30 ILCS 557/ Public Construction Contract Act.

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30 ILCS 557/1

(30 ILCS 557/1)

Sec. 1.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Public Construction Contract Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)

30 ILCS 557/5

(30 ILCS 557/5)

Sec. 5.

Definitions.

As used in this Act:

"Contractor" means a person who contracts with a governmental entity to
improve real property or to perform or manage construction.  "Contractor" does
not mean a person licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of
1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, or the Professional
Engineering Practice Act of
1989.

"Governmental entity" means a county, a
municipality, a township, a public educational institution, a special district,
or any political
subdivision thereof.  "Governmental entity" does not include the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation
District.

"Improve" means to build, alter, repair, or demolish an improvement on,
connected with, or beneath the surface of any real property; to excavate,
clear, grade, fill, or landscape any real property; to construct driveways or
roadways; or to perform labor on improvements.

"Improvement" includes, but is not limited to, all or any part of any
building, structure, erection, alteration, demolition, excavation, clearing,
grading, filling, landscaping, trees, shrubbery, driveways, or roadways on real
property.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association,
governmental entity, or any other legal entity.

"Real property" means the real estate that is improved, including, but not
limited to, lands, leaseholds, tenements, hereditaments, and improvements
placed
on the real estate.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)

30 ILCS 557/10

(30 ILCS 557/10)

Sec. 10.

Contract requirements.

If a contract between a contractor and a
governmental entity for an improvement exceeds $75,000, all of the
following provisions apply to that contract:

(1) If a contractor discovers one or both of the following physical
conditions at the surface or subsurface of the site, the contractor must notify
the
governmental entity of the condition, in writing, before disturbing the
condition:

(A) A subsurface or latent physical condition at the

site differing materially from conditions indicated in the contract.

(B) An unknown physical condition at the site of an

unusual nature differing materially from the conditions ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inhering in work of the kind provided for in the contract.

(2) If the governmental entity receives notice from the contractor under
subdivision (1), the governmental entity must promptly investigate the physical
condition.

(3) If the governmental entity determines that the physical condition (i)
does materially differ from the conditions indicated in the contract or
ordinarily encountered in
the work of the kind provided for in the contract and (ii) will cause an
increase or decrease in the costs or time needed to perform the contract, the
governmental entity must make an equitable adjustment to and modify the
contract in writing.

(4) The contractor may not make a claim for additional costs or time because
of a physical condition at the site, unless the contractor has provided notice
to the governmental entity under subdivision (1).

(5) The contractor may not make a claim for an adjustment
after the contractor has received a final payment under the contract.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)

30 ILCS 557/15

(30 ILCS 557/15)

Sec. 15.

Arbitration.

A contractor and governmental entity may, by
mutual
agreement, arbitrate the contractor's entitlement to recover the actual
increase in contract
time or costs incurred because of a physical condition at the site.  The
judgment rendered
may be entered in any court having jurisdiction over the matter.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)

30 ILCS 557/20

(30 ILCS 557/20)

Sec. 20.

Incorporation into contract.

The provisions of Section 10 of
this Act are incorporated into and considered a part of every contract for
improvements between a contractor and governmental entity.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)

30 ILCS 557/25

(30 ILCS 557/25)

Sec. 25.

Limitation.

Nothing in this Act limits the rights or remedies
otherwise available to a contractor or governmental entity under any other law
or under the Constitution of the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)

30 ILCS 557/99

(30 ILCS 557/99)

Sec. 99.

Effective date.

This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 91-647, eff. 11-30-99.)