Public Act 099-0673
 
HB5660 EnrolledLRB099 18129 MLM 42495 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Public Construction Bond Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 550/2)  (from Ch. 29, par. 16)
    Sec. 2. Every person furnishing material or performing
labor, either as an individual or as a sub-contractor,
hereinafter referred to as Claimant, for any contractor, with
the State, or a political subdivision thereof where bond or
letter of credit shall be executed as provided in this Act,
shall have the right to sue on such bond or letter of credit in
the name of the State, or the political subdivision thereof
entering into such contract, as the case may be, for his use
and benefit, and in such suit the plaintiff shall file a copy
of such bond or letter of credit, certified by the party or
parties in whose charge such bond or letter of credit shall be,
which copy shall, unless execution thereof be denied under
oath, be prima facie evidence of the execution and delivery of
the original; provided, however, that this Act shall not be
taken to in any way make the State, or the political
subdivision thereof entering into such contract, as the case
may be, liable to such sub-contractor, materialman or laborer
to any greater extent than it was liable under the law as it
stood before the adoption of this Act.
    Provided, however, that any Claimant having a claim for
labor and material furnished to the State shall have no such
right of action unless it shall have filed a verified notice of
said claim with the officer, board, bureau or department
awarding the contract, within 180 days after the date of the
last item of work or the furnishing of the last item of
materials, and shall have furnished a copy of such verified
notice to the contractor within 10 days of the filing of the
notice with the agency awarding the contract.
    When any Claimant has a claim for labor and material
furnished to a political subdivision, the Claimant shall have
no right of action unless it shall have filed a verified notice
of that claim with the Clerk or Secretary of the political
subdivision within 180 days after the date of the last item of
work or furnishing of the last item of materials, and shall
have filed a copy of that verified notice upon the contractor
in a like manner as provided herein within 10 days after the
filing of the notice with the Clerk or Secretary.
    The Claimant may file said verified notice by using
personal service or by depositing the verified notice in the
United States Mail, postage prepaid, certified or restricted
delivery return receipt requested limited to addressee only.
The verified notice shall be deemed filed on the date personal
service occurs or the date when the verified notice is mailed
in the form and manner provided in this Section.
    The claim shall be verified and shall contain (1) the name
and address of the claimant; the business address of the
Claimant within this State and if the Claimant shall be a
foreign corporation having no place of business within the
State, the notice shall state the principal place of business
of said corporation and in the case of a partnership, the
notice shall state the names and residences of each of the
partners; (2) the name of the contractor for the government;
(3) the name of the person, firm or corporation by whom the
Claimant was employed or to whom he or it furnished materials;
(4) a brief description of the public improvement; (5) a
description of the Claimant's contract as it pertains to the
public improvement, describing the work done by the Claimant
and stating the total amount due and unpaid as of the date of
verified notice.
    No defect in the notice herein provided for shall deprive
the Claimant of his right of action under this article unless
it shall affirmatively appear that such defect has prejudiced
the rights of an interested party asserting the same.
    Provided, further, that no action shall be brought later
than one year after the date of the furnishing of the last item
of work or materials by the Claimant. Such action shall be
brought only in the circuit court of this State in the judicial
circuit in which the contract is to be performed.
    The remedy provided in this Section is in addition to and
independent of any other rights and remedies provided at law or
in equity. A waiver of rights under the Mechanics Lien Act
shall not constitute a waiver of rights under this Section
unless specifically stated in the waiver.
(Source: P.A. 97-487, eff. 1-1-12.)