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90_SB0918enr
20 ILCS 3950/8 new
745 ILCS 80/1 from Ch. 70, par. 701
Amends the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports Act. Provides that the Governor's Physical Fitness
and Sports Council shall establish minimum standards for the
accreditation of Coaches' Safety Orientation and Training
Skills Programs. Amends the Sports Volunteer Immunity Act.
Provides that coaches, instructors, assistants, umpires, and
referees who have completed the Coaches' Safety Orientation
and Training Skills Program are immune from civil liability
relating to their volunteer service for sports programs of a
nonprofit association.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Governor's Council on Physical
2 Fitness and Sports Act by changing the title and Sections 1
3 and 2 and by adding Section 8.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness
7 and Sports Act is amended by changing the title and Sections
8 1 and 2 and by adding Section 8 as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 3950/Act title)
10 An Act to create the Governor's Council on Health and
11 Physical Fitness and Sports.
12 (20 ILCS 3950/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2701)
13 Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Governor's Council
14 on Health and Physical Fitness and Sports Act.
15 (Source: P.A. 87-860.)
16 (20 ILCS 3950/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2702)
17 Sec. 2. There is created the Governor's Council on
18 Health and Physical Fitness and Sports Council, hereafter
19 referred to as the Council. The Council shall consist of no
20 more than 50 residents of Illinois who have distinguished
21 themselves in sports or who maintain an active concern for
22 the health and physical well being of the citizens of
23 Illinois. All the members of the Council shall be appointed
24 by the Governor and shall serve terms on the Council at his
25 pleasure without compensation. On the effective date of this
26 amendatory Act of 1997, no more than 25 members of the
27 Council shall be appointed to 2-year terms which shall expire
28 on December 31, 1999 and no more than 25 members shall be
29 appointed to 4-year terms which shall expire on December 31,
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1 2001. On or after January 1, 2000, all successive
2 appointments to the Council shall be for 4-year terms.
3 The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide
4 the Council with such administrative, technical and clerical
5 support services as it may need to carry out its duties,
6 including all filings necessary to transfer ownership of any
7 copyright interests from the Illinois Governor's Health and
8 Physical Fitness Council to the Governor's Physical Fitness
9 and Sports Council.
10 The changes to this Act made by this amendatory Act of
11 1992 shall not affect (1) any proceeding commenced prior to
12 the effective date of this amendatory Act to which the
13 Council is a party; (2) the validity of any procedure,
14 policy, or action of the Council that was adopted or taken
15 prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act; nor (3)
16 the term of service of any member of the Council. Any rules
17 adopted under Section 7 of this Act are hereby repealed.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-860.)
19 (20 ILCS 3950/8 new)
20 Sec. 8. Standards of accreditation. The Governor's
21 Council on Health and Physical Fitness shall establish, by
22 rule, minimum standards for the accreditation of Coaches'
23 Safety Orientation and Training Skills Programs and
24 Officials' Safety Orientation and Training Skills Programs.
25 The coaches' programs, at minimum, shall cover the medical,
26 legal, and first aid aspects of coaching; training and
27 conditioning of athletes; psychological aspects of coaching;
28 and general coaching concepts. The officials' programs, at a
29 minimum, shall cover the legal aspects of officiating; safety
30 issues under the control of the official; and the rules of
31 the game. Programs accredited by the Governor's Council on
32 Health and Physical Fitness may be recognized by youth sports
33 programs and organizations, municipalities, park districts,
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1 insurance carriers, and other organizations as acceptable
2 standards for volunteer coaches and officials.
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