Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0155

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2004 the Illinois Department of Transportation shall conduct a pilot project to provide direct payments by the State to subcontractors for construction work upon satisfactory completion of any subcontractor's portion of the contract. Provides that, upon successful completion of the pilot project, the Department shall implement the program for all construction projects. Effective immediately.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code short title section. Provides that the Act "shall" rather than "may" be cited by the short title.

Deletes everything. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires a State official or agency responsible for administering a contract, when submitting a voucher to the Comptroller for payment to a contractor, to promptly make available electronically the voucher number, the date of the voucher, and the amount of the voucher. Provides that 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. Provides that if a contractor, without reasonable cause, fails to make full (now, any) payment of certain amounts due to his subcontractors and material suppliers within 15 days after receipt of payment under a public construction contract, the contractor must pay the subcontractors and material suppliers 4% (now, 2%) interest each month in addition to the payments due until the amount is fully paid. Provides procedures for subcontractors and material suppliers to follow. Provides that if a State official or agency responsible for administering a contract determines, after notice to appropriate parties and a hearing, that a contractor has failed to make the payment in full within 45 days under a public construction contract, then that contractor must make payment within 15 days after the finding; if not, the contractor is barred from entering into a State public construction contract for one year.

Further amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Defines "qualified provider" as (i) certain not-for-profit organizations that provide non-residential services for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled, with certain exceptions and (ii) entities licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, but only with respect to the services provided for a community-integrated living arrangement. Provides that a bill or invoice for goods or services furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider and grant award payments to a qualified provider must be given priority in processing and that a voucher for payment submitted by an official or agency to the Comptroller for payment must be given priority in payment. Provides that the processing and payment of (i) debt service obligations of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the State shall have priority over the processing and payment of items as required by these provisions. This provision effective immediately.

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