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90_HB3556
New Act
Creates the Contractor Unified License and Permit Bond
Act. Establishes a unified license and permit bond for
contractors to file with the county recorder to be used
instead of individual license or permit bonds required by the
county or a municipality within that county. Provides that
the bond shall be in the amount of at least $10,000.
Provides that the unified license and permit bond does not
prohibit reasonable local license and permit fees. Defines
contractor. Preempts home rule. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning contractor license and permit bonds.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. This Act may be cited as the Contractor
5 Unified License and Permit Bond Act.
6 Section 5. Application. Except for the City of Chicago,
7 this Act applies to all counties, municipalities, and home
8 rule units.
9 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act,
10 "Contractor" means any person who, in any capacity other
11 than as the employee of another for wages as the sole
12 compensation, undertakes to construct, alter, repair, move,
13 wreck, or demolish any fixture or structure. The term
14 includes a subcontractor or specialty contractor, but does
15 not include a person who furnishes only materials or
16 supplies.
17 "Home rule unit" has the meaning provided in Section 6 of
18 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
19 "Municipality" has the meaning provided in Section 1 of
20 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
21 Section 15. Rules. The county board or county board of
22 commissioners may adopt rules and enter into
23 intergovernmental agreements to implement this Act.
24 Section 20. Unified contractor bond.
25 (a) A contractor doing work shall obtain a unified
26 license and permit bond from the municipal or county clerk.
27 This unified license and permit bond may be used by the
28 contractor instead of any other license or permit bond, or
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1 both, required of a contractor by the county or a
2 municipality within that county. The bond shall be in the
3 amount of at least $10,000.
4 (b) The unified license and permit bond shall be held
5 for compliance with the ordinances and regulations governing
6 contractors in the county or a municipality within that
7 county. The unified bond required by this Act shall be filed
8 with the county clerk.
9 Section 25. Local permits or licenses. This Act does
10 not prohibit a county or a municipality within that county
11 from requiring local permits or licenses for contractors to
12 do business in that county or municipality or from charging
13 reasonable permit or license fees.
14 Section 30. Home rule. A home rule unit may not
15 regulate unified license and permit bonds for contractors in
16 a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a
17 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII
18 of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by
19 home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the
20 State.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.