Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0013

Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires a State official or agency responsible for administering a contract, when submitting a voucher to the Comptroller for payment to a contractor, to promptly make available electronically the voucher number, the fate of the voucher, and the amount of the voucher. Provides that the State official or agency responsible for administering the contract shall provide subcontractors and material suppliers, known to the State official or agency, with instructions on how to access the electronic information. Provides that if a contractor, without reasonable cause, fails to make a full (now, any) payment of certain amounts due to his subcontractors and material supplier within 15 days after receipt of payment under a public construction contract, the contractor must pay the subcontractors and material suppliers 4% (now, 2%) interest each months in addition to the payments due until the amount is fully paid. Provides procedures for subcontractors and material suppliers to follow. Provides that if a State official or agency responsible for administering a contract determines, after notice to appropriate parties and a hearing, that a contractor has failed to make a payment in full within 45 days under a public construction contract, then that contractor must make payment within 15 days after the finding; if not, the contractor is barred from entering into a State public construction contract for one year.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts Senate Bill 13 with the following changes: Requires that the State official's or agency's hearing be convened by an administrative law judge and that the contractor, subcontractors, and material suppliers have the right to be represented by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses and challenge documents. Changes references from the State official's or agency's determinations to the administrative law judge's findings.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts Senate Bill 13 with the following changes: Restores the 2% interest penalty. Requires that the State official's or agency's hearing be convened by an administrative law judge and that the contractor, subcontractors, and material suppliers have the right to be represented by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses and challenge documents. Changes references from the State official's or agency's determinations to the administrative law judge's findings.

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