DFPR-INDUSTRY BOND INSURANCE

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall accept proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage from general contractors, painters, drywallers, HVAC technicians, and electricians and publish the proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage submitted from those people on a publicly-accessible website. Provides that no unit of local government may require a general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician to submit additional proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage or assess a fee associated with the proof of bond insurance in order to do business in that jurisdiction if the general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician has submitted proof of bond insurance to the Department and the Department's website displays the proof of bond insurance. Effective January 1, 2016.