100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4863

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
770 ILCS 60/24  from Ch. 82, par. 24

    Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Deletes language providing that a subcontractor shall, within 90 days after the completion his or her obligations under the contract between the contractor and the subcontractor, or, if extra or additional work or material is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after the date of completion of such extra or additional work or final delivery of such extra or additional material, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due. Provides instead that a subcontractor shall, within 90 days after the completion of the work or extra work or materials are furnished under the contractor's contract with the owner, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 24 as follows:
 
6    (770 ILCS 60/24)  (from Ch. 82, par. 24)
7    Sec. 24. Written notice by sub-contractor; service; when
8notice not necessary; form of notice.
9    (a) Sub-contractors, or parties furnishing labor,
10materials, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, or services, may at
11any time after making his or her contract with the contractor,
12and shall within 90 days after the completion of the work or
13extra work or materials are furnished under the contractor's
14contract with the owner thereof, or, if extra or additional
15work or material is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after
16the date of completion of such extra or additional work or
17final delivery of such extra or additional material, cause a
18written notice of his or her claim and the amount due or to
19become due thereunder, to be sent by registered or certified
20mail, with return receipt requested, and delivery limited to
21addressee only, to or personally served on the owner of record
22or his agent or architect, or the superintendent having charge
23of the building or improvement and to the lending agency, if

 

 

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1known; and such notice shall not be necessary when the sworn
2statement of the contractor or subcontractor provided for
3herein shall serve to give the owner notice of the amount due
4and to whom due, but where such statement is incorrect as to
5the amount, the subcontractor or material man named shall be
6protected to the extent of the amount named therein as due or
7to become due to him or her. For purposes of this Section,
8notice by registered or certified mail is considered served at
9the time of its mailing.
10    The form of such notice may be as follows: To (name of
11owner): You are hereby notified that I have been employed by
12(the name of contractor) to (state here what was the contract
13or what was done, or to be done, or what the claim is for) under
14his or her contract with you, on your property at (here give
15substantial description of the property) and that there was due
16to me, or is to become due (as the case may be) therefor, the
17sum of $.....
18    Dated at .... this .... day of ....., .....
19
(Signature).....
20    (b) The serving of notice pursuant to subsection (a) of
21this Section shall not constitute an admission by the lien
22claimant that its status is that of subcontractor if it is
23later determined that the party with whom the lien claimant
24contracted was the owner or an agent of the owner.
25(Source: P.A. 94-627, eff. 1-1-06.)