Bill Text: IL HB5663 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that the Act does not apply unless there is a written and executed contract to improve the lot or tract of land or for the purpose of improving the tract of land or to manage a structure under construction thereon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5663 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5663-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (770 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 82, par. 1)
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7 | Sec. 1. Contractor defined; amount of lien; waiver of lien; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | attachment of lien; agreement to waive; when not enforceable.
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9 | (a) Any person who shall by any written and executed | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | contract or contracts, express or
implied, or partly expressed | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or implied, with the owner of a lot or
tract of land, or with | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | one whom the owner has authorized or knowingly
permitted to | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | contract, to improve the lot or tract of land or for the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | purpose of improving the tract of land, or to manage a
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15 | structure under construction thereon, is known under this Act | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | as a contractor and has a lien upon the whole of such lot or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | tract of land and upon adjoining or adjacent lots or tracts of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | land of such owner constituting the same premises and occupied | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | or used in connection with such lot or tract of land as a place | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | of residence or business; and in case the contract relates to 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | or more buildings, on 2 or more lots or tracts of land, upon | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | all such lots and tracts of land and improvements thereon for | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | the amount due to him or her for the material, fixtures, |
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1 | apparatus, machinery, services or labor, and interest at the | ||||||
2 | rate of 10% per annum from the date the same is due. This lien | ||||||
3 | extends to an estate in fee, for life, for years, or any other | ||||||
4 | estate or any right of redemption or other interest that the | ||||||
5 | owner may have in the lot or tract of land at the time of making | ||||||
6 | such contract or may subsequently acquire and this lien | ||||||
7 | attaches as of the date of the written and executed contract. | ||||||
8 | This Act does not apply unless there is a written and executed | ||||||
9 | contract to improve the lot or tract of land or for the purpose | ||||||
10 | of improving the tract of land or to manage a
structure under | ||||||
11 | construction thereon. | ||||||
12 | (b) As used in subsection (a) of this Section, "improve" | ||||||
13 | means to furnish labor, services, material, fixtures, | ||||||
14 | apparatus or
machinery, forms or form work in the process of | ||||||
15 | construction where
cement, concrete or like material is used | ||||||
16 | for the purpose of or in the
building, altering, repairing or | ||||||
17 | ornamenting any house or other building,
walk or sidewalk, | ||||||
18 | whether the walk or sidewalk is on the land or bordering
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19 | thereon, driveway, fence or improvement or appurtenances to the | ||||||
20 | lot or
tract of land or connected therewith, and upon, over or | ||||||
21 | under a sidewalk,
street or alley adjoining; or fill, sod or | ||||||
22 | excavate such lot or tract of
land, or do landscape work | ||||||
23 | thereon or therefor; or raise or lower any house
thereon or | ||||||
24 | remove any house thereto, or remove any house or other | ||||||
25 | structure
therefrom, or perform any services or incur any | ||||||
26 | expense as an architect,
structural engineer, professional |
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1 | engineer, land surveyor or
property manager in, for or on a lot | ||||||
2 | or tract of land for any such purpose;
or drill any water well | ||||||
3 | thereon; or furnish or perform labor or services as
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4 | superintendent, time keeper, mechanic, laborer or otherwise, | ||||||
5 | in the
building, altering, repairing or ornamenting of the | ||||||
6 | same; or furnish
material, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, | ||||||
7 | labor or services, forms or form
work used in the process of | ||||||
8 | construction where concrete, cement or like
material is used, | ||||||
9 | or drill any water well on the order of his agent,
architect, | ||||||
10 | structural engineer or superintendent having charge of the
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11 | improvements, building, altering, repairing or ornamenting the | ||||||
12 | same. | ||||||
13 | (c) The taking of additional
security by the contractor or | ||||||
14 | sub-contractor is not a waiver of any
right of lien which he | ||||||
15 | may have by virtue of this Act, unless made a
waiver by express | ||||||
16 | agreement of the parties and the waiver is not
prohibited by | ||||||
17 | this Act.
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18 | (d) An agreement to waive any right to enforce or claim any | ||||||
19 | lien under this Act where the agreement is in anticipation of | ||||||
20 | and in consideration for the awarding of a contract or | ||||||
21 | subcontract, either express or implied, to perform work or | ||||||
22 | supply materials for an improvement upon real property is | ||||||
23 | against public policy and unenforceable. This Section does not | ||||||
24 | prohibit release of lien under subsection (b) of Section 35 of | ||||||
25 | this Act or prohibit subordination of the lien, except as | ||||||
26 | provided in Section 21.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-627, eff. 1-1-06.)
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