95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1411


 
Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 45/5-7
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-7







    Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person may not operate an airboat on any lake that is 24,000 acres in size or larger.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended  
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by changing Section 5-7 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 45/5-7)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-7)



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    Sec. 5-7. Restricted areas. 
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    (a) No person shall operate a watercraft
within a water 
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area that has been clearly marked by buoys or some other

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distinguishing device as a bathing, fishing, swimming or 
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otherwise
restricted area by the Department or a political 
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subdivision of the State
or by an owner or lessee of property 
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in accordance with his or her rights
to the use of the 
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property, except in the manner prescribed by the buoys or
other 
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distinguishing devices.  This Section shall not apply in the 
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case of
an emergency, or to patrol or rescue craft.

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    (b) No person shall operate a watercraft within 150 feet of 
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a public
launching ramp owned, operated or maintained by the 
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Department or a
political subdivision of the State at greater 
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than a "No Wake" speed as
defined in Section 5-12 of this Act.  
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Posting of the areas
by the Department or a political 
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subdivision of the State is not required.
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    (c) A person may not operate an airboat on any lake that is 
 


 






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24,000 acres in size or larger.


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    (d) The Department and other political subdivisions of the 
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State may, within
their discretion and after issuing an 
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administrative rule in accordance
with the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act, designate certain areas by

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proper signs to be bathing, fishing, swimming or otherwise 
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restricted
areas, or eliminate, alter or otherwise modify 
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existing areas.  The Department
or a political subdivision of 
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the State shall further have the authority in
order to fully 
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carry out the provisions of this Act to place signs, beacons

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and buoys in designated areas controlling the flow of traffic.

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    (e) It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, move, 
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obliterate, tear
down, or destroy, in whole or in part, or 
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attempt to deface, move,
obliterate, tear down or destroy any 
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buoys or signs posted pursuant to
the provisions of this Act, 
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except as authorized by the Department.

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(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)