HB4303 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4303

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 45/7-11 new

Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that the owner of a boat livery, or his agent or employee, shall not rent a watercraft to a person without requiring that person to watch a boating safety video approved by the Department of Natural Resources. The person renting the watercraft must sign and date a form acknowledging that he or she watched the boating safety video and understood its contents. The owner of the boat livery shall keep these forms on file for one year from the date of the signature, and provide these forms to the Department of Natural Resources for inspection upon request. Requires the Department to provide access to approved boating safety videos to licensed boat liveries.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended by adding Section 7-11 as follows:

(625 ILCS 45/7-11 new)

Sec. 7-11. Boating safety videos.

(a) The owner of a boat livery, or his agent or employee, shall not rent a watercraft to a person without requiring that person to view a boating safety video approved by the Department of Natural Resources. The person renting a watercraft must sign and date a form approved by the Department of Natural Resources prior to the rental acknowledging that he or she watched the boating safety video and understands its contents.

(b) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide access to approved boating safety videos to licensed boat liveries in this State.

(c) The boat livery shall keep a signed copy of the acknowledgement form for a minimum of one year from the date it was signed. The boat livery shall make the signed acknowledgement forms available to the Department of Natural Resources or one of its agents for inspection upon request.