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Defense of payment for sureties on public projects in Pennsylvania.(Headline)(Brief article)
Contractors do not have mechanic's lien rights on public projects. The federal Miller Act and various state "Little" Miller Acts were created to protect subcontractors and suppliers on public projects by requiring that the general contractor provide a payment bond. An unpaid subcontractor or supplier can look to the general contractor and/or its bonding company for payment if the subcontractor or supplier's customer does not pay them.
Most Miller Acts have no "defense of payment" A general contractor can be forced to pay a sub-subcontractor or a supplier to a subcontractor, even if the general contractor owes no money to the subcontractor. This is not the case in Pennsylvania. There is a "defense ...
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...their share of construction work on public projects, especially with the city and county...200, the proportion of the work on public projects in the city and county going to minorities...the middle of $475 million worth of public projects, including the new justice center...
Source: HighBeam Research, Defense of payment for sureties on public projects in...