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1    AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1520 and 1535 and adding Section 500-155 as
6follows:
 
7    (215 ILCS 5/500-155 new)
8    Sec. 500-155. Disclosure. A policy the solicitation of
9which involves an insurance producer, limited insurance
10representative, or temporary insurance producer must identify
11the name of the producer, representative, or firm. An
12individual life or accident and health application and a master
13policy application for life or accident and health group
14coverages must bear the name and signature of the licensee who
15solicited and wrote the application.
 
16    (215 ILCS 5/1520)
17    Sec. 1520. Application for license.
18    (a) A person applying for a public adjuster license shall
19make application to the Director on the appropriate uniform
20application or other application prescribed by the Director.
21    (b) The applicant shall declare under penalty of perjury
22and under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of the

 

 

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1license that the statements made in the application are true,
2correct, and complete to the best of the applicant's knowledge
3and belief.
4    (c) In order to make a determination of license
5eligibility, the Director is authorized to require
6fingerprints of applicants for licensing and renewal
7applicants and submit such fingerprints and the fee required to
8perform the criminal history record checks to the Illinois
9State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for
10State and national criminal history record checks.
11    (d) The Director may adopt rules to establish procedures
12necessary to carry out the requirements of subsection (c) of
13this Section.
14    (e) The Director is authorized to submit electronic
15fingerprint records and necessary identifying information to
16the NAIC, its affiliates, or subsidiaries for permanent
17retention in a centralized repository. The purpose of such a
18centralized repository is to provide Directors with access to
19fingerprint records in order to perform criminal history record
20checks.
21    (f) Until such time as the Director can obtain and receive
22national criminal history records, the applicant shall obtain a
23copy of his or her fingerprints and complete criminal history
24record from the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services
25Division and the Illinois State Police and provide such
26information to the Department of Insurance.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-1332, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
2    (215 ILCS 5/1535)
3    Sec. 1535. Exemptions from examination.
4    (a) An individual who applies for a public adjuster license
5in this State who was previously licensed as a public adjuster
6in another state based on a public adjuster examination shall
7not be required to complete any examination prelicensing
8education. This exemption is only available if (i) the person
9is currently licensed in that state or if the application is
10received within 12 months of the cancellation of the
11applicant's previous license; and (ii) if the prior state
12issues a certification that, at the time of cancellation, the
13applicant was in good standing in that state or the state's
14producer database records or records maintained by the NAIC,
15its affiliates, or subsidiaries, indicate that the public
16adjuster is or was licensed in good standing.
17    (b) A person licensed as a public adjuster in another state
18based on a public adjuster examination who moves to this State
19shall submit an application within 90 days of establishing
20legal residence to become a resident licensee pursuant to
21Section 1525 of this Article. No prelicensing examination shall
22be required of that person to obtain a public adjuster license.
23    (c) An individual who applies for a public adjuster license
24in this State who was previously licensed as a public adjuster
25in this State shall not be required to complete any

 

 

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1prelicensing examination. This exemption is only available if
2the application is received within 12 months of the
3cancellation of the applicant's previous license in this State
4and if, at the time of cancellation, the applicant was in good
5standing in this State.
6(Source: P.A. 96-1332, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.