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90_HB0696

      215 ILCS 5/143.32 new
          Amends the Illinois Insurance Code.  Requires insurers to
      ascertain the assessed value of the property before  renewing
      a   policy  of  fire  and  extended  coverage  insurance  for
      residential real property.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Insurance  Code  by  adding
 2    Section 143.32.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Insurance  Code  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 143.32 as follows:
 7        (215 ILCS 5/143.32 new)
 8        Sec.  143.32.  Property insurance renewal; value.  Before
 9    renewing a policy of fire and extended coverage insurance, as
10    defined in Section 143.13, the company  renewing  the  policy
11    shall  ascertain  the  assessed  value  of the property.  The
12    company shall notify the insured of the assessed value of the
13    property and of the fair market value of the  property  based
14    upon  that assessed value.  The company shall also inform the
15    insured of the amount  of  insurance  coverage  necessary  to
16    cover the value of the property.

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