Public Act 098-0136
 
HB0991 EnrolledLRB098 02753 RPM 32761 b


  
    AN ACT concerning insurance.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended  by adding 
Section 188.2 as follows:
 
    (215 ILCS 5/188.2 new)
    Sec. 188.2. Grounds for and provisions applicable to 
rehabilitation or liquidation
of a domestic company that is a 
covered financial company under the
federal Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
    (a) The provisions of this Section apply in accordance with 
Title II of the federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act,
P.L. 111-203, with respect to an 
insurance company that is a covered financial company,
as that 
term is defined under 12 U.S.C. 5381.
    (b) The Director may file a complaint for an order of 
rehabilitation or liquidation pursuant to
Section 188 of this 
Code on any of the following grounds:
        (1) upon a determination and notification given by the 
    Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (in 
    consultation
with the President of the United States) that 
    the insurance company is a financial company satisfying the

    requirements of 12 U.S.C.  5383(b), and the board of 
    directors (or body performing
similar functions) of the 
    insurance company acquiesces or consents to the 
    appointment of
a receiver pursuant to 12 U.S.C.  
    5382(a)(l)(A)(i), with such consent to be considered as

    consent to an order of rehabilitation or liquidation;
        (2) upon an order of the United States District Court 
    for the District of Columbia under 12
U.S.C.  
    5382(a)(l)(A)(iv)(I) granting the petition of the 
    Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States concerning 
    the insurance company under 12 U.S.C.  5382(a)(l)(A)(i); or
        (3) a petition by the Secretary of the Treasury of the 
    United States concerning the insurance company is granted

    by operation of law under 12 U.S.C.  5382(a)(l)(A)(v).
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article, 
this Code, or any other law, after notice to the
insurance 
company, the receivership court may grant an order on the 
complaint for
rehabilitation or liquidation within 24 hours 
after the filing of a complaint pursuant to this
Section.
    (d) If the receivership court does not make a determination 
on a complaint for rehabilitation or liquidation
filed by the 
Director pursuant to this Section within 24 hours after its 
filing, then it shall be
deemed granted by operation of law 
upon the expiration of the 24-hour period. At the time
that an 
order is deemed granted under this Section, the provisions of 
Article XIII of this Code
shall be deemed to be in effect, and 
the Director shall be deemed to be affirmed as receiver and 
have all of the applicable powers provided by this Code, 
regardless of whether an order
has been entered. The 
receivership court shall expeditiously enter an order of 
rehabilitation
or liquidation that:
        (1) is effective as of the date that it is deemed 
    granted by operation of law; and
        (2) conforms to the provisions for rehabilitation or 
    liquidation contained in Article XIII
of this Code, as 
    applicable.
    (e) Any order of rehabilitation or liquidation made 
pursuant to this Section shall not be subject to
any stay or 
injunction pending appeal.
    (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to supersede 
or impair any other power or
authority of the Director or the 
court under this Article or Code.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  8/2/2013