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 1                        90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 2                     CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
 3                         ON SENATE BILL 659
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 6        To the President of the Senate and  the  Speaker  of  the
 7    House of Representatives:
 8        We,  the  conference  committee appointed to consider the
 9    differences between the houses in relation to House Amendment
10    No. 1 to Senate Bill 659, recommend the following:
11        (1)  that the House of Representatives recede from  House
12    Amendment No. 1; and
13        (2)  that  Senate  bill  659  be amended by replacing the
14    title with the following:
15        "AN ACT concerning  insurance  company  privilege  taxes,
16    amending named Acts."; and
17    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
18    following:
19        "Section 5.  The Illinois Insurance Code  is  amended  by
20    changing  Sections  408,  409,  444,  444.1,  and  531.13  as
21    follows:
22        (215 ILCS 5/408) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020)
23        Sec. 408.  Fees and charges.
24        (1)  The  Director  shall charge, collect and give proper
25    acquittances for  the  payment  of  the  following  fees  and
26    charges:
27             (a)  For  filing  all  documents  submitted  for the
28        incorporation  or  organization  or  certification  of  a
29        domestic company, except for a fraternal benefit society,
30        $1,000.
31             (b)  For filing  all  documents  submitted  for  the
32        incorporation  or  organization  of  a  fraternal benefit
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 1        society, $250.
 2             (c)  For   filing   amendments   to   articles    of
 3        incorporation    and   amendments   to   declaration   of
 4        organization, except for a fraternal benefit  society,  a
 5        mutual  benefit  association,  a burial society or a farm
 6        mutual, $100.
 7             (d)  For   filing   amendments   to   articles    of
 8        incorporation  of  a  fraternal benefit society, a mutual
 9        benefit association or a burial society, $50.
10             (e)  For   filing   amendments   to   articles    of
11        incorporation of a farm mutual, $25.
12             (f)  For filing bylaws or amendments thereto, $25.
13             (g)  For    filing    agreement    of    merger   or
14        consolidation:
15                  (i)  for  a  domestic  company,  except  for  a
16             fraternal  benefit   society,   a   mutual   benefit
17             association,  a  burial  society,  or a farm mutual,
18             $1,000.
19                  (ii)  for a foreign or  alien  company,  except
20             for a fraternal benefit society, $300.
21                  (iii)  for   a  fraternal  benefit  society,  a
22             mutual benefit association, a burial society,  or  a
23             farm mutual, $100.
24             (h)  For  filing  agreements  of  reinsurance  by  a
25        domestic company, $100.
26             (i)  For filing all documents submitted by a foreign
27        or  alien  company to be admitted to transact business or
28        accredited as a reinsurer in this  State,  except  for  a
29        fraternal benefit society, $2,500.
30             (j)  For filing all documents submitted by a foreign
31        or  alien  fraternal  benefit  society  to be admitted to
32        transact business in this State, $250.
33             (k)  For  filing  declaration  of  withdrawal  of  a
34        foreign or alien company, $25.
35             (l)  For filing annual statement, except a fraternal
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 1        benefit society, a mutual benefit association,  a  burial
 2        society, or a farm mutual, $100.
 3             (m)  For  filing  annual  statement  by  a fraternal
 4        benefit society, $50.
 5             (n)  For filing annual statement by a farm mutual, a
 6        mutual benefit association, or a burial society, $25.
 7             (o)  For  issuing  a  certificate  of  authority  or
 8        renewal thereof except to a  fraternal  benefit  society,
 9        $100.
10             (p)  For  issuing  a  certificate  of  authority  or
11        renewal thereof to a fraternal benefit society, $50.
12             (q)  For   issuing   an   amended   certificate   of
13        authority, $25.
14             (r)  For  each  certified  copy  of  certificate  of
15        authority, $10.
16             (s)  For  each certificate of deposit, or valuation,
17        or compliance or surety certificate, $10.
18             (t)  For copies of papers or records per page, $1.
19             (u)  For each certification to copies of  papers  or
20        records, $10.
21             (v)  For    multiple    copies   of   documents   or
22        certificates listed in subparagraphs (r), (s), and (u) of
23        paragraph (1) of this Section, $10 for the first copy  of
24        a certificate of any type and $5 for each additional copy
25        of  the  same  certificate  requested  at  the same time,
26        unless, pursuant to paragraph (2) of  this  Section,  the
27        Director finds these additional fees excessive.
28             (w)  For issuing a permit to sell shares or increase
29        paid-up capital:
30                  (i)  in   connection   with   a   public  stock
31             offering, $150;
32                  (ii)  in any other case, $50.
33             (x)  For issuing any other certificate  required  or
34        permissible under the law, $25.
35             (y)  For filing a plan of exchange of the stock of a
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 1        domestic    stock    insurance   company,   a   plan   of
 2        demutualization of a domestic mutual company, or  a  plan
 3        of reorganization under Article XII, $1,000.
 4             (z)  For  filing  a  statement  of  acquisition of a
 5        domestic company as defined  in  Section  131.4  of  this
 6        Code, $1,000.
 7             (aa)  For   filing  an  agreement  to  purchase  the
 8        business of an organization authorized under  the  Dental
 9        Service  Plan  Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans
10        Act or of a health maintenance organization or a  limited
11        health service organization, $1,000.
12             (bb)  For  filing  a  statement  of acquisition of a
13        foreign or alien insurance company as defined in  Section
14        131.12a of this Code, $500.
15             (cc)  For   filing   a   registration  statement  as
16        required in Sections 131.13 and 131.14, the  notification
17        as  required by Sections 131.16, 131.20a, or 141.4, or an
18        agreement or transaction required by  Sections  124.2(2),
19        141, 141a, or 141.1, $100.
20             (dd)  For filing an application for licensing of:
21                  (i)  a  religious  or  charitable  risk pooling
22             trust or a workers' compensation pool, $500;
23                  (ii)  a workers' compensation service  company,
24             $250;
25                  (iii)  a  self-insured  automobile fleet, $100;
26             or
27                  (iv)  a renewal of or amendment of any  license
28             issued pursuant to (i), (ii), or (iii) above, $50.
29             (ee)  For  filing  articles  of  incorporation for a
30        syndicate to engage in the business of insurance  through
31        the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $1,000.
32             (ff)  For  filing  amended articles of incorporation
33        for a syndicate engaged  in  the  business  of  insurance
34        through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $50.
35             (gg)  For  filing  articles  of  incorporation for a
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 1        limited syndicate  to  join  with  other  subscribers  or
 2        limited  syndicates  to  do business through the Illinois
 3        Insurance Exchange, $500.
 4             (hh)  For filing amended articles  of  incorporation
 5        for  a  limited  syndicate  to  do  business  through the
 6        Illinois Insurance Exchange, $50.
 7             (ii)  For a permit to  solicit  subscriptions  to  a
 8        syndicate or limited syndicate, $50.
 9             (jj)  For  the  filing  of  each form as required in
10        Section 143 of this Code, $25  per  form.   The  fee  for
11        advisory and rating organizations shall be $100 per form.
12                  (i)  For  the  purposes of the form filing fee,
13             filings made on insert page basis will be considered
14             one form at the time  of  its  original  submission.
15             Changes  made  to  a form subsequent to its approval
16             shall be considered a new filing.
17                  (ii)  Only one fee shall be charged for a form,
18             regardless of the number of other forms or  policies
19             with which it will be used.
20                  (iii)  Fees  charged  for  a policy filed as it
21             will be issued regardless of  the  number  of  forms
22             comprising  that  policy  shall  not  exceed $500 or
23             $1000 for advisory or rating organizations.
24                  (iv)  The Director may  by  rule  exempt  forms
25             from such fees.
26             (kk)  For  filing  an application for licensing of a
27        reinsurance intermediary, $250.
28             (ll)  For filing an application  for  renewal  of  a
29        license of a reinsurance intermediary, $100.
30        (2)  When  printed  copies or numerous copies of the same
31    paper or records are furnished or certified, the Director may
32    reduce such fees for copies if he finds them  excessive.   He
33    may,  when  he  considers  it in the public interest, furnish
34    without charge to state  insurance  departments  and  persons
35    other  than  companies, copies or certified copies of reports
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 1    of examinations and of other papers and records.
 2        (3)  The expenses incurred in any performance examination
 3    authorized by law shall be paid  by  the  company  or  person
 4    being examined. The charge shall be reasonably related to the
 5    cost   of  the  examination  including  but  not  limited  to
 6    compensation of examiners, electronic data processing  costs,
 7    supervision  and  preparation  of  an  examination report and
 8    lodging and travel expenses. All lodging and travel  expenses
 9    shall  be in accord with the applicable travel regulations as
10    published by the Department of  Central  Management  Services
11    and  approved  by the Governor's Travel Control Board, except
12    that out-of-state lodging  and  travel  expenses  related  to
13    examinations   authorized  under  Section  132  shall  be  in
14    accordance  with  travel  rates  prescribed  under  paragraph
15    301-7.2 of the Federal Travel Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2,
16    for reimbursement of  subsistence  expenses  incurred  during
17    official  travel.   All  lodging  and  travel expenses may be
18    reimbursed directly upon authorization of the Director.  With
19    the  exception of the direct reimbursements authorized by the
20    Director, all performance examination  charges  collected  by
21    the  Department  shall  be  paid  to  the Insurance Producers
22    Administration Fund, however, the electronic data  processing
23    costs  incurred  by  the Department in the performance of any
24    examination shall be billed directly  to  the  company  being
25    examined  for  payment  to the Statistical Services Revolving
26    Fund.
27        (4)  At the  time  of  any  service  of  process  on  the
28    Director  as  attorney  for  such service, the Director shall
29    charge and collect the sum of $10.00, which may be  recovered
30    as  taxable  costs by the party to the suit or action causing
31    such service to be made  if  he  prevails  in  such  suit  or
32    action.
33        (5) (a)  The   costs   incurred   by  the  Department  of
34    Insurance in conducting any hearing authorized by  law  shall
35    be  assessed  against  the  parties  to  the  hearing in such
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 1    proportion as the Director of Insurance  may  determine  upon
 2    consideration  of  all relevant circumstances including:  (1)
 3    the nature of  the  hearing;  (2)  whether  the  hearing  was
 4    instigated  by,  or  for the benefit of a particular party or
 5    parties; (3) whether there  is  a  successful  party  on  the
 6    merits  of  the  proceeding;  and  (4) the relative levels of
 7    participation by the parties.
 8        (b)  For purposes of this subsection (5)  costs  incurred
 9    shall mean the hearing officer fees, court reporter fees, and
10    travel  expenses  of  Department  of  Insurance  officers and
11    employees; provided however, that costs  incurred  shall  not
12    include  hearing  officer  fees or court reporter fees unless
13    the Department  has  retained  the  services  of  independent
14    contractors or outside experts to perform such functions.
15        (c)  The  Director  shall  make  the  assessment of costs
16    incurred as part of the final order or decision  arising  out
17    of  the  proceeding;  provided,  however,  that such order or
18    decision shall include findings and conclusions in support of
19    the assessment of costs.  This subsection (5)  shall  not  be
20    construed as permitting the payment of travel expenses unless
21    calculated   in   accordance   with   the  applicable  travel
22    regulations of the Department of Central Management Services,
23    as approved by the  Governor's  Travel  Control  Board.   The
24    Director  as part of such order or decision shall require all
25    assessments for hearing officer fees and court reporter fees,
26    if any, to be paid directly to the hearing officer  or  court
27    reporter  by  the  party(s)  assessed  for  such  costs.  The
28    assessments  for  travel  expenses of Department officers and
29    employees shall be reimbursable to the Director of  Insurance
30    for  deposit to the fund out of which those expenses had been
31    paid.
32        (d)  The provisions of this subsection (5) shall apply in
33    the  case  of  any  hearing  conducted  by  the  Director  of
34    Insurance not otherwise specifically provided for by law.
35        (6)  The Director shall  charge  and  collect  an  annual
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 1    financial  regulation  fee  from  every  domestic company for
 2    examination and analysis of its financial  condition  and  to
 3    fund  the  internal  costs  and  expenses  of  the Interstate
 4    Insurance Receivership Commission as may be allocated to  the
 5    State  of  Illinois and companies doing an insurance business
 6    in this  State  pursuant  to  Article  X  of  the  Interstate
 7    Insurance Receivership Compact.  The fee shall be the greater
 8    fixed  amount based upon the combination of nationwide direct
 9    premium income and  nationwide  reinsurance  assumed  premium
10    income   or   upon  admitted  assets  calculated  under  this
11    subsection as follows:
12             (a)  Combination of nationwide direct premium income
13        and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium.
14                  (i)  $100, if the premium is less than $500,000
15             and there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
16                  (ii)  $500, if the premium is $500,000 or more,
17             but less than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance
18             assumed premium; or if  the  premium  is  less  than
19             $5,000,000  and  the  reinsurance assumed premium is
20             less than $10,000,000;
21                  (iii)  $2,500, if  the  premium  is  less  than
22             $5,000,000  and  the  reinsurance assumed premium is
23             $10,000,000 or more;
24                  (iv)  $5,000, if the premium is  $5,000,000  or
25             more, but less than $10,000,000;
26                  (v)  $12,000   $7,500,   if   the   premium  is
27             $10,000,000 or more, but less than $25,000,000;
28                  (vi)  $15,000  $10,000,  if  the   premium   is
29             $25,000,000 or more, but less than $50,000,000;
30                  (vii)  $20,000   $14,000,  if  the  premium  is
31             $50,000,000 or more, but less than $100,000,000;
32                  (viii)  $25,000  $16,000,  if  the  premium  is
33             $100,000,000 or more.
34             (b)  Admitted assets.
35                  (i)  $100, if admitted  assets  are  less  than
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 1             $1,000,000;
 2                  (ii)  $500,  if  admitted assets are $1,000,000
 3             or more, but less than $5,000,000;
 4                  (iii)  2,500, if admitted assets are $5,000,000
 5             or more, but less than $25,000,000;
 6                  (iv)  $5,000,   if    admitted    assets    are
 7             $25,000,000 or more, but less than $50,000,000;
 8                  (v)  $12,000  $7,500,  if  admitted  assets are
 9             $50,000,000 or more, but less than $100,000,000;
10                  (vi)  $15,000 $10,000, if admitted  assets  are
11             $100,000,000 or more, but less than $500,000,000;
12                  (vii)  $20,000  $14,000, if admitted assets are
13             $500,000,000 or more, but less than $1,000,000,000;
14                  (viii)  $25,000 $16,000, if admitted assets are
15             $1,000,000,000 or more.
16             (c)  The sum of financial regulation fees charged to
17        the domestic companies of the  same  domestic  affiliated
18        group  shall  not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any
19        single year and shall be billed by the  Director  to  the
20        member company designated by the group.
21        (7)  The  Director  shall  charge  and  collect an annual
22    financial regulation fee from every foreign or alien company,
23    except fraternal benefit societies, for the  examination  and
24    analysis  of its financial condition and to fund the internal
25    costs and expenses of the Interstate  Insurance  Receivership
26    Commission  as  may be allocated to the State of Illinois and
27    companies doing an insurance business in this State  pursuant
28    to   Article  X  of  the  Interstate  Insurance  Receivership
29    Compact.  The fee shall be a fixed amount based upon Illinois
30    direct premium  income  and  nationwide  reinsurance  assumed
31    premium income in accordance with the following schedule:
32             (a)  $100,  if the premium is less than $500,000 and
33        there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
34             (b)  $500, if the premium is $500,000 or  more,  but
35        less  than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance assumed
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 1        premium; or if the premium is less  than  $5,000,000  and
 2        the reinsurance assumed premium is less than $10,000,000;
 3             (c)  $2,500,  if the premium is less than $5,000,000
 4        and the reinsurance assumed  premium  is  $10,000,000  or
 5        more;
 6             (d)  $5,000,  if  the premium is $5,000,000 or more,
 7        but less than $10,000,000;
 8             (e)  $12,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more,
 9        but less than $25,000,000;
10             (f)  $15,000, if the premium is $25,000,000 or more,
11        but less than $50,000,000;
12             (g)  $20,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or more,
13        but less than $100,000,000;
14             (h)  $25,000, if  the  premium  is  $100,000,000  or
15        more.
16        The   sum   of   financial  regulation  fees  under  this
17    subsection (7) charged to  the  foreign  or  alien  companies
18    within the same affiliated group shall not exceed $100,000 in
19    the  aggregate  in any single year and shall be billed by the
20    Director to the member company designated by the group.
21        (8)  Beginning January 1, 1992, the financial  regulation
22    fees  imposed  under  subsections (6) and (7) of this Section
23    shall be paid by each company or  domestic  affiliated  group
24    annually.   After January 1, 1994, the fee shall be billed by
25    Department invoice based upon the company's premium income or
26    admitted assets as shown in  its  annual  statement  for  the
27    preceding calendar year.  The invoice is due upon receipt and
28    must  be  paid  no  later than June 30 of each calendar year.
29    All financial regulation fees  collected  by  the  Department
30    shall  be  paid  to  the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
31    The Department may not collect financial  examiner  per  diem
32    charges  from companies subject to subsections (6) and (7) of
33    this Section undergoing financial examination after June  30,
34    1992.
35        (9)  In addition to the financial regulation fee required
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 1    by   this   Section,   a  company  undergoing  any  financial
 2    examination authorized by law shall pay the  following  costs
 3    and  expenses  incurred  by  the Department:  electronic data
 4    processing  costs,  the  expenses  authorized  under  Section
 5    131.21 and subsection (d) of Section 132.4 of this Code,  and
 6    lodging and travel expenses.
 7        Electronic   data   processing   costs  incurred  by  the
 8    Department in the performance of  any  examination  shall  be
 9    billed  directly  to  the  company undergoing examination for
10    payment to the Statistical Services Revolving  Fund.   Except
11    for  direct  reimbursements  authorized  by  the  Director or
12    direct payments made under Section 131.21 or  subsection  (d)
13    of  Section 132.4 of this Code, all financial regulation fees
14    and  all  financial  examination  charges  collected  by  the
15    Department  shall  be  paid  to   the   Insurance   Financial
16    Regulation Fund.
17        All  lodging  and  travel expenses shall be in accordance
18    with  applicable  travel   regulations   published   by   the
19    Department of Central Management Services and approved by the
20    Governor's  Travel  Control  Board,  except that out-of-state
21    lodging  and  travel   expenses   related   to   examinations
22    authorized  under  Sections  132.1  through 132.7 shall be in
23    accordance  with  travel  rates  prescribed  under  paragraph
24    301-7.2 of the Federal Travel Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2,
25    for reimbursement of  subsistence  expenses  incurred  during
26    official  travel.    All  lodging  and travel expenses may be
27    reimbursed directly upon the authorization of the Director.
28        In the case of an organization or person not  subject  to
29    the  financial  regulation  fee, the expenses incurred in any
30    financial examination authorized by law shall be paid by  the
31    organization  or  person being examined.  The charge shall be
32    reasonably related to the cost of the examination  including,
33    but not limited to, compensation of examiners and other costs
34    described in this subsection.
35        (10)  Any  company, person, or entity failing to make any
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 1    payment of $100 or more as required under this Section  shall
 2    be  subject  to  the penalty and interest provisions provided
 3    for in subsections (4) and (7) of Section 412.
 4        (11)  Unless  otherwise  specified,  all  of   the   fees
 5    collected under this Section shall be paid into the Insurance
 6    Financial Regulation Fund.
 7        (12)  For purposes of this Section:
 8             (a)  "domestic  company"  means a company as defined
 9        in Section 2  of  this  Code  which  is  incorporated  or
10        organized  under  the laws of this State, and in addition
11        includes a not-for-profit  corporation  authorized  under
12        the  Dental,  Pharmaceutical, or Voluntary Health Service
13        Plan Acts, and a health maintenance  organization  and  a
14        limited health service organization;
15             (b)  "foreign company" means a company as defined in
16        Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized
17        under  the  laws  of any state of the United States other
18        than  this  State  and  in  addition  includes  a  health
19        maintenance organization and  a  limited  health  service
20        organization which is incorporated or organized under the
21        laws  of  any  state of the United States other than this
22        State;
23             (c)  "alien company" means a company as  defined  in
24        Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized
25        under  the  laws  of  any  country  other than the United
26        States;
27             (d)  "fraternal    benefit    society"    means    a
28        corporation,   society,   order,   lodge   or   voluntary
29        association as defined in Section 282.1 of this Code;
30             (e)  "mutual benefit association" means  a  company,
31        association  or corporation authorized by the Director to
32        do business in this State under the provisions of Article
33        XVIII of this Code;
34             (f)  "burial  society"   means   a   person,   firm,
35        corporation,   society   or  association  of  individuals
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 1        authorized by the Director to do business in  this  State
 2        under the provisions of Article XIX of this Code; and
 3             (g)  "farm  mutual"  means  a  district,  county and
 4        township  mutual  insurance  company  authorized  by  the
 5        Director  to  do  business  in  this  State   under   the
 6        provisions  of  the  Farm Mutual Insurance Company Act of
 7        1986.
 8    (Source: P.A.  89-97,  eff.  7-7-95;  89-247,  eff.   1-1-96;
 9    89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-177, eff. 7-23-97.)
10        (215 ILCS 5/409) (from Ch. 73, par. 1021)
11        Sec.  409.  Annual  privilege  tax  payable by foreign or
12    alien companies.
13        (1)  As of January 1, 1999  for  all  health  maintenance
14    organization  premiums  written;  as  of July 1, 1998 for all
15    premiums written as accident and health  business,  voluntary
16    health  service  plan business, dental service plan business,
17    or limited health service organization business;  and  as  of
18    January  1,  1998  for  all other types of insurance premiums
19    written, every company doing any form of  insurance  business
20    in  this  State,  including,  but  not limited to, every risk
21    retention  group,  and  excluding   all   fraternal   benefit
22    societies,   all   farm   mutual   companies,  all  religious
23    charitable risk pooling trusts, and excluding  all  statutory
24    residual   market  and  special  purpose  entities  in  which
25    companies are statutorily required  to  participate,  whether
26    incorporated  or  otherwise,  shall pay, for the privilege of
27    doing business in this State, to the Director for  the  State
28    treasury a State tax equal to 0.5% of the net taxable premium
29    written,  together  with any amounts due under Section 444 of
30    this Code, except that the tax to  be  paid  on  any  premium
31    derived  from  any  accident  and  health insurance or on any
32    insurance business written by  any  company  operating  as  a
33    health  maintenance  organization,  voluntary  health service
34    plan,  dental  service  plan,  or  limited   health   service
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 1    organization  shall  be  equal  to  0.4%  of such net taxable
 2    premium written, together with any amounts due under  Section
 3    444.   Upon  the  failure  of any company to pay any such tax
 4    due, the Director  may,  by  order,  revoke  or  suspend  the
 5    company's  certificate  of  authority  after  giving  20 days
 6    written notice to the company, or  commence  proceedings  for
 7    the suspension of business in this State under the procedures
 8    set  forth  by Section 401.1 of this Code.  The gross taxable
 9    premium  written  shall  be  the  gross  amount  of  premiums
10    received on direct  business  during  the  calendar  year  on
11    contracts  covering  risks  in this State, except premiums on
12    annuities,  premiums  on  which  State  premium   taxes   are
13    prohibited  by  federal  law,  premiums paid by the State for
14    health  care  coverage  for  Medicaid  eligible  insureds  as
15    described in Section 5-2 of the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,
16    premiums paid for health care services included as an element
17    of  tuition  charges  at  any university or college owned and
18    operated  by  the  State  of  Illinois,  premiums  on   group
19    insurance contracts under the State Employees Group Insurance
20    Act  of  1971,  and except premiums for deferred compensation
21    plans for employees of the State, units of local  government,
22    or  school  districts.   The net taxable premium shall be the
23    gross taxable premium written reduced only by the following:
24             (a)  the amount of premiums returned  thereon  which
25        shall  be  limited  to  premiums returned during the same
26        preceding calendar year and shall not include the  return
27        of  cash  surrender  values  or  death  benefits  on life
28        policies including annuities;
29             (b)  dividends on such  direct  business  that  have
30        been  paid  in  cash, applied in reduction of premiums or
31        left to accumulate to  the  credit  of  policyholders  or
32        annuitants.   In the case of life insurance, no deduction
33        shall be made for the payment of deferred dividends  paid
34        in  cash to policyholders on maturing policies; dividends
35        left to accumulate to  the  credit  of  policyholders  or
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 1        annuitants  shall  be  included  as gross taxable premium
 2        written when such dividend accumulations are  applied  to
 3        purchase paid-up insurance or to shorten the endowment or
 4        premium paying period.
 5        (2)   The annual privilege tax payment due from a company
 6    under  subsection  (4) of this Section may be reduced by: (a)
 7    the excess amount, if any,  by  which  the  aggregate  income
 8    taxes paid by the company, on a cash basis, for the preceding
 9    calendar  year  under  subsections (a) through (d) of Section
10    201 of the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act  exceed  1.5%  of  the
11    company's net taxable premium written for that prior calendar
12    year, as determined under subsection (1) of this Section; and
13    (b)  the  amount  of  any  fire  department taxes paid by the
14    company during the  preceding  calendar  year  under  Section
15    11-10-1  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code.   Any deductible
16    amount or offset allowed under items  (a)  and  (b)  of  this
17    subsection  for  any  calendar  year will not be allowed as a
18    deduction or  offset  against  the  company's  privilege  tax
19    liability for any other taxing period or calendar year.
20        (3)  If  a  company  survives  or was formed by a merger,
21    consolidation,  reorganization,   or   reincorporation,   the
22    premiums  received  and  amounts  returned  or  paid  by  all
23    companies party to the merger, consolidation, reorganization,
24    or  reincorporation  shall,  for  purposes of determining the
25    amount of the tax imposed by this  Section,  be  regarded  as
26    received, returned, or paid by the surviving or new company.
27        (4)(a)  All  companies  subject to the provisions of this
28    Section  shall  make  an  annual  return  for  the  preceding
29    calendar year on  or  before  March  15  setting  forth  such
30    information  on  such  forms  as  the Director may reasonably
31    require.    Payments  of  quarterly   installments   of   the
32    taxpayer's  total estimated tax for the current calendar year
33    shall be due on or before April 15, June  15,  September  15,
34    and  December  15  of  such  year,  except that all companies
35    transacting insurance in this State whose annual tax for  the
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 1    immediately  preceding  calendar  year  was  less than $5,000
 2    shall make only an annual return.  Failure of  a  company  to
 3    make  the  annual payment, or to make the quarterly payments,
 4    if required, of at least 25% of either (i) the total tax paid
 5    during the previous calendar year or (ii) 80% of  the  actual
 6    tax  for  the  current  calendar year shall subject it to the
 7    penalty provisions set forth in Section 412 of this Code.
 8        (b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no  annual
 9    return  shall  be  required  or made on March 15, 1998, under
10    this subsection.  For the calendar year 1998:
11             (i)  each health maintenance organization shall have
12        no estimated tax installments;
13             (ii) all companies subject to the tax as of July  1,
14        1998  as set forth in subsection (1) shall have estimated
15        tax installments due on September 15 and December  15  of
16        1998 which installments shall each amount to no less than
17        one-half  of  80%  of  the  actual tax on its net taxable
18        premium written during the period July 1,  1998,  through
19        December 31, 1998; and
20             (iii)  all  other companies shall have estimated tax
21        installments due on June 15, September 15,  and  December
22        15  of  1998  which  installments shall each amount to no
23        less than one-third of 80% of the actual tax on  its  net
24        taxable premium written during the calendar year 1998.
25        In  the year 1999 and thereafter all companies shall make
26    annual and quarterly installments of their estimated  tax  as
27    provided by paragraph (a) of this subsection.
28        (5)  In  addition  to  the authority specifically granted
29    under Article XXV of this Code, the Director shall have  such
30    authority  to  adopt  rules  and  establish  forms  as may be
31    reasonably  necessary  for  purposes   of   determining   the
32    allocation  of  Illinois  corporate  income  taxes paid under
33    subsections (a) through (d) of Section 201  of  the  Illinois
34    Income Tax Act amongst members of a business group that files
35    an  Illinois  corporate income tax return on a unitary basis,
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 1    for purposes of regulating the amendment of tax returns,  for
 2    purposes of defining terms, and for purposes of enforcing the
 3    provisions  of  Article XXV of this Code.  The Director shall
 4    also have authority to defer, waive, or abate the tax imposed
 5    by this Section if in his opinion the company's solvency  and
 6    ability  to meet its insured obligations would be immediately
 7    threatened by payment of the tax due.
 8        (1)  Every foreign or alien company  doing  an  insurance
 9    business  in  this State, except fraternal benefit societies,
10    shall, for the privilege of doing business in this  State  by
11    renewal  of  certificate  of authority as provided in Section
12    114, pay to the Director for the State treasury a  State  tax
13    equal  to  2  per  cent  of  the  net taxable premium income,
14    together with any  amounts  due  under  Section  444.   Every
15    domestic   insurance  company,  except  a  fraternal  benefit
16    society, which fails to comply with all the  requirements  of
17    subsection  (4)  of this Section must pay to the Director for
18    payment into the State Treasury a State tax equal  to  2  per
19    cent  of  the net taxable premium income and upon the failure
20    of any company to pay any such tax due, the Director may,  by
21    order,  revoke  the  company's certificate of authority after
22    giving 20 days written notice  to  the  company.   The  gross
23    taxable  premium income shall be the gross amount of premiums
24    received on direct business  during  the  preceding  calendar
25    year  on  contracts  covering  risks  in  this  State, except
26    premiums on annuities  and except premiums on group insurance
27    contracts awarded after the effective date of this amendatory
28    Act of 1976 under the State Employees Group Insurance Act  of
29    1971, and except premiums for deferred compensation plans for
30    employees  of  the State, units of local government or school
31    districts.  The net taxable premium income shall be the gross
32    taxable premium income reduced only by the following:
33             (a)  the amount of premiums returned  thereon  which
34        shall   be   limited  to  premiums  returned  during  the
35        preceding calendar year and shall not include the  return
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 1        of  cash  surrender  values  or  death  benefits  on life
 2        policies;
 3             (b)  dividends on such  direct  business  that  have
 4        been  paid  in  cash, applied in reduction of premiums or
 5        left to accumulate to  the  credit  of  policyholders  or
 6        annuitants.   In the case of life insurance, no deduction
 7        shall be made for the payment of deferred dividends  paid
 8        in  cash to policyholders on maturing policies; dividends
 9        left to accumulate to  the  credit  of  policyholders  or
10        annuitants  shall  be  included  as gross taxable premium
11        income when such dividend accumulations  are  applied  to
12        purchase paid-up insurance or to shorten the endowment or
13        premium paying period.
14        (2)  There  shall be deducted from the tax thus computed,
15    but only to the extent thereof,  the  amount,  if  any,  paid
16    during  the  preceding  calendar year: (a) for the benefit of
17    organized fire departments, to cities, villages, incorporated
18    towns and fire protection districts of this State as a tax on
19    premiums received by such company in such  cities,  villages,
20    incorporated  towns and fire protection districts, and (b) as
21    a tax to this State or any subdivision thereof on or measured
22    by net income, and  (c)  as  a  tax  to  this  State  or  any
23    subdivision  thereof  on  or  measured  by  the  value of the
24    company in excess of the value of its tangible property,  and
25    (d)  as  a  fee or charge for the valuation of life insurance
26    policies, and (e) if the company is not an Illinois  domestic
27    company,  as  a financial regulation fee under subsection (7)
28    of Section 408 of this Code for the examination and  analysis
29    of  financial  condition,  and the remainder shall be paid by
30    such company as its annual privilege tax, and  (f)  for  fees
31    paid pursuant to Section 408 (1) (jj).
32        (3)  If  a  company  survives  or was formed by a merger,
33    consolidation,   reorganization   or   reincorporation,   the
34    premiums received, and  amounts  returned  or  paid,  by  all
35    foreign   or   alien   companies   parties  to  such  merger,
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 1    consolidation, reorganization or reincorporation, shall,  for
 2    the  purposes of determining the amount of the tax imposed by
 3    this Section, be regarded as received, returned  or  paid  by
 4    such surviving or new company.
 5        (4)  A  domestic  company  must  pay  the  State  tax  in
 6    subsection (1) of this Section unless:
 7             (a)  it maintains its principal place of business in
 8        this State; and
 9             (b)  it   maintains   in  this  State  officers  and
10        personnel  knowledgeable  of  and  responsible  for   the
11        company's  operation, books, records, administration, and
12        annual statement; and
13             (c)  it conducts in this State substantially all  of
14        its  underwriting, policy issuing, and serving operations
15        relating  to  Illinois  policyholders   and   certificate
16        holders; and
17             (d)  it  complies with the provisions of Section 133
18        (2) of this Code.
19        Payments shall be due on an estimated basis  for  all  of
20    calendar year 1969 on or before September 1, 1969.  Effective
21    January  1,  1970,  a company shall make an annual return for
22    the preceding calendar year on or before  March  1st  setting
23    forth  such  information  on  such  forms as the Director may
24    reasonably require.  Payments of  quarterly  installments  of
25    the  taxpayer's  total estimated tax for the current calendar
26    year shall be  due  on  or  before  April  15th,  June  15th,
27    September  15th  and  December  15th, unless for the calendar
28    year  1971,  and  each  calendar  year  thereafter,  insurers
29    transacting insurance in this State whose annual tax for  the
30    preceding calendar year was less than $5,000, shall then make
31    only  an  annual  return.   Failure  of  a  company  to  make
32    quarterly  payments,  if  required, of at least one-fourth of
33    either (a) the total tax paid during  the  previous  calendar
34    year  or  (b)  80% of the actual tax for the current calendar
35    year shall subject it to the penalty provisions set forth  in
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 1    Section 412 of this Act.
 2    (Source: P.A. 86-753; 87-108.)
 3        (215 ILCS 5/444) (from Ch. 73, par. 1056)
 4        Sec. 444.  Retaliation.
 5        (1)  Whenever  the  existing  or future laws of any other
 6    state or country shall require of companies  incorporated  or
 7    organized  under  the  laws  of  this  State  as  a condition
 8    precedent to their doing business  in  such  other  state  or
 9    country,   compliance  with  laws,  rules,  regulations,  and
10    prohibitions more onerous or burdensome than  the  rules  and
11    regulations  imposed  by  this  State  on  foreign  or  alien
12    companies,  or  shall  require  any  deposit of securities or
13    other  obligations  in  such  state  or  country,   for   the
14    protection  of  policyholders or otherwise or require of such
15    companies  or  agents  thereof  or  brokers  the  payment  of
16    penalties,  fees,  charges,  or  taxes   greater   than   the
17    penalties,  fees, charges, or taxes required in the aggregate
18    for like purposes by this Code  or  any  other  law  of  this
19    State,  of  foreign  or  alien  companies,  agents thereof or
20    brokers, then such laws, rules, regulations, and prohibitions
21    of said other state  or  country  shall  apply  to  companies
22    incorporated  or  organized  under  the laws of such state or
23    country doing business in this State, and all such companies,
24    agents thereof, or brokers  doing  business  in  this  State,
25    shall  be  required  to  make  deposits, pay penalties, fees,
26    charges, and taxes, in amounts equal to those required in the
27    aggregate for  like  purposes  of  Illinois  companies  doing
28    business in such state or country, agents thereof or brokers.
29    Whenever  any  other  state or country shall refuse to permit
30    any insurance company incorporated  or  organized  under  the
31    laws  of  this  State  to  transact business according to its
32    usual plan in such other state or country, the director  may,
33    if  satisfied  that  such  company  of this State is solvent,
34    properly managed, and can operate legally under the  laws  of
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 1    such  other state or country, forthwith suspend or cancel the
 2    license of every insurance company  doing  business  in  this
 3    State  which  is  incorporated or organized under the laws of
 4    such other state or country to the extent that it insures  in
 5    this  State  against  any  of  the risks or hazards which are
 6    sought to be insured against by the company of this State  in
 7    such other state or country.
 8        (2)  The  provisions  of  this Section shall not apply to
 9    residual market or special purpose  assessments  or  guaranty
10    fund or guaranty association assessments, both under the laws
11    of  this  State  and  under  the  laws  of any other state or
12    country, and any tax offset or credit for any such assessment
13    shall, for purposes of this Section, be treated as a tax paid
14    both under the laws of this State and under the laws  of  any
15    other state or country.
16        (3)  The   terms   "penalties",  "fees",  "charges",  and
17    "taxes" in subsection (1) of this Section shall include:  the
18    penalties, fees, charges, and taxes collected under State law
19    and  referenced  within  Article  XXV  exclusive of any items
20    referenced by subsection (2) of this Section,  but  including
21    any tax offset allowed under Section 531.13 of this Code; the
22    Illinois corporate income taxes imposed under subsections (a)
23    through  (d)  of  Section  201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act
24    after any tax offset allowed under  Section  531.13  of  this
25    Code;  income  or  personal  property  taxes imposed by other
26    states or countries; penalties, fees, charges, and  taxes  of
27    other  states or countries imposed for purposes like those of
28    the penalties, fees, charges, and taxes specified in  Article
29    XXV  of  this  Code  exclusive  of  any  item  referenced  in
30    subsection  (2)  of  this  Section;  and any penalties, fees,
31    charges, and taxes required as  a  franchise,  privilege,  or
32    licensing  tax  for  conducting  the  business  of  insurance
33    whether calculated as a percentage of income, gross receipts,
34    premium, or otherwise.
35        (4)  Nothing  contained in this Section or Section 409 or
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 1    Section 444.1 is intended to authorize or expand any power of
 2    local governmental units or municipalities to  impose  taxes,
 3    fees, or charges.
 4    (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 837.)
 5        (215 ILCS 5/444.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1056.1)
 6        Sec. 444.1.  Payment of retaliatory taxes.
 7        (1)  Every  foreign  or  alien  company  doing  insurance
 8    business in this State shall pay the Director the retaliatory
 9    tax determined in accordance with Section 444.
10        (2) (a)  All  companies subject to the provisions of this
11    Section  shall  make  an  annual  return  for  the  preceding
12    calendar year on  or  before  March  15  setting  forth  such
13    information  on  such  forms  as  the Director may reasonably
14    require.    Payments  of  quarterly   installments   of   the
15    taxpayer's  total  estimated  retaliatory tax for the current
16    calendar year shall be due on or before April  15,  June  15,
17    September  15,  and December 15 of such year, except that all
18    companies transacting insurance business in this State  whose
19    annual  tax  for  the immediately preceding calendar year was
20    less than $5,000 shall make only an annual  return.   Failure
21    of  a  company  to  make  the  annual payment, or to make the
22    quarterly payments, if required, of at  least  one-fourth  of
23    either  (i)  the  total tax paid during the previous calendar
24    year or (ii) 80% of the actual tax for the  current  calendar
25    year  shall subject it to the penalty provisions set forth in
26    Section 412 of this Code.
27        (b)  Notwithstanding   the   foregoing   provisions    of
28    paragraph   (a)  of  this  subsection,  the  retaliatory  tax
29    liability of companies under Section 444 of this Code for the
30    calendar years ended December 31, 1997 shall be determined in
31    accordance with this Amendatory Act of 1998 and shall include
32    in the aggregate comparative tax  burden  for  the  State  of
33    Illinois, any tax offset allowed under Section 531.13 of this
34    Code  and  any  income  taxes  paid  for  the year 1997 under
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 1    subsections (a) through (d) of Section 201  of  the  Illinois
 2    Income  Tax  Act  after  any tax offset allowed under Section
 3    531.13 of this Code.
 4             (i)  Any annual retaliatory tax returns and payments
 5        made for  the  year  ended  December  31,  1997  and  any
 6        quarterly  installments of the taxpayer's total estimated
 7        1998  retaliatory  tax  liability  paid  prior   to   the
 8        effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1998 that do not
 9        include  the  items  specified  by subsection (1) of this
10        Section shall be amended and restated, at the  taxpayer's
11        election,  on  forms  prepared  by  the Director so as to
12        provide for the inclusion of such items. An  amended  and
13        restated  return  for  the  year  ended December 31, 1997
14        filed under this subparagraph shall treat any payment  of
15        estimated  privilege taxes under Section 409 as in effect
16        prior to October 23,  1997  as  a  payment  of  estimated
17        retaliatory taxes for the year ended December 31, 1997.
18             (ii)  Any  overpayment  resulting  from such amended
19        return and restated tax liability shall be allowed  as  a
20        credit  against  any  subsequent privilege or retaliatory
21        tax obligations of the taxpayer.
22             (iii)  In the year 1999 and thereafter all companies
23        shall make annual and  quarterly  installments  of  their
24        estimated  tax  as  provided  by  paragraph  (a)  of this
25        subsection. The Director may order that payments of  such
26        tax  shall  be  due  on  an  estimated basis for the 1982
27        calendar year as provided in Section  409  on  or  before
28        April 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.  For the
29        1983  calendar  year,  and each calendar year thereafter,
30        the  Director  may  order  that  payments  of   quarterly
31        installments  of the total estimated tax shall be due and
32        payable on or before April 15, June 15, September 15  and
33        December  15  pursuant to this Section, and such payments
34        shall be in lieu of retaliatory  tax  payments  otherwise
35        required by Section 409.  For the 1983 calendar year, and
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 1        each  calendar  year  thereafter, the taxpayer shall make
 2        only an annual return if the annual tax for the preceding
 3        calendar year was less than $5,000.  Effective January 1,
 4        1983, a company shall  make  an  annual  return  for  the
 5        preceding  calendar  year  on  or  before March 1 setting
 6        forth such information on such forms as the Director  may
 7        reasonably require.
 8        (3)  Any  tax payment made under this Section and any tax
 9    returns prepared in compliance with Section  410  shall  give
10    full  consideration  to the impact of any future reduction in
11    or elimination of a taxpayer's liability under  Section  409,
12    whether  such reduction or elimination is due to an operation
13    of law or an Act of the General Assembly.
14        (4)  Any foreign  or  alien  taxpayer  who  makes,  under
15    protest,  a tax payment required by Section 409 shall, at the
16    time of payment, file a retaliatory tax return sufficient  to
17    disclose  the full amount of retaliatory taxes which would be
18    due and owing for the tax period in question if  the  protest
19    were  upheld.   Notwithstanding  the  provisions of the State
20    Officers and Employees  Money  Disposition  Act  "An  Act  in
21    relation to the payment and disposition of moneys received by
22    officers  and employees of the State of Illinois by virtue of
23    their office or employment", approved June 9, 1911, as now or
24    hereafter amended, or any  other  laws  of  this  State,  the
25    protested  payment,  to  the extent of the retaliatory tax so
26    disclosed, shall be deposited directly in the General Revenue
27    Fund; and the balance  of  the  payment,  if  any,  shall  be
28    deposited  in a protest account pursuant to the provisions of
29    the aforesaid Act, as now or hereafter amended.
30        (5)  The failure of a company to make the annual  payment
31    or  to  make the quarterly payments, if required, of equal to
32    at least one-fourth of either (i) the total tax  paid  during
33    the preceding calendar year or (ii) 80% of the actual tax for
34    the  current  calendar  year,  whichever  is  greater,  shall
35    subject it to the penalty provisions set forth in Section 412
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 1    of this Code.
 2    (Source: P.A. 82-767.)
 3        (215 ILCS 5/531.13) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.80-13)
 4        Sec.  531.13.  Tax  offset.  In  the  event the aggregate
 5    Class A, B and C assessments for all member insurers  do  not
 6    exceed $3,000,000 in any one calendar year, no member insurer
 7    shall receive a tax offset.  However, for in any one calendar
 8    year  before  1998  in  which  the  total of such assessments
 9    exceeds $3,000,000, the amount in excess of $3,000,000  shall
10    be subject to a tax offset to the extent of 20% of the amount
11    of  such  assessment  for  each  of the 5 five calendar years
12    following the year in which such assessment was paid and each
13    member insurer may offset the proportionate  amount  of  such
14    excess  paid  by  the insurer against its liabilities for the
15    tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of  the
16    "Illinois  Income  Tax  Act.   The provisions of this Section
17    shall expire and be  given  no  effect  for  any  tax  period
18    commencing on and after January 1, 2003", for the tax imposed
19    by  Section 409 of the "Illinois Insurance Code", and for the
20    fees imposed by Section  408.1  of  the  "Illinois  Insurance
21    Code".
22    (Source: P.A. 84-221.)
23        Section  10.  The  Illinois  Insurance Code is amended by
24    changing Section 408.1 as follows:
25        (215 ILCS 5/408.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020.1)
26        Sec.  408.1.   Fee  for  valuation  of   life   insurance
27    policies.  Upon  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
28    1998, all actions to collect life insurance policy  valuation
29    fees  or  to  transfer  such fees to the General Revenue Fund
30    from any protest account established under the State Officers
31    and Employees Money Disposition Act shall cease and any  such
32    protested  life insurance policy valuation fee payments shall
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 1    be returned to the taxpayer who initiated the protest.)   The
 2    Director  shall  charge  and collect an annual fee from every
 3    domestic company for the valuation of life insurance policies
 4    except group contracts awarded under the State Employee Group
 5    Insurance Act of 1971, as now or hereafter amended.  The  fee
 6    shall be 3¢ for each $1,000 of direct life insurance policies
 7    in  force  as  of  December  31, each year, but not less than
 8    $100.  Each domestic company shall pay  the  fee  under  this
 9    Section  not  later than 60 days after the date on which such
10    company is required to file  its  annual  statement  for  the
11    preceding  calendar  year,  under  this  Code.   Failure of a
12    company to make payment as required shall subject it  to  the
13    penalty provisions set forth in Section 412 of this Act.
14    (Source: P.A. 81-603.)
15        Section  15.  The  Dental  Service Plan Act is amended by
16    changing Section 43 as follows:
17        (215 ILCS 110/43) (from Ch. 32, par. 690.43)
18        Sec. 43.  Every dental service plan corporation organized
19    hereunder shall be operated and conducted not-for-profit  and
20    shall  be deemed a charitable and benevolent corporation, and
21    all of its funds and property  shall  be  exempt  from  every
22    State,   county,   district,  municipal  and  school  tax  or
23    assessment, and all other taxes and license  fees,  from  the
24    payment  of  which  charitable and benevolent corporations or
25    institutions  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  exempt.  This
26    exemption shall not prevail against fees and charges  imposed
27    by  Sections  408,  and  408.2,  409,  444,  and 444.1 of the
28    Illinois Insurance Code. The laws of this state applicable to
29    the  merger,  dissolution   and   liquidation   of   domestic
30    not-for-profit  corporations  and  in  respect to the rights,
31    classification  and  meetings  of  members,  the   selection,
32    change,  duties  and  powers  of  corporate officers, and the
33    filing  of  annual   reports   by   domestic   not-for-profit
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 1    corporations  shall  be  applicable to corporations organized
 2    under this act to the extent the same  are  not  inconsistent
 3    with  the  provisions  of this act. Wherever in any such laws
 4    reference is  made  to  "Directors"  of  such  not-for-profit
 5    corporations,  such  statutory  provisions shall be deemed to
 6    apply to the trustees of corporations  organized  under  this
 7    act,  and  wherever  the  office of the Secretary of State is
 8    mentioned in such an act, such provisions shall be deemed  to
 9    refer to and designate the Director of Insurance when applied
10    to corporations organized hereunder.
11    (Source: P.A. 84-989.)
12        Section  20.  The  Farm  Mutual  Insurance Company Act of
13    1986 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
14        (215 ILCS 120/15) (from Ch. 73, par. 1265)
15        Sec. 15.  Application of law. Companies subject  to  this
16    Act  shall be subject to the provisions of Article X (Merger)
17    and Article XXV of the Illinois Insurance Code but shall  not
18    be  subject to any other provisions of the Illinois Insurance
19    Code unless specifically enumerated therein.
20    (Source: P.A. 84-1431.)
21        Section 25.  The Health Maintenance Organization  Act  is
22    amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
23        (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
24        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 90-372)
25        Sec. 5-3.  Insurance Code provisions.
26        (a)  Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
27    the  provisions of Sections 133, 134, 137, 140, 141.1, 141.2,
28    141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,  154,  154.5,
29    154.6,  154.7,  154.8, 155.04, 355.2, 356m, 356v, 356t, 367i,
30    401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409,  and  412,  444,
31    and  444.1,  paragraph  (c) of subsection (2) of Section 367,
                            -28-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1    and Articles VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and
 2    XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code.
 3        (b)  For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code,  except
 4    for  Sections  444  and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
 5    Health Maintenance Organizations in the following  categories
 6    are deemed to be "domestic companies":
 7             (1)  a  corporation  authorized  under  the  Medical
 8        Service  Plan  Act,  the  Dental  Service  Plan  Act, the
 9        Pharmaceutical Service Plan Act, or the Voluntary  Health
10        Services  Plans  Plan  Act,  or the Nonprofit Health Care
11        Service Plan Act;
12             (2)  a corporation organized under the laws of  this
13        State; or
14             (3)  a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of
15        another  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are
16        residents of this State, except a corporation subject  to
17        substantially  the  same  requirements  in  its  state of
18        organization as is a  "domestic  company"  under  Article
19        VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
20        (c)  In  considering  the merger, consolidation, or other
21    acquisition of control of a Health  Maintenance  Organization
22    pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
23             (1)  the  Director  shall give primary consideration
24        to the continuation of  benefits  to  enrollees  and  the
25        financial  conditions  of the acquired Health Maintenance
26        Organization after the merger,  consolidation,  or  other
27        acquisition of control takes effect;
28             (2)(i)  the  criteria specified in subsection (1)(b)
29        of Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
30        apply and (ii) the Director, in making his  determination
31        with  respect  to  the  merger,  consolidation,  or other
32        acquisition of control, need not take  into  account  the
33        effect  on  competition  of the merger, consolidation, or
34        other acquisition of control;
35             (3)  the Director shall have the  power  to  require
                            -29-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1        the following information:
 2                  (A)  certification by an independent actuary of
 3             the   adequacy   of   the  reserves  of  the  Health
 4             Maintenance Organization sought to be acquired;
 5                  (B)  pro forma financial statements  reflecting
 6             the combined balance sheets of the acquiring company
 7             and the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
 8             acquired  as of the end of the preceding year and as
 9             of a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as  well
10             as   pro   forma   financial  statements  reflecting
11             projected combined  operation  for  a  period  of  2
12             years;
13                  (C)  a  pro  forma  business  plan detailing an
14             acquiring  party's  plans  with   respect   to   the
15             operation  of  the  Health  Maintenance Organization
16             sought to be acquired for a period of not less  than
17             3 years; and
18                  (D)  such  other  information  as  the Director
19             shall require.
20        (d)  The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of  the  Illinois
21    Insurance  Code  and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale
22    by any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of
23    its enrollee population  (including  without  limitation  the
24    health  maintenance organization's right, title, and interest
25    in and to its health care certificates).
26        (e)  In considering any management  contract  or  service
27    agreement  subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
28    Code, the Director (i) shall, in  addition  to  the  criteria
29    specified  in  Section  141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
30    take into account the effect of the  management  contract  or
31    service   agreement   on  the  continuation  of  benefits  to
32    enrollees  and  the  financial  condition   of   the   health
33    maintenance  organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii)
34    need not take into  account  the  effect  of  the  management
35    contract or service agreement on competition.
                            -30-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1        (f)  Except  for  small employer groups as defined in the
 2    Small Employer Rating, Renewability  and  Portability  Health
 3    Insurance  Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
 4    defined in Section 363 of  the  Illinois  Insurance  Code,  a
 5    Health  Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
 6    group or other enrollment unit to effect  refunds  or  charge
 7    additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
 8             (i)  the  amount  of, and other terms and conditions
 9        with respect to, the refund or additional premium are set
10        forth in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed  in
11        advance of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
12        additional  premium  is to be charged (which period shall
13        not be less than one year); and
14             (ii)  the amount of the refund or additional premium
15        shall  not  exceed  20%   of   the   Health   Maintenance
16        Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
17        respect  to  the  group  or other enrollment unit for the
18        period (and, for  purposes  of  a  refund  or  additional
19        premium,  the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
20        be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
21        Health  Maintenance  Organization's  administrative   and
22        marketing  expenses,  but shall not include any refund to
23        be made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
24        subsection (f)).  The Health Maintenance Organization and
25        the  group  or  enrollment  unit  may  agree   that   the
26        profitable  or  unprofitable experience may be calculated
27        taking into account the refund period and the immediately
28        preceding 2 plan years.
29        The  Health  Maintenance  Organization  shall  include  a
30    statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
31    describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
32    and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide  to
33    the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
34    to   calculate  (1)  the  Health  Maintenance  Organization's
35    profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
                            -31-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1    unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
 2    or (2) the  Health  Maintenance  Organization's  unprofitable
 3    experience  with  respect to the group or enrollment unit and
 4    the resulting additional premium to be paid by the  group  or
 5    enrollment unit.
 6        In   no  event  shall  the  Illinois  Health  Maintenance
 7    Organization  Guaranty  Association  be  liable  to  pay  any
 8    contractual obligation of an insolvent  organization  to  pay
 9    any refund authorized under this Section.
10    (Source: P.A.   89-90,  eff.  6-30-95;  90-25,  eff.  1-1-98;
11    90-177, eff. 7-23-97; revised 11-21-97.)
12        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 90-372)
13        Sec. 5-3.  Insurance Code provisions.
14        (a)  Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
15    the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 137, 140, 141.1,  141.2,
16    141.3,  143,  143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 154.5,
17    154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 355.2, 356m, 356v,  356t,  367i,
18    401,  401.1,  402,  403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, and 412, 444,
19    and 444.1, paragraph (c) of subsection (2)  of  Section  367,
20    and Articles VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and
21    XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code.
22        (b)  For  purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
23    for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII  and  XIII  1/2,
24    Health  Maintenance Organizations in the following categories
25    are deemed to be "domestic companies":
26             (1)  a  corporation  authorized  under  the  Medical
27        Service Plan Act, the Dental Service  Plan  Act  or,  the
28        Voluntary   Health   Services  Plans  Plan  Act,  or  the
29        Nonprofit Health Care Service Plan Act;
30             (2)  a corporation organized under the laws of  this
31        State; or
32             (3)  a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of
33        another  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are
34        residents of this State, except a corporation subject  to
                            -32-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1        substantially  the  same  requirements  in  its  state of
 2        organization as is a  "domestic  company"  under  Article
 3        VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
 4        (c)  In  considering  the merger, consolidation, or other
 5    acquisition of control of a Health  Maintenance  Organization
 6    pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
 7             (1)  the  Director  shall give primary consideration
 8        to the continuation of  benefits  to  enrollees  and  the
 9        financial  conditions  of the acquired Health Maintenance
10        Organization after the merger,  consolidation,  or  other
11        acquisition of control takes effect;
12             (2)(i)  the  criteria specified in subsection (1)(b)
13        of Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
14        apply and (ii) the Director, in making his  determination
15        with  respect  to  the  merger,  consolidation,  or other
16        acquisition of control, need not take  into  account  the
17        effect  on  competition  of the merger, consolidation, or
18        other acquisition of control;
19             (3)  the Director shall have the  power  to  require
20        the following information:
21                  (A)  certification by an independent actuary of
22             the   adequacy   of   the  reserves  of  the  Health
23             Maintenance Organization sought to be acquired;
24                  (B)  pro forma financial statements  reflecting
25             the combined balance sheets of the acquiring company
26             and the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
27             acquired  as of the end of the preceding year and as
28             of a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as  well
29             as   pro   forma   financial  statements  reflecting
30             projected combined  operation  for  a  period  of  2
31             years;
32                  (C)  a  pro  forma  business  plan detailing an
33             acquiring  party's  plans  with   respect   to   the
34             operation  of  the  Health  Maintenance Organization
35             sought to be acquired for a period of not less  than
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 1             3 years; and
 2                  (D)  such  other  information  as  the Director
 3             shall require.
 4        (d)  The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of  the  Illinois
 5    Insurance  Code  and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale
 6    by any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of
 7    its enrollee population  (including  without  limitation  the
 8    health  maintenance organization's right, title, and interest
 9    in and to its health care certificates).
10        (e)  In considering any management  contract  or  service
11    agreement  subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
12    Code, the Director (i) shall, in  addition  to  the  criteria
13    specified  in  Section  141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
14    take into account the effect of the  management  contract  or
15    service   agreement   on  the  continuation  of  benefits  to
16    enrollees  and  the  financial  condition   of   the   health
17    maintenance  organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii)
18    need not take into  account  the  effect  of  the  management
19    contract or service agreement on competition.
20        (f)  Except  for  small employer groups as defined in the
21    Small Employer Rating, Renewability  and  Portability  Health
22    Insurance  Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
23    defined in Section 363 of  the  Illinois  Insurance  Code,  a
24    Health  Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
25    group or other enrollment unit to effect  refunds  or  charge
26    additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
27             (i)  the  amount  of, and other terms and conditions
28        with respect to, the refund or additional premium are set
29        forth in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed  in
30        advance of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
31        additional  premium  is to be charged (which period shall
32        not be less than one year); and
33             (ii)  the amount of the refund or additional premium
34        shall  not  exceed  20%   of   the   Health   Maintenance
35        Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
                            -34-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1        respect  to  the  group  or other enrollment unit for the
 2        period (and, for  purposes  of  a  refund  or  additional
 3        premium,  the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
 4        be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
 5        Health  Maintenance  Organization's  administrative   and
 6        marketing  expenses,  but shall not include any refund to
 7        be made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
 8        subsection (f)).  The Health Maintenance Organization and
 9        the  group  or  enrollment  unit  may  agree   that   the
10        profitable  or  unprofitable experience may be calculated
11        taking into account the refund period and the immediately
12        preceding 2 plan years.
13        The  Health  Maintenance  Organization  shall  include  a
14    statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
15    describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
16    and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide  to
17    the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
18    to   calculate  (1)  the  Health  Maintenance  Organization's
19    profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
20    unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
21    or (2) the  Health  Maintenance  Organization's  unprofitable
22    experience  with  respect to the group or enrollment unit and
23    the resulting additional premium to be paid by the  group  or
24    enrollment unit.
25        In   no  event  shall  the  Illinois  Health  Maintenance
26    Organization  Guaranty  Association  be  liable  to  pay  any
27    contractual obligation of an insolvent  organization  to  pay
28    any refund authorized under this Section.
29    (Source: P.A.   89-90,  eff.  6-30-95;  90-25,  eff.  1-1-98;
30    90-177, eff. 7-23-97; 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; revised 11-21-97.)
31        Section 30.  The Limited Health Service Organization  Act
32    is amended by changing Section 4003 as follows:
33        (215 ILCS 130/4003) (from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3)
                            -35-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1        Sec.  4003.  Illinois Insurance Code provisions.  Limited
 2    health  service  organizations  shall  be  subject   to   the
 3    provisions  of  Sections  133,  134,  137, 140, 141.1, 141.2,
 4    141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,  154,  154.5,
 5    154.6,  154.7,  154.8, 155.04, 355.2, 356v, 356t, 401, 401.1,
 6    402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, and 412, 444, and 444.1  and
 7    Articles  VIII  1/2,  XII,  XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and
 8    XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code.   For  purposes  of  the
 9    Illinois  Insurance  Code,  except for Sections 444 and 444.1
10    and Articles  XIII  and  XIII  1/2,  limited  health  service
11    organizations  in  the  following categories are deemed to be
12    domestic companies:
13             (1)  a corporation under the laws of this State; or
14             (2)  a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of
15        another state, 30% of more of the enrollees of which  are
16        residents  of this State, except a corporation subject to
17        substantially the  same  requirements  in  its  state  of
18        organization  as is a domestic company under Article VIII
19        1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-25, eff. 1-1-98; revised 10-14-97.)
21        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
22    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
23    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
24    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
25    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
26    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
27    any other Public Act.
28        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
29    becoming law.".
                            -36-           LRB9000419JSdvccr5
 1        Submitted on                     , 1998.
 2    ______________________________  _____________________________
 3    Senator Madigan, R.             Representative Mautino
 4    ______________________________  _____________________________
 5    Senator Walsh, T.               Representative Woolard
 6    ______________________________  _____________________________
 7    Senator Petka                   Representative Hannig
 8    ______________________________  _____________________________
 9    Senator Jones                   Representative Churchill
10    ______________________________  _____________________________
11    Senator Demuzio                 Representative Brady
12    Committee for the Senate        Committee for the House

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