99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5660

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 550/2  from Ch. 29, par. 16

    Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that verified notice shall be deemed filed on the date personal service occurs or the date where the verified notice is mailed in the form and manner provided.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Construction Bond Act is amended by
5changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 550/2)  (from Ch. 29, par. 16)
7    Sec. 2. Every person furnishing material or performing
8labor, either as an individual or as a sub-contractor,
9hereinafter referred to as Claimant, for any contractor, with
10the State, or a political subdivision thereof where bond or
11letter of credit shall be executed as provided in this Act,
12shall have the right to sue on such bond or letter of credit in
13the name of the State, or the political subdivision thereof
14entering into such contract, as the case may be, for his use
15and benefit, and in such suit the plaintiff shall file a copy
16of such bond or letter of credit, certified by the party or
17parties in whose charge such bond or letter of credit shall be,
18which copy shall, unless execution thereof be denied under
19oath, be prima facie evidence of the execution and delivery of
20the original; provided, however, that this Act shall not be
21taken to in any way make the State, or the political
22subdivision thereof entering into such contract, as the case
23may be, liable to such sub-contractor, materialman or laborer

 

 

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1to any greater extent than it was liable under the law as it
2stood before the adoption of this Act.
3    Provided, however, that any Claimant having a claim for
4labor and material furnished to the State shall have no such
5right of action unless it shall have filed a verified notice of
6said claim with the officer, board, bureau or department
7awarding the contract, within 180 days after the date of the
8last item of work or the furnishing of the last item of
9materials, and shall have furnished a copy of such verified
10notice to the contractor within 10 days of the filing of the
11notice with the agency awarding the contract.
12    When any Claimant has a claim for labor and material
13furnished to a political subdivision, the Claimant shall have
14no right of action unless it shall have filed a verified notice
15of that claim with the Clerk or Secretary of the political
16subdivision within 180 days after the date of the last item of
17work or furnishing of the last item of materials, and shall
18have filed a copy of that verified notice upon the contractor
19in a like manner as provided herein within 10 days after the
20filing of the notice with the Clerk or Secretary.
21    The Claimant may file said verified notice by using
22personal service or by depositing the verified notice in the
23United States Mail, postage prepaid, certified or restricted
24delivery return receipt requested limited to addressee only.
25The verified notice shall be deemed filed on the date personal
26service occurs or the date where the verified notice is mailed

 

 

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1in the form and manner provided in this Section.
2    The claim shall be verified and shall contain (1) the name
3and address of the claimant; the business address of the
4Claimant within this State and if the Claimant shall be a
5foreign corporation having no place of business within the
6State, the notice shall state the principal place of business
7of said corporation and in the case of a partnership, the
8notice shall state the names and residences of each of the
9partners; (2) the name of the contractor for the government;
10(3) the name of the person, firm or corporation by whom the
11Claimant was employed or to whom he or it furnished materials;
12(4) a brief description of the public improvement; (5) a
13description of the Claimant's contract as it pertains to the
14public improvement, describing the work done by the Claimant
15and stating the total amount due and unpaid as of the date of
16verified notice.
17    No defect in the notice herein provided for shall deprive
18the Claimant of his right of action under this article unless
19it shall affirmatively appear that such defect has prejudiced
20the rights of an interested party asserting the same.
21    Provided, further, that no action shall be brought later
22than one year after the date of the furnishing of the last item
23of work or materials by the Claimant. Such action shall be
24brought only in the circuit court of this State in the judicial
25circuit in which the contract is to be performed.
26    The remedy provided in this Section is in addition to and

 

 

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1independent of any other rights and remedies provided at law or
2in equity. A waiver of rights under the Mechanics Lien Act
3shall not constitute a waiver of rights under this Section
4unless specifically stated in the waiver.
5(Source: P.A. 97-487, eff. 1-1-12.)