee
Filed: 3/9/2010
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09600HB5334ham001 |
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LRB096 18561 AMC 38086 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5334
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5334 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 155.43 as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 5/155.43 new) |
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| Sec. 155.43. Automobile insurance; denial of coverage to |
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| unlicensed drivers. An insurer issuing a policy of automobile |
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| liability insurance listing a driver as insured shall not deny |
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| coverage to that driver for the sole reason that he or she |
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| lacks a valid drivers license, provided that such person was |
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| identified on the application for the policy as an unlicensed |
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| driver. However, nothing in this Section shall prohibit an |
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| insurer from requesting or enforcing a named driver exclusion |
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| with respect to an unlicensed driver.
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