Bill Text: PA HB2147 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for contractors' and subcontractors' payment obligations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-03 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2147 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2147-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3036
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2147 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, BROWNLEE, GEORGE, READSHAW AND PAYTON, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for contractors' and
subcontractors' payment obligations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3933(c) of Title 62 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3933. Contractors' and subcontractors' payment obligations.
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(c) Payment.--When a subcontractor has performed in
accordance with the provisions of the contract, a contractor
shall pay to the subcontractor, and each subcontractor shall in
turn pay to its subcontractors, the full or proportional amount
received for each such subcontractor's work and material, based
on work completed or services provided under the subcontract,
[14] seven days after receipt of a progress payment. Payment
shall be made under this section unless it is being withheld
under section 3934 (relating to withholding of payment for good
faith claims).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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