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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 909

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 909 on page 1, line
 3    1, by changing "the Illinois work force"  to  "construction";
 4    and

 5    on page 1, by replacing lines 4 through 5 with the following:

 6        "Section  5.  The Public Construction Bond Act is amended
 7    by changing Section 1 as follows:

 8        (30 ILCS 550/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 15)
 9        Sec. 1.  Except as otherwise provided by  this  Act,  all
10    officials, boards, commissions or agents of this State, or of
11    any  political  subdivision  thereof  in making contracts for
12    public work of any kind costing over $5,000 to  be  performed
13    for  the  State,  or  a  political  subdivision thereof shall
14    require every contractor for the work to furnish, supply  and
15    deliver  a bond to the State, or to the political subdivision
16    thereof entering into the contract, as the case may be,  with
17    good and sufficient sureties. The amount of the bond shall be
18    fixed by the officials, boards, commissions, commissioners or
19    agents,  and  the  bond,  among  other  conditions,  shall be
20    conditioned for the  completion  of  the  contract,  for  the
21    payment  of  material  used  in  the  work  and for all labor
 
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 1    performed in the work, whether by subcontractor or otherwise.
 2        If the contract is for emergency repairs as  provided  in
 3    the  Illinois  Procurement  Code,  proof  of  payment for all
 4    labor, materials, apparatus, fixtures, and machinery  may  be
 5    furnished in lieu of the bond required by this Section.
 6        Each  such  bond  is  deemed  to  contain  the  following
 7    provisions  whether such provisions are inserted in such bond
 8    or not:
 9        "The principal and sureties on this bond agree  that  all
10    the undertakings, covenants, terms, conditions and agreements
11    of  the  contract  or  contracts  entered  into  between  the
12    principal  and the State or any political subdivision thereof
13    will be performed and fulfilled and to pay all persons, firms
14    and corporations having contracts with the principal or  with
15    subcontractors, all just claims due them under the provisions
16    of  such contracts for labor performed or materials furnished
17    in the performance of the contract on account of  which  this
18    bond  is given, when such claims are not satisfied out of the
19    contract price of the contract on account of which this  bond
20    is  given, after final settlement between the officer, board,
21    commission  or  agent  of  the  State  or  of  any  political
22    subdivision thereof and the principal has been made."
23        The bond required by this Section may  be  acquired  from
24    the  company,  agent  or  broker  of the contractor's choice.
25    Except in a  political  subdivision  of  this  State  with  a
26    population  over  1,000,000,  the form of the bond may be, at
27    the contractor's choosing, a cash bond, letter of credit,  or
28    surety  bond.   The bond and sureties shall be subject to the
29    right  of  reasonable  approval  or  disapproval,   including
30    suspension,  by  the  State  or political subdivision thereof
31    concerned.
32        When other than motor fuel tax funds, federal-aid  funds,
33    or  other funds received from the State are used, a political
34    subdivision  may  allow   the   contractor   to   provide   a
 
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 1    non-diminishing irrevocable bank letter of credit, in lieu of
 2    the  bond  required  by  this  Section,  on  contracts  under
 3    $100,000  to  comply  with  the requirements of this Section.
 4    Any such bank letter of credit shall contain  all  provisions
 5    required for bonds by this Section.
 6    (Source: P.A. 91-456, eff. 8-6-99.)".

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