HB3418 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3418

Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Construction Safety Act. Defines: "entity" as a person, firm, public or private corporation, owner, contractor, or subcontractor; and "work" as the overall or specific erection, construction, repair, alteration, removal, painting, maintenance, or cleaning of any building, bridge, viaduct, or other structure. Provides that if an entity has overall charge of or retains authority to control the work, exercises control of the overall work, or undertakes the responsibility to make the work safe, then a private right of action shall lie against the entity by or on behalf of any worker injured or killed in the course of the work.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Construction Safety Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Entity" means a person, firm, public or private corporation, owner, contractor, or subcontractor.

"Work" means the overall or specific erection, construction, repair, alteration, removal, painting, maintenance, or cleaning of any building, bridge, viaduct, or other structure.

Section 10. Safety of contractors. If an entity has overall charge of or retains authority to control the work, exercises control of the overall work, or undertakes the responsibility to make the work safe, then a private right of action shall lie against the entity by or on behalf of any worker injured or killed in the course of the work.