Full Text of HB0269 101st General Assembly
HB0269ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 4/3/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 269
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 269 on page 1, line | 3 | | 5, by replacing "Section 4" with "Sections 4 and 4a-5"; and
| 4 | | on page 5, line 12, by changing "Commission" to "Commission , | 5 | | the salaries and benefits of the Self-Insurers Advisory Board | 6 | | employees, the operating costs of the Self-Insurers Advisory | 7 | | Board, "; and | 8 | | on page 10, by replacing lines 3 through 6 with the following: | 9 | | " to be extra hazardous, as defined in Section 3, a Commissioner | 10 | | may issue an emergency work-stop order on such an employer ex | 11 | | parte, prior to holding a hearing, requiring the cessation of | 12 | | all business operations of such employer at the place of | 13 | | employment or job site while awaiting the ruling of the | 14 | | Commission. Whenever a Commissioner issues an emergency | 15 | | work-stop order, the Commission shall issue a notice of | 16 | | emergency work-stop hearing to be posted at the employer's |
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| 1 | | places of employment and job sites. "; and | 2 | | on page 13, by replacing lines 17 through 21 with the | 3 | | following: | 4 | | "obligations of this Act imposes on employers."; and | 5 | | on page 15, by replacing lines 23 through 26 with the | 6 | | following: | 7 | | " of paragraph (a) of this Section may not self-insure for one | 8 | | year or until all penalties are paid. "; and | 9 | | on page 16, by deleting line 1; and | 10 | | on page 22, by inserting immediately below line 18 the | 11 | | following:
| 12 | | "(820 ILCS 305/4a-5) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.4a-5)
| 13 | | Sec. 4a-5. There is hereby created a Self-Insurers Security | 14 | | Fund. The State
Treasurer shall be the ex-officio custodian of | 15 | | the Self-Insurers Security
Fund. Moneys Monies in the Fund | 16 | | shall be deposited in a separate account in the
same manner as | 17 | | are State Funds and any interest accruing thereon shall be
| 18 | | added thereto every 6 months. It shall be subject to audit the | 19 | | same as
State funds and accounts and shall be protected by the | 20 | | general bond given
by the State Treasurer. The funds in the | 21 | | Self-Insurers Security Fund shall
not be subject to |
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| 1 | | appropriation and shall be made available for the
purposes of | 2 | | compensating employees who are eligible to receive benefits
| 3 | | from their employers pursuant to the provisions of the Workers'
| 4 | | Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, when, | 5 | | pursuant to
this Section, the Board has determined that a | 6 | | private self-insurer has
become an insolvent self-insurer and | 7 | | is unable to pay compensation benefits
due to financial | 8 | | insolvency. Moneys Monies in the Fund may be used to compensate
| 9 | | any type of injury or occupational disease which is compensable | 10 | | under either
Act, and all claims for related administrative | 11 | | fees,
operating costs of the Board, attorney's attorneys fees, | 12 | | and other costs reasonably
incurred by the Board. At the | 13 | | discretion of the Chairman, moneys in the Self-Insurers | 14 | | Security Fund may also be used for paying the salaries and | 15 | | benefits of the Self-Insurers Advisory Board employees and the | 16 | | operating costs of the Board. Payment from the Self-Insurers | 17 | | Security Fund shall
be made by the Comptroller only upon the | 18 | | authorization of the Chairman as
evidenced by properly | 19 | | certified vouchers of the Commission, upon the
direction of the | 20 | | Board.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1385.)".
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