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1 AN ACT in relation to State purchasing.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 changing Section 30-25 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 500/30-25)
7 Sec. 30-25. Retention of a percentage of contract price.
8 Whenever Any contract entered into by the Capital Development
9 Board a construction agency for the repair, remodeling,
10 renovation, or construction of a building or structure, for
11 the construction or maintenance of a highway, as those terms
12 are defined in Article 2 of the Illinois Highway Code, or for
13 the reclamation of abandoned lands as those terms are defined
14 in Article I of the Abandoned Mined Lands and Water
15 Reclamation Act may provide provides for the retention of a
16 percentage not to exceed 5% of the contract price until final
17 completion and acceptance of the work., Upon the request of
18 the contractor and with the approval of the Capital
19 Development Board construction agency the amount so retained
20 may be deposited under a trust agreement with an Illinois
21 bank or financial institution of the contractor's choice and
22 subject to the approval of the Capital Development Board
23 construction agency. The contractor shall receive any
24 interest on the deposited amount. Upon application by the
25 contractor, the trust agreement must contain, at a minimum,
26 the following provisions:
27 (1) the amount to be deposited subject to the
28 trust;
29 (2) the terms and conditions of payment in case of
30 default by the contractor;
31 (3) the termination of the trust agreement upon
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1 completion of the contract; and
2 (4) the contractor shall be responsible for
3 obtaining the written consent of the bank trustee and for
4 any costs or service fees.
5 The trust agreement may, at the discretion of the Capital
6 Development Board construction agency and upon request of the
7 contractor, become effective at the time of the first partial
8 payment in accordance with existing statutes and rules.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
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