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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by changing
5Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (770 ILCS 60/6)  (from Ch. 82, par. 6)
7    Sec. 6. In no event shall it be necessary to fix or
8stipulate in any contract a time for the completion or a time
9for payment in order to obtain a lien under this act, provided,
10that the work is done or material furnished within three years
11from the commencement of said work or the commencement of
12furnishing said material in the case of work done or material
13furnished as to owner-occupied residential property; and
14within 5 years from the commencement of said work or the
15commencement of furnishing said material in the case of work
16done or material furnished as to any other type of property.
17The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 97th General
18Assembly become inoperative 3 years after the effective date of
19this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
20(Source: Laws 1903, p. 230.)