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1 | AN ACT concerning movable soccer goals.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act or Zach's Law. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Movable soccer goal" means a freestanding structure | ||||||
8 | consisting of at least 2 upright posts, a crossbar, and support | ||||||
9 | bars that is designed: | ||||||
10 | (1) to be used by adults or children for the purposes | ||||||
11 | of a soccer goal; | ||||||
12 | (2) to be used without any other form of support or | ||||||
13 | restraint (other than pegs, stakes, augers, | ||||||
14 | counter-weights, or other types of temporary anchoring | ||||||
15 | devices); and | ||||||
16 | (3) to be able to be moved to different locations. | ||||||
17 | "Organization" means any park district, school district, | ||||||
18 | sporting club, soccer organization, unit of local government, | ||||||
19 | religious organization, business, or other similar | ||||||
20 | organization that uses, owns, or maintains a movable soccer | ||||||
21 | goal. | ||||||
22 | Section 10. Soccer goal safety and education policy. |
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1 | Movable soccer goals present a serious threat to the safety of | ||||||
2 | children and adults from the dangers of unanchored or | ||||||
3 | improperly anchored soccer goals tipping over. Care should be | ||||||
4 | taken when installing, setting up, maintaining, moving, and | ||||||
5 | properly securing a movable soccer goal. If an organization | ||||||
6 | owns and controls a movable soccer goal, it must create a | ||||||
7 | soccer goal safety and education policy that outlines how the | ||||||
8 | organization will specifically address the safety issues | ||||||
9 | associated with movable soccer goals. | ||||||
10 | Section 15. Tip-resistant movable soccer goals required. | ||||||
11 | (a) Beginning one year after the effective date of this | ||||||
12 | Act, no commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, | ||||||
13 | distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, | ||||||
14 | re-manufacture, retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or | ||||||
15 | retail, contract to sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or | ||||||
16 | otherwise place in the stream of commerce, a movable soccer | ||||||
17 | goal that is not tip-resistant. | ||||||
18 | (b) For purposes of this Act, a movable soccer goal whose | ||||||
19 | inside measurements are 6.5 to 8 feet high and 18 to 24 feet | ||||||
20 | wide does not qualify as tip-resistant unless it conforms to | ||||||
21 | the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard | ||||||
22 | F2673-08 for tip-resistant movable soccer goals. | ||||||
23 | Section 20. Technical assistance for soccer goal safety. By | ||||||
24 | June 30, 2012, the Department of Public Health shall provide |
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1 | technical assistance materials based on guidelines such as the | ||||||
2 | Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety in order to improve | ||||||
3 | soccer goal safety. The Department may make these materials | ||||||
4 | available on its website.
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law. |