Full Text of SB1731 98th General Assembly
SB1731 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1731 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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215 ILCS 152/10 |
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215 ILCS 152/15 |
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Amends the Service Contract Act. Includes in certain conditions that a service contract provider must meet in order to issue, sell, or offer to sell a service contract in this State a requirement that the service contract provider shall pay, for the privilege of doing business in this State, a tax equal to 0.5% of the gross consideration received. Provides that the tax shall be remitted to the Director of Insurance in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code concerning the annual privilege tax payable by companies and makes a corresponding change.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Service Contract Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
| 6 | | (215 ILCS 152/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Exemptions. Service contract providers and | 8 | | related service
contract sellers and administrators complying | 9 | | with this Act are not required
to comply with and are not | 10 | | subject to any provision of the Illinois Insurance
Code , unless | 11 | | otherwise provided in this Act . A service contract provider who | 12 | | is the manufacturer or a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the | 13 | | manufacturer of the product or the builder, seller, or
lessor | 14 | | of the product that is the
subject of the service contract is | 15 | | required to comply only with Sections 30,
35, 45, and 50 of | 16 | | this Act; except that, a service contract provider who sells
a | 17 | | motor vehicle, excluding a motorcycle as defined in Section | 18 | | 1-147 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or who leases, but is not | 19 | | the manufacturer of, the motor
vehicle, excluding a motorcycle | 20 | | as defined in Section 1-147 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, that | 21 | | is the subject of the service contract must comply with this
| 22 | | Act in its entirety. Contracts for the repair and monitoring of | 23 | | private alarm
or private security systems regulated under the |
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| 1 | | Private Detective, Private
Alarm, Private Security, | 2 | | Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 are not
required | 3 | | to comply
with this Act and are not subject to any provision of | 4 | | the Illinois Insurance
Code.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)
| 6 | | (215 ILCS 152/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Financial requirements. No service contract shall | 8 | | be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this State
unless one | 9 | | of the
following conditions are satisfied:
| 10 | | (1) (A) The service contract provider is insured under a | 11 | | service contract
reimbursement
insurance policy issued by | 12 | | an insurer authorized to do business in this State
and
| 13 | | providing that the insurer will pay to, or on behalf of, | 14 | | the service contract
provider all
sums that the service | 15 | | contract provider is legally obligated to pay according
to | 16 | | the
service contract provider's contractual obligations | 17 | | under the service contracts
issued or sold by the service | 18 | | contract provider;
| 19 | | (B) a true and correct copy of the service contract | 20 | | reimbursement
insurance policy has
been filed with the | 21 | | Director by the service contract provider;
| 22 | | (C) the service contract states that the obligations of | 23 | | the service
contract provider to
the service contract | 24 | | holder are covered under a service contract reimbursement
| 25 | | insurance policy; and
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| 1 | | (D) the service contract states the name and address of | 2 | | the issuer of the
service
contract reimbursement insurance | 3 | | policy and states that in the event covered
service
is not | 4 | | provided by the service contract provider within 60 days of | 5 | | proof of
loss by
the service contract holder, the service | 6 | | contract holder may file directly with
the
service contract | 7 | | reimbursement insurance company.
| 8 | | (2) (A) The service contract provider maintains a funded | 9 | | reserve account
for its obligations
under its service | 10 | | contracts issued and outstanding in this State. The | 11 | | reserves
shall not
be less than 40% of the gross | 12 | | consideration received, less claims paid,
for all
service | 13 | | contracts sold and then in force;
| 14 | | (B) the service contract provider places in trust with | 15 | | the Director a
financial security
deposit, having a value | 16 | | of not less than 5% of the gross
consideration
received, | 17 | | less claims paid, for all service contracts sold and then | 18 | | in force,
but not less
than $25,000, consisting of | 19 | | securities of the
type
eligible for deposit by authorized | 20 | | insurers in this State and ;
| 21 | | (C) the service contract provider provides the | 22 | | Director with an audited
financial
statement annually of | 23 | | the service contract revenues and claims ; and .
| 24 | | (D) the service contract provider shall pay, for the | 25 | | privilege of doing business in this State, a tax equal to | 26 | | 0.5% of the gross consideration received; the tax shall be |
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| 1 | | remitted to the Director in accordance with the provisions | 2 | | of Section 409 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
| 3 | | (3) (A) The service contract provider, or its parent | 4 | | company in accordance
with subdivision (3)(B), maintains a | 5 | | net worth or stockholders' equity of
$100,000,000; and
| 6 | | (B) the service contract provider provides the | 7 | | Director with a copy of the
service contract provider's or | 8 | | the service contract provider's parent company's
most | 9 | | recent Form 10-K or Form 20-F filed with the
Securities and | 10 | | Exchange Commission within the last calendar year or, if
| 11 | | the service contract provider does not file with the | 12 | | Securities and Exchange
Commission, a copy of the service | 13 | | contract provider's or the service contract
provider's | 14 | | parent company's audited financial statements that shows a | 15 | | net worth
of the service contract provider or its parent | 16 | | company of at least
$100,000,000. If the service contract | 17 | | provider's parent company's Form 10-K,
Form 20-F, or | 18 | | audited financial statements are filed to meet the service
| 19 | | provider's financial stability requirement, then the | 20 | | parent company shall agree
to guarantee the obligations of | 21 | | the provider relating to service contracts
issued by the | 22 | | service contract provider in this State ; and .
| 23 | | (C) the service contract provider shall pay, for the | 24 | | privilege of doing business in this State, a tax equal to | 25 | | 0.5% of the gross consideration received; the tax shall be | 26 | | remitted to the Director in accordance with the provisions |
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| 1 | | of Section 409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 90-711, eff. 8-7-98.)
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