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91_HB2724
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Construction Bond Act by
2 changing Section 1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Construction Bond Act is amended
6 by changing Section 1 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 550/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 15)
8 Sec. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all
9 officials, boards, commissions or agents of this State, or of
10 any political subdivision thereof in making contracts for
11 public work of any kind costing over $5,000 to be performed
12 for the State, or a political subdivision thereof shall
13 require every contractor for the such work to furnish, supply
14 and deliver a bond to the State, or to the political
15 subdivision thereof entering into the such contract, as the
16 case may be, with good and sufficient sureties. The amount of
17 the such bond shall be fixed by the such officials, boards,
18 commissions, commissioners or agents, and the such bond,
19 among other conditions, shall be conditioned for the
20 completion of the contract, for the payment of material used
21 in the such work and for all labor performed in the such
22 work, whether by subcontractor or otherwise.
23 If the contract is for emergency repairs as provided in
24 the Illinois Procurement Code, proof of payment for all
25 labor, materials, apparatus, fixtures, and machinery may be
26 furnished in lieu of the bond required by this Section. If
27 the contractor does not furnish a bond or proof of payment,
28 payment to the contractor may be withheld for up to 120 days
29 after completion of the project to allow any subcontractors
30 to enforce the provisions of the Mechanics Lien Act.
31 Each such bond is deemed to contain the following
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1 provisions whether such provisions are inserted in such bond
2 or not:
3 "The principal and sureties on this bond agree that all
4 the undertakings, covenants, terms, conditions and agreements
5 of the contract or contracts entered into between the
6 principal and the State or any political subdivision thereof
7 will be performed and fulfilled and to pay all persons, firms
8 and corporations having contracts with the principal or with
9 subcontractors, all just claims due them under the provisions
10 of such contracts for labor performed or materials furnished
11 in the performance of the contract on account of which this
12 bond is given, when such claims are not satisfied out of the
13 contract price of the contract on account of which this bond
14 is given, after final settlement between the officer, board,
15 commission or agent of the State or of any political
16 subdivision thereof and the principal has been made."
17 The bond required by this Section may be acquired from
18 the company, agent or broker of the contractor's choice. The
19 bond and sureties shall be subject to the right of reasonable
20 approval or disapproval, including suspension, by the State
21 or political subdivision thereof concerned.
22 When other than motor fuel tax funds, federal-aid funds,
23 or other funds received from the State are used, a political
24 subdivision may allow the contractor to provide a
25 non-diminishing irrevocable bank letter of credit, in lieu of
26 the bond required by this Section, on contracts under
27 $100,000 to comply with the requirements of this Section.
28 Any such bank letter of credit shall contain all provisions
29 required for bonds by this Section.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-518, eff. 1-1-97.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.