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 1                        90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 2                     CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
 3                         ON SENATE BILL 1286
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 6        To the President of the Senate and  the  Speaker  of  the
 7    House of Representatives:
 8        We,  the  conference  committee appointed to consider the
 9    differences between the houses in relation to House Amendment
10    No. 2 to Senate Bill 1286, recommend the following:
11        (1)  that the House recede from House  Amendment  No.  2;
12    and
13        (2)  that  Senate  Bill  1286 be amended by replacing the
14    title with the following:
15        "AN ACT to amend the Registered Titles (Torrens)  Act  by
16    changing  Sections  100  and 102 and by adding Sections 102.1
17    and 102.2."; and
18    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
19    following:
20        "Section  5.   The  Registered  Titles  (Torrens)  Act is
21    amended by changing Sections 100 and 102 and adding  Sections
22    102.1 and 102.2 as follows:
23        (765 ILCS 35/100) (from Ch. 30, par. 137)
24        Sec. 100. All sums of money received pursuant to Sections
25    40, 99, and 108 of this Act shall be paid by the registrar to
26    the  county  treasurer  of  the  county  in which the land is
27    situated, for the purpose of maintaining  an  indemnity  fund
28    under  the  terms  of this Act, and for the purposes provided
29    for in Sections 102.1 and 102.2.  It shall be the duty of the
30    treasurer to invest all of the fund, including both principal
31    and income, from time to time if not immediately required for
32    payments of indemnities in accordance with Division 3-11  and
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 1    other applicable provisions of the Counties Code.  The county
 2    treasurer  shall  report  annually  to  the  county board the
 3    condition and income of the fund and forward a  copy  of  the
 4    report to the registrar.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
 6        (765 ILCS 35/102) (from Ch. 30, par. 139)
 7        Sec.  102. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 102.1
 8    and 102.2 of this Act, the indemnity fund shall  be  held  to
 9    satisfy  judgments  obtained  or  claims  allowed against the
10    county for losses or damages as aforesaid.  Such  claims  for
11    damages shall be presented to the registrar and county board,
12    and  such  county board is hereby authorized and empowered to
13    allow or reject the same and to provide for  the  payment  of
14    such claims as may be allowed.   No claims for such losses or
15    damages  shall  be  allowed and paid by any such county board
16    unless upon the recommendation of the registrar who shall  be
17    in office at the time the claim shall be allowed.  The county
18    board  shall  grant  or  deny such claims in whole or in part
19    within 60 days from the date of the receipt  thereof  by  the
20    county  board.   In  the event the county board shall fail to
21    grant or deny such claims in whole or in part within 60  days
22    from  the  date of the receipt thereof, the claims are deemed
23    to be denied.  Judicial review may be had in accordance  with
24    Administrative Review Law as heretofore or hereafter amended.
25    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
26        (765 ILCS 35/102.1 new)
27        Sec. 102.1.  Excess funds.
28        (a)  The county board may determine that monies in excess
29    of  the  funds  necessary  to  satisfy  judgments obtained or
30    claims allowed  against  the  indemnity  fund  exist  in  the
31    indemnity  fund.   In determining whether an excess of monies
32    exists, the county shall seek  such  input  and  gather  such
33    information  as  is  necessary to assist the county in making
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 1    the determination.  The input and information  shall  include
 2    an actuarial study, or such other studies, input, or data the
 3    county deems appropriate, whether undertaken at the direction
 4    of  the  county  or  by  third parties in connection with the
 5    bidding for or offering of insurance to  cover  the  county's
 6    obligations under this Act.  If the county incurs any expense
 7    in  gathering the information, including the actuarial study,
 8    the costs shall be paid from the indemnity fund.
 9        (b)  The county may purchase private  insurance  to  meet
10    the  county's obligations under this Act.  If the county does
11    purchase such insurance, the cost of the insurance  shall  be
12    paid out of the indemnity fund.
13        (c)  If  the  county  determines that an excess of monies
14    exists in the indemnity fund, the  county  may  transfer  the
15    excess  monies  to  a lead poisoning prevention fund, and may
16    expend the  monies  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
17    Section  102.2  of this Act. The county may also transfer and
18    expend excess indemnity fund monies for the benefit of owners
19    of  real  property  in  the  county  as  the   county   deems
20    appropriate,  provided  that at least 50% of the aggregate of
21    monies that have been deemed to be excess  monies  have  been
22    transferred  to  the  lead  poisoning  prevention  fund.  The
23    county may not expend any excess indemnity  fund  monies  for
24    any purpose other than lead poisoning prevention until it has
25    first designed, implemented, and started making loan or grant
26    payments  under  the  lead  poisoning  prevention  program as
27    provided in Section 102.2.
28        (d)  Upon  the  statutory  expiration  of  all  potential
29    indemnity fund claims, any monies remaining in the  indemnity
30    fund  shall  be  deemed  to  be  excess  monies  and shall be
31    expended in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
32        (765 ILCS 35/102.2 new)
33        Sec. 102.2.  Lead poisoning prevention  fund.   The  lead
34    poisoning  prevention  fund established with excess indemnity
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 1    fund monies as provided in Section 102.1 of this Act shall be
 2    used to establish a program to provide  financial  assistance
 3    to  owners  of residential property located within the county
 4    to pay for the  cost  associated  with  lead  mitigation  and
 5    abatement,  as  defined in the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act,
 6    and to fund such other related activities as provided in this
 7    Section.  Reasonable expenses for the administration  of  the
 8    program  established  pursuant  to this Section shall be paid
 9    from the lead poisoning prevention fund.  State, federal,  or
10    private grants may be sought to supplement the lead poisoning
11    prevention fund.
12        (a)  Use  of  principal.  The principal of the fund shall
13    be  used  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  owners   of
14    residential  property  within the county to pay for the costs
15    associated with lead mitigation and abatement through  loans,
16    grants,  and  other  assistance the county deems appropriate.
17    In order to assure the continued availability  of  funds  for
18    lead   poisoning   prevention,  the  county  shall  give  due
19    consideration to providing the financial  assistance  in  the
20    form  of  loans to property owners to finance lead mitigation
21    and abatement in their properties.
22             (1)  The county shall establish reasonable  criteria
23        for   eligibility   for  the  loans,  grants,  and  other
24        assistance.
25             (2)  In determining the eligibility for  assistance,
26        priority  shall  be  given  to  property  owners who have
27        received a mitigation notice, a mitigation order,  or  an
28        abatement  order under the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act,
29        and to other factors, including  the  immediacy  of  risk
30        that the lead in the structure poses to children.
31        (b)  Use   of  interest.   The  county  shall  invest  in
32    accordance with the Counties Code the principal and  interest
33    of  the  fund  which  is  not  being used for disbursement of
34    financial assistance to property owners.  All interest  which
35    accrues  on  investment  of the fund's principal and interest
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 1    and on loans shall be deposited into the fund.  Any  interest
 2    or  other  dividends  resulting  from  the investment of lead
 3    poisoning prevention fund monies pursuant to this  subsection
 4    (b),  and any interest received pursuant to loans made by the
 5    lead poisoning prevention fund, may be expended  as  provided
 6    in  subsection  (a)  or  for  other lead poisoning prevention
 7    activities, such as education, community outreach, and  other
 8    activities  the county deems appropriate in the prevention of
 9    lead poisoning.
10        (c)  Voluntary participation.   No property  owner  shall
11    be   required   to  participate  in  the  assistance  program
12    established under this Act or under the  implementing  county
13    ordinance.
14        (d)  No preemption.  This amendatory Act of 1998 does not
15    preempt,  rescind,  modify,  or  revise  any local, State, or
16    federal laws or rules  governing  lead  paint  mitigation  or
17    abatement or lead poisoning prevention.
18        (e)  Insufficient   funds.    Notwithstanding  any  other
19    provision of this Act, if  the  county  determines  that  the
20    balance  of  funds  in  the indemnity fund is insufficient to
21    cover the present and future  obligations  of  the  indemnity
22    fund,  the  county may provide for the transfer of funds from
23    the lead poisoning prevention fund, or from any other fund to
24    which excess monies have been transferred, to  the  indemnity
25    fund.  The level of such transfer shall not exceed the amount
26    necessary  to satisfy any current obligation of the indemnity
27    fund.
28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
29    becoming law.".
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 1        Submitted on                     , 1998.
 2    ______________________________  _____________________________
 3    Senator                         Representative
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 5    Senator                         Representative
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 7    Senator                         Representative
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 9    Senator                         Representative
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11    Senator                         Representative
12    Committee for the Senate        Committee for the House

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