Kansas Statutes 16-1905. Suspension of performance, when
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 16-1905
- Construction: means furnishing labor, equipment, material or supplies used or consumed for the design, construction, alteration, renovation, repair or maintenance of a building, water or waste water treatment facility, oil line, gas line, appurtenance or other improvement to real property, including any moving, demolition or excavation of a building. See Kansas Statutes 16-1902
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means a contract or agreement concerning construction made and entered into by and between an owner and a contractor, a contractor and a subcontractor or a subcontractor and another subcontractor. See Kansas Statutes 16-1902
- Contractor: means a person performing construction and having a contract with an owner of the real property or with a trustee or agent of an owner. See Kansas Statutes 16-1902
- Owner: means a public entity that holds an ownership interest in real property. See Kansas Statutes 16-1902
- Subcontractor: means any person performing construction covered by a contract between an owner and a contractor but not having a contract with the owner. See Kansas Statutes 16-1902
- Undisputed payment: means payments which all parties to the contract agree are owed to the contractor. See Kansas Statutes 16-1902
If any undisputed payment is not made within seven business days after the payment date established in a contract for public construction or in this act, the contractor and any subcontractors, regardless of tier, upon seven additional business days’ written notice to the owner and, in the case of a subcontractor, written notice to the contractor, shall, without prejudice to any other available remedy, be entitled to suspend further performance until payment, including applicable interest, is made. The contract time for each contract affected by the suspension shall be extended appropriately and the contract sum for each affected contract shall be increased by the suspending party’s reasonable costs of demobilization, delay and remobilization.