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91_HB0986
LRB9103904JSpr
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Insurance Code by changing
2 Section 155.22.
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 changing Section 155.22 as follows:
7 (215 ILCS 5/155.22) (from Ch. 73, par. 767.22)
8 Sec. 155.22. Refusal based on location prohibited. No
9 company authorized to transact in this State the kinds of
10 business described in Classes 2 and 3 of Section 4, and no
11 officer, director, agent, clerk, employee or broker of such
12 company shall upon proper application refuse to provide
13 insurance solely on the basis of the specific geographic
14 location of the risk sought to be insured unless such refusal
15 is for a business purpose which is not a mere pretext for
16 unfair discrimination.
17 (Source: P.A. 84-1431.)