THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MUSTIO, WHEATLEY, BUXTON, JOSEPHS, THOMAS, SONNEY, BEYER, WATERS, D. COSTA, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KNOWLES, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MARSICO, McCALL, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PAYTON, SOLOBAY, STURLA, J. TAYLOR, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 19, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 19, 2010  

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] five 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.