Public Act 097-0966
 
SB3792 EnrolledLRB097 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 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.)