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90_SB1286ccr001 LRB9008849SMmbccr1 1 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 3 ON SENATE BILL 1286 4 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2- LRB9008849SMmbccr1 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 -3- LRB9008849SMmbccr1 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 -4- LRB9008849SMmbccr1 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 -5- LRB9008849SMmbccr1 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.". -6- LRB9008849SMmbccr1 1 Submitted on , 1998. 2 ______________________________ _____________________________ 3 Senator Representative 4 ______________________________ _____________________________ 5 Senator Representative 6 ______________________________ _____________________________ 7 Senator Representative 8 ______________________________ _____________________________ 9 Senator Representative 10 ______________________________ _____________________________ 11 Senator Representative 12 Committee for the Senate Committee for the House