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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 45/1-2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 311-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 1-2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
| 8 | context clearly
requires a different meaning:
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| 9 | "Vessel" or "Watercraft" means every description of | ||||||
| 10 | watercraft used or
capable of being used as a means of | ||||||
| 11 | transportation on water, except a
seaplane on the water, inner | ||||||
| 12 | tube, float tube, air mattress or similar device, and boats
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| 13 | used for concession rides in artificial bodies of water | ||||||
| 14 | designed and used
exclusively for such concessions.
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| 15 | "Motorboat" means any vessel propelled by machinery, | ||||||
| 16 | whether or not such
machinery is the principal source of | ||||||
| 17 | propulsion, but does not include a
vessel which has a valid | ||||||
| 18 | marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of
the United | ||||||
| 19 | States Government or any Federal agency successor thereto.
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| 20 | "Non-powered watercraft" means any canoe, kayak, | ||||||
| 21 | kiteboard, paddleboard, an inflatable device designed for open | ||||||
| 22 | water navigation, float tube, or watercraft not propelled by | ||||||
| 23 | sail, canvas, or machinery of any sort. | ||||||
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| 1 | "Sailboat" means any watercraft propelled by sail or | ||||||
| 2 | canvas, including
sailboards. For the purposes of this Act, any | ||||||
| 3 | watercraft propelled by both
sail or canvas and machinery of | ||||||
| 4 | any sort shall be deemed a motorboat when
being so propelled.
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| 5 | "Airboat" means any boat (but not including airplanes or | ||||||
| 6 | hydroplanes)
propelled by machinery applying force against the | ||||||
| 7 | air rather than the water
as a means of propulsion.
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| 8 | "Dealer" means any person who engages in the business of | ||||||
| 9 | manufacturing, selling, or dealing in, on consignment or | ||||||
| 10 | otherwise, any number of new watercraft, or 5 or more used | ||||||
| 11 | watercraft of any make during the year, including any | ||||||
| 12 | off-highway vehicle dealer or snowmobile dealer or a person | ||||||
| 13 | licensed as a new or used vehicle dealer who also sells or | ||||||
| 14 | deals in, on consignment or otherwise, any number of watercraft | ||||||
| 15 | as defined in this Act. | ||||||
| 16 | "Lifeboat" means a small boat kept on board a larger boat | ||||||
| 17 | for use in
emergency.
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| 18 | "Owner" means a person, other than lien holder, having | ||||||
| 19 | title to a
motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to | ||||||
| 20 | the use or possession of
a motorboat subject to an interest in | ||||||
| 21 | another person, reserved or created
by agreement and securing | ||||||
| 22 | payment of performance of an obligation, but the
term excludes | ||||||
| 23 | a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
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| 24 | "Waters of this State" means any water within the | ||||||
| 25 | jurisdiction of this
State.
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| 26 | "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, | ||||||
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| 1 | corporation,
association, or other entity.
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| 2 | "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or | ||||||
| 3 | vessel.
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| 4 | "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
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| 5 | "Competent" means capable of assisting a skier in case of | ||||||
| 6 | injury or
accident.
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| 7 | "Personal flotation device" or "PFD" means a device that is | ||||||
| 8 | approved by
the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, under Part 160 of | ||||||
| 9 | Title 46 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
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| 10 | "Recreational boat" means any vessel manufactured or used | ||||||
| 11 | primarily for
noncommercial use; or leased, rented or chartered | ||||||
| 12 | to another for
noncommercial use.
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| 13 | "Personal watercraft" means a vessel that uses an inboard | ||||||
| 14 | motor powering
a water jet pump as its primary source of motor | ||||||
| 15 | power and that is designed
to be operated by a person sitting, | ||||||
| 16 | standing, or kneeling on the vessel,
rather than the | ||||||
| 17 | conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the
vessel, | ||||||
| 18 | and includes vessels that are similar in appearance and | ||||||
| 19 | operation
but are powered by an outboard or propeller drive | ||||||
| 20 | motor.
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| 21 | "Specialty prop-craft" means a vessel that is similar in | ||||||
| 22 | appearance and
operation to a personal watercraft but that is | ||||||
| 23 | powered by an outboard or
propeller driven motor.
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| 24 | "Underway" applies to a vessel or watercraft at all times | ||||||
| 25 | except when it
is moored at a dock or anchorage area.
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| 26 | "Use" applies to all vessels on the waters of this State, | ||||||
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| 1 | whether moored
or underway.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.
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