96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4775


 
Introduced 1/12/2010, by Rep. Lou Lang
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 


  



625 ILCS 45/4-11
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-11








     Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that no person may operate any motorboat equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and attaching the engine cut-off switch link to the operator or activating the wireless cut-off system (rather than only requiring that a lanyard engine cut-off switch be attached to the operator on motorboats equipped with a lanyard cut-off switch). Effective immediately.
  















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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 4-11 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 45/4-11)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-11)



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    Sec. 4-11. Engine Lanyard cut-off switch. 
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    (a) As used in this Section:
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    "Engine cut-off switch link" means the lanyard or wireless 
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cut-off device used to attach the motorboat operator to the 
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engine cut-off switch installed on the motorboat. 
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    "Engine cut-off switch" means an operational emergency 
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cut-off engine stop switch installed on a motorboat that 
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attaches to a motorboat operator by an engine cut-off switch 
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link. 
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    (b) No person may operate any motor
boat, including 
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personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft, which is
equipped 
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with an a lanyard type engine cut-off switch while the engine 
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is running and the motorboat is underway without verifying that 
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the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional 
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and:
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        (1) the engine cut-off switch link is properly attached 
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    to his or her person, clothing or worn PFD, as
appropriate 
 


 






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    for the specific vessel; or 
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        (2) activating the wireless cut-off system.  
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unless such lanyard is
properly attached to his or her person, 
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clothing or worn PFD, as
appropriate for the specific vessel.

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(Source: P.A. 87-798.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.