Sen. Robert F. Martwick

Filed: 2/22/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1571

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1571 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 11-10-1 and 11-10-2 and by adding Sections
611-10-0.01 and 11-10-2.5 as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/11-10-0.01 new)
8    Sec. 11-10-0.01. Short title. This Division may be cited
9as the Foreign Fire Insurance License Fee Act.
 
10    (65 ILCS 5/11-10-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-1)
11    Sec. 11-10-1. (a) In each municipality or fire protection
12district, whether incorporated under a general or special law,
13which has a fire department established and maintained by
14municipal or fire protection district ordinances, every
15corporation, company, and association which is not

 

 

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1incorporated under the laws of this state and which is engaged
2in effecting fire insurance in the municipality or fire
3protection district, shall pay to the foreign fire insurance
4board or to the secretary of the fire protection district for
5the maintenance, use, and benefit of the fire department
6thereof, a sum of not exceeding 2% of the gross receipts
7received from fire insurance upon property situated within the
8municipality or district.
9    Each municipality and fire protection district may
10prescribe by ordinance the rate of the tax or license fee to be
11paid, but this rate shall not exceed the rate specified in this
12section. Each designated corporation, company, and association
13shall pay the sum at the rate so prescribed by this subsection,
14upon the amount of all premiums which have been received
15during the year ending on every first day of July for all fire
16insurance effected or agreed to be effected on property
17situated within the municipality or fire protection district,
18by that corporation, company, or association respectively.
19    Every person who acts in any specified municipality or
20fire protection district as agent, or otherwise, on behalf of
21a designated corporation, company, or association, shall
22render to the treasurer of the foreign fire insurance board or
23secretary of the fire protection district, on or before the
24fifteenth day of July of each year, a full and true account,
25verified by his oath, of all of the premiums which, during the
26year ending on the first day of July preceding the report, were

 

 

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1received by him, or by any other person for him on behalf of
2that corporation, company, or association. He shall specify in
3this report the amounts received for fire insurance, and he
4shall pay to the treasurer of the foreign fire insurance
5board, or to the secretary of the fire protection district, or
6to the treasurer's or secretary's designee, at the time of
7rendering this report, the sum amount as determined by the
8rate fixed by this subsection by the ordinance of the
9municipality or fire protection district for which his
10corporation, company, or association is accountable under this
11section and the ordinance.
12    If this account is not rendered on or before the fifteenth
13day of July of each year, or if the sum due remains unpaid
14after that day, it shall be unlawful for any corporation,
15company, or association, so in default, to transact any
16business in the municipality or fire protection district until
17the sum due has been fully paid. But this provision shall not
18relieve any corporation, company, or association from the
19payment of any loss upon any risk that may be taken in
20violation of this requirement.
21    The amount of this tax or license fee may be recovered from
22the corporation, company, or association, or any third party
23which owes it, or from its agent, by an action brought by a
24foreign fire insurance board in the name and for the use of the
25municipality or fire protection district as for money had and
26received.

 

 

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1    The foreign fire insurance board municipal comptroller, if
2any, and if not, then the municipal clerk or the secretary of
3the fire protection district, or the board's or secretary's
4authorized designee, may examine the books, records, and other
5papers and documents of a designated agent, corporation,
6company, or association for the purpose of verifying the
7correctness of the report of the amounts received for fire
8insurance.
9    This subsection is section shall not be applicable to
10receipts from contracts of marine fire insurance, even though
11they include insurance against fire, where the premium for the
12fire insurance is not separately specified.
13    (b) A foreign fire insurance board aggrieved by a
14violation of this Section may file suit in the Circuit Court in
15the county where the alleged violation occurred.
16    (c) The regulation of a foreign fire insurance board and
17its license fees are exclusive powers and functions of the
18State. A home rule municipality may not regulate a foreign
19fire insurance board and its license fees. This Section is a
20denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under
21subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
22Constitution.
23(Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08.)
 
24    (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
25    Sec. 11-10-2. (a) A department foreign fire insurance

 

 

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1board shall be created by and among the sworn members of within
2the fire department of each municipality with fewer than
3500,000 inhabitants that has an organized fire department. The
4board shall consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, who shall
5hold office by virtue of rank, and 6 members, who shall be
6elected at large by the sworn members of the department. If
7there is an insufficient number of candidates to fill all
8these positions, the number of board members may be reduced,
9but not to fewer than 3 trustees. All sworn members of the
10department shall be eligible to be elected as officers of the
11department foreign fire insurance board. The members of this
12board shall annually elect officers. These officers shall be a
13chairman, and a treasurer, and any other officers deemed
14necessary by the board. The members trustees of the department
15foreign fire insurance board shall make all needful rules and
16regulations with respect to the department foreign fire
17insurance board and the management of the funds money to be
18paid appropriated to the board. The foreign fire insurance
19board may establish, manage, and maintain an account for the
20holding and expenditure of all funds paid to the board. The
21foreign fire insurance board may contract for the purchase of
22goods and services using funds paid to the board. Contracting
23for services includes, but is not limited to, the procurement
24and payment of all accounting, legal, collection, or other
25professional services deemed by the board to be necessary to
26the execution of its duties under this Division using funds

 

 

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1paid to the board. The foreign fire insurance board may sue all
2parties necessary to enforce its rights under this Section.
3The officers of the department foreign fire insurance board
4shall develop and maintain a listing of those items that the
5board feels are appropriate expenditures under this Act. The
6treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance board shall
7give a sufficient bond to the municipality in which the fire
8department is organized. This bond shall be approved by the
9mayor or president, as the case may be, conditioned upon the
10faithful performance by the treasurer of his or her duties
11under the ordinance and the rules and regulations provided for
12in this section. The treasurer of the department foreign fire
13insurance board shall receive the funds paid as provided in
14Section 1 appropriated money and shall pay out the funds money
15upon the order of the department foreign fire insurance board
16for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department or as
17otherwise permitted by this Division. These As part of the
18annual municipal audit, these funds shall be audited to verify
19that the funds have been expended by that board only for the
20maintenance, use, and benefit of the department using funds
21paid to the board. Contracting for services includes, but is
22not limited to, the procurement and payment of all accounting,
23legal, collection, or other professional services deemed by
24the board to be necessary to the execution of its duties under
25this Division using funds paid to the board.
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1a foreign fire insurance board concerning whether any
2expenditure of funds by the board is for the maintenance, use,
3or benefit of the department or for any other purpose
4authorized by this Division shall be resolved through binding
5arbitration, pursuant to a written arbitration agreement
6established by the foreign fire insurance board, that is
7recognized under the Uniform Arbitration Act. Arbitrations
8held pursuant to a written arbitration agreement are the
9exclusive remedy available for resolving such disputes.
10    (b) As used in this subsection, "active member" means a
11member of the Chicago Fire Department who is not receiving a
12disability pension, retired, or a deferred pensioner of the
13Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.
14    A department foreign fire insurance board is created
15within the Chicago Fire Department. The board shall consist of
167 trustees who shall be initially elected on or before January
171, 2019: the fire commissioner, who shall hold office by
18virtue of rank, and 6 elected trustees, who shall be elected at
19large by the sworn members of the department. If there is an
20insufficient number of candidates seeking election to each
21vacant trustee position, the number of board members is
22reduced to 5 trustees, including the fire commissioner of the
23department, until the next election cycle when there are
24enough active members seeking election to fill all 7 member
25seats. All active members are eligible to be elected as
26trustees of the department foreign fire insurance board. Of

 

 

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1the trustees first elected, 3 trustees shall be elected to a
22-year term and 3 trustees shall be elected to a 3-year term.
3After the initial election, a trustee shall be elected for a
4term of 3 years. If a member of the board resigns, is removed,
5or is unable to continue serving on the board, the vacancy
6shall be filled by special election of the active members or,
7in the case of a vacancy that will exist for fewer than 180
8days until the term expires, by appointment by majority vote
9of the members of the board.
10    The members of the board shall annually elect officers.
11These officers shall be a chairman, treasurer, and secretary.
12The trustees of the board shall make rules and regulations
13with respect to the board and the management of the money
14appropriated to the board. The officers of the board shall
15develop and maintain a listing of those items that the board
16believes are appropriate expenditures under this subsection.
17The treasurer of the board shall give a sufficient bond to the
18City of Chicago. The cost of the bond shall be paid out of the
19moneys in the board's fund. The bond shall be conditioned upon
20the faithful performance by the treasurer of his or her duties
21under the rules and regulations provided for in this
22subsection. The treasurer of the board shall receive the
23appropriated proceeds and shall disburse the proceeds upon the
24order of the board for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the
25department consistent with this subsection. As part of the
26annual municipal audit, these funds shall be audited to verify

 

 

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1that the funds have been expended lawfully by the board
2consistent with this subsection.
3    Within 30 days after receipt of any foreign fire insurance
4proceeds by the City of Chicago, the City of Chicago shall
5transfer the proceeds to the board by depositing the proceeds
6into an account determined by the board, except that if the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
8Assembly is after July 31, 2018, then the City of Chicago
9shall, for budget year 2019 only, transfer only 50% of the
10proceeds to the board. Notwithstanding any other provision of
11law: 50% of the foreign fire insurance proceeds received by
12the board shall be used for the maintenance, use, benefit, or
13enhancement of fire stations or training facilities used by
14the active members of the fire department; 25% of the foreign
15fire insurance proceeds received by the board shall be used
16for the maintenance, use, benefit, or enhancement of emergency
17response vehicles, tools, and equipment used by the active
18members of the department; and 25% of the foreign fire
19insurance proceeds received by the board shall be used for the
20maintenance and enhancement of the department and for the use
21and benefit of the active members of the department in a manner
22otherwise consistent with this subsection. Foreign fire
23insurance proceeds may not be used to purchase, maintain, or
24enhance personal property of a member of the department,
25except for personal property used in the performance of his or
26her duties or training activities.

 

 

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1    (c) The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive
2power of the State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of
3Article VII of the Constitution.
4(Source: P.A. 100-656, eff. 7-31-18.)
 
5    (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2.5 new)
6    Sec. 11-10-2.5. Collection of licensing fees. A foreign
7fire insurance board created under this Division has the sole
8and exclusive authority to collect all licensing fees required
9to be paid by foreign fire insurance companies, corporations,
10associations, or third parties under this Division. This
11authority includes the right to designate a representative or
12agent authorized to collect such fees on their behalf.
13    A board created pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2
14that does not collect licensing fees on its own accord, or that
15does not designate an authorized representative or agent to
16collect the fees on their behalf, shall have all fees
17collected on its behalf by a statewide organization of
18municipalities recognized under Section 1-8-1.
19    Licensing fees collected from foreign fire insurance
20companies, corporations, associations, or third parties under
21a representative or agent authorized to do so by a foreign fire
22insurance board or by a statewide organization of
23municipalities recognized under Section 1-8-1 shall be paid
24promptly and directly to the treasurer of the foreign fire
25insurance board, less reasonable costs and expenses associated

 

 

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1with the collection of the fees, as agreed to by the board.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
31, 2023.".