This Act may be cited as the Contractor Unified License and Permit Bond Act
This Act may be cited as the Contractor Unified License and Permit Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 90-712, eff. 8-7-98.)
Illinois · statute · 50 ILCS 830 · 8 active provisions
This Act may be cited as the Contractor Unified License and Permit Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 90-712, eff. 8-7-98.)
Application. Except for the City of Chicago, this Act applies to all counties, municipalities, and home rule units. (Source: P.A. 90-712, eff. 8-7-98.)
Definitions. As used in this Act, "Contractor" means any person who, in any capacity other than as the employee of another for wages as the sole compensation, undertakes to construct, alter, repair, move, wreck, or demolish any fixture or structure. The term includes a subcontractor or specialty contractor, but does no…
Rules. The county board or county board of commissioners may adopt rules and enter into intergovernmental agreements to implement this Act. (Source: P.A. 90-712, eff. 8-7-98.)
Unified license and permit bond. (a) A contractor seeking to do work or doing work in a county or municipality may obtain a unified license and permit bond. This unified license and permit bond may be used by the contractor, at the contractor's discretion, instead of any other license or permit bond, or both, required…
Local permits, licenses, or performance bonds. This Act does not prohibit a county or municipality within that county from requiring local permits, licenses, or performance bonds for contractors to do business in that county or municipality or from charging reasonable permit or license fees or reasonable amounts for pe…
Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate unified license and permit bonds for contractors in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised…
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 90-712, eff. 8-7-98.)