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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (430 ILCS 85/2-2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4052)
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| 7 | Sec. 2-2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
| 8 | context
otherwise requires:
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| 9 | 1. "Director" means the Director of Labor or his or her | ||||||
| 10 | designee.
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| 11 | 2. "Department" means Department of Labor.
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| 12 | 3. "Amusement attraction" means an enclosed building or | ||||||
| 13 | structure,
including electrical equipment which is an integral | ||||||
| 14 | part of the building or
structure, through which people walk | ||||||
| 15 | without the aid of any moving device,
that provides amusement, | ||||||
| 16 | thrills or excitement at a fair, carnival, or an amusement | ||||||
| 17 | enterprise,
except any such enclosed building or structure | ||||||
| 18 | which is subject to the
jurisdiction of a local building code.
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| 19 | 4. "Amusement ride" means:
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| 20 | (a) any mechanized device
or combination of devices, | ||||||
| 21 | including electrical equipment which is an
integral part of | ||||||
| 22 | the device or devices, which carries passengers along,
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| 23 | around, or over a fixed or restricted course for the | ||||||
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| 1 | primary purpose of
giving its passengers amusement, | ||||||
| 2 | pleasure, thrills, or excitement;
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| 3 | (b) any ski lift, rope tow, or other device used to | ||||||
| 4 | transport snow
skiers;
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| 5 | (c) (blank);
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| 6 | (d) any dry slide over 20 feet in height, alpine slide, | ||||||
| 7 | or toboggan
slide;
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| 8 | (e) any tram, open car, or combination of open cars or | ||||||
| 9 | wagons pulled
by a tractor or other motorized device which | ||||||
| 10 | is not licensed by the
Secretary of State, which may, but | ||||||
| 11 | does not necessarily follow a fixed or
restricted course, | ||||||
| 12 | and is used primarily for the purpose of giving its
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| 13 | passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement, and | ||||||
| 14 | for which an
individual fee is charged or a donation | ||||||
| 15 | accepted with the exception of
hayrack rides;
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| 16 | (f) any bungee cord or similar elastic device; or | ||||||
| 17 | (g) any inflatable attraction.
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| 18 | 5. "Carnival" or "amusement enterprise" means an | ||||||
| 19 | enterprise which offers amusement or entertainment
to the | ||||||
| 20 | public by means of one or more amusement attractions or | ||||||
| 21 | amusement rides.
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| 22 | 6. "Fair" means an enterprise principally devoted to the | ||||||
| 23 | exhibition of
products of agriculture or industry in connection | ||||||
| 24 | with which
amusement rides or amusement attractions are | ||||||
| 25 | operated.
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| 26 | 7. "Operator" means a person, or the agent of a person, who | ||||||
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| 1 | owns or
controls or has the duty to control the operation of an | ||||||
| 2 | amusement ride or
an amusement attraction at a carnival, | ||||||
| 3 | amusement enterprise, or fair. "Operator" includes an
agency of | ||||||
| 4 | the State or any of its political subdivisions.
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| 5 | 8. "Carnival worker" or "amusement enterprise worker" | ||||||
| 6 | means a person who is employed (and is therefore not a | ||||||
| 7 | volunteer) by a carnival, amusement enterprise, or fair to | ||||||
| 8 | manage, physically operate, or assist in the operation of an | ||||||
| 9 | amusement ride or amusement attraction when it is open to the | ||||||
| 10 | public.
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| 11 | 9. "Volunteer" means a person who operates or assists in | ||||||
| 12 | the operation of an amusement ride or amusement attraction for | ||||||
| 13 | an owner or operator without pay or lodging. An individual | ||||||
| 14 | shall not be considered a volunteer if the individual is | ||||||
| 15 | otherwise employed by the same owner or operator to perform the | ||||||
| 16 | same type of service as those for which the individual proposes | ||||||
| 17 | to volunteer. | ||||||
| 18 | 10. "Inflatable attraction" means an amusement ride or | ||||||
| 19 | device designed for use that may include, but not be limited | ||||||
| 20 | to, bounce, climb, slide, or interactive play, which is made of | ||||||
| 21 | flexible fabric, is kept inflated by continuous air flow by one | ||||||
| 22 | or more blowers, and relies upon air pressure to maintain its | ||||||
| 23 | shape. | ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 98-541, eff. 8-23-13; 98-769, eff. 1-1-15.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 26 | 1, 2016.
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