Sen. Michael Connelly
Filed: 3/31/2016
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2368
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2368 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
5 | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Sections 405-20, 405-250, and 405-410 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 405/405-20) (was 20 ILCS 405/35.7)
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8 | Sec. 405-20. Fiscal policy information to Governor; | ||||||
9 | information technology statistical research
planning. | ||||||
10 | (a) The Department
shall be responsible for providing the | ||||||
11 | Governor with timely,
comprehensive, and meaningful | ||||||
12 | information pertinent to the formulation
and execution of | ||||||
13 | fiscal policy. In performing this responsibility the
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14 | Department shall have the power and duty to do the following:
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15 | (1) Control the procurement, retention, installation,
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16 | maintenance,
and operation, as specified by the Director, |
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1 | of information technology electronic data
processing | ||||||
2 | equipment and software used by State agencies in such a | ||||||
3 | manner as to
achieve maximum economy and provide adequate | ||||||
4 | assistance in the
development of information suitable for | ||||||
5 | management analysis.
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6 | (2) Establish principles and standards of information | ||||||
7 | technology statistical
reporting by
State agencies and | ||||||
8 | priorities for completion of research by those
agencies in | ||||||
9 | accordance with the requirements for management analysis | ||||||
10 | as
specified by the Director.
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11 | (3) Establish, through the Director, charges for | ||||||
12 | information technology
statistical services
requested by | ||||||
13 | State agencies and rendered by the Department.
The | ||||||
14 | Department is likewise empowered through the Director
to | ||||||
15 | establish prices or charges for information technology | ||||||
16 | services rendered by the Department for all statistical | ||||||
17 | reports purchased by
agencies and individuals not | ||||||
18 | connected with State government.
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19 | (4) Instruct all State agencies as the Director may | ||||||
20 | require to
report regularly to the Department, in the | ||||||
21 | manner the
Director may
prescribe, their usage of | ||||||
22 | information technology electronic information devices and | ||||||
23 | services ,
the cost
incurred, the information produced, and | ||||||
24 | the procedures followed in
obtaining the information. All | ||||||
25 | State agencies shall
request of the
Director any | ||||||
26 | information technology resources statistical
services |
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1 | requiring the use of
electronic devices and shall conform | ||||||
2 | to the priorities assigned by the
Director in using those | ||||||
3 | electronic devices.
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4 | (5) Examine the accounts , use of information | ||||||
5 | technology resources, and statistical data of any
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6 | organization,
body, or agency receiving appropriations | ||||||
7 | from the General
Assembly.
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8 | (6) Install and operate a modern information system | ||||||
9 | utilizing
equipment adequate to satisfy the requirements | ||||||
10 | for analysis and review
as specified by the Director. | ||||||
11 | Expenditures for information technology statistical | ||||||
12 | services
rendered shall be reimbursed by the recipients. | ||||||
13 | The reimbursement
shall
be determined by the Director as | ||||||
14 | amounts sufficient to
reimburse the Technology Management | ||||||
15 | Statistical Services Revolving Fund for expenditures
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16 | incurred in rendering the services.
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17 | (b) In addition to the other powers and duties listed in | ||||||
18 | this Section,
the Department shall analyze the present and | ||||||
19 | future aims, needs, and
requirements of information technology | ||||||
20 | statistical research and planning in order to provide
for the
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21 | formulation of overall policy relative to the use of electronic | ||||||
22 | data
processing equipment and software by the State of | ||||||
23 | Illinois. In making this analysis,
the Department under the | ||||||
24 | Director shall formulate a master plan for the use of | ||||||
25 | information technology
statistical research , utilizing | ||||||
26 | electronic equipment , software, and services most
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1 | advantageously, and advising whether electronic data | ||||||
2 | processing
equipment and software should be leased or purchased | ||||||
3 | by the State. The Department under
the Director shall prepare | ||||||
4 | and submit interim reports of meaningful
developments and | ||||||
5 | proposals for legislation to the Governor on or before
January | ||||||
6 | 30 each year. The Department under the Director shall engage in | ||||||
7 | a
continuing analysis and evaluation of the master plan so | ||||||
8 | developed, and
it shall be the responsibility of the Department | ||||||
9 | to recommend from time to
time any needed amendments and | ||||||
10 | modifications of any master plan enacted
by the General | ||||||
11 | Assembly.
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12 | (c) For the purposes of this Section, Section 405-245, and
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13 | paragraph (4) of Section 405-10 only, "State
agencies" means | ||||||
14 | all
departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the State | ||||||
15 | of Illinois
subject to the Governor.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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17 | (20 ILCS 405/405-250) (was 20 ILCS 405/35.7a)
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18 | Sec. 405-250.
Information technology Statistical services ; | ||||||
19 | use of information technology electronic data processing
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20 | equipment and software . The Department may make information | ||||||
21 | technology resources statistical services and the
use of | ||||||
22 | information technology
electronic data processing equipment | ||||||
23 | and software , including necessary
telecommunications
lines and | ||||||
24 | equipment, available to local governments, elected State
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25 | officials,
State educational institutions, and all other |
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1 | governmental units of the
State
requesting them. The Director | ||||||
2 | is empowered to establish prices and charges
for the | ||||||
3 | information technology resources statistical services so | ||||||
4 | furnished and for the use of the information technology | ||||||
5 | electronic
data processing equipment and software and | ||||||
6 | necessary telecommunications lines and equipment.
The prices | ||||||
7 | and charges shall be sufficient to reimburse the cost
of | ||||||
8 | furnishing
the services and use of equipment , software, and | ||||||
9 | lines.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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11 | (20 ILCS 405/405-410)
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12 | Sec. 405-410. Transfer of Information Technology | ||||||
13 | functions.
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14 | (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the | ||||||
15 | Director of Central Management Services, working in | ||||||
16 | cooperation with
the Director of any other agency, department, | ||||||
17 | board, or commission directly
responsible to the Governor, may | ||||||
18 | direct the transfer, to the Department of
Central Management | ||||||
19 | Services, of those information technology functions at that
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20 | agency, department, board, or commission that are suitable for | ||||||
21 | centralization.
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22 | Upon receipt of the written direction to transfer | ||||||
23 | information technology
functions to the Department of Central | ||||||
24 | Management Services, the personnel,
equipment, and property | ||||||
25 | (both real and personal) directly relating to the
transferred |
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1 | functions shall be transferred to the Department of Central
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2 | Management Services, and the relevant documents, records, and | ||||||
3 | correspondence
shall be transferred or copied, as the Director | ||||||
4 | may prescribe.
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5 | (b) Upon receiving written direction from the Director of | ||||||
6 | Central
Management Services, the Comptroller and Treasurer are | ||||||
7 | authorized
to transfer the unexpended balance of any | ||||||
8 | appropriations related to the
information technology functions | ||||||
9 | transferred to the Department of Central
Management Services | ||||||
10 | and shall make the necessary fund transfers from any
special | ||||||
11 | fund in the State Treasury or from any other federal or State | ||||||
12 | trust
fund held by the Treasurer to the General Revenue Fund or | ||||||
13 | , the Technology Management Statistical Services Revolving | ||||||
14 | Fund , or the Communications Revolving Fund, as designated by | ||||||
15 | the Director of Central Management Services, for
use by the | ||||||
16 | Department of Central Management Services in support of | ||||||
17 | information
technology functions or any other related costs or | ||||||
18 | expenses of the Department
of Central Management Services.
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19 | (c) The rights of employees and the State and its agencies | ||||||
20 | under the
Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining | ||||||
21 | agreements or under any
pension, retirement, or annuity plan | ||||||
22 | shall not be affected by any transfer
under this Section.
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23 | (d) The functions transferred to the Department of Central | ||||||
24 | Management
Services by this Section shall be vested in and | ||||||
25 | shall be exercised by the
Department of Central Management | ||||||
26 | Services. Each act done in the exercise of
those functions |
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1 | shall have the same legal effect as if done by the agencies,
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2 | offices, divisions, departments, bureaus, boards and | ||||||
3 | commissions from which
they were transferred.
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4 | Every person or other entity shall be subject to the same | ||||||
5 | obligations and
duties and any penalties, civil or criminal, | ||||||
6 | arising therefrom, and shall have
the same rights arising from | ||||||
7 | the exercise of such rights, powers, and duties as
had been | ||||||
8 | exercised by the agencies, offices, divisions, departments, | ||||||
9 | bureaus,
boards, and commissions from which they were | ||||||
10 | transferred.
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11 | Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made or | ||||||
12 | given or papers
or documents furnished or served by any person | ||||||
13 | in regards to the functions
transferred to or upon the | ||||||
14 | agencies, offices, divisions, departments, bureaus,
boards, | ||||||
15 | and commissions from which the functions were transferred, the | ||||||
16 | same
shall be made, given, furnished or served in the same | ||||||
17 | manner to or upon the
Department of Central Management | ||||||
18 | Services.
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19 | This Section does not affect any act done, ratified, or | ||||||
20 | cancelled or any
right occurring or established or any action | ||||||
21 | or proceeding had or commenced
in an administrative, civil, or | ||||||
22 | criminal cause regarding the functions
transferred, but those | ||||||
23 | proceedings may be continued by the Department of
Central | ||||||
24 | Management Services.
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25 | This Section does not affect the legality of any rules in | ||||||
26 | the Illinois
Administrative Code regarding the functions |
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1 | transferred in this Section that
are in force on the effective | ||||||
2 | date of this Section. If necessary, however,
the affected | ||||||
3 | agencies shall propose, adopt, or repeal rules, rule | ||||||
4 | amendments,
and rule recodifications as appropriate to | ||||||
5 | effectuate this Section.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; | ||||||
7 | 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.)
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8 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||
9 | Sections 5.12, 5.55, 6p-1, 6p-2, 6z-34, and 8.16a as follows:
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10 | (30 ILCS 105/5.12) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.12)
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11 | Sec. 5.12. The Communications Revolving Fund. This Section | ||||||
12 | is repealed on December 31, 2016. | ||||||
13 | (Source: Laws 1919, p. 946.)
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14 | (30 ILCS 105/5.55) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.55)
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15 | Sec. 5.55. The Technology Management Statistical Services | ||||||
16 | Revolving Fund. | ||||||
17 | (Source: Laws 1919, p. 946.)
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18 | (30 ILCS 105/6p-1) (from Ch. 127, par. 142p1)
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19 | Sec. 6p-1.
The Technology Management Revolving Fund | ||||||
20 | (formerly known as the Statistical Services Revolving Fund ) | ||||||
21 | shall be initially
financed by a transfer of funds from the | ||||||
22 | General Revenue Fund. Thereafter,
all fees and other monies |
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1 | received by the Department of Central Management
Services in | ||||||
2 | payment for statistical services rendered pursuant to Section
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3 | 405-20 of the Department of Central Management Services Law (20
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4 | ILCS 405/405-20) shall be paid
into
the Technology Management
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5 | Statistical Services Revolving Fund. On and after July 1, 2016, | ||||||
6 | or after sufficient moneys have been received in the | ||||||
7 | Communications Revolving Fund to pay all Fiscal Year 2016 | ||||||
8 | obligations payable from the Fund, whichever is later, all fees | ||||||
9 | and other moneys received by the Department of Central | ||||||
10 | Management Services in payment for communications services | ||||||
11 | rendered pursuant to the Department of Central Management | ||||||
12 | Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois or | ||||||
13 | sale of surplus State communications equipment shall be paid | ||||||
14 | into the Technology Management Revolving Fund. The money in | ||||||
15 | this fund shall be used
by the Department of Central Management | ||||||
16 | Services as reimbursement for
expenditures incurred in | ||||||
17 | rendering statistical services and, beginning July 1, 2016, as | ||||||
18 | reimbursement for expenditures incurred in relation to | ||||||
19 | communications services .
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20 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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21 | (30 ILCS 105/6p-2) (from Ch. 127, par. 142p2)
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22 | Sec. 6p-2.
The Communications Revolving Fund shall be | ||||||
23 | initially financed
by a transfer of funds from the General | ||||||
24 | Revenue Fund. Thereafter, all fees
and other monies received by | ||||||
25 | the Department of Central Management Services in
payment for |
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1 | communications services rendered pursuant to the Department of
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2 | Central Management Services Law or sale of surplus State | ||||||
3 | communications
equipment shall be paid into the Communications | ||||||
4 | Revolving Fund. Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, | ||||||
5 | the money in this fund shall be used by the
Department of | ||||||
6 | Central Management Services as reimbursement for expenditures
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7 | incurred in relation to communications services.
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8 | On the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
9 | General Assembly, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, the | ||||||
10 | State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
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11 | Treasurer shall transfer $3,000,000 from the Communications | ||||||
12 | Revolving Fund to
the Emergency Public Health Fund to be used | ||||||
13 | for the purposes specified in
Section 55.6a of the | ||||||
14 | Environmental Protection Act.
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15 | In addition to any other transfers that may be provided for | ||||||
16 | by law, on July 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practical, | ||||||
17 | the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer | ||||||
18 | shall transfer the sum of $5,000,000 from the General Revenue | ||||||
19 | Fund to the Communications Revolving Fund. | ||||||
20 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to | ||||||
21 | any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1, | ||||||
22 | 2016, or after sufficient moneys have been received in the | ||||||
23 | Communications Revolving Fund to pay all Fiscal Year 2016 | ||||||
24 | obligations payable from the Fund, whichever is later, the | ||||||
25 | State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall | ||||||
26 | transfer the remaining balance from the Communications |
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1 | Revolving Fund into the Technology Management Revolving Fund. | ||||||
2 | Upon completion of the transfer, any future deposits due to | ||||||
3 | that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of | ||||||
4 | that Fund pass to the Technology Management Revolving Fund. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 97-641, eff. 12-19-11.)
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-34)
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7 | Sec. 6z-34. Secretary of State Special Services Fund. There
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8 | is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as | ||||||
9 | the Secretary of
State Special Services Fund. Moneys deposited | ||||||
10 | into the Fund may, subject to
appropriation, be used by the | ||||||
11 | Secretary of State for any or all of the
following purposes:
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12 | (1) For general automation efforts within operations | ||||||
13 | of the Office of
Secretary of State.
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14 | (2) For technology applications in any form that will | ||||||
15 | enhance the
operational capabilities of the Office of | ||||||
16 | Secretary of State.
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17 | (3) To provide funds for any type of library grants | ||||||
18 | authorized and
administered by the Secretary of State as | ||||||
19 | State Librarian.
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20 | These funds are in addition to any other funds otherwise | ||||||
21 | authorized to the
Office of Secretary of State for like or | ||||||
22 | similar purposes.
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23 | On August 15, 1997, all fiscal year 1997 receipts that | ||||||
24 | exceed the
amount of $15,000,000 shall be transferred from this | ||||||
25 | Fund to the Statistical
Services Revolving Fund (now known as |
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1 | the Technology Management Revolving Fund) ; on August 15, 1998 | ||||||
2 | and each year thereafter
through 2000, all
receipts from the | ||||||
3 | fiscal year ending on the previous June 30th that exceed the
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4 | amount of $17,000,000 shall be transferred from this Fund to | ||||||
5 | the Statistical
Services Revolving Fund (now known as the | ||||||
6 | Technology Management Revolving Fund) ; on August 15, 2001 and | ||||||
7 | each year thereafter
through 2002, all
receipts from the fiscal | ||||||
8 | year ending on the previous June 30th that exceed the
amount of | ||||||
9 | $19,000,000 shall be transferred from this Fund to the | ||||||
10 | Statistical
Services Revolving Fund (now known as the | ||||||
11 | Technology Management Revolving Fund) ; and on August 15, 2003 | ||||||
12 | and each year thereafter, all
receipts from the fiscal year | ||||||
13 | ending on the previous June 30th that exceed the
amount of | ||||||
14 | $33,000,000 shall be transferred from this Fund to the | ||||||
15 | Technology Management Revolving Fund (formerly known as the | ||||||
16 | Statistical
Services Revolving Fund ) .
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17 | (Source: P.A. 92-32, eff. 7-1-01; 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
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18 | (30 ILCS 105/8.16a) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.16a)
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19 | Sec. 8.16a.
Appropriations for the procurement, | ||||||
20 | installation,
retention, maintenance and operation of | ||||||
21 | electronic data processing and
information technology devices | ||||||
22 | and software used by state agencies subject to Section 405-20 | ||||||
23 | of
the Department of Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS | ||||||
24 | 405/405-20), the purchase of necessary
supplies and equipment | ||||||
25 | and accessories thereto, and all other expenses
incident to the |
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1 | operation and maintenance of those electronic data
processing | ||||||
2 | and information technology devices and software are payable | ||||||
3 | from the Technology Management Statistical
Services Revolving | ||||||
4 | Fund. However, no contract shall be entered into or
obligation | ||||||
5 | incurred for any expenditure from the Technology Management | ||||||
6 | Statistical Services
Revolving Fund until after the purpose and | ||||||
7 | amount has been approved in
writing by the Director of Central | ||||||
8 | Management Services. Until there are
sufficient funds in the | ||||||
9 | Technology Management Revolving Fund (formerly known as the | ||||||
10 | Statistical Services Revolving Fund ) to carry out
the purposes | ||||||
11 | of this amendatory Act of 1965, however, the State agencies
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12 | subject to that Section 405-20
shall, on written approval of | ||||||
13 | the Director of Central Management
Services, pay the cost of | ||||||
14 | operating and maintaining electronic data processing
systems | ||||||
15 | from current appropriations as classified and standardized in | ||||||
16 | the State Finance Act
"An Act in relation to State finance", | ||||||
17 | approved June 10, 1919, as amended .
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18 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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19 | Section 15. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
20 | changing Sections 408, 408.2, 1202, and 1206 as follows:
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21 | (215 ILCS 5/408) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020)
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22 | Sec. 408. Fees and charges.
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23 | (1) The Director shall charge, collect and
give proper | ||||||
24 | acquittances for the payment of the following fees and charges:
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1 | (a) For filing all documents submitted for the | ||||||
2 | incorporation or
organization or certification of a | ||||||
3 | domestic company, except for a fraternal
benefit society, | ||||||
4 | $2,000.
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5 | (b) For filing all documents submitted for the | ||||||
6 | incorporation or
organization of a fraternal benefit | ||||||
7 | society, $500.
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8 | (c) For filing amendments to articles of incorporation | ||||||
9 | and amendments to
declaration of organization, except for a | ||||||
10 | fraternal benefit society, a
mutual benefit association, a | ||||||
11 | burial society or a farm mutual, $200.
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12 | (d) For filing amendments to articles of incorporation | ||||||
13 | of a fraternal
benefit society, a mutual benefit | ||||||
14 | association or a burial society, $100.
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15 | (e) For filing amendments to articles of incorporation | ||||||
16 | of a farm mutual,
$50.
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17 | (f) For filing bylaws or amendments thereto, $50.
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18 | (g) For filing agreement of merger or consolidation:
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19 | (i) for a domestic company, except
for a fraternal | ||||||
20 | benefit society, a
mutual benefit association, a | ||||||
21 | burial society,
or a farm mutual, $2,000.
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22 | (ii) for a foreign or
alien company, except for a | ||||||
23 | fraternal
benefit society, $600.
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24 | (iii) for a fraternal benefit society,
a mutual | ||||||
25 | benefit association, a burial society,
or a farm | ||||||
26 | mutual, $200.
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1 | (h) For filing agreements of reinsurance by a domestic | ||||||
2 | company, $200.
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3 | (i) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign or | ||||||
4 | alien
company to be admitted to transact business or | ||||||
5 | accredited as a
reinsurer in this State, except for a
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6 | fraternal benefit society, $5,000.
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7 | (j) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign or | ||||||
8 | alien
fraternal benefit society to be admitted to transact | ||||||
9 | business
in this State, $500.
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10 | (k) For filing declaration of withdrawal of a foreign | ||||||
11 | or
alien company, $50.
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12 | (l) For filing annual statement by a domestic company, | ||||||
13 | except a fraternal benefit
society, a mutual benefit | ||||||
14 | association, a burial society, or
a farm mutual, $200.
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15 | (m) For filing annual statement by a domestic fraternal | ||||||
16 | benefit
society, $100.
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17 | (n) For filing annual statement by a farm mutual, a | ||||||
18 | mutual benefit
association, or a burial society, $50.
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19 | (o) For issuing a certificate of authority or
renewal | ||||||
20 | thereof except to a foreign fraternal benefit society, | ||||||
21 | $400.
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22 | (p) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal | ||||||
23 | thereof to a foreign
fraternal benefit society, $200.
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24 | (q) For issuing an amended certificate of authority, | ||||||
25 | $50.
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26 | (r) For each certified copy of certificate of |
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1 | authority, $20.
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2 | (s) For each certificate of deposit, or valuation, or | ||||||
3 | compliance
or surety certificate, $20.
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4 | (t) For copies of papers or records per page, $1.
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5 | (u) For each certification to copies
of papers or | ||||||
6 | records, $10.
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7 | (v) For multiple copies of documents or certificates | ||||||
8 | listed in
subparagraphs (r), (s), and (u) of paragraph (1) | ||||||
9 | of this Section, $10 for
the first copy of a certificate of | ||||||
10 | any type and $5 for each additional copy
of the same | ||||||
11 | certificate requested at the same time, unless, pursuant to
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12 | paragraph (2) of this Section, the Director finds these | ||||||
13 | additional fees
excessive.
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14 | (w) For issuing a permit to sell shares or increase | ||||||
15 | paid-up
capital:
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16 | (i) in connection with a public stock offering, | ||||||
17 | $300;
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18 | (ii) in any other case, $100.
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19 | (x) For issuing any other certificate required or | ||||||
20 | permissible
under the law, $50.
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21 | (y) For filing a plan of exchange of the stock of a | ||||||
22 | domestic
stock insurance company, a plan of | ||||||
23 | demutualization of a domestic
mutual company, or a plan of | ||||||
24 | reorganization under Article XII, $2,000.
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25 | (z) For filing a statement of acquisition of a
domestic | ||||||
26 | company as defined in Section 131.4 of this Code, $2,000.
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1 | (aa) For filing an agreement to purchase the business | ||||||
2 | of an
organization authorized under the Dental Service Plan | ||||||
3 | Act
or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act or
of a | ||||||
4 | health maintenance
organization or a limited health | ||||||
5 | service organization, $2,000.
| ||||||
6 | (bb) For filing a statement of acquisition of a foreign | ||||||
7 | or alien
insurance company as defined in Section 131.12a of | ||||||
8 | this Code, $1,000.
| ||||||
9 | (cc) For filing a registration statement as required in | ||||||
10 | Sections 131.13
and 131.14, the notification as required by | ||||||
11 | Sections 131.16,
131.20a, or 141.4, or an
agreement or | ||||||
12 | transaction required by Sections 124.2(2), 141, 141a, or
| ||||||
13 | 141.1, $200.
| ||||||
14 | (dd) For filing an application for licensing of:
| ||||||
15 | (i) a religious or charitable risk pooling trust or | ||||||
16 | a workers'
compensation pool, $1,000;
| ||||||
17 | (ii) a workers' compensation service company, | ||||||
18 | $500;
| ||||||
19 | (iii) a self-insured automobile fleet, $200; or
| ||||||
20 | (iv) a renewal of or amendment of any license | ||||||
21 | issued pursuant to (i),
(ii), or (iii) above, $100.
| ||||||
22 | (ee) For filing articles of incorporation for a | ||||||
23 | syndicate to engage in
the business of insurance through | ||||||
24 | the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $2,000.
| ||||||
25 | (ff) For filing amended articles of incorporation for a | ||||||
26 | syndicate engaged
in the business of insurance through the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Illinois Insurance Exchange, $100.
| ||||||
2 | (gg) For filing articles of incorporation for a limited | ||||||
3 | syndicate to
join with other subscribers or limited | ||||||
4 | syndicates to do business through
the Illinois Insurance | ||||||
5 | Exchange, $1,000.
| ||||||
6 | (hh) For filing amended articles of incorporation for a | ||||||
7 | limited
syndicate to do business through the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Insurance Exchange, $100.
| ||||||
9 | (ii) For a permit to solicit subscriptions to a | ||||||
10 | syndicate
or limited syndicate, $100.
| ||||||
11 | (jj) For the filing of each form as required in Section | ||||||
12 | 143 of this
Code, $50 per form. The fee for advisory and | ||||||
13 | rating
organizations shall be $200 per form.
| ||||||
14 | (i) For the purposes of the form filing fee, | ||||||
15 | filings made on insert page
basis will be considered | ||||||
16 | one form at the time of its original submission.
| ||||||
17 | Changes made to a form subsequent to its approval shall | ||||||
18 | be considered a
new filing.
| ||||||
19 | (ii) Only one fee shall be charged for a form, | ||||||
20 | regardless of the number
of other forms or policies | ||||||
21 | with which it will be used.
| ||||||
22 | (iii) Fees charged for a policy filed as it will be | ||||||
23 | issued regardless of the number of forms comprising | ||||||
24 | that policy shall not exceed $1,500. For advisory or | ||||||
25 | rating organizations, fees charged for a policy filed | ||||||
26 | as it will be issued regardless of the number of forms |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | comprising that policy shall not exceed $2,500.
| ||||||
2 | (iv) The Director may by rule exempt forms from | ||||||
3 | such fees.
| ||||||
4 | (kk) For filing an application for licensing of a | ||||||
5 | reinsurance
intermediary, $500.
| ||||||
6 | (ll) For filing an application for renewal of a license | ||||||
7 | of a reinsurance
intermediary, $200.
| ||||||
8 | (2) When printed copies or numerous copies of the same | ||||||
9 | paper or records
are furnished or certified, the Director may | ||||||
10 | reduce such fees for copies
if he finds them excessive. He may, | ||||||
11 | when he considers it in the public
interest, furnish without | ||||||
12 | charge to state insurance departments and persons
other than | ||||||
13 | companies, copies or certified copies of reports of | ||||||
14 | examinations
and of other papers and records.
| ||||||
15 | (3) The expenses incurred in any performance
examination | ||||||
16 | authorized by law shall be paid by the company or person being
| ||||||
17 | examined. The charge shall be reasonably related to the cost of | ||||||
18 | the
examination including but not limited to compensation of | ||||||
19 | examiners,
electronic data processing costs, supervision and | ||||||
20 | preparation of an
examination report and lodging and travel | ||||||
21 | expenses.
All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accord
| ||||||
22 | with the applicable travel regulations as published by the | ||||||
23 | Department of
Central Management Services and approved by the | ||||||
24 | Governor's Travel Control
Board, except that out-of-state | ||||||
25 | lodging and travel expenses related to
examinations authorized | ||||||
26 | under Section 132 shall be in accordance with
travel rates |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | prescribed under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel
| ||||||
2 | Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2, for reimbursement of | ||||||
3 | subsistence expenses
incurred during official travel. All | ||||||
4 | lodging and travel expenses may be reimbursed directly upon | ||||||
5 | authorization of the
Director. With the exception of the
direct | ||||||
6 | reimbursements authorized by the
Director, all performance | ||||||
7 | examination charges collected by the
Department shall be paid
| ||||||
8 | to the Insurance Producer Administration Fund,
however, the | ||||||
9 | electronic data processing costs
incurred by the Department in | ||||||
10 | the performance of any examination shall be
billed directly to | ||||||
11 | the company being examined for payment to the
Technology | ||||||
12 | Management Statistical Services Revolving Fund.
| ||||||
13 | (4) At the time of any service of process on the Director
| ||||||
14 | as attorney for such service, the Director shall charge and | ||||||
15 | collect the
sum of $20, which may be recovered as taxable costs | ||||||
16 | by
the party to the suit or action causing such service to be | ||||||
17 | made if he prevails
in such suit or action.
| ||||||
18 | (5) (a) The costs incurred by the Department of Insurance
| ||||||
19 | in conducting any hearing authorized by law shall be assessed | ||||||
20 | against the
parties to the hearing in such proportion as the | ||||||
21 | Director of Insurance may
determine upon consideration of all | ||||||
22 | relevant circumstances including: (1)
the nature of the | ||||||
23 | hearing; (2) whether the hearing was instigated by, or
for the | ||||||
24 | benefit of a particular party or parties; (3) whether there is | ||||||
25 | a
successful party on the merits of the proceeding; and (4) the | ||||||
26 | relative levels
of participation by the parties.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) For purposes of this subsection (5) costs incurred | ||||||
2 | shall
mean the hearing officer fees, court reporter fees, and | ||||||
3 | travel expenses
of Department of Insurance officers and | ||||||
4 | employees; provided however, that
costs incurred shall not | ||||||
5 | include hearing officer fees or court reporter
fees unless the | ||||||
6 | Department has retained the services of independent
| ||||||
7 | contractors or outside experts to perform such functions.
| ||||||
8 | (c) The Director shall make the assessment of costs | ||||||
9 | incurred as part of
the final order or decision arising out of | ||||||
10 | the proceeding; provided, however,
that such order or decision | ||||||
11 | shall include findings and conclusions in support
of the | ||||||
12 | assessment of costs. This subsection (5) shall not be construed | ||||||
13 | as
permitting the payment of travel expenses unless calculated | ||||||
14 | in accordance
with the applicable travel regulations of the | ||||||
15 | Department
of Central Management Services, as approved by the | ||||||
16 | Governor's Travel Control
Board. The Director as part of such | ||||||
17 | order or decision shall require all
assessments for hearing | ||||||
18 | officer fees and court reporter fees, if any, to
be paid | ||||||
19 | directly to the hearing officer or court reporter by the | ||||||
20 | party(s)
assessed for such costs. The assessments for travel | ||||||
21 | expenses of Department
officers and employees shall be | ||||||
22 | reimbursable to the
Director of Insurance for
deposit to the | ||||||
23 | fund out of which those expenses had been paid.
| ||||||
24 | (d) The provisions of this subsection (5) shall apply in | ||||||
25 | the case of any
hearing conducted by the Director of Insurance | ||||||
26 | not otherwise specifically
provided for by law.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (6) The Director shall charge and collect an annual | ||||||
2 | financial
regulation fee from every domestic company for | ||||||
3 | examination and analysis of
its financial condition and to fund | ||||||
4 | the internal costs and expenses of the
Interstate Insurance | ||||||
5 | Receivership Commission as may be allocated to the State
of | ||||||
6 | Illinois and companies doing an insurance business in this | ||||||
7 | State pursuant to
Article X of the Interstate Insurance | ||||||
8 | Receivership Compact. The fee shall be
the greater fixed amount | ||||||
9 | based upon
the combination of nationwide direct premium income | ||||||
10 | and
nationwide reinsurance
assumed premium
income or upon | ||||||
11 | admitted assets calculated under this subsection as follows:
| ||||||
12 | (a) Combination of nationwide direct premium income | ||||||
13 | and
nationwide reinsurance assumed premium.
| ||||||
14 | (i) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000 and | ||||||
15 | there is
no
reinsurance assumed premium;
| ||||||
16 | (ii) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more, but | ||||||
17 | less
than $5,000,000
and there is no reinsurance | ||||||
18 | assumed premium; or if the premium is less than
| ||||||
19 | $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is less | ||||||
20 | than $10,000,000;
| ||||||
21 | (iii) $3,750, if the premium is less than | ||||||
22 | $5,000,000 and
the reinsurance
assumed premium is | ||||||
23 | $10,000,000 or more;
| ||||||
24 | (iv) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or more, | ||||||
25 | but
less than
$10,000,000;
| ||||||
26 | (v) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | but
less than $25,000,000;
| ||||||
2 | (vi) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or | ||||||
3 | more, but
less
than $50,000,000;
| ||||||
4 | (vii) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or | ||||||
5 | more,
but less than $100,000,000;
| ||||||
6 | (viii) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or | ||||||
7 | more.
| ||||||
8 | (b) Admitted assets.
| ||||||
9 | (i) $150, if admitted assets are less than | ||||||
10 | $1,000,000;
| ||||||
11 | (ii) $750, if admitted assets are $1,000,000 or | ||||||
12 | more, but
less than
$5,000,000;
| ||||||
13 | (iii) $3,750, if admitted assets are $5,000,000 or | ||||||
14 | more,
but less than
$25,000,000;
| ||||||
15 | (iv) $7,500, if admitted assets are $25,000,000 or | ||||||
16 | more,
but less than
$50,000,000;
| ||||||
17 | (v) $18,000, if admitted assets are $50,000,000 or | ||||||
18 | more,
but less than
$100,000,000;
| ||||||
19 | (vi) $22,500, if admitted assets are $100,000,000 | ||||||
20 | or
more, but less
than $500,000,000;
| ||||||
21 | (vii) $30,000, if admitted assets are $500,000,000 | ||||||
22 | or
more, but less
than $1,000,000,000;
| ||||||
23 | (viii) $37,500, if admitted assets are | ||||||
24 | $1,000,000,000
or more.
| ||||||
25 | (c) The sum of financial regulation fees charged to the | ||||||
26 | domestic
companies of the same affiliated group shall not |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | exceed $250,000
in the aggregate in any single year and | ||||||
2 | shall be billed by the Director to
the member company | ||||||
3 | designated by the
group.
| ||||||
4 | (7) The Director shall charge and collect an annual | ||||||
5 | financial regulation
fee from every foreign or alien company, | ||||||
6 | except fraternal benefit
societies, for the
examination and | ||||||
7 | analysis of its financial condition and to fund the internal
| ||||||
8 | costs and expenses of the Interstate Insurance Receivership | ||||||
9 | Commission as may
be allocated to the State of Illinois and | ||||||
10 | companies doing an insurance business
in this State pursuant to | ||||||
11 | Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership
Compact.
The | ||||||
12 | fee shall be a fixed amount based upon Illinois direct premium | ||||||
13 | income
and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium income in | ||||||
14 | accordance with the
following schedule:
| ||||||
15 | (a) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000 and | ||||||
16 | there is
no
reinsurance assumed premium;
| ||||||
17 | (b) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more, but less | ||||||
18 | than
$5,000,000
and there is no reinsurance assumed | ||||||
19 | premium;
or if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and the | ||||||
20 | reinsurance assumed
premium is less than $10,000,000;
| ||||||
21 | (c) $3,750, if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and | ||||||
22 | the
reinsurance
assumed premium is $10,000,000 or more;
| ||||||
23 | (d) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or more, but | ||||||
24 | less
than
$10,000,000;
| ||||||
25 | (e) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more, but
| ||||||
26 | less than
$25,000,000;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (f) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or more, but
| ||||||
2 | less than
$50,000,000;
| ||||||
3 | (g) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or more, but
| ||||||
4 | less than
$100,000,000;
| ||||||
5 | (h) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or more.
| ||||||
6 | The sum of financial regulation fees under this subsection | ||||||
7 | (7)
charged to the foreign or alien companies within the same | ||||||
8 | affiliated group
shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in | ||||||
9 | any single year
and shall be
billed by the Director to the | ||||||
10 | member company designated by the group.
| ||||||
11 | (8) Beginning January 1, 1992, the financial regulation | ||||||
12 | fees imposed
under subsections (6) and (7)
of this Section | ||||||
13 | shall be paid by each company or domestic affiliated group
| ||||||
14 | annually. After January
1, 1994, the fee shall be billed by | ||||||
15 | Department invoice
based upon the company's
premium income or | ||||||
16 | admitted assets as shown in its annual statement for the
| ||||||
17 | preceding calendar year. The invoice is due upon
receipt and | ||||||
18 | must be paid no later than June 30 of each calendar year. All
| ||||||
19 | financial
regulation fees collected by the Department shall be | ||||||
20 | paid to the Insurance
Financial Regulation Fund. The Department | ||||||
21 | may not collect financial
examiner per diem charges from | ||||||
22 | companies subject to subsections (6) and (7)
of this Section | ||||||
23 | undergoing financial examination
after June 30, 1992.
| ||||||
24 | (9) In addition to the financial regulation fee required by | ||||||
25 | this
Section, a company undergoing any financial examination | ||||||
26 | authorized by law
shall pay the following costs and expenses |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | incurred by the Department:
electronic data processing costs, | ||||||
2 | the expenses authorized under Section 131.21
and
subsection (d) | ||||||
3 | of Section 132.4 of this Code, and lodging and travel expenses.
| ||||||
4 | Electronic data processing costs incurred by the | ||||||
5 | Department in the
performance of any examination shall be | ||||||
6 | billed directly to the company
undergoing examination for | ||||||
7 | payment to the Technology Management Statistical Services | ||||||
8 | Revolving
Fund. Except for direct reimbursements authorized by | ||||||
9 | the Director or
direct payments made under Section 131.21 or | ||||||
10 | subsection (d) of Section
132.4 of this Code, all financial | ||||||
11 | regulation fees and all financial
examination charges | ||||||
12 | collected by the Department shall be paid to the
Insurance | ||||||
13 | Financial Regulation Fund.
| ||||||
14 | All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accordance with | ||||||
15 | applicable
travel regulations published by the Department of | ||||||
16 | Central Management
Services and approved by the Governor's | ||||||
17 | Travel Control Board, except that
out-of-state lodging and | ||||||
18 | travel expenses related to examinations authorized
under | ||||||
19 | Sections 132.1 through 132.7 shall be in accordance
with travel | ||||||
20 | rates prescribed
under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel | ||||||
21 | Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2,
for reimbursement of | ||||||
22 | subsistence expenses incurred during official travel.
All | ||||||
23 | lodging and travel expenses may be
reimbursed directly upon the | ||||||
24 | authorization of the Director.
| ||||||
25 | In the case of an organization or person not subject to the | ||||||
26 | financial
regulation fee, the expenses incurred in any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | financial examination authorized
by law shall be paid by the | ||||||
2 | organization or person being examined. The charge
shall be | ||||||
3 | reasonably related to the cost of the examination including, | ||||||
4 | but not
limited to, compensation of examiners and other costs | ||||||
5 | described in this
subsection.
| ||||||
6 | (10) Any company, person, or entity failing to make any | ||||||
7 | payment of $150
or more as required under this Section shall be | ||||||
8 | subject to the penalty and
interest provisions provided for in | ||||||
9 | subsections (4) and (7)
of Section 412.
| ||||||
10 | (11) Unless otherwise specified, all of the fees collected | ||||||
11 | under this
Section shall be paid into the Insurance Financial | ||||||
12 | Regulation Fund.
| ||||||
13 | (12) For purposes of this Section:
| ||||||
14 | (a) "Domestic company" means a company as defined in | ||||||
15 | Section 2 of this
Code which is incorporated or organized | ||||||
16 | under the laws of this State, and in
addition includes a | ||||||
17 | not-for-profit corporation authorized under the Dental
| ||||||
18 | Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health
Services Plans | ||||||
19 | Act, a health maintenance organization, and a
limited
| ||||||
20 | health service organization.
| ||||||
21 | (b) "Foreign company" means a company as defined in | ||||||
22 | Section 2 of this
Code which is incorporated or organized | ||||||
23 | under the laws of any state of the
United States other than | ||||||
24 | this State and in addition includes a health
maintenance | ||||||
25 | organization and a limited health service organization | ||||||
26 | which is
incorporated or organized under the laws
of any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | state of the United States other than this State.
| ||||||
2 | (c) "Alien company" means a company as defined in | ||||||
3 | Section 2 of this Code
which is incorporated or organized | ||||||
4 | under the laws of any country other than
the United States.
| ||||||
5 | (d) "Fraternal benefit society" means a corporation, | ||||||
6 | society, order,
lodge or voluntary association as defined | ||||||
7 | in Section 282.1 of this
Code.
| ||||||
8 | (e) "Mutual benefit association" means a company, | ||||||
9 | association or
corporation authorized by the Director to do | ||||||
10 | business in this State under
the provisions of Article | ||||||
11 | XVIII of this Code.
| ||||||
12 | (f) "Burial society" means a person, firm, | ||||||
13 | corporation, society or
association of individuals | ||||||
14 | authorized by the Director to do business in
this State | ||||||
15 | under the provisions of Article XIX of this Code.
| ||||||
16 | (g) "Farm mutual" means a district, county and township | ||||||
17 | mutual insurance
company authorized by the Director to do | ||||||
18 | business in this State under the
provisions of the Farm | ||||||
19 | Mutual Insurance Company Act of 1986.
| ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 97-486, eff. 1-1-12; 97-603, eff. 8-26-11; | ||||||
21 | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| ||||||
22 | (215 ILCS 5/408.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020.2)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 408.2. Statistical Services. Any public record, or any | ||||||
24 | data obtained
by the Department of Insurance, which is subject | ||||||
25 | to public inspection or
copying and which is maintained on a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | computer processible medium, may be
furnished in a computer | ||||||
2 | processed or computer processible medium upon the
written | ||||||
3 | request of any applicant and the payment of a reasonable fee
| ||||||
4 | established by the Director sufficient to cover the total cost | ||||||
5 | of the
Department for processing, maintaining and generating | ||||||
6 | such computer
processible records or data, except to the extent | ||||||
7 | of any salaries or
compensation of Department officers or | ||||||
8 | employees.
| ||||||
9 | The Director of Insurance is specifically authorized to | ||||||
10 | contract with
members of the public at large, enter waiver | ||||||
11 | agreements, or otherwise enter
written agreements for the | ||||||
12 | purpose of assuring public access to the
Department's computer | ||||||
13 | processible records or data, or for the purpose of
restricting, | ||||||
14 | controlling or limiting such access where necessary to protect
| ||||||
15 | the confidentiality of individuals, companies or other | ||||||
16 | entities identified
by such documents.
| ||||||
17 | All fees collected by the Director under this Section 408.2 | ||||||
18 | shall be
deposited in the Technology Management Statistical | ||||||
19 | Services Revolving Fund and credited to the
account of the | ||||||
20 | Department of Insurance. Any surplus funds remaining in
such | ||||||
21 | account at the close of any fiscal year shall be delivered to | ||||||
22 | the
State Treasurer for deposit in the Insurance Financial | ||||||
23 | Regulation Fund.
| ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 84-989.)
| ||||||
25 | (215 ILCS 5/1202) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.902)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sec. 1202. Duties. The Director shall:
| ||||||
2 | (a) determine the relationship of insurance premiums | ||||||
3 | and related income
as compared to insurance costs and | ||||||
4 | expenses and provide such information to
the General | ||||||
5 | Assembly and the general public;
| ||||||
6 | (b) study the insurance system in the State of | ||||||
7 | Illinois, and recommend
to the General Assembly what it | ||||||
8 | deems to be the most appropriate and
comprehensive cost | ||||||
9 | containment system for the State;
| ||||||
10 | (c) respond to the requests by agencies of government | ||||||
11 | and the General
Assembly for special studies and analysis | ||||||
12 | of data collected pursuant to
this Article. Such reports | ||||||
13 | shall be made available in a form prescribed by
the | ||||||
14 | Director. The Director may also determine a fee to be | ||||||
15 | charged to the
requesting agency to cover the direct and | ||||||
16 | indirect costs for producing such
a report, and shall | ||||||
17 | permit affected insurers the right to review the
accuracy | ||||||
18 | of the report before it is released. The fees shall
be | ||||||
19 | deposited
into the Technology Management Statistical | ||||||
20 | Services Revolving Fund and credited to the account
of the | ||||||
21 | Department of Insurance;
| ||||||
22 | (d) make an interim report to the General Assembly no | ||||||
23 | later than August
15, 1987, and an a annual report to the | ||||||
24 | General Assembly no later than July 1
every year thereafter | ||||||
25 | which shall include the Director's findings and
| ||||||
26 | recommendations regarding its duties as provided under |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subsections (a),
(b), and (c) of this Section.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 98-226, eff. 1-1-14; revised 10-21-15.)
| ||||||
3 | (215 ILCS 5/1206) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.906)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 1206. Expenses. The companies required to file reports | ||||||
5 | under this
Article shall pay a reasonable fee established by | ||||||
6 | the Director sufficient
to cover the total cost of the | ||||||
7 | Department incident to or associated
with the administration | ||||||
8 | and enforcement of this Article, including the
collection, | ||||||
9 | analysis and distribution of the insurance cost data, the
| ||||||
10 | conversion of hard copy reports to tape, and the compilation | ||||||
11 | and
analysis of basic reports.
The Director may establish a | ||||||
12 | schedule of fees for this purpose.
Expenses for additional | ||||||
13 | reports shall be billed
to those requesting the reports. Any | ||||||
14 | such fees collected under this Section
shall be paid to the | ||||||
15 | Director of Insurance and deposited into the
Technology | ||||||
16 | Management Statistical Services Revolving Fund and credited to | ||||||
17 | the account of the
Department of Insurance.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 84-1431.)
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19 | Section 20. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by | ||||||
20 | changing Section 17 as follows:
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21 | (820 ILCS 305/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.17)
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22 | Sec. 17. The Commission shall cause to be printed and | ||||||
23 | furnish free of
charge upon request by any employer or employee |
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1 | such blank forms as may
facilitate or promote efficient | ||||||
2 | administration and the performance of
the duties of the | ||||||
3 | Commission. It shall provide a proper record in which
shall be | ||||||
4 | entered and indexed the name of any employer who shall file a
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5 | notice of declination or withdrawal under this Act, and the | ||||||
6 | date of the
filing thereof; and a proper record in which shall | ||||||
7 | be entered and
indexed the name of any employee who shall file | ||||||
8 | such notice of
declination or withdrawal, and the date of the | ||||||
9 | filing thereof; and such
other notices as may be required by | ||||||
10 | this Act; and records in which shall
be recorded all | ||||||
11 | proceedings, orders and awards had or made by the
Commission or | ||||||
12 | by the arbitration committees, and such other books or
records | ||||||
13 | as it shall deem
necessary, all such records to be kept in the
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14 | office of the Commission.
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15 | The Commission may destroy all papers and documents which | ||||||
16 | have been
on file for more than 5 years where there is no claim | ||||||
17 | for compensation
pending or where more than 2 years have | ||||||
18 | elapsed since the termination of
the compensation period.
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19 | The Commission shall compile and distribute to interested | ||||||
20 | persons aggregate
statistics, taken from any records and | ||||||
21 | reports in the possession of the
Commission. The aggregate | ||||||
22 | statistics shall not give the names or otherwise
identify | ||||||
23 | persons sustaining injuries or disabilities or the employer of
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24 | any injured person or person with a disability.
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25 | The Commission is authorized to establish reasonable fees | ||||||
26 | and methods
of payment limited to covering only the costs to |
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1 | the Commission for processing,
maintaining and generating | ||||||
2 | records or data necessary for the computerized
production of | ||||||
3 | documents, records and other materials except to the extent
of | ||||||
4 | any salaries or compensation of Commission officers or | ||||||
5 | employees.
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6 | All fees collected by the Commission under this Section | ||||||
7 | shall be deposited
in the Technology Management Statistical | ||||||
8 | Services Revolving Fund and credited to the account of
the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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11 | Section 25. The Workers' Occupational Diseases Act is | ||||||
12 | amended by changing Section 17 as follows:
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13 | (820 ILCS 310/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 172.52)
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14 | Sec. 17. The Commission shall cause to be printed and shall | ||||||
15 | furnish
free of charge upon request by any employer or employee | ||||||
16 | such blank forms
as it shall deem requisite to facilitate or | ||||||
17 | promote the efficient
administration of this Act, and the | ||||||
18 | performance of the duties of the
Commission. It shall provide a | ||||||
19 | proper record in which shall be entered
and indexed the name of | ||||||
20 | any employer who shall file a notice of election
under this | ||||||
21 | Act, and the date of the filing thereof; and a proper record
in | ||||||
22 | which shall be entered and indexed the name of any employee who | ||||||
23 | shall
file a notice of election, and the date of the filing | ||||||
24 | thereof; and such
other notices as may be required by this Act; |
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1 | and records in which shall
be recorded all proceedings, orders | ||||||
2 | and awards had or made by the
Commission, or by the arbitration | ||||||
3 | committees, and such other books or
records as it shall deem | ||||||
4 | necessary, all such records to be kept in the
office of the | ||||||
5 | Commission. The Commission, in its discretion, may destroy
all | ||||||
6 | papers and documents except notices of election and waivers | ||||||
7 | which
have been on file for more than five years where there is | ||||||
8 | no claim for
compensation pending, or where more than two years | ||||||
9 | have elapsed since
the termination of the compensation period.
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10 | The Commission shall compile and distribute to interested | ||||||
11 | persons aggregate
statistics, taken from any records and | ||||||
12 | reports in the possession of the
Commission. The aggregate | ||||||
13 | statistics shall not give the names or otherwise
identify | ||||||
14 | persons sustaining injuries or disabilities or the employer of
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15 | any injured person or person with a disability.
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16 | The Commission is authorized to establish reasonable fees | ||||||
17 | and methods
of payment limited to covering only the costs to | ||||||
18 | the Commission for processing,
maintaining and generating | ||||||
19 | records or data necessary for the computerized
production of | ||||||
20 | documents, records and other materials except to the extent
of | ||||||
21 | any salaries or compensation of Commission officers or | ||||||
22 | employees.
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23 | All fees collected by the Commission under this Section | ||||||
24 | shall be deposited
in the Technology Management Statistical | ||||||
25 | Services Revolving Fund and credited to the account of
the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | ||||||
3 | 1, 2016.".
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