If a purchasing agency elects to use and occupy the public improvement before acceptance, the purchasing agency shall pay all amounts due under the contract except double the amount that the architect or engineer estimates to be necessary to complete the improvement in accordance with the plans and specifications or one percent of the contract price, or in any event not less than three hundred dollars. No interest may commence until thirty days after the work has been fully completed.
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