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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1111
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1111  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Mechanics Lien Act by adding Section
 5    21.02."; and
 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:
 8        "Section 5.  The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by  adding
 9    Section 21.02 as follows:
10        (770 ILCS 60/21.02 new)
11        Sec. 21.02. Construction trust funds.
12        (a)  Money   held   in   trust;   trustees.   Any  owner,
13    contractor,  subcontractor,  or  supplier  of  any  tier  who
14    requests or requires the execution and delivery of  a  waiver
15    of   mechanics  lien  by  any  person  who  furnishes  labor,
16    services, or materials for the improvement  of  a  lot  or  a
17    tract  of  land  in  exchange  for  payment or the promise of
18    payment, shall hold in trust the unpaid sums subject  to  the
19    waiver  of  mechanics  lien,  as  trustee  for the person who
20    furnished the labor, services, or materials.
21        (b)  How  trust  moneys   held;   commingling.    Nothing
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 1    contained  in  this  Section  shall be construed as requiring
 2    moneys held in trust by an owner, contractor,  subcontractor,
 3    or  material  supplier  under  this Section to be placed in a
 4    separate account. If an owner, contractor, subcontractor,  or
 5    material  supplier commingles moneys held in trust under this
 6    Section with other moneys, the mere commingling of the moneys
 7    does not constitute a violation of this Section.
 8        (c)  Violation of this Section.  Any  owner,  contractor,
 9    subcontractor,  or material supplier who knowingly retains or
10    uses the moneys held in trust under this Section or any  part
11    thereof,  for any purpose other than to pay those persons for
12    whom the moneys are held in trust, shall  be  liable  to  any
13    person who successfully enforces his or her rights under this
14    Section for all damages sustained by that person.
15        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
16    becoming law.".

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