Bill Text: IL SB3496 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that the changes made by Public Act 97-966, to provisions governing the circumstances in which it is not necessary to fix by contract a time for the completion or a time for payment in order to obtain a lien under the Act, are operative from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2020). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3496 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3496-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (770 ILCS 60/6) (from Ch. 82, par. 6)
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7 | Sec. 6.
In no event shall it be necessary to fix or | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | stipulate in any
contract a time for the completion or a time | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | for payment in order to obtain
a lien under this Act, provided, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | that the work is done or material
furnished within three years | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | from the commencement of said work or the
commencement of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | furnishing said material in the case of work done or material | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | furnished as to residential property; and within 5 years from | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the commencement of said work or the commencement of furnishing | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | said material in the case of work done or material furnished as | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | to any other type of property. The changes made by Public Act | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 97-966 are operative from January 1, 2013 through December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2025 2020 .
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19 | (Source: P.A. 99-852, eff. 8-19-16.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | becoming law.
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