Public Act 90-0712 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0712

HB3556 Enrolled                                LRB9009634PTmb

    AN ACT concerning contractor license and permit bonds.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  1.   This  Act  may  be  cited as the Contractor
Unified License and Permit Bond Act.

    Section 5.  Application.  Except for the City of Chicago,
this Act applies to all counties,  municipalities,  and  home
rule units.

    Section 10.  Definitions.  As used in this Act,
    "Contractor"  means any person who, in any capacity other
than as the  employee  of  another  for  wages  as  the  sole
compensation,  undertakes  to construct, alter, repair, move,
wreck,  or  demolish  any  fixture  or  structure.  The  term
includes a subcontractor or specialty  contractor,  but  does
not   include  a  person  who  furnishes  only  materials  or
supplies.
    "Home rule unit" has the meaning provided in Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
    "Municipality" means a city, village, incorporated  town,
or township.
    "Unified  license  and  permit  bond" means a single bond
combining what are commonly known as a  license  bond  and  a
permit  bond,  issued on a uniform document prescribed by the
county board or board of county commissioners  that  includes
the  name  of  the  county,  the  name  and  address  of  the
contractor,  the  amount of the unified bond, the time period
covered by the unified bond, and  other  required  terms  and
conditions of the unified bond.

    Section  15.  Rules.  The county board or county board of
commissioners   may    adopt    rules    and    enter    into
intergovernmental agreements to implement this Act.

    Section 20.  Unified license and permit bond.
    (a)  A  contractor  seeking to do work or doing work in a
county or municipality  may  obtain  a  unified  license  and
permit  bond.   This  unified  license and permit bond may be
used by  the  contractor,  at  the  contractor's  discretion,
instead  of  any  other  license  or  permit  bond,  or both,
required of a contractor by  the  county  or  a  municipality
within  that  county.   The bond shall be in the amount of at
least $50,000 for counties included within the provisions  of
the  Northeastern  Illinois Planning Act and in the amount of
at least $25,000 for all other counties.
    (b)  The unified license and permit bond  shall  be  held
for  compliance with the ordinances and regulations governing
contractors in the county or  any  municipality  within  that
county  where  the  contractor  seeks  to do work or is doing
work.  The unified bond required by this Act shall  be  filed
by  the  contractor  with  the  county clerk.  At the time of
filing,  the   county   clerk   may   charge   a   reasonable
administration  fee,  determined by the county board or board
of county commissioners.
    (c)  If a contractor elects to use a unified license  and
permit   bond   under   this  Act  and  the  territory  of  a
municipality where a contractor seeks to do or is doing  work
is  included within more than one county, then the contractor
shall obtain a unified license  and  permit  bond  from  each
county  and  shall  file  a  unified  bond  with  each of the
respective county clerks whether or not the contractor  seeks
to  do  or  is  doing  work  in that part of the municipality
included in only one of the counties.
    In addition, the contractor shall file a  certified  copy
of the unified bond with the clerk in the municipality within
that county where the contractor seeks to do work or is doing
work.   At  the  time  of  the filing, the clerk may charge a
reasonable administration fee, determined  by  the  corporate
authorities of the municipality.

    Section  25.   Local  permits,  licenses,  or performance
bonds.  This Act does not prohibit a county  or  municipality
within that county from requiring local permits, licenses, or
performance  bonds  for  contractors  to  do business in that
county or municipality or from charging reasonable permit  or
license fees or reasonable amounts for performance bonds.

    Section  30.   Home  rule.   A  home  rule  unit  may not
regulate unified license and permit bonds for contractors  in
a  manner  inconsistent  with  this  Act.   This Section is a
limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of  Article  VII
of  the  Illinois  Constitution on the concurrent exercise by
home rule units of powers  and  functions  exercised  by  the
State.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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