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IN HB1293

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2015

Primary Sponsor

Micheal Aylesworth

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires demolition contractors on public work contracts to furnish a performance bond equal to the contract price plus a reasonable estimate of salvage material value, regardless of the actual payment amount.

  • Applies to all public work contracts involving building demolition and removal of demolition debris from the site.

  • Allows performance bonds to be provided in incremental form through multiple or chronological bonds that together equal the contract price, with board consent.

  • Mandates that surety on the performance bond cannot be released until one year after the board's final settlement with the contractor.

  • Limits actions against a performance bond surety to one year after the board's final settlement, and specifies the surety cannot be discharged by contract modifications, defects, or procedural issues.

  • Effective July 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

Performance bond for a demolition contractor. Provides that if a contractor enters into a public work contract with a political subdivision under which the contractor is to demolish a building and remove the demolition debris, the contractor is required to furnish a performance bond equal to the contract price plus, if applicable, a reasonable estimate of the value of any salvage materials to which the contractor will be entitled, regardless of the amount to be paid to the contractor under the contract.

Last Action

First Reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

1/13/2015

Committee Referrals

Local Government1/13/2015

Full Bill Text

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