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90_HB1684eng

      New Act
          Creates  the  Contractor  Reporting   Act.   Requires   a
      contractor  doing  business  in  this  State  to  provide the
      Department of Commerce and Community Affairs with a  copy  of
      all  lawsuits  and  bankruptcies  filed  with  respect to the
      contractor  or  any  businesses  previously  owned   by   the
      contractor.   Also  requires  a  contractor  to  provide  the
      Department  with  a  list  of  all   contracting   businesses
      previously owned by the contractor.
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 1        AN ACT to create the Contractor Reporting Act.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    Contractor Reporting Act.
 6        Section  5.   Definitions.  For purposes of this Act, the
 7    following definitions  shall  have  the  following  meanings,
 8    except where the context requires otherwise:
 9        "Contractor"  means  a person who offers to undertake, or
10    holds himself or herself out as being able to  undertake,  or
11    does  undertake  to  alter,  add  to, subtract from, improve,
12    enhance, or beautify any residential realty or construct. The
13    term  "contractor"  includes   a   subcontractor,   specialty
14    contractor,  general engineering contractor, general building
15    contractor, or specialty contractor who performs any  of  the
16    activities  listed in this definition directly or indirectly.
17    The term "contractor" does not include a person who  performs
18    any  of  the activities described in this definition in 10 or
19    more states.
20        "Lawsuit" means a suit in  which  the  contractor  was  a
21    defendant.
22        Section  10.  Previous businesses owned by contractor.  A
23    contractor shall provide the Office of the  Attorney  General
24    with  a  list  of  all contracting businesses that were owned
25    previously, in whole or in part, by the contractor.
26        Section 15.  Lawsuits; bankruptcies.  A contractor  shall
27    provide the Office of the Attorney General with a copy of all
28    of  the bankruptcies filed with respect to the contractor and
29    any of the businesses listed in  Section  10.   A  contractor
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 1    shall  provide the Office of the Attorney General with a copy
 2    of all lawsuits filed within the last 10  years  against  the
 3    contractor   pertaining   to  his  or  her  activities  as  a
 4    contractor, the disposition of each of those lawsuits, and  a
 5    list of any businesses required under Section 10.
 6        Section  20.   Disclosure  to  public.  The Office of the
 7    Attorney General shall compile the information supplied to it
 8    under Sections 10 and 15 and make it available to the  public
 9    upon  request.  The  Office  of  the  Attorney  General shall
10    provide a toll free number to give this  information  to  the
11    public upon request.

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