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91_HB0545 LRB9101700LDcs 1 AN ACT to create the Contractor Reporting Act. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Contractor Reporting Act. 6 Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the 7 following definitions shall have the following meanings, 8 except where the context requires otherwise: 9 "Contractor" means a person who offers to undertake, or 10 holds himself or herself out as being able to undertake, or 11 does undertake to alter, add to, subtract from, improve, 12 enhance, or beautify any residential realty or construct. The 13 term "contractor" includes a subcontractor, specialty 14 contractor, general engineering contractor, general building 15 contractor, or specialty contractor who performs any of the 16 activities listed in this definition directly or indirectly. 17 The term "contractor" does not include a person who performs 18 any of the activities described in this definition in 10 or 19 more states. 20 "Lawsuit" means a suit in which the contractor was a 21 defendant. 22 Section 10. Previous businesses owned by contractor. A 23 contractor shall provide the Office of the Attorney General 24 with a list of all contracting businesses that were owned 25 previously, in whole or in part, by the contractor. 26 Section 15. Lawsuits; bankruptcies. A contractor shall 27 provide the Office of the Attorney General with a copy of all 28 of the bankruptcies filed with respect to the contractor and 29 any of the businesses listed in Section 10. A contractor -2- LRB9101700LDcs 1 shall provide the Office of the Attorney General with a copy 2 of all lawsuits filed within the last 10 years against the 3 contractor pertaining to his or her activities as a 4 contractor, the disposition of each of those lawsuits, and a 5 list of any businesses required under Section 10. 6 Section 20. Disclosure to public. The Office of the 7 Attorney General shall compile the information supplied to it 8 under Sections 10 and 15 and make it available to the public 9 upon request. The Office of the Attorney General shall 10 provide a toll free number to give this information to the 11 public upon request.