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| | HB1336 Engrossed | | LRB100 03044 RPS 13049 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 143.19.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/143.19.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 143.19.3. Prohibition of rate increase for persons |
| 8 | | involved in emergency use of vehicles. |
| 9 | | (a) No insurer authorized to transact or transacting |
| 10 | | business in this State, or controlling or controlled by or |
| 11 | | under common control by or with an insurer authorized to |
| 12 | | transact or transacting business in this State, that sells a |
| 13 | | policy of automobile insurance in this State shall increase the |
| 14 | | policy premium, cancel the policy, or refuse to renew the |
| 15 | | policy solely because the insured or any other person who |
| 16 | | customarily operates an automobile covered by the policy has |
| 17 | | had an accident while operating an automobile in response to an |
| 18 | | emergency when the insured was responding to a call to duty as |
| 19 | | a volunteer EMS provider, as defined in Section 1-220 of the |
| 20 | | Illinois Vehicle Code. |
| 21 | | (b) The provisions of subsection (a) also apply to all |
| 22 | | personal umbrella policies.
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