|
Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 4/3/2019
| | 10100HB0269ham001 | | LRB101 04059 JLS 58965 a |
|
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 269
|
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 269 on page 1, line |
| 3 | | 5, by replacing "Section 4" with "Sections 4 and 4a-5"; and
|
| 4 | | on page 5, line 12, by changing "Commission" to "Commission, |
| 5 | | the salaries and benefits of the Self-Insurers Advisory Board |
| 6 | | employees, the operating costs of the Self-Insurers Advisory |
| 7 | | Board,"; and
|
| 8 | | on page 10, by replacing lines 3 through 6 with the following: |
| 9 | | "to be extra hazardous, as defined in Section 3, a Commissioner |
| 10 | | may issue an emergency work-stop order on such an employer ex |
| 11 | | parte, prior to holding a hearing, requiring the cessation of |
| 12 | | all business operations of such employer at the place of |
| 13 | | employment or job site while awaiting the ruling of the |
| 14 | | Commission. Whenever a Commissioner issues an emergency |
| 15 | | work-stop order, the Commission shall issue a notice of |
| 16 | | emergency work-stop hearing to be posted at the employer's |
|
| | 10100HB0269ham001 | - 2 - | LRB101 04059 JLS 58965 a |
|
|
| 1 | | places of employment and job sites."; and
|
| 2 | | on page 13, by replacing lines 17 through 21 with the |
| 3 | | following: |
| 4 | | "obligations of this Act imposes on employers."; and
|
| 5 | | on page 15, by replacing lines 23 through 26 with the |
| 6 | | following: |
| 7 | | "of paragraph (a) of this Section may not self-insure for one |
| 8 | | year or until all penalties are paid."; and
|
| 9 | | on page 16, by deleting line 1; and
|
| 10 | | on page 22, by inserting immediately below line 18 the |
| 11 | | following:
|
| 12 | | "(820 ILCS 305/4a-5) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.4a-5)
|
| 13 | | Sec. 4a-5. There is hereby created a Self-Insurers Security |
| 14 | | Fund. The State
Treasurer shall be the ex-officio custodian of |
| 15 | | the Self-Insurers Security
Fund. Moneys Monies in the Fund |
| 16 | | shall be deposited in a separate account in the
same manner as |
| 17 | | are State Funds and any interest accruing thereon shall be
|
| 18 | | added thereto every 6 months. It shall be subject to audit the |
| 19 | | same as
State funds and accounts and shall be protected by the |
| 20 | | general bond given
by the State Treasurer. The funds in the |
| 21 | | Self-Insurers Security Fund shall
not be subject to |
|
| | 10100HB0269ham001 | - 3 - | LRB101 04059 JLS 58965 a |
|
|
| 1 | | appropriation and shall be made available for the
purposes of |
| 2 | | compensating employees who are eligible to receive benefits
|
| 3 | | from their employers pursuant to the provisions of the Workers'
|
| 4 | | Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, when, |
| 5 | | pursuant to
this Section, the Board has determined that a |
| 6 | | private self-insurer has
become an insolvent self-insurer and |
| 7 | | is unable to pay compensation benefits
due to financial |
| 8 | | insolvency. Moneys Monies in the Fund may be used to compensate
|
| 9 | | any type of injury or occupational disease which is compensable |
| 10 | | under either
Act, and all claims for related administrative |
| 11 | | fees,
operating costs of the Board, attorney's attorneys fees, |
| 12 | | and other costs reasonably
incurred by the Board. At the |
| 13 | | discretion of the Chairman, moneys in the Self-Insurers |
| 14 | | Security Fund may also be used for paying the salaries and |
| 15 | | benefits of the Self-Insurers Advisory Board employees and the |
| 16 | | operating costs of the Board. Payment from the Self-Insurers |
| 17 | | Security Fund shall
be made by the Comptroller only upon the |
| 18 | | authorization of the Chairman as
evidenced by properly |
| 19 | | certified vouchers of the Commission, upon the
direction of the |
| 20 | | Board.
|
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1385.)".
|