Public Act 094-0672
 
SB0013 Enrolled LRB094 06980 JAM 37098 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
changing Section 7 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 540/7)   (from Ch. 127, par. 132.407)
    Sec. 7. Payments to subcontractors and material suppliers.
    (a) When a State official or agency responsible for
administering a contract submits a voucher to the Comptroller
for payment to a contractor, that State official or agency
shall promptly make available electronically the voucher
number, the date of the voucher, and the amount of the voucher.
The State official or agency responsible for administering the
contract shall provide subcontractors and material suppliers,
known to the State official or agency, with instructions on how
to access the electronic information. When a contractor
receives any payment, the contractor shall pay each
subcontractor and material supplier in proportion to the work
completed by each subcontractor and material supplier their
application less any retention. If the contractor receives less
than the full payment due under the public construction
contract, the contractor shall be obligated to disburse on a
pro rata basis those funds received, with the contractor,
subcontractors and material suppliers each receiving a
prorated portion based on the amount of payment. When, however,
the public owner does not release the full payment due under
the contract because there are specific areas of work or
materials the contractor is rejecting or because the contractor
has otherwise determined such areas are not suitable for
payment, then those specific subcontractors or suppliers
involved shall not be paid for that portion of work rejected or
deemed not suitable for payment and all other subcontractors
and suppliers shall be paid in full.
    (b) If the contractor, without reasonable cause, fails to
make full any payment of amounts due under subsection (a) to
his subcontractors and material suppliers within 15 days after
receipt of payment under the public construction contract, the
contractor shall pay to his subcontractors and material
suppliers, in addition to the payment due them, interest in the
amount of 2% per month, calculated from the expiration of the
15-day period until fully paid. This subsection shall also
apply to any payments made by subcontractors and material
suppliers to their subcontractors and material suppliers and to
all payments made to lower tier subcontractors and material
suppliers throughout the contracting chain.
        (1) If a contractor, without reasonable cause, fails to
    make payment in full as provided in subsection (a) within
    15 days after receipt of payment under the public
    construction contract, any subcontractor or material
    supplier to whom payments are owed may file a written
    notice with the State official or agency setting forth the
    amount owed by the contractor and the contractor's failure
    to timely pay the amount owed.
        (2) The State official or agency, within 15 days after
    receipt of a subcontractor's or material supplier's
    written notice of the failure to receive payment from the
    contractor, shall hold a hearing convened by an
    administrative law judge to determine whether the
    contractor withheld payment, without reasonable cause,
    from the subcontractors and material suppliers and what
    amount, if any, is due to the subcontractors and material
    suppliers. The State official or agency shall provide
    appropriate notice to the parties of the date, time, and
    location of the hearing. Each contractor, subcontractor,
    and material supplier has the right to be represented by
    counsel at the hearing and to cross-examine witnesses and
    challenge documents.
        (3) If there is a finding by the administrative law
    judge that the contractor failed to make payment in full,
    without reasonable cause, as provided in subsection (a),
    then the administrative law judge shall, in writing, direct
    the contractor to pay the amount owed to the subcontractors
    and material suppliers plus interest within 15 days after
    the finding.
        (4) If a contractor fails to make full payment within
    15 days after the administrative law judge's finding, then
    the contractor shall be barred from entering into a State
    public construction contract for a period of one year
    beginning on the date of the administrative law judge's
    finding.
(Source: P.A. 87-773.)