PROCUREMENT-SUBCONTRACTOR PAY

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall, by rule, implement a pilot program under which select construction contracts shall contain provisions that if a subcontractor has performed in accordance with the provisions of the subcontract and the work has been accepted by the Department, the Department shall pay the subcontractor directly. Provides that the program shall apply only to state-funded contracts under $10 million in value and to those contracts with subcontracts that contain provisions corresponding to pay items that are exclusively and completely performed by the subcontractor. Provides that the program shall be implemented by January 1, 2013 and shall expire on January 1, 2014. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that certain provisions concerning payments to subcontractors do not apply to payments to a subcontractor for work performed under a subcontract entered into with a construction contractor if the contract contains a provision that the State agency shall pay the subcontractor directly. Effective immediately.