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90_SB1286

      765 ILCS 35/100           from Ch. 30, par. 137
      765 ILCS 35/102           from Ch. 30, par. 139
          Amends  the  Registered  Titles  (Torrens)  Act.   In   a
      provision  requiring  the  county  treasurer to report to the
      county board on the condition and  income  of  the  indemnity
      fund  held  by  the  treasurer  to satisfy claims against the
      county related to this Act, provides that  the  report  shall
      show  the  claims  made against the fund and paid by the fund
      for each of the prior 10 years and that if the  report  shows
      that  the  average  amount  of  claims paid over the prior 10
      years from the fund have been less  than  5%  of  the  fund's
      total current balance, and the claims have not exceeded 5% of
      the  current  fund  in any single year, then the county board
      may preserve no less than 20  times  the  highest  amount  of
      total claims paid in any single year over the prior 10 years,
      and  release  the  remainder  of  the  fund  to  finance  the
      abatement  of  lead paint in structures where children may be
      at risk.  Provides that upon the statutory expiration of  all
      potential claims to the fund, the entirety of the fund may be
      used  for  lead  abatement,  or other related purposes as the
      county board may then determine.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Registered Titles  (Torrens)  Act  by
 2    changing Sections 100 and 102.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Registered  Titles  (Torrens)  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Sections 100 and 102 as follows:
 7        (765 ILCS 35/100) (from Ch. 30, par. 137)
 8        Sec. 100. All sums of money received pursuant to Sections
 9    40, 99, and 108 of this Act shall be paid by the registrar to
10    the county treasurer of the  county  in  which  the  land  is
11    situated,  for  the  purpose of maintaining an indemnity fund
12    under the terms of this Act.  It shall be  the  duty  of  the
13    treasurer to invest all of the fund, including both principal
14    and income, from time to time if not immediately required for
15    payments  of indemnities in accordance with Division 3-11 and
16    other applicable provisions of the Counties Code.  The county
17    treasurer shall report  annually  to  the  county  board  the
18    condition  and  income  of the fund and forward a copy of the
19    report to the registrar.
20        The report shall show the claims made  against  the  fund
21    and  paid by the fund for each of the prior 10 years.  If the
22    report shows that the average amount of claims paid over  the
23    prior  10  years  from the fund have been less than 5% of the
24    fund's  total  current  balance,  and  the  claims  have  not
25    exceeded 5% of the current fund in any single year, then  the
26    registrar,  county  board president, or a county commissioner
27    may  seek  full  board  action  preserving  so  much  of  the
28    indemnity fund as exceeds no less than 20 times  the  highest
29    amount of total claims paid in any single year over the prior
30    10  years,  and  releasing the remainder of the fund for lead
31    abatement as set forth in this Section.  The county board may
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 1    use the released indemnity funds to finance, in whole  or  in
 2    part,  a  low interest or interest-free loan or grant program
 3    and related activities, for the abatement of  lead  paint  in
 4    structures  where  the existence of lead paint poses or could
 5    pose  a  direct  health  risk  to  children,  on  terms   and
 6    conditions  as  the  county  board  may deem sound.  Upon the
 7    statutory expiration of all potential claims to the fund, the
 8    entirety of the fund may be used for lead abatement,  or  for
 9    other  similar  health or safety-related real estate purposes
10    as the county board may then determine.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
12        (765 ILCS 35/102) (from Ch. 30, par. 139)
13        Sec. 102.  The indemnity fund shall be  held,  except  as
14    provided  in  Section  100,  to satisfy judgments obtained or
15    claims allowed against the county for losses  or  damages  as
16    aforesaid.  Such claims for damages shall be presented to the
17    registrar and county board, and such county board  is  hereby
18    authorized  and  empowered to allow or reject the same and to
19    provide for the payment of such claims  as  may  be  allowed.
20    No  claims  for  such  losses or damages shall be allowed and
21    paid by any such county board unless upon the  recommendation
22    of the registrar who shall be in office at the time the claim
23    shall  be allowed.  The county board shall grant or deny such
24    claims in whole or in part within 60 days from  the  date  of
25    the  receipt  thereof  by the county board.  In the event the
26    county board shall fail to grant or deny such claims in whole
27    or in part within 60  days  from  the  date  of  the  receipt
28    thereof, the claims are deemed to be denied.  Judicial review
29    may  be  had  in accordance with Administrative Review Law as
30    heretofore or hereafter amended.
31    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
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 1    becoming law.

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