SB3792eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3792 Engrossed LRB097 18231 AJO 65714 b

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 6 as follows:

(770 ILCS 60/6) (from Ch. 82, par. 6)

Sec. 6. In no event shall it be necessary to fix or stipulate in any contract a time for the completion or a time for payment in order to obtain a lien under this act, provided, that the work is done or material furnished within three years from the commencement of said work or the commencement of furnishing said material in the case of work done or material furnished as to owner-occupied residential property; and within 5 years from the commencement of said work or the commencement of furnishing said material in the case of work done or material furnished as to any other type of property. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly become inoperative 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.

(Source: Laws 1903, p. 230.)