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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6666
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROMPT PAYMENT OF CO NTRACTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4a-60j of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
[A] Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in the terms of a written 3
contract, a small contractor shall receive payment on a contract 4
awarded to him or her under the provisions of sections 4a-60g to 4a-5
60i, inclusive, no later than [thirty] twenty-five days from the due date 6
of any such payment on such contract. 7
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 42-158j of the general statutes is 8
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 9
October 1, 2019): 10
(a) [Each] Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in the terms of a 11
written construction contract, each construction contract shall contain 12
the following provisions: (1) A requirement that the owner pay any 13
amounts due to any contractor in a direct contractual relationship with 14
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the owner, or due to any subcontractor or supplier in a direct 15
contractual relationship with the contractor, whether for labor 16
performed or materials furnished, not later than thirty days after the 17
date any written request for such payment has been made to the owner 18
by such contractor, subcontractor or supplier; (2) a requirement that 19
the contractor pay any amounts due any subcontractor or supplier, 20
whether for labor performed or materials furnished, not later than 21
[thirty] twenty-five days after the date the contractor receives payment 22
from the owner which encompasses labor performed or materials 23
furnished by such subcontractor or supplier; and (3) a requirement that 24
the contractor shall include in each of its subcontracts a provision 25
requiring each subcontractor and supplier to pay any amounts due any 26
of its subcontractors or suppliers, whether for labor performed or 27
materials furnished, not later than [thirty] twenty-five days after the 28
date such subcontractor or supplier receives a payment from the 29
contractor which encompasses labor performed or materials furnished 30
by such subcontractor or supplier. 31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 4a-60j
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 42-158j(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt parties of certain commercial and state set -aside
construction contracts from statutory prompt payment provisions if
they explicitly agree to different payment terms in a written
construction contract, and to shorten the time periods for required
payment of general contractors and subcontractors on both public and
private construction contracts from thirty days to twenty-five days, in
certain cases.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HALL, 7th Dist.
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