FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES

Springfield, Ill., City Code tit. IX, ch. 100, art. II

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Springfield, Ill., City Code § 100.01 Compliance.

§ 100.01. - Compliance. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, company, or association, not incorporated under the laws of the state, to engage in the city, in effecting fire insurance or to transact any business of fire insurance in the city, while in default by not fully complying with any of the requirements of this chapter, and until such requirements shall have been fully complied with, provided, that this provision shall not relieve any company, corporation, or association from the payment of any risk that may be undertaken in violation of this chapter.

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 100.02 Two percent of gross receipts to be paid to city.

§ 100.02. - Two percent of gross receipts to be paid to city. Any corporation, company, or association not incorporated under the laws of the state, which is engaged in the city in effecting fire insurance, shall pay for the maintenance, use and benefit of the city fire department, a sum of money equal in amount to 2% per year of the annual gross receipts received by its agency in the city. (Ord. No. 393-5-93, § 1(Exh. A), 5-18-93)

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 100.03 Annual report required; payment of moneys.

§ 100.03. - Annual report required; payment of moneys. Every person acting in the city as agent for or on behalf of any corporation, company, or association described in the two preceding sections shall, on or before July 15, of each and every year, render a full, true, and just account, verified by his oath, of all premiums which, during the year ending on July l, preceding such report, shall have been received by him, or any other person for him, in behalf of any such corporation, company, or association. Such agent shall also at the time of rendering such report pay the sum of money for which such company, corporation, or association represented by him is chargeable by virtue of the provisions of this section. (Ord. No. 393-5-93, § 1(Exh. A), 5-18-93)

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 100.04 Recovery by suit.

§ 100.04. - Recovery by suit. (a) The sum of money for which any company, corporation, or association is chargeable, under the provisions of this section, may be recovered of it or its agents, by an action in the name of and for the use of the city, as for money had and received. (b) Nothing in this section shall be held to exempt any person, corporation, company, or association from indictment and conviction under the provisions of an act entitled, "An act to enable cities, towns and villages, organized under any general or special law, to levy and collect a tax or license fee from foreign insurance companies for the benefit of organized fire departments," in force July 1, 1895, and amendments thereto.

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 100.05 Insurance brokers not to place insurance until article complied with.

§ 100.05. - Insurance brokers not to place insurance until article complied with. No insurance broker in the city shall place any insurance with any company, association, or corporation, not incorporated under the laws of this state, which shall be in default for not reporting or making payment as herein provided, until it shall have complied with all the requirements of this section.

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 100.06 Appropriation of fund.

§ 100.06. - Appropriation of fund. The money received in payment of the foreign fire insurance tax shall be for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the city fire department, and unless otherwise specified by the city council for any year, shall be apportioned to any of the various fire funds exclusive of the firemen's pension fund as the director shall direct. (Ord. No. 393, § 1(Exh. A), 5-18-93)

Source: City of Springfield, Illinois, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/il/springfield/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIXGERE_CH100TA_ARTIIFIINCOFetched: 11/8/2026