Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0333

Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Provides that purpose of the Act is to encourage owners of land to make areas available (at present, to any individual or the public). Provides that the definition of "recreational or conservation purpose" includes conservation, resource management, exercise, education, relaxation or pleasure (at present, hunting or recreational shooting).

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and purpose of the Act.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Provides that the definition of "recreational or conservation purpose" includes entry onto the land of another to conduct fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting (instead of hunting or recreational shooting).

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the State of Illinois Recreational Use of Leased Land Act. Provides that the owner-lessor of land leased to the Department of Natural Resources for a nominal amount is not liable for injury of any kind to any person who enters the leased land for a recreational use, and owes no duty of ordinary care to keep leased land safe for entry or use by any person for recreational uses or to give any warning of a natural or artificial dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on the leased land to persons entering for such uses (and creates exceptions for willful and wanton misconduct, willful and wanton failure by an owner-lessor to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on leased land, and for injury suffered by a person where the owner-lessor of leased land assesses a charge against that person who enters or goes on the leased land for recreational use). Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to create a duty of ordinary care owed by an owner-lessor to any person on the leased land for a recreational use or to establish the basis for liability of an owner-lessor for injury to persons or property, or relieve any person using leased land for recreational uses from any obligation to exercise care in his or her use of the leased land and in his or her activities on the leased land or from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care. Effective immediately.

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