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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4504 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 210 ILCS 125/3.01 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1203.01 | 210 ILCS 130/1 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1251 |
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Amends the Swimming Facility Act and Swimming Pool Safety Act. Provides that "swimming pool" does not include therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs operated by medical facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health or operated by physical therapists licensed under the Illinois Physical Therapy Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4504 | | LRB100 18117 MJP 33312 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Swimming Facility Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 3.01 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 125/3.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1203.01)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.01. Swimming pool. "Swimming pool" means any |
| 8 | | artificial basin of
water which is
modified, improved, |
| 9 | | constructed or installed for the purpose of public
swimming, |
| 10 | | wading, floating, or diving, and includes: pools for community
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| 11 | | use, pools at
apartments, condominiums, and other groups or |
| 12 | | associations having 5 or more
living units, clubs, churches, |
| 13 | | camps, schools, institutions, Y.M.C.A.'s,
Y.W.C.A.'s, parks, |
| 14 | | recreational areas, motels, hotels, health clubs, golf and |
| 15 | | country clubs, and other commercial
establishments. It does not |
| 16 | | include: (1) pools at private single-family residences |
| 17 | | intended
only for the use of the owner and guests; or (2) |
| 18 | | therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs operated by |
| 19 | | medical facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health |
| 20 | | or operated by physical therapists licensed under the Illinois |
| 21 | | Physical Therapy Act.
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| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-957, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Swimming Pool Safety Act is amended by |
| 2 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 3 | | (210 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1251)
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| 4 | | Sec. 1. As used in this Act:
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| 5 | | "Swimming pool" means any artificial basin of water which |
| 6 | | is modified, improved,
constructed or installed for the purpose |
| 7 | | of public swimming, and includes:
pools for community use, |
| 8 | | pools at apartments, condominiums, and other groups
or |
| 9 | | associations having 5 or more living units, clubs, churches, |
| 10 | | camps, schools,
institutions, Y.M.C.A.s, Y.W.C.A.s, parks, |
| 11 | | recreational areas, motels, hotels
and other commercial |
| 12 | | establishments. It does not include: (1) pools at private
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| 13 | | residences intended only for the use of the owner and guests; |
| 14 | | or (2) therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs |
| 15 | | operated by medical facilities licensed by the Department of |
| 16 | | Public Health or operated by physical therapists licensed under |
| 17 | | the Illinois Physical Therapy Act.
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| 18 | | "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, |
| 19 | | association, trust,
partnership, corporation, person doing |
| 20 | | business under an assumed name, county,
municipality, the State |
| 21 | | of Illinois, or any political subdivision or department
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| 22 | | thereof, or any other entity.
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| 23 | | "Life jacket" means a life jacket, life vest or any other |
| 24 | | flotation device
designed to be worn about the body to assist |
| 25 | | in maintaining buoyancy in water.
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