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90_HB0829ham001

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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 829
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House  Bill  829  on  page  1,
 3    lines  2  and  6,  by  changing  "Section 802.1" each time it
 4    appears to "Sections 802.1 and 803.1"; and
 5    on  page  3  by  inserting  immediately  below  line  9   the
 6    following:
 7        "(m)  "Intergovernmental     cooperative"     means    an
 8    intergovernmental cooperative organized pursuant  to  Article
 9    VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution and Section 6 of
10    the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act."; and
11    on  page  3  by  inserting  immediately  below  line  10  the
12    following:
13        "(215 ILCS 5/803.1)
14        Sec. 803.1. Establishment of Fund.
15        (a)  There  is  established  a  fund  to  be known as the
16    "Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund".   The  Fund  shall
17    operate  pursuant to this Article.  The Fund is authorized to
18    transact business, provide services, enter into contracts and
19    sue or be sued in its own name.
20        (b)  The  Fund  shall  provide   reinsurance   for   mine
21    subsidence  losses  to  all  insurers writing mine subsidence
22    insurance pursuant to this Article.
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 1        (c)  The  monies  in  the  Fund  shall  be  derived  from
 2    premiums for mine subsidence insurance collected on behalf of
 3    the Fund pursuant to this Article, from investment income and
 4    from receipt of Federal or State  funds.   No  insurer  shall
 5    have  any  liability  to  the  Fund or to any creditor of the
 6    Fund, except as may be set forth  in  this  Article,  in  the
 7    Articles of Governance which may be adopted by the Fund, in a
 8    reinsurance  agreement  executed pursuant to paragraph 810.1,
 9    in the Plan of Operation established by the Fund, or  in  the
10    rules and procedures adopted by the Fund as authorized by the
11    reinsurance agreement.
12        (d)  The   Fund   shall   establish   the  rates,  rating
13    schedules, deductibles and retentions, minimum premiums,  and
14    classifications  for mine subsidence insurance which the Fund
15    shall file with the Director.  The  Director  shall  have  30
16    days from the date of receipt to approve or disapprove a rate
17    filing.   If  no  action  is  taken by the Director within 30
18    days, the rate is deemed to be approved.  The  Director  may,
19    in  writing,  extend  the period for an additional 30 days if
20    the Director determines that additional time is needed.
21        (e)  The  Fund  shall   establish   its   rates,   rating
22    schedules,  deductibles and retentions, minimum premiums, and
23    classification in such a manner as to satisfy all  reasonably
24    foreseeable  claims and expenses the Fund is likely to incur.
25    The Fund shall give due consideration to loss experience  and
26    relevant  trends,  premium  and  other  income and reasonable
27    reserves established for contingencies  in  establishing  the
28    mine subsidence rates.
29        (f)  The   Fund  shall  compile  and  publish  an  annual
30    operating report.
31        (g)  The  Fund  shall  develop  at   least   2   consumer
32    information  publications  to aid the public in understanding
33    mine subsidence  and  mine  subsidence  insurance  and  shall
34    establish a schedule for the distribution of the publications
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 1    pursuant  to the reinsurance agreement.  Topics that shall be
 2    addressed shall include but are not limited to:
 3             (1)  Descriptive information about mine  subsidence,
 4        and  what  benefits mine subsidence insurance provides to
 5        the property owner.
 6             (2)  Information  that   will   be   useful   to   a
 7        policyholder  who has filed a mine subsidence claim, such
 8        as information  that  explains  the  claim  investigation
 9        process and claim handling procedures.
10        (h)  The  Fund  shall  be  empowered  to conduct research
11    programs in an effort to improve the  administration  of  the
12    mine   subsidence  insurance  program  and  help  reduce  and
13    mitigate mine subsidence losses consistent  with  the  public
14    interest.
15        (i)  The  Fund may enter into reinsurance agreements with
16    any  intergovernmental  cooperative   that   provides   joint
17    self-insurance  for  mine  subsidence  losses of its members.
18    These reinsurance agreements shall be  substantially  similar
19    to reinsurance agreements described in Section 810.1.
20    (Source: P.A. 88-379; 89-206, eff. 7-21-95.)".

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