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Sen. Carole Pankau
Filed: 3/8/2007
 
 
 
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 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 330 
 
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 |     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 330  by replacing  | 
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 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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 |     "Section 5. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by adding  | 
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 | Section 1.2 as
follows:
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 |     (770 ILCS 60/1.2 new)
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 |     Sec. 1.2. Rental material or equipment.   In addition to  | 
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 | persons who would
otherwise have a lien under this Act, any  | 
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 | person, whether contractor or
subcontractor, who leases  | 
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 | construction equipment to another for use in the
process of
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 | constructing an
improvement to real estate, has a lien for the  | 
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 | rental value of the construction
equipment
to the same extent  | 
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 | and in the same manner as provided in this Act for other
liens.   | 
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 | This Section shall apply only if, and to the extent that, the  | 
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 | equipment
is
used on or about the site of the improvement or is  | 
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 | used to haul materials
to or from the site.  This Section does  |