Rep. Barbara Wheeler
Filed: 4/8/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4303




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4303 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended  
5by adding Section 7-11 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 45/7-11 new)
7    Sec. 7-11. Boating safety videos.
8    (a)  The owner of a boat livery, or his or her agent or 
9employee, shall not rent a motorboat with over 10 horsepower to 
10a person unless the person meets one of the following safety 
11requirements:
12        1.    possesses a valid boating safety video certificate 
13    of completion;
14        2.  has completed a boating safety course in this or any 
15    other state; or
16        3.        has professional knowledge of boating safety due to 
 
 
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1    the nature of his or her employment. 
2    (b)  The owner, or his or her agent or employee, shall 
3record the person's safety requirement compliance category 
4under subsection (a) of this Section on the rental contract.
5    (c)  If a person renting a motorboat with over 10 horsepower 
6is unable to provide satisfactory evidence of compliance with  
7the safety requirement under subsection (a) of this Section, 
8the owner of the boat livery, or his or her agent or employee, 
9shall require the person to view a boating safety video 
10approved by the Department.  This video shall not be longer than 
1120 minutes.  Upon completion of the boating safety video, the 
12owner of the boat livery, or his or her agent or employee, 
13shall provide the person a certificate of completion on a form 
14provided by the Department. 
15    (d)   The Department shall provide access to approved boating 
16safety videos to licensed boat liveries. 
17    (e)  The Department shall adopt rules to implement this 
18Section, including but not limited to what constitutes 
19satisfactory evidence of the safety requirements of subsection 
20(a) of this Section.
21    (f) A violation of this Section is a petty offense.".