96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4182


 
Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Arthur L. Turner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













210 ILCS 74/5.25










    Amends the Physical Fitness
Facility
Medical Emergency Preparedness Act. Provides that "physical fitness facility" does not include a facility owned or operated by an entity, other than a college or university, that is a not-for-profit organization or is incorporated under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB4182

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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 Physical Fitness
Facility
Medical Emergency 
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Preparedness Act is amended  by changing Section 5.25 as 
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follows:
 
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    (210 ILCS 74/5.25)

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    Sec. 5.25. Physical fitness facility.

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    (a) "Physical fitness facility" means the following:


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        (1) Any of the following indoor or outdoor facilities 
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    that is (i) owned or operated
by a park district,

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    municipality, or other unit of local government, including 
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    a home rule unit, or
by a public or private
elementary or

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    secondary school, college, university, or technical or 
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    trade
school
and (ii) supervised by one or more persons, 
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    other than maintenance or security
personnel, employed by 
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    the unit of local
government, school, college, or 
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    university for the purpose of directly
supervising the

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    physical fitness activities taking place at any of these 
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    facilities:
a swimming pool; stadium; athletic field; 
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    football stadium; soccer field; baseball diamond;
track 
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    and field
facility;
tennis court; basketball court; or 
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    volleyball court; or similar facility as defined by 
 


 






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    Department rule; or such facilities located
adjacent 
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    thereto.


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        (2) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other 
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    indoor or outdoor establishment,
whether
public or 
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    private, that
provides services or facilities focusing 
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    primarily on cardiovascular
exertion or gaming as defined 
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    by Department rule.

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    (b) "Physical fitness facility" does not include a facility 
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serving less
than a total of 100 individuals, as further 
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defined by Department rule. In
addition, the term does not 
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include (i) a
facility located in a
hospital or in
a hotel or 
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motel, (ii) any outdoor facility owned or operated by a park 
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district organized under the Park District Code, the Chicago 
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Park District Act, or the Metro-East Park and Recreation 
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District Act, or (iii) any facility owned or operated by a 
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forest preserve district organized under the Downstate Forest 
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Preserve District Act or the Cook County Forest Preserve 
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District Act or a conservation district organized under the 
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Conservation District Act, or (iv) a facility owned or operated 
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by an entity, other than a college or university, that is a 
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not-for-profit organization or is incorporated under the 
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General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. The term also 
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does not include any
facility that does not
employ any
persons 
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to provide instruction, training, or assistance for persons 
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using the
facility.

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(Source: P.A. 95-712, eff. 1-1-09.)