Bill Text: IL SB2621 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Deletes language providing that a subcontractor shall, within 90 days after the completion his or her obligations under the contract between the contractor and the subcontractor, or, if extra or additional work or material is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after the date of completion of such extra or additional work or final delivery of such extra or additional material, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due. Provides instead that a subcontractor shall, within 90 days after the completion of the work or extra work or materials are furnished under the contractor's contract with the owner, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2621 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2621-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB2621 Introduced 2/8/2018, by Sen. John G. Mulroe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
770 ILCS 60/24 from Ch. 82, par. 24
Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Deletes language providing that a subcontractor shall, within 90 days after the completion his or her obligations under the contract between the contractor and the subcontractor, or, if extra or additional work or material is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after the date of completion of such extra or additional work or final delivery of such extra or additional material, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due. Provides instead that a subcontractor shall, within 90 days after the completion of the work or extra work or materials are furnished under the contractor's contract with the owner, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by changing
Section 24 as follows:
(770 ILCS 60/24) (from Ch. 82, par. 24)
Sec. 24. Written notice by sub-contractor; service; when
notice not necessary; form of notice.
(a) Sub-contractors, or parties furnishing labor,
materials, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, or services, may at
any time after making his or her contract with the contractor,
and shall within 90 days after the completion of the work or
extra work or materials are furnished under the contractor's
contract with the owner thereof, or, if extra or additional
work or material is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after
the date of completion of such extra or additional work or
final delivery of such extra or additional material, cause a
written notice of his or her claim and the amount due or to
become due thereunder, to be sent by registered or certified
mail, with return receipt requested, and delivery limited to
addressee only, to or personally served on the owner of record
or his agent or architect, or the superintendent having charge
of the building or improvement and to the lending agency, if

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known; and such notice shall not be necessary when the sworn
statement of the contractor or subcontractor provided for
herein shall serve to give the owner notice of the amount due
and to whom due, but where such statement is incorrect as to
the amount, the subcontractor or material man named shall be
protected to the extent of the amount named therein as due or
to become due to him or her. For purposes of this Section,
notice by registered or certified mail is considered served at
the time of its mailing.
The form of such notice may be as follows: To (name of
owner): You are hereby notified that I have been employed by
(the name of contractor) to (state here what was the contract
or what was done, or to be done, or what the claim is for) under
his or her contract with you, on your property at (here give
substantial description of the property) and that there was due
to me, or is to become due (as the case may be) therefor, the
sum of $.....
Dated at .... this .... day of ....., .....
(Signature).....
(b) The serving of notice pursuant to subsection (a) of
this Section shall not constitute an admission by the lien
claimant that its status is that of subcontractor if it is
later determined that the party with whom the lien claimant
contracted was the owner or an agent of the owner.
(Source: P.A. 94-627, eff. 1-1-06.)