Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 04, 2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4215 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4215 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 24 as follows:
 



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    (770 ILCS 60/24)  (from Ch. 82, par. 24)



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    Sec. 24. Sub-contractors, or party furnishing labor or 
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materials, may at
any time after making his or her contract 
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with the contractor, and shall
within 90 days after the 
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completion thereof, or, if extra or additional work
or material 
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is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after the date of

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completion of such extra or additional work or final delivery 
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of such extra or
additional material, or within 90 days of 
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substantial completion of a commercial project, whichever is 
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greater, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the 
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amount
due or to become due thereunder, to be sent by 
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registered or certified
mail, with return receipt requested, 
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and delivery limited to addressee
only, to or personally served 
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on the owner of record or his agent or
architect, or the 
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superintendent having charge of the building or
improvement and 
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to the lending agency, if known; however, if the lot or
lots 
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and tract or tracts of land in question are registered under 
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the
provisions of "An Act concerning land titles", approved May 
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1, 1897, as
amended, the notice shall not be served as above 
 


 






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stated,
but shall be filed in
the office of the registrar of 
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titles of the county in which such lot or
lots and tract or 
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tracts of land are situated, and such notice shall not be

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necessary when the sworn statement of the contractor or 
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subcontractor
provided for herein shall serve to give the owner 
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notice of the amount due
and to whom due, but where such 
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statement is incorrect as to the amount,
the subcontractor or 
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material man named shall be protected to the extent of
the 
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amount named therein as due or to become due to him or her. For 
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purposes of
this Section, notice by registered or certified 
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mail is considered served
at the time of its mailing.

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    The form of such notice may be as follows: To (name of 
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owner): You are
hereby notified that I have been employed by 
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(the name of contractor) to
(state here what was the contract 
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or what was done, or to be done, or what
the claim is for) under 
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his or her contract with you, on your property at (here
give 
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substantial description of the property) and that there was due 
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to me,
or is to become due (as the case may be) therefor, the 
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sum of $.....

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    Dated at .... this .... day of ....., .....

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(Signature).....


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(Source: P.A. 84-551.)".