Bill Text: IL SB2240 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer may not refuse to issue vehicle insurance to a person solely because the applicant is a volunteer driver and may not impose a surcharge or otherwise increase the rate for a vehicle policy solely on the basis that the named insured or any member of the insured's household or a person who customarily operates the insured's vehicle is a volunteer driver. Provides that the provision concerning volunteer driver protection shall not prohibit an insurer from taking any actions upon factors other than the volunteer status of the insured driver. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2240 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2240-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2240
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2240 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 143.19.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (215 ILCS 5/143.19.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 143.19.2. Volunteer driver protection. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "volunteer driver" | ||||||
| 9 | means a person
who transports individuals or goods without | ||||||
| 10 | compensation above
reimbursement for expenses. Such volunteer | ||||||
| 11 | driving must be performed
for a not-for-profit agency or | ||||||
| 12 | charitable organization, as defined in
the General Not for | ||||||
| 13 | Profit Corporation Act of 1986, that allows older individuals | ||||||
| 14 | to transfer their
automobiles to the organization in exchange | ||||||
| 15 | for personal
transportation services. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) An insurer may not refuse to issue vehicle insurance to | ||||||
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| 1 | a person solely because the applicant is a volunteer driver. An | ||||||
| 2 | insurer may not impose a surcharge or otherwise increase the | ||||||
| 3 | rate for a vehicle policy solely on the basis that the named | ||||||
| 4 | insured or any member of the insured's household or a person | ||||||
| 5 | who customarily operates the insured's vehicle is a volunteer | ||||||
| 6 | driver who volunteer drives 24 hours or less
per week. This | ||||||
| 7 | Section shall not prohibit an insurer from taking any actions | ||||||
| 8 | upon factors other than the volunteer status of the insured | ||||||
| 9 | driver.
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.".
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