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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB2570 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 215 ILCS 5/143.29 | from Ch. 73, par. 755.29 |
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning reductions to rates and premium charges for automobile liability insurance for any insured over age 55 upon successful completion of the National Safety Council's
Defensive Driving Course or a motor vehicle accident prevention course, provides that the course may be an eLearning course. Provides that any accident prevention course approved by the Secretary of State shall consist of at least 8 hours of classroom or eLearning equivalent instruction (rather than only classroom instruction).
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2570 | | LRB102 11839 BMS 21826 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,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 143.29 as follows:
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6 | | (215 ILCS 5/143.29) (from Ch. 73, par. 755.29)
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7 | | Sec. 143.29.
(a) The rates and premium charges for every |
8 | | policy of automobile
liability insurance shall include |
9 | | appropriate reductions as determined
by the insurer for any |
10 | | insured
over age 55 upon successful completion of the National |
11 | | Safety Council's
Defensive Driving Course or a motor vehicle |
12 | | accident prevention course , including an eLearning course, |
13 | | that which
is found by the Secretary of State to meet or exceed |
14 | | the standards of the
National Safety Council's Defensive |
15 | | Driving Course's 8 hour classroom safety
instruction program.
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16 | | (b) The premium reduction shall remain in effect for the |
17 | | qualifying insured
for a period of 3 years from the date of |
18 | | successful completion of the accident
prevention course, |
19 | | except that the insurer may elect to apply the premium
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20 | | reduction beginning either with the last effective date of the |
21 | | policy or
the next renewal date of the policy if the reduction |
22 | | will result in a savings
as though applied over a full 3 year |
23 | | period. An insured who has completed
the course of instruction |