The Construction Conversation Ohio’s Legislative, Administrative, and Judicial Two-Way Newsletter February, 2021 A Service of Luther L. Liggett, Attorney at Law
[email protected] Legislative: Payment Assurance introduced but which did not get passed. Legislation for Design Professionals (Cont’d p. 3.) On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, the Judicial: Contractor Entitled to Full Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sponsor Payment Notwithstanding Advertisement Testimony from Senator Jay Hottinger (R, Newark) and Senator Vernon Sykes (D, After signing a contract to install a Akron), who jointly re-introduced prior- roof and gutters, a homeowner deducted session Senate Bill 136, to create lien rights from payment a discount based on a later for Design Professionals. (Cont’d page 2.) advertisement for new customer sales. (Cont’d p. 3.) Legislative: Building Code Concerns Legislative: Transportation Budget The legislature is considering statutory obstacles to uniform commercial The House Finance Committee is building codes, allowing local building ready to vote out House Bill 74, the referenda for clean energy projects, and Transportation Budget of $4.1 billion for the blocking adoption of national and fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. (Cont’d international model codes. (Cont’d page 2.) p. 4.) Legislative: Contract Statute of Judicial: City Sewer Immunity Limitations to Shorten When a city sewer backed up into an Supported by businesses which use apartment building, the owner’s lawsuit for contract for the sale of goods and services, negligence was dismissed based on Senate Bill 13 would shorten the Statute of governmental immunity. (Cont’d p. 4.) Limitations, requiring a person to allege a breach of contract claim in only 6 years, down from 8.